Search Tag: Patient Safety
2024 04 Jun
Health Information Technologies (HIT) have the potential to enhance healthcare outcomes and patient safety, but risks associated with bad design or implementation persist. Despite their promise, HIT and Health Information Systems (HIS) can introduce errors due to various factors such as software glitches, user errors, and system flaws. This underscores...Read more
2024 04 Jun
The UCSF Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation (DoC-IT) and UCSF Health received a $5 million donation from Ken and Kathy Hao to develop the Impact Monitoring Platform for AI in Clinical Care (IMPACC). This platform aims to provide a continuous, real-time, and automated evaluation of AI technologies used in clinical settings,...Read more
2024 21 May
In an era where digital threats loom large over the healthcare sector, safeguarding patient care has become more critical than ever. Recently, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) branch, unveiled a groundbreaking program to fortify hospitals against cyberattacks. The Universal...Read more
2024 16 May
A case report published in JAMIA Open highlights the insufficient characterization of interoperability in pathology data exchange, despite the emphasis on health information exchange (HIE). It evaluates the fidelity of laboratory data shared between two healthcare institutions through a commonly used HIE construct. The lack of access to relevant...Read more
2024 11 Apr
Connectivity issues are the bane of the modern workplace, but in a Hospital-at-Home (H@H) setting, the stakes are raised higher, as it could lead to a critical lapse in patient care. For years, the telecommunications industry has grappled with the concept of the “last mile,” the final stretch of connectivity to a home or business. This bottleneck...Read more
2016 13 Nov
Advantech, a leading provider of medical computing systems for digital healthcare applications, is pleased to announce the cooperation between Mobitrace and Advantech with regard to the Mobitrace Solution and the Advantech medical tablets, like the MICA-071 Pocket Pad. Mobitrace, a Belgian company is an innovative healthcare IT provider focusing...Read more