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• Collaboration, Coordination, And Data Can Solve Many Healthcare Challenges

  6/15/2020

  There is one thing about American healthcare on which most of us agree: It needs work. Stories from friends about an outrageously priced prescription drug or a hometown hospital closing its doors put a face on the facts: U.S. per capita healthcare spending is almost twice the average of other wealthy, developed countries, yet the United States performs poorly in common health metrics like life expectancy and unmanaged diabetes.

• New Year, New Data-Driven Healthcare Trends

  1/25/2016

  The physician-editors of our electronic clinical reference resource know a thing or two about data. They scour more than 27,000 articles in peer-reviewed journals each year, examine and weigh the strength of evidence each study offers, and translate it into more than 8,000 quick-to-digest summaries physicians and other practitioners can use at the point of care. Following are five ways, based on the evidence, patient care will be affected by health IT, payer data mandates, and other tech trends disrupting clinical workflows in the coming year. By Betsy Jones, EBSCO Health

• How Telehealth Is Bridging The Mental Health Resources Gap

  11/27/2017
• How Hospitals Benefit From Medical Device Advancements

  10/28/2019

  Today, some of the most significant advancements are in medical devices. Researchers apply technology from outside of medicine to make methods more accurate. At the same time, hospitals and medical professionals are taking advantage of new developments — such as 5G — to use medical devices in new ways. Here are five ways hospitals benefit from advancements in medical device technology.

• Don't Lose Sight Of These 5 Common Threats During Uncommon Circumstances

  5/6/2020

  When INTERPOL warned healthcare organizations of an anticipated increase in the volume of ransomware attacks targeting hospitals during the pandemic, it got attention. The beleaguered industry, already a favorite mark for malicious actors, could ill afford to fall prey to the extortion of locked systems and data while remaining focused on their response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

• Amidst The Pandemic, IT Teams Turn To The Cloud To Protect Patient Data

  9/3/2020

  The challenges facing healthcare during COVID-19 are more than biological. Already on the ropes due to the coronavirus, healthcare providers are weathering a perfect storm, as hackers take advantage of the commotion and ramp up their attack frequency and sophistication.