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Healthcare organizations face myriad risks, from data privacy and corporate compliance to medical malpractice and environmental safety. With more than 30 hospitals and numerous specialized facilities across six states, US nonprofit Banner Health had different vendor management processes across the organization. “I wanted Banner Health’s teams to work together efficiently,” says Cameron Nickerson, IT vendor management director at the health system.

The adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems has seen tremendous growth across geographies, especially in the US. According to American Hospital Association data shared by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, over 93% of American hospitals are enabled by some form of EHR in their organization. Implementing an EHR system in your clinic or hospital is a big decision.

Given the global health crises the world has faced over the last few years, the need for expeditious but accurate medical trials has never been more important. The faster clinical trial data is validated, the faster medicines get approved and treatments become available. Pinnacle 21’s customers are driving forces behind creating life-saving treatments.

The impact of ransomware attacks on healthcare is as alarming as it is under-addressed. These attacks on the United States healthcare system alone are causing an annual burden of nearly $21 billion, including well over $100 million in ransoms. While the financial costs help illustrate the scale of the problem, the true cost is the tragic reality of impacted patient care – including higher patient mortality rates.

Michael Stefferson received his PhD in Physics from the University of Colorado before deciding to make the jump into machine learning (ML). He spent the last several years as a Machine Learning Engineer at Manifold, where he first started working on projects in the healthcare industry. Recently, Stefferson joined the team at Cerebral as a Staff Machine Learning Engineer and hopes to leverage data to make clinical improvements for patients that will improve their lives in meaningful ways.