Safety, quality and clinical practice
How the Cleveland Clinic grows healthier while its neighbors stay sick | Politico
Though the Cleveland Clinic delivers renowned care, the neighborhood its in struggles with the worst diabetes rate in the city.
California hits nerve by singling out cardiac surgeons with higher patient death rates | Kaiser Health News
A public database lists California heart surgeons' risk-adjusted death rates on a procedure called an isolated coronary artery bypass graft. Some say such a database shouldn't exist in the first place.
Information technology
How are hospitals with vulnerable connected devices rethinking their cybersecurity strategy? | Medcity News
"With the features being designed into these devices, security isn't always integrated from the start," said Patrick Schaumont, a Virginia Tech professor.
Buzzwords CIOs and IT pros hate the most | Healthcare IT News
Ransomware, cloud computing, and big data are a few of the phrases that irk CIOs.
Mayo Clinic starts to roll out $1.5B Epic EHR-RCM system | Health Data Management
"The implementation is going well," said Dr. Steve peters, Mayo Clinic's medical information officer. The rollout will continue through 2018.
In other news
Artificial sweeteners don't help people lose weight, review finds | NPR
Artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame, don't help people control their weight. In fact, it's possible that people who consume these sweeteners actually gain weight and have higher rates of diabetes than those who don't.
