Study Finds Drop in Mortality, Hospital Stays with Sepsis Blood Test
Sepsis is the driver behind one in three hospital deaths—and we know it is hard to diagnose early. The study results, which align with previously published data, show an objective, rapid method to help guide decisions at triage.
How AdventHealth’s Clinical Ladder Programs Flipped the Script on Nurse Turnover
When health systems lose nurses, it has sweeping effects on the organization’s culture and budget. The average cost of turnover for a single bedside RN is $61,110, which stacks with the cost of overtime labor or contract labor to help cover the care gap.
A Fresh Look at Governance and Technology in Healthcare
Healthcare is facing changing technologies moving at a pace that the old playbook for governance simply isn’t working anymore. But if the old rules for keeping pace with technology no longer work, what needs to rise up to replace those rules?
A Healthcare Tech Challenge: Cleaning Out the (App) Basement
Hospitals sit atop an IT infrastructure that keeps the EHR and all other tech platforms functioning smoothly. But what happens during an upgrade, a change of vendors, or when an app needs to be removed?
Dangerous AI Chatbots Top ECRI’s 2026 List of Tech Hazards
The growing use of AI chatbots for dispensing medical advice is raising red flags in the healthcare industry. Simply put, you don’t know where that data has been. That’s why misuse of AI chatbots in healthcare has secured the top spot in ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards of 2026.
Health Systems Must Remain Vigilant for COVID-19 Cases
To remain vigilant for coronavirus cases, health systems and hospitals must have surveillance efforts in place to detect surges of the disease in their patient populations, according to clinical leaders at Cincinnati-based UC Health and New York City-based NYU Langone Health.
Automation Complacency: Avoiding the Pitfalls of AI Integration
As AI tools become more and more embedded in routine workflows, there is a psychological dimension to the human-machine interaction that becomes a patient safety issue, not a technological one.
Tampa General’s New AI Bot Makes a Connection With Patients
Aimee is an AI tool developed by Hyro and launched last year at TGH to address call center operations. It’s Aimee’s job to answer phone calls that the call center’s human operators can’t get to, and to quickly and efficiently direct the caller to the right resource.
The Exec: New Vanderbilt Health Physician-in-Chief Shares Keys to Critical Care Success
To provide effective critical care services, health systems and hospitals need to provide the latest guideline-directed care and assess outcomes, according the new physician-in-chief at Vanderbilt Health.
8 Common Mistakes in Healthcare Vendor Risk Management
Being aware of the most common mistakes in healthcare vendor risk management and establishing a set of robust protocols are an organization’s best line of defense against disruptions.