HIMSS24 Nursing Informatics Forum: How can IT help healthcare's key workforce?
The HIMSS24 Nursing Informatics Forum is celebrating more than 25 years in Orlando next week, with an agenda looking back at the past quarter century – and forward to a future where the nature of...
View ArticleHow should health systems put ethical AI into practice?
By now, health systems seeking to capitalize on the enormous potential of artificial intelligence are well aware – or should be, at least – of the inherent risks, even dangers, of algorithms and models...
View ArticleEHR developers adopt FHIR-based oncology standardization
In a potential big advancement for oncology treatment and information sharing, several leading electronic health record vendors this week made voluntary commitment to adopt the United States Core Data...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence can seem like magic – but it's crucial to see past...
ORLANDO – Dr. Jonathan Chen began his thought-provoking performance at the HIMSS24 AI in Healthcare Forum on Monday, by invoking a famous quote from science fiction titan Arthur C. Clarke: "Any...
View ArticleJohn Halamka on the risks and benefits of clinical LLMs
ORLANDO – At HIMSS24 on Tuesday, Dr. John Halamka, president of Mayo Clinic Platform, offered a frank discussion about the substantial potential benefits – and very real potential for harm – in both...
View ArticleMicrosoft and 16 health systems debut network for responsible AI
This week at HIMSS24 saw the debut of the Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network, or TRAIN, a network that aims to operationalize responsible AI principles to improve the quality, safety and...
View ArticleHow real-time surveillance software can improve hospital safety
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View ArticleOne of Epic's emeritus CIO advisors on helping others optimize their EHRs
Robert Slepin has a very interesting job, as emeritus CIO advisor at electronic health record giant Epic. There are only a dozen or so of these contractors, who are available on demand to Epic provider...
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Enhancing hospital IT's speed-to-market capability
As healthcare providers worldwide grapple with worsening healthcare staff shortages and rising service demand, low-code technologies have proven indispensable in bridging these twin challenges while...
View ArticleCleveland Clinic's advice for AI success: democratizing innovation,...
One of the big questions today in healthcare is how hospitals and health systems are going to make best use of the power of artificial intelligence across the enterprise.In just a short time, AI has...
View ArticleKeys to improving patient experience, from the experts
Since the onset of the pandemic, patient experience scores from Press Ganey, a firm with more than 40 years of experience in patient experience, have taken a drastic dive – with much of the data...
View ArticleOIG: Scheduling error in VA's EHR had dire consequences
The Veterans Administration's Office of Inspector General released a report recently, following an investigation into a scheduling error in the new Oracle electronic health record at VA Central Ohio...
View ArticleHow Nebraska Medicine used AI to reduce first-year nurse turnover by nearly 50%
According to the National Library of Medicine, nearly 18% of new nurses leave their job within the first year.THE PROBLEMNebraska Medicine is an academic health system that strives to provide the best...
View ArticleUC Irvine's AI-powered conversational health agent is ready for developers
At the University of California Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, faculty members are developing ways for artificial intelligence to help deliver better patient care and improved...
View ArticleWhite House outlines new rules for AI use in federal agencies
The Biden Administration on Thursday announced new government-wide policies from the White House Office of Management and Budget governing the use of artificial intelligence at federal agencies,...
View ArticleEHR deployment at Lovell FHCC is first joint DOD-VA rollout
Leidos' Partnership for Defense Health announced the deployment of MHS-Genesis, the U.S. Defense Department's Federal Electronic Health Record system, at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care...
View ArticleSentara Health aligns its provider and payer sides, with the patient at the...
Sentara Health, a health system serving Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, has undergone a transformation to what it calls One Sentara – a strategic aligning of its provider and payer...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins CISO: Don't overlook the critical importance of foundational...
Johns Hopkins Chief Information Security Officer Darren Lacey describes the security crisis facing healthcare by envisioning a scenario in another industry. "Imagine you are incrementally improving...
View ArticleAI-generated notes need accuracy to overcome clinician skepticism
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View ArticleSenators' letter demands accountability from UHG
Senators Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) announced Friday that they wrote to UnitedHealth Group Chief Executive Officer Andrew Witty asking a series of questions...
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