Healthcare news stories - Page 2

Healthcare providers across Australia and New Zealand have scaled up efforts to maximise the use of real-time data for decision-making through the COVID-19 pandemic. 

"Through this acquisition, Imprivata will enable richer authentication and access management, a key pillar in the Imprivata digital identity framework, and broaden our mutual reach to new and current customers."

Tech-savvy New Zealanders are effectively locking others out of managed isolation and quarantine booking systems by using a computer programming code to snap up available spots within seconds.

InterSystems announces a range of new features to its TrakCare healthcare system, inspired by COVID-19 challenges.

The country's district health boards are refusing to release reviews done of their cyber security systems, seven weeks after the Waikato DHB was struck by ransomware attackers.

Waikato District Health Board will not be fined for patient data being hacked, but it may face liability if harm is caused from it, the Privacy Commissioner says.

There is widespread alarm about what might happen to highly sensitive patient and staff information from Waikato District Health Board, that hackers claim to have obtained.

The government and district health boards were warned last year the country's health IT systems are vulnerable to "significant" cyber threats.

Waikato District Health Board and the Minister of Health cannot rule out the possibility medical files have fallen into the wrong hands after last week's cyber attack, but say they are working hard to get to the bottom of the problem.

“I just wanted to find a source of information I could trust," says Jennifer Marsman.

"While crisis response will continue to be a priority for many healthcare leaders in the months ahead, it is important that they look to the future too."

The software is designed to provide daily revenue updates, as well as appointments, productivity, and retention.

"With every business now a digital business, healthcare organisations rely on digital channels to reach customers with critical information and services in real-time."

The independent medical device distributor in Australia and New Zealand has successfully implemented SAP S/4HANA with the support of SAP Gold Partner Acclimation.

The acquisition enables Microsoft to capitalise on Nuance’s ‘decades’ of experience in both enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) and healthcare.

"The coronavirus pandemic continues to highlight the unique cybersecurity needs of the healthcare industry, even as it has increased the number of threats these organisations face."

Introducing new technology to the healthcare industry beyond COVID-19 will be complicated. The only thing that can simplify it is well-organised data insights.

The latest from Gartner shows education and health are both keyed to exceed 8% spending growth.

While Radware did not share the names of its two clients, the company did explain more about the partnerships.

Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, launching on 30 October, includes managed services such as Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and partner solutions to support healthcare firms.

“People’s perceptions of and relationships with technology are changing, and to adapt, healthcare payers and providers need to redesign digital experiences.”

Alibaba Cloud will provide cloud credits and mentorship to healthcare and fintech startups helping them harness the power of AI, Cloud and other digital technologies to meet current and future business needs. 

The solution integrates data from a practice management system as well as cloud accounting software, resulting in a user-friendly interface which shows the most common reporting requirements for managing a practice.

New industry-specific solutions aim to provide digital solutions for organisations undergoing forced, rapid transformation.