Leaders can learn from bad or outdated advice, such as act like a man, do it yourself if you want it done right, appear to be working at all times, and set fake deadlines. When told to act like a man, Teradyne CIO Shannon Gath chose authenticity instead, and Helium SEO Chief Technology Officer Paul DeMott learned the importance of delegation after initially trying to do everything himself.
Phoenix Children's has implemented a comprehensive program to address social drivers of health, using proprietary technology to screen patients and connect them with resources. The hospital has partnered with community organizations and the state to help patients manage socioeconomic needs.
When you speak to your team in abstract, big picture terms and principles, they are more likely to perceive you as having more personal power, writes Chris Lipp, a professor of management communication, who recommends that you "delegate the details" to their creativity while you focus on broader goals. "By communicating abstract goals, senior leaders empower subordinates with the agency to test various creative solutions," Lipp writes.
An outdated IT infrastructure and legacy technology undermine cybersecurity in health care, and organizations should conduct gap analyses and adopt hyperconverged infrastructure, says Jeffrey Olson, director of SD-WAN products at Hewlett-Packard unit Aruba. Be practical and prioritize modernization of critical devices first, such as connected devices in operating rooms, Olsen says, then combine storage, server and networking infrastructure so it can be managed through a single software application, says Scott Ragsdale, senior director of US health care sales at Nutanix.
CrowdStrike has identified a phishing campaign that uses fake job offers to trick users into downloading a fraudulent application that installs the XMRig cryptominer. The phishing emails claim to offer a junior developer position, directing victims to a malicious website that downloads a Windows executable disguised as a CRM tool.
Employers using geolocation tools to monitor employees must balance operational efficiency with privacy rights. Best practices include obtaining informed consent, limiting tracking only to legitimate business purposes, minimizing data collection, ensuring data security and being transparent about data use, write attorneys Kate Dedenbach and Usama Kahf with Fisher Phillips. Employers should also be aware of state-specific laws and international regulations.
HHS has appointed Alicia Rouault to serve as chief technology officer, Kristen Honey as chief data officer and Meghan Dierks as chief AI officer. The move follows a reorganization that shifted these roles to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
AI has been a hot topic at the JPMorgan health care conference, with Nvidia showcasing partnerships with Mayo Clinic to accelerate digital pathology, with IQVIA to accelerate development of agentic AI and with Illumina to enhance genomic analysis. The integration of AI into health care is set to personalize medicine and tackle diseases like cancer, turning clinical data into actionable insights.
