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Its omnipresence in presentations and forums in Las Vegas this past March shows that it's now poised to deliver real value for healthcare organizations, says Prashant Natarajan, Velatura Public Benefit Corporation's chief AI officer.
Nursing and IT
Clinicians can accelerate digital tech adoption by identifying challenges, working with IT staff to find tools that can help and engaging key stakeholders to vet those tools, says Penn Medicine's Anna Schoenbaum.
A new tool can provide healthcare customer service representatives with real-time financial data on patients to guide more empathetic conversations about payment options, says RevSpring President Nicole Rogas.
The NJ Pathways initiative, and a partnership with HIMSS, is helping students at Essex County College earn credentials that can lead to high-paying healthcare and health IT jobs. Dean Elvy Vieira offers details.
Kyruus Health's technology helps simplify the process of searching for care via multiple online sources by determining patients' desired location and type of care, explains Gen Conlin, the company's senior director of clinical services.
In less than a year of its existence, Hospitals Without Borders has already delivered two pediatric clinics that are being used in Cairo, says Joan Webley, its director of licensing and communications.
Dr. Don Rucker, chief strategy officer at 1upHealth, who led ONC in the first Trump administration, says the government is returning to pre-pandemic norms, rather than making cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
A VR tool at Moffitt Cancer Center helped relieve a patient's anxiety about undergoing treatment by enabling him to experience a simulation of the procedure. Dr. Sarah Hoffe, Moffitt's interim chair of GI oncology, shares more.
Health technology leaders have an "ethical responsibility" to mentor the next generation, says Edward Marx, CEO of Marx Advisory, who says he enjoys building authentic connections with cohorts via the CIO Connect program.
The center is partnering with Lambda Legal to challenge anti-LGBTQ executive orders, defend access to care for its transgender patients and protect their data. Gabriel Garcia-Lopez describes the center's mission.