Clinical

Health systems should embrace transparency to keep patients connected and informed – and to avoid losing them to retail clinics and other nontraditional providers, says Dr. Geeta Nayyar, MDI Health's executive clinical advisor.

HL7 has been used in healthcare to promote interoperability standards adoption, and with the Colombian government to improve information-sharing laws. Dr. Maria Carolina Aguirre, CMIO at FCV-HIC (Hospital Internacional de Colombia), explains.

Inovalon acquired VigiLanz to bring real-time surveillance software that can help prevent adverse hospital events. Inovalon's Julie Lambert, president and provider GM, and Hayley Burgess, SVP for provider surveillance and safety, offer a deep dive.  

Whende Carroll, clinical informatics advisor, HIMSS, offers a preview of upcoming HIMSS24 sessions on ethics and AI in nursing, and discusses how AI and virtual care technology can empower patients and mitigate the effects of nursing shortages.  

Amid healthcare staffing struggles, Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal, assistant professor of biomedical informatics and pediatric endocrinology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, says AI-generated documentation can give clinicians more time with patients.  

Corti, a Copenhagen-based AI startup, helps automate and analyze virtual and face-to-face patient engagements, says Lars Maaløe, its cofounder and chief technology officer.  

In this webinar, Intake leaders from three US Healthvest facilities share their experiences in addressing administrative bottlenecks associated with referral management. The panel details their journey from manual processes to leveraging cutting-edge technology to achieve efficient patient intake, resulting in double-digit increases in census, reduced wait times, and happier staff.

Over the past two decades, health systems were predominantly consumers, not developers, of software. With an emerging trend towards creating applications for both internal and external users, the challenge arises: How can health systems seamlessly transition from testing commercial software to testing software they develop themselves? 

Gain insights on how to evolve acute and post-acute care at home programs that address conditions like congestive heart failure with Cleveland Clinic ACO's Jessica Hohman and Integrated Hospital Care Institute's Richard Rothman at HIMSS24.  

Ahead of HIMSS24, they discuss their upcoming book, "Diagnosed," which is written for patients navigating their care journey, and preview an accompanying white paper designed to help IT leaders create intuitive and empathetic patient experiences.