Author Archives: Health

Booksy Calls Time On Gyms – A look at how gyms can use scheduling to keep their premises safe as restrictions lift

As the 19th of July – Freedom Day in the UK – signals a return to life as we once knew it, a lot of venues are remaining understandably cautious.  Gyms and leisure centre owners are taking particular care to keep customers and staff safe – and to prevent closures due to employees having to… Read More »

It takes more than hope to protect PHI

Safeguarding patient health information can be extremely difficult, as it necessitates taking inventory of data, finding any vulnerabilities and assessing risk across the board.    Often, experts say, the complexity of mitigating risk is beyond human scale. In an upcoming HIMSS21 panel, Aaron Miri, chief information officer for Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin,… Read More »

How to get clinicians onboard with predictive analytics

Healthcare has higher barriers to adopting data science than other industries. State-of-the-art analytics solutions are already available, but few of them are in use by clinicians. At University of Virginia Health System, health leaders worked to establish a culture of data-driven decision-making with clinicians, with data science guides clinicians in finding opportunities for improvement, designing… Read More »