As hospitals and health systems continue to merge and acquire new entities, the integration of data assets becomes a significant challenge. Advocate Health, which has been 18 months into its merger process with Atrium Health, shares that data integration efforts should prioritize understanding the current state and enabling long-term goals. The company also stressed on placing a significant value on clinical outcomes and patient experiences, which require the use of visualization tools and data aggregation databases. The integration approach must also consider the combination and synchronization of electronic health record instances and enterprise resource planning instances.
The NCSC wants developers to get serious on software security
The NCSC’s new Software Security Code of Practice has been praised by cyber professionals as a significant advancement in enhancing software supply chain security.
