Developed at the IU Indianapolis School of Dentistry and Regenstrief Institute, an NIH grant could help expand the application, which links dentists with regional health information exchanges, enabling them to view their patients' medical histories.
New partnerships leverage artificial intelligence to drive financial performance by filling underutilized OR schedules, pinpointing revenue leakage and improving medical coding accuracy.
ASTP and CMS want to increase Medicare beneficiaries' access to care and are requesting stakeholder input on digital tools and standards-based data exchange. And a report from HHS shows how HL7 Da Vinci Projects can help speed prior auth with FHIR APIs.
Theresa McDonnell, DNP, RN, is leading the way with innovative, tech-focused workplace safety and anti-burnout efforts. "Compassion is what connects technology to purpose and people to progress," she says.
More than half of nurses say they experience burnout most days, a new survey shows, with 61% planning to change jobs or departments, seek a hybrid position, work as travelers or make other career changes.
More than half of nurses say they experience burnout most days, a new survey shows, with 61% planning to change jobs or departments, seek a hybrid position, work as travelers or make other career changes.
The Oregon health system's coder workload has been reduced by nearly 28%, while coding-related denials for autonomously coded radiology cases are now 70% lower than those managed manually. The automated denial rate is also substantially lower.
In-hospital nurses can focus on more critical tasks and direct patient care while virtual nurses handle the routine monitoring and documentation tasks. Patients appreciate more personalized support and the overall hospital experience.
The HIPAA-compliant generative artificial intelligence is being provided to all students, faculty and staff at the Icahn School of Medicine to serve as a learning aid and enhance curriculum development.
Clinical decision support technology has enabled automatic inclusion of risk results in the health system's reports. Among many other improvements, the ability to stratify patients earlier and more accurately allows staff to provide additional care before cancer is detected.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the agencies will devise a data use agreement that assures secure access to certain Medicare and Medicaid data with the aim of uncovering root causes of autism.
Berkeley Research Group's new research shows providers considering deal activity to address challenges and opportunities with AI, cybersecurity and digitization. James McHugh, managing director of the research and consulting firm, offers a deep dive.
The technology it's using to reach patients has not only improved clinical outcomes but is also providing tangible financial benefits, while ensuring patients can easily access the care they need.
The Los Angeles-based health system is looking to build and scale personalized medicine, specialty care, hospital workflow and clinical decision support systems using artificial intelligence.
Compared with patients not using virtual care, patients using telehealth for knee replacement rehabilitation recover faster, report significantly less pain, show greater improvements in range of motion – and incur $2,460 less in total care costs.
Pressed by lawmakers about changes underway at the agency, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said the VA is addressing bureaucracy that has stymied the electronic health record modernization program.
The health system's cloud migration team took learnings from the effort and spun them out into OptaFi, which offers best practices and technical capabilities for moving Epic EHR workloads from on-premise to the cloud. Sentara's CTO gives an inside look.
The artificial intelligence agent texts patients to schedule their follow-ups – presenting options for provider availability, booking their choice and then confirming appointment details.
They see artificial intelligence as a core enabler of financial performance and patient-centric care, a new survey shows, and also expect it to become fundamental to how health systems think about care quality, patient outcomes and market competitiveness.
The agency is seeking comments on a newly pruned framework, which it updated to align with its second-generation version – and hopefully make life easier for users who need both.
The Indiana health system has seen an 86% drop in time to complete notes, with after-hours documentation time plunging by 34%. And documentation turnaround has improved by 87%. Says one provider: "I was sold after just one patient. It was such a relief."
When data analysts and clinicians build trust and rapport, they can design safer patient care tools that make their jobs easier, say Dr. Vinay Vaidya and Dr. Wendy Bernatavicius of Phoenix Children's Hospital.
By adding to its suite of digital tools, coaching, therapy and psychiatry services for employers and health plans, Teladoc said it seeks to reinforce its virtual mental health leadership.
Healthcare organizations can stave off ransomware attacks with highly gated permissions that lock out common intrusions, say Intermountain cybersecurity leaders, who have found success with the approach.
These networks started impacting healthcare in the last 20 years, but it's only today that reliable prospective studies are convincing clinicians to use these artificial intelligence tools in their daily work. A Mayo Clinic researcher offers some insights into their applications and use.
While "purchase energy slightly cooled" this past year, hundreds of hospitals are still searching for new electronic health records, a new KLAS report shows, and vendors that prioritize partnership and customer satisfaction are finding favor.
Smaller countries face unique challenges in innovation procurement. Recent European initiatives and programmes look to improve access to procurement tools and foster knowledge sharing across borders.
On the provider side, 58% of organizations polled are using AI for administrative tasks, such as medical coding, billing and scheduling, while 44% are deploying it for clinical decision support and imaging analysis.
The qualified health information network has shrunk the time it takes for providers to access patient data from hours to seconds. Its query volume has grown from about 200,000 to more than 66 million in one year.
The Montreal health system is focused on helping its leaders drive care transformation and giving them the tools to do so. Access to data is essential, and self-service analytics are key to that goal.
Also: Palo Alto Networks announced that it will buy Protect AI's suite of secure-by-design products to help enterprises reduce the risks of artificial intelligence model manipulation and related attacks.
Reimbursement will make a big difference, "because it not only pays providers for performing these services but it's yet another recognition of the value" of remote patient monitoring, says the VP of nursing and care delivery at Brook Health.
Kevin Olson, who strives to make his Epic electronic health record meet the needs of his hospital staff, talks about training, physician alignment, usability testing and other best practices.
Integrating data and AI to improve decision-making and the patient experience; training staff to lead AI adoption; creating trustworthy AI; and much more, presented by Accenture's Global Health Technology Lead Andy Truscott.
IT teams need strong visibility into their networks – and the ability to respond fast to neutralize polymorphic threats that aim to steal credentials, intercept MFA authentication codes or deceive users into downloading malicious software.
Dr. Bernard Schayes, a New York City-based physician in private practice, successfully deployed artificial intelligence-powered care coordination technology, saving him hours of tedious typing and data entry, among other gains.
Anika Gardenhire, RN, chief digital and information officer at the 30-hospital health system, is working to improve the provider and patient experience with ambient listening, augmented intelligence and more.
Securing a patchwork of IT systems can be a tall order for small facilities, but collaboration and info sharing is helpful, says one chief security officer.
The Ohio health system has so far used the technology to reduce its readmission rate from 25% to 18% and its average length of stay from 25 days to 18.
Telehealth and other clinical digital tools can shift the burden from overburdened psychiatrists by performing some specialized tasks such as collecting symptoms or giving basic guidance to patients.
The five-year collaboration aims to develop and deploy more artificial intelligence tools for faster disease detection in public and private healthcare, and advance the university's leadership in digital pathology.
"While the scope and impact remains unconfirmed, the nature of the reported activity presents potential risk to organizations and individuals," according to the cybersecurity agency.
The round-the-clock service, powered by technology from Fabric and integrated with Castlight's benefits navigation app, offers chat-based visits delivered by licensed physicians and nurse practitioners.
Business school professor Joe Peppard penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed recently, making the case that many companies shouldn't necessarily be investing in AI – because many aren't well-positioned to succeed with it. What about healthcare providers?
A new application with real-time and auto-generated features could enhance engagement and improve the safety and productivity of frontline workers in healthcare and other industries, the company says.
Surescripts becomes a QHIN while Redox joins CommonWell. Also, the Sequoia Project releases a payer-to-payer FHIR API Compliance Readiness Checklist 20 months ahead of a key CMS data exchange compliance deadline.
The initial expiration of MITRE's contract for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program was a shock to many cybersecurity experts. But the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency quickly pledged that there would be no lapse in service.
In the test, 74% of clinicians said the ambient and genAI technology reduced their levels of burnout and 95% wanted to continue using the technology. Further, clinicians used 25 non-English languages.
The CAIO should not just understand both of those disciplines, but intuit what AI is good and bad, what's scalable and whether it's the right fit, says Sameer Sethi, the New Jersey health system's chief AI and insights officer.
ASTP has released the 2025 SAFER Guides, which aim to improve health systems' adherence to electronic health record best practices. They were updated by clinicians with informatics training and informaticians with clinical experience.
Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, chair of the school's department of health services, policy and practice, discusses the frustrations and promise of telehealth reimbursement and regulation – and describes how the current situation is stifling virtual care innovation.
