by Jennifer Unsworth | Senior Manager, Client Services According to LinkedIn, nursing is the fifth-most in-demand job in the country and the American Nurses Association reported that more RN jobs would be available than any other job in the US in 2022. So why is the country amid a nursing staff crisis? A new report…
by Barbara Casey, CRO A study came out a while back showing that those group brainstorming sessions in front of the whiteboard weren’t always the best way to encourage new ideas. According to the study, peer pressure, long a relic of high school classrooms, was still abundant in the professional ranks. People simply feared speaking…
by Barbara Casey, CRO On the heels of its quasi-national holiday, Prime Days, Amazon announced on Tuesday, July 26 that it is buying One Medical, a membership-based primary care practice with over 200 locations, for nearly $4 billion. Amazon, who has been flirting with healthcare for some time, is now making its presence felt with…
by Red Smith, President, baytechIT As all health systems know, providing for your organization’s IT needs is critical to not only running your business, but also caring for your patients. But most Managed Service Providers (MSPs) take a one-size-fits-all approach that doesn’t take into account the unique needs of your clinical environment. An IT support…
by David Will Healthcare providers across the country are looking for ways to reduce expenses across the enterprise. Budget pressures are increasing on several fronts including the growing requirements for cybersecurity protection and rising energy utility costs. Decreased staffing levels add to the financial strain, driving overtime expenses to support overworked staff and the need…
by Kathleen Harmon, MS, RN Managing the complexity of implementing a clinical communication mobility program can be a daunting challenge. There is no one-size-fits-all technology that is right for every care delivery unit and clinical workflow, nor is there one single vendor who can address the full spectrum of clinical communication and collaboration needs –…
On Thursday, June 16th, the Most Influential Women in Health IT Award recipients shared their insights, experiences, and advice on driving transformational change in Health IT in a HIMSS-hosted webinar. Pixel Health’s own Barbara W. Casey, CRO, shared her career journey, how she found her voice as a leader, her thoughts on encouraging more women…
by Kathleen Harmon, MS, RN As a former ED nurse, I often reflect on my direct care delivery experience and recall the feeling of being forced to work in a certain way when new technology was pushed into my workflow that often didn’t make sense. Technology often acted as a barrier, not an enabler for…
Healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) are increasingly the target of cyberattacks, with security breaches resulting in the theft of PHI and data corruption. Of the HDOs hit by ransomware in 2020, only 31% had their data fully restored. In 2021, 79% of all reported attacks targeted HDOs, a 45% increase over the prior year, more than…
Healthcare delivery organizations already know that cyberattack risks continue to escalate. Articles about ransomware attacks, data breaches, and phishing attacks on health systems continue to be in the news with increasing frequency, underscoring the critical need for healthcare delivery organizations to tighten cybersecurity. On March 17th the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published its first-quarter…
