Clinical

Holograms and extended reality have unique roles in patient engagement and education. Cole Wiser, executive creative director at the Virtual Wild, and Srini Iyer, SVP at Leidos, explain.  

Oscar Alleyne, managing director of the public health division, discusses the value of public and private partnerships and describes what its federally funded research and development centers do to help organizations plan for the next pandemic. 

Also, Japan has put up an online directory of health facilities offering childbirth services across the country.

Sunshine Coast Health has been using AI-driven workflows to streamline communications.

The informatics group polled clinicians about the "pervasive challenge" of excessive administrative work, and found that 75% of respondents think too much documentation is detracting from care quality.

As payers and providers collaborate on value-based reimbursement, they'll optimize care pathways through effective contract modeling, measuring performance and addressing friction, say David Wolf, MedeAnalytics AVP, and Lynn Carroll, HSBlox COO.  

Healthcare organizations (HCOs) continue to face challenges in hiring and staffing retention, compounded by patients’ shifting expectations. Best-in-Class HCOs with “next-gen” patient care programs that deliver excellent clinical results and patient experiences through deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are seeing significant performance success. This eBook explains how Aberdeen’s research identified these Best-in-Class HCOs, as well as defining the technologies these organizations are using to help them proactively meet patient needs throughout the care journey.

Mild cognitive impairment associated with dementia could be slowed or reversed with help from testing, analytics and enhancing clinical care pathways to cognitive neurologists, says Dr. John Showalter, chief product officer at Linus Health.  

Through its platform, MDClone allows clinicians to quickly gather actionable insights from patient data without waiting for analysis and interpretation from data scientists, says Ziv Ofek, its cofounder and CEO.   

Banner Health, one of the largest U.S. nonprofit healthcare systems, serves patients across six states. As part of its digital transformation process, Banner partnered with Mastek to modernize its IT infrastructure and develop a governance framework.