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Smarter, Safer Hospitals: How HCA Healthcare Is Using AI to Redefine Patient Safety

Cross-industry insights and new technology are helping HCA Healthcare reduce risk, improve outcomes and lead the future of high-reliability care
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AHA blog: How HCA Healthcare Is Using AI to Redefine Patient Safety

An AHA blog published today shares how HCA Healthcare in Nashville, Tenn., has been leveraging artificial intelligence to reduce risk and improve health outcomes. 
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AHA podcast: HCA’s AI-driven Patient Safety Evolution, Part 2 

Randy Fagin, M.D., chief quality officer at HCA Healthcare, shares how one of the nation’s largest health systems is putting artificial intelligence into practice by building responsible governance, reducing clinical and operational variance, and enhancing the work of front-line caregivers.
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Protecting Patients and Hospitals from Cyberattacks

This week, the FBI issued an urgent warning to all users — including hospitals — of a critical security soft spot within Oracle’s E-Business Suite, stating “This is ‘stop-what-you’re-doing and patch immediately vulnerability.’”
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AHA Cyber & Risk Intel Blogs

Read how to better prepare for and mitigate cyberthreats to prevent disruptions to patient care and business operations.
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Senate holds hearing on health care cybersecurity and patient privacy

In a statement submitted to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for a hearing July 9 on health care cybersecurity and patient privacy, the AHA said the highest cyber risk for patient data is often through third-party service and software providers. The AHA encouraged Congress to use federal agencies and resources to protect hospitals and health systems, especially in rural areas.
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FDA announces software patch available for Contec, Epsimed patient monitors to address vulnerabilities

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday released a safety notice announcing a software patch is available to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities in certain Contec and Epsimed patient safety monitors.
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Phishing operation attacking at least 20 health care organizations disrupted by Microsoft

Microsoft Sept. 16 announced it had disrupted a growing phishing service that had targeted at least 20 U.S. health care organizations and seized 338 websites associated with cyber threat group RaccoonO365.
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Chair File: Using Innovation and AI to Advance Health

With all of the challenges facing health care — a shrinking workforce population, reduced funding, new technologies and pharmaceuticals — it's no longer an option to change, but an imperative. In order to keep caring for our communities well into the future, we need to transform how we provide care to people. Technology, artificial intelligence and digital transformation can not only help us mitigate these trends but truly innovate and find new ways of making health better.