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More than 1,000 hospitals and 22,000 clinics are now exchanging patient data through Epic Nexus, the EHR giant's health information network operating under the national interoperability framework.

Dr. Jing Wang, dean of Florida State University’s College of Nursing, joins MobiHealthNews to discuss "nursifying AI."  

Billing time at Mountain Laurel Medical Center dropped by 19%, going from 4.2 days down to 3.4 days. Collections increased by 20%. Analytics helped with tracking value-based contracts and optimizing workflows. And no one is working 80-hour weeks anymore.

This month, tech companies launched products that give healthcare organizations the ability to create bespoke artificial intelligence models, evaluate AI using real-world applicability and physician judgment, deploy AI to unify their data, and more. 

HHS Office for Civil Rights says a malicious insider exploited a vulnerability at BayCare Health System that offered "unrestricted access to patient health information."

As workforce shortages in healthcare continue to worsen, particularly in primary care and nursing, the demand for a resilient, skilled and adaptable healthcare workforce has never been greater.

Also, the Victorian government has announced over $280 million in funding to make its virtual emergency department permanent.

Deloitte researchers say IoT technologies could make for more agile health systems and better patient outcomes – if challenges to more widespread adoption can be resolved.

Clinicians are seeing a reduction in time spent on chart prep by up to 2.5 hours per day. And the organization has achieved an 84% addressed rate for all coding suggestions given to a provider within a patient encounter to enhance documentation.

Visionary healthcare organizations are enhancing the patient experience, improving operational efficiency and increasing cybersecurity resilience with AI networking.