San Diego County adds chief geriatric officer to drive innovation
The San Diego County’s Health and Human Services Agency has hired Dr. Lindsey Yourman as its first chief geriatric officer to its medical care services department. WHY IT MATTERSThe addition of a CGO...
View ArticleHow UVA Health's Medicine HOME program reduces hospitalizations and readmissions
Recent statistics show more than 20% of healthcare costs resulting from emergency department utilization, hospitalizations and hospital readmissions can be attributed to just 1% of patients.THE PROBLEM...
View ArticleTop 10 AI and machine learning stories of 2022
Healthcare's comfort level with artificial intelligence and machine learning models – and skill at deploying them across myriad clinical, financial and operational use cases – continued to increase in...
View ArticleTelehealth helps stop suicidal ideation for many patients, study finds
Recently, the Journal of Medical Internet Research published some significant data highlighting the efficacy of psychiatric care delivered through telehealth: Those in the treatment group were 4.3...
View ArticleTop 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2022
While Healthcare IT News readers have had a lot to focus on this year with cybersecurity imperatives and AI innovations, they also were very interested in new product launches, new regulator approvals,...
View ArticleSan Diego practice develops a 4-part plan to reduce burnout
While occupational burnout among clinicians is higher relative to the U.S. workforce, the American Medical Association and its research partners have been monitoring career disengagement through the...
View Article4medica to help HIE tackle patient data challenges in East Tennessee
To improve patient matching and health data quality, 4medica will conduct a thorough assessment of the East Tennessee Health Information Network's health data quality and then run the data through a...
View ArticleAt Apollo Hospitals, digital transformation in the DNA
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View ArticleVendors must do better understanding CIO needs, survey shows
Only 60% of health system chief information officers say they believe health IT marketers understand and market to their unique needs, a new report shows – while 55% think marketers could do a better...
View ArticleIndia's insurance scheme shifts to value-based care performance measure
The National Health Authority of India will now incentivise hospitals for providing valuable service through a new initiative. Under the flagship insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan...
View ArticleConnecticut Children's Care Network adds telehealth breastfeeding support
As part of a new collaboration with the Connecticut Children's Care Network, Nest Collaborative will provide unlimited same-day telehealth appointments with certified lactation consultants for parents...
View ArticleDemystifying AI's role in healthcare to reassure new providers – and old pros
A new study of more than 500 medical students, published in Academic Radiology, found students think emerging technology like AI will reduce job prospects forpathology, diagnostic...
View ArticleWhich organizational factors can reduce pediatric nurse burnout?
A new study, led by health policy researchers from Rand Corporation, and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, surveyed pediatric nurses at an urban children's hospital to assess...
View ArticleHelp Texts launches text-based support for healthcare workers
A confluence of mental health and grief expert contributors, including therapists, nurses, doctors, authors, researchers and end-of-life professionals, have launched a text-based tool that they say can...
View ArticleRegenstrief develops framework to assess patient matching accuracy
Regenstrief Institute announced this week that some of its researchers have developed an eight-point framework designed to assess the validity and accuracy of algorithms to match patient medical...
View ArticleHospitals rank low across industries for patient and employee satisfaction
The 2023 Healthcare Experience Trends report aims to provide healthcare leaders with a global snapshot of insights and recommendations on what patients expect and what employees need.WHY IT MATTERSFor...
View ArticleRansomware stakes are life-or-death, says Ponemon report
Nearly half of healthcare provider respondents (45%) said ransomware attacks increased complications from medical procedures, according to a new study from the Ponemon Institute. That's up from 36% in...
View ArticlePerspective: Physicians should be sole decision-makers
Artificial IntelligenceClinicalDecision SupportElectronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Quality and SafetyPredictive analytics in EHRs aren't yet effective enough for clinical decision support at the point...
View ArticleNeedle moving on drug monitoring program efficacy, ONC says
A new brief from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology data says that one-third of prescribers now access prescription drug monitoring programs through their...
View ArticleMore crucial data needed on every pharmaceutical product label
When nearly 20 years ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new rule1 that pharmaceutical manufacturers must include a linear bar code on all immediate drug packages that included each...
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