Quality and Safety
AI & ML Intelligence
Artificial intelligence has elevated the quality and efficiency of documentation, improved the completeness of that documentation and reduced charting time significantly. It has also enabled more attentive and personalized care.
This month, companies including Oracle, Medtronic, Atropos, Elation, LeanTaas, Palantir and more released artificial intelligence and virtual reality enhancements that offer health systems a menu of efficiency tools.
Success Stories & ROI
The Illinois-based health system has, among many wins, retained 2,400 clinicians and staff who, by traditional patterns, it would not have expected to stay. And it has seen more than a 200% return on every dollar spent on employee tuition.
It adds a layer of safety at the point of compounding.
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.
Red Cell Partners will provide artificial intelligence products for rapid real-world testing by the university's Health AI Assurance Laboratory. UMass will also provide data for assurance testing and receive fee-based reimbursement for the lab's services.
Developed with input from experts at 17 organizations, the open-source blueprint aims to establish a common set of expectations for what moves a healthcare organization from artificial intelligence experimentation to real-world integration.
The company's augmented reality surgical technology allows surgeons see a virtual spine overlay directly on a patient during an operation, eliminating the need to look at a monitor. Founder Nissan Elimelech explains.
Working with Coalition for Health AI, the standards accreditation group says it will advance best practices with a suite of new playbooks and tools, as well as a new evidence-based certification program.
Informatics leaders also have to be closely invested in their organization's goals, says Dr. Robert W. Warren, who offers advice drawn from a long career on bridging clinical and technological roles, making tough decisions and being a team leader.