How proactive, predictive, AI-powered patient oversight can boost health...
Healthcare information technologies like AI-driven decision support and patient outreach tools can enable hospitals and health systems to achieve improved outcomes through proactive, predictive patient...
View ArticleUCI Health names nursing informatics leader as new CIO
Irvine, California-based UCI Health this week announced the promotion of Julie Eastman, RN, who will serve as the health system's new chief information officer.WHY IT MATTERS Eastman, who started the...
View ArticlePatients want health record access with usability, says Sequoia Project
In a new report released this week, researchers with the Sequoia Project showed how meaningful improvements in health information access for patients, caregivers and care partners are critical to...
View ArticleAdventHealth has formed an AI Advisory Board – here's a look at its goals
With artificial intelligence making its way into so many facets of healthcare, leaders are having to weigh the security, efficacy, ethics and consequences of the fast-evolving technology.Hospitals and...
View ArticleThammasat University Hospital taps NEC Thailand to digitise elderly care
Thammasat University Hospital is embarking on a digital transformation of its elderly care service.The hospital signed a memorandum of understanding with NEC Thailand for the development of a digital...
View ArticleAt UMich, AI-based fraud, waste and abuse system aims to cut costs and...
Healthcare costs have spiraled out of control in the United States. But studies have shown how as much as one-third of healthcare expenditures can be attributed to wasteful or fraudulent healthcare...
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Cone Health sees big wins with tech-enabled streamlining of peer review process
Cone Health is a North Carolina-based nonprofit health system serving patients across 150 locations, including five hospitals and more than 120 physician practices.THE PROBLEMIt had a peer review...
View ArticleBrooklyn provider automates patient experience tracking to spot health equity...
Engaging patients and communities to take surveys is always a challenging task for provider organizations of all shapes and sizes, regardless of who they serve. But in some communities, gaining...
View ArticleCyberattack disrupts hospitals across several states
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View ArticleGenerative AI 'not reliable yet,' says Mayo Clinic's John Halamka
Artificial intelligence is all anyone can talk about these days. And in healthcare, despite some very real concerns about where it could be headed, it's actually achieving significant results. To pick...
View ArticleSenator wants Google to answer for accuracy, ethics of generative AI tool
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, wrote a letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, on Aug. 8, seeking clarity into the technology developer's Med-PaLM 2, an artificial intelligence...
View ArticleHIMSSCast: Epic's efforts to move the needle on data exchange, through TEFCA...
Some two dozen leading health systems– Cedar-Sinai, Johns Hopkins, Kaiser Permanente, NYU Langone and others – have pledged to take part in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, joining...
View ArticleONC awards $2M to new 2023 LEAP in Health IT winners
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT this week announced $2 million in new award funding for the most recent innovation projects under its Leading Edge Acceleration Projects in Health...
View ArticleOCR investigates VUMC for transgender patient privacy breach
Vanderbilt University Medical Center faces a federal investigation by the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights, and a legal battle with transgender patients that say unauthorized...
View ArticleHIMSS Davies Award winners boost quality with AI, telehealth and more
This month, HIMSS has been spotlighting the most recent recipients of the HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence, which recognizes health systems for their "innovative, thoughtful applications of information...
View ArticleThree steps healthcare organizations can take to use generative AI responsibly
The healthcare lead at research and consulting giant Accenture lays out how to get proprietary data ready, establish the right controls and harmonize people with the tech.Many healthcare organizations...
View ArticleMorris Hospital informs 248,000 patients of data breach
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View ArticleHCA working with Google Cloud on clinical generative AI
HCA Healthcare and Google Cloud on Tuesday said they're working together to use generative AI to improve clinical workflows and reduce the burden of time-consuming documentation.ON THE RECORD The work...
View Article1 in 3 provider organizations are dissatisfied with their vendors
Most healthcare organizations are generally satisfied with their IT vendors' proactive service – but it's a core capability that has a particular impact on customers’ perception of company performance...
View ArticleTackling healthcare AI's bias, regulatory and inventorship challenges
While AI adoption is increasing in healthcare, there are privacy and content risks that come with technology advancements.Healthcare organizations, according to Dr. Terri Shieh-Newton, an immunologist...
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