From the AHRQ Blog – AHRQ funding opportunities aim to address today’s essential challenges in advancing and improving healthcare delivery. However, this one may carry particular weight because we believe that effective, safe AI use has the potential to profoundly change American healthcare.
For more than two decades, Cybersecurity Awareness Month has been dedicated to teaching everyone how to stay safe and secure online. Throughout October we spotlighted cybersecurity in healthcare on Health IT Answers. Here are five highlights to recap.
New PSAs remind audiences to receive their annual flu shot to protect themselves and their communities from the risk of flu and its potentially serious complications.
By Aimee Eden PhD MPH & Tess Miller Dr PH – Primary care is foundational to good health and well-being, providing services that span preventive care to diagnosis and treatment. Access to comprehensive primary care improves patient and population health outcomes across the lifespan.
What makes marketing in the health IT space unique? Who are the movers and shakers? What’s working, what’s trending? Where can you learn more? News from O’Dwyer’s, KNB Communications, Matter Communications, AnthonyBarnum, MERGE, Amendola Communications, Brafton, Clarity Quest, Vizient, WSU, Starr Commonwealth, & more.
According to the DEA, too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses this crucial public safety and public health issue. We focus on the facts and events surrounding the day and how you can participate.
By Robert Otto Valdez PhD MHSA & Pamela Owens PhD – The human suffering caused by sepsis is shocking. New AHRQ analyses show that in 2021, more than 2 million Americans—roughly equivalent to the population of Phoenix, Arizona—were hospitalized with sepsis, 300,000 lives were lost, and hospital costs exceeded $52 billion.
Health IT product news from Clearway Health, HIMSS, Iris Telehealth, BioIntelliSense, NextGen Healthcare, Infinx, Clarify Health, Otsuka Precision Health, German Bionic, Oracle Health, SPRY Therapeutics, Clearway Health, HIMSS, HITRUST, Netsmart, AvaSure, Komodo Health, Panda Health and more.
For more than 20 years, the Society for Public Health Education has celebrated National Health Education Week during the third week of October. Our Friday Five provides the daily themes of the week, webinars to attend, information about Health Literacy Month and much more.
By Art Gross – As artificial intelligence revolutionizes industries, organizations face the challenge of integrating these technologies responsibly and effectively. Developing a comprehensive AI policy is a crucial step in this process, offering numerous advantages that ensure AI-driven initiatives are beneficial, ethical, and sustainable.
By Chris Dymek EdD – Providing healthcare consumers with evidence-based insights and practical guidelines can create value for patients, their families, clinicians and healthcare systems.
It’s October and that means it’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This week’s Friday Five highlights the latest in research, advice, prevention and how you can support the cause.
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