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By Bill Siwicki 12:32 pm January 28, 2025
Dr. Michael S. Barr, a veteran and a healthcare consultant, explains how SBAR – Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation – will bring C-level health system execs onboard for strategic artificial intelligence investments.
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By Susan Morse 12:26 pm January 28, 2025
Efficient engagement is critical for patient-centric, prevention-oriented and personalized care, says CIO Yanyan HU who is speaking at HIMSS25.
healthcare data exchange on U.S. map
By Andrea Fox 03:46 pm January 27, 2025
The organization shines a light on technical and other challenges healthcare providers face when implementing patient privacy consent to comply with healthcare data exchange requirements in a new landscape paper.
By Bill Siwicki 12:31 pm January 27, 2025
Impower therapists love the ambient listening technology, its COO reports. Artificial intelligence is helping them produce more clinically detailed notes, better comply with documentation submission and be more present with clients.
Dr. David Kaelber, Chief Health Informatics Officer at MetroHealth System
By Mike Miliard 08:05 am January 27, 2025
"Both the image and the report have to be available to anyone involved in the care of the patient, at any time from anywhere – including the patient," says the health system's chief health informatics officer Dr. David Kaelber in a HIMSS25 preview.
HHS building and signage
By Andrea Fox 04:11 pm January 24, 2025
While the president's pick for Health and Human Services Secretary awaits his nomination hearing, acting director Dr. Dorothy Fink issued a "pause on issuing documents and public communications," including social media, to all department heads.
By Bill Siwicki 10:48 am January 24, 2025
Jennifer Stoll of OCHIN will speak at HIMSS25 on deploying artificial intelligence to benefit rural health systems and medically underserved communities.
Physicians examine AI output
By Nathan Eddy 10:10 am January 24, 2025
New research from the University of Minnesota shows wide discrepancies, not just with artificial intelligence adoption, but with how well providers are equipped – financially and technically – to assess their AI tools for efficacy and integrity.
Stethoscope resting on tablet
By Andrea Fox 09:27 am January 24, 2025
Inequities that already exist in the healthcare system, and may be amplified by LLMs, could be addressed through the proving ground of artificial intelligence assurance labs, according to Brigham Hyde, CEO of Atropos Health.
Dr. Colin Banas of DrFirst on medication adherence
By Bill Siwicki 12:09 pm January 23, 2025
While medication adherence is a cornerstone of value-based care, it depends on the right team, tools and targeted patient engagement to be effective, says one chief medical officer.