On Day 2 of the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, our roving reporters and thought leaders deliver news and views from the show floor.
CHICAGO – Healthcare these days is being constantly flooded with new digital products and services, and while many are necessary and/or beneficial, they come with the addition of significant risk. Organizations are continuing to increase their cybersecurity budgets, but many organizational leaders are still coming up to speed on how critical it is to achieve […]
CHICAGO – Quantum computing reached a milestone in 2022 when a 400-plus qubit machine was demonstrated at a time when experts were questioning the feasibility of even a 100 qubit system. The question is no longer whether quantum computing will speed up applications in the world of healthcare – it’s now a matter of when.
Healthcare IT industry insiders as well as our roving reporters deliver news and views from the show floor on Day 1 of the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago.
CHICAGO – Telehealth adoption continues to increase, boosted in part by the COVID-19 pandemic, which put a spotlight on remote care technologies. But most of the focus this far has been on outpatient telehealth. As Stanford Health Care can attest, inpatient telehealth can also be a critical tool, and there’s an impetus to streamline technology […]
CHICAGO – Hospitals have taken a financial hit from continued COVID-19 headwinds, especially due to labor shortages.
At the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, our reporters deliver news and insightful interviews with healthcare IT industry leaders.
The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization introduced a significant amount of confusion into the healthcare industry. The decision, which effectively overturned Roe v. Wade and left it up to states to determine their reproductive health policies, left open the possibility of operational impacts to various stakeholders.
CHICAGO – About half of the population in the country live in areas that have a lack of access to behavioral healthcare, said Taft Parsons III, vice president and chief psychiatric officer, CVS Health. Dr. Zenobia Brown agreed that access for behavior and mental health services has been an issue before the pandemic.