Tackling Bias and Inequities in Healthcare
Two studies highlighted by The Joint Commission focus on improving handoff communication and integrating equity into root cause analysis to reduce adverse events in healthcare.
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Joint Commission Study Examines Maternal Care Racial Equity
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety published a study on racial and ethnic healthcare equity in maternal care.
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Evolving Trends in Medical Device Procurement
A study found sparse evidence to link health technology assessment, or HTA, processes and outcomes with device purchasing decisions.
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Tackling Bias and Inequities in Healthcare
Two studies highlighted by The Joint Commission focus on improving handoff communication and integrating equity into root cause analysis to reduce adverse events in healthcare.
Hackers More Likely to Target Hospitals During a Merger
New research suggests that data breaches from cyberattacks become twice as likely when hospitals go through a merger.
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Researchers Study Ventilator Issues in Critically Ill Children
A researcher is studying patient-ventilator asynchrony (PVA) in critically ill children to determine its impact on patient outcomes.
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Researchers Develop Tiny Robot to Detect and Treat Lung Cancer
Researchers developed a tiny robot which can travel deep into the lungs to detect and treat the first signs of cancer.
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MedCrypt, Kansas State University Partner for Medical Device Cybersecurity
MedCrypt Inc. is providing KSU a grant to drive advancements in quantifying regulatory and cybersecurity risk in the medical field.
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Nurse Call Systems Identified as Riskiest IoMT Device
Armis research has identified nurse call systems, infusion pumps, and medication dispensing systems as the riskiest connected medical devices, while IP cameras, printers, and VoIP devices are the riskiest IoT devices in clinical environments.
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Patient-Focused Research Projects Win AAMI Foundation Grants
The AAMI Foundation has named the 2021 recipients of the Mary K. Logan Research Award Program and awarded two grants, totaling $80,000.
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New Software Improves Accuracy of Factories’ Mass-Produced 3D-Printed Parts
Researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed software to improve the accuracy of 3D-printed parts, seeking to reduce costs and waste for companies using additive manufacturing to mass produce parts in factories.
