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Health Monitoring Beyond Beyond Hospital Wallsb
By Sophia Friesen—Researchers are focused on the power of digital health tools to capture relevant health information in people’s daily lives. Two decades of research have shown that enabling people to self-report symptoms from home can improve quality of life for cancer patients, explained Elizabeth Sloss, PhD, RN, research assistant professor in the University of Utah College […]
Act, Don’t Overreact: The Deliberate Approach Leaders Are Taking with Generative AI
By Kate Gamble—Artificial intelligence is the subject of more conversations, conference panel, and podcasts than perhaps any other topic in healthcare. And while some believe it has reached its saturation point, others are still thirsty, and for good reason. One of those is Paul Curylo, CISO at Inova Health System, who believes Generative AI (GenAI) […]
How AI in Health Systems Improves Upon Traditional Business Intelligence Tools
By Health Catalyst Editors—Healthcare industry complexities, such as labor costs, overworked resources, and inadequate technology, are major concerns for healthcare leaders who strive to prioritize how data is accessed and managed across teams and departments. Aligning clinical and financial information at the organizational level to make strategic decisions is one of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Historically, […]
CMS clarifies rules for HIPAA compliance when texting patient data
By Andres Fox—Texting of patient orders among members by healthcare teams is now permissible at hospitals and critical access hospitals when done through a HIPAA-compliant secure platform in compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation rules, the agency says. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality, Safety & Oversight Group sent a memo to state […]
The future of AI is in collaborating to build foundational models
By Susan Morse–At HIMSS24, the discussion around artificial intelligence has moved from excitement about the potential of AI to help solve healthcare’s biggest challenges to the desire for a solid foundation for its implementation. On Wednesday, AI experts from three companies that are some of the biggest researchers and builders of AI spoke to a ballroom-filling […]
Technology driving health plan strategy
By Jeff Lagasse–Sixty-two percent of health plan leaders are investing in technology for digital transformation as the number-one way to achieve organizational goals in 2024, a new survey from healthcare SaaS company HealthEdge, a software provider for payers, has found. The survey of U.S. health plan executives working across functions found rising consolidation among payers and providers. […]
How integrating AI and clinical decision support systems can help in the ER
By Bill Siwicki —Deployment of artificial intelligence for point-of-care clinical decision support is in its nascency. Despite the media attention and proliferation of AI studies, translation to clinical practice is rare. Little evidence exists on best practices for deployment, particularly in emergency medicine. Emergency medicine serves as the frontline of healthcare and the integration of […]
A New Era in Clinical Trials
By Edward Triebell Current industry challenges present an opportunity for innovation and the adoption of new solutions, particularly in addressing barriers related to patient recruitment, engagement, and retention. The COVID-19 pandemic opened the door for some significant and noteworthy changes to the way our industry could accomplish clinical trials with a forced mandate to decentralize […]
