Workflow
According to I-DAIR's Dr Ricardo Leite, we can reduce the burden of disease by focusing our limited workforce on things we can fix. Going digital makes this possible, so we can shift from "disease systems" to "health systems".
The nurse stroke program manager offers an in-depth look at the virtual care initiative, which brings neurologists from other sites into critical decision-making.
An artificial intelligence tool that can automatically produce a first draft of a SOAP note – for the caregiver’s approval or editing – has the potential to save clinicians an enormous amount of time, an expert says.
The company recently expanded the platform's capabilities to support those in inpatient settings to work across hospital, ambulatory, telehealth, skilled nursing facilities and home health.
Nursing and IT
Marquette is the first nursing school in the country to incorporate the use of Epic's educational health records software into its curriculum.
"Imagine if the tools on your computer that you need to do your job were so cumbersome, they caused you to be fatigued, burnout, and to have to work extra hours to get your job done. How would this impact the quality of your work?"
The CIO, who is also an associate dean at Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses AI and innovation projects his team has been working on, where he’s prioritizing strategic IT investments, and some emerging technologies that have him intrigued.
But one of the health system's top clinical leaders for imaging informatics and radiology cautions that providers must maintain critical thinking when working with artificial intelligence.
Interoperability agreements between public health systems, along with centralized consent management for sharing healthcare and other data, are must-haves for advancing health equity, says Daniel Stein, president of Stewards of Change Institute.
DUOS uses large language models to leverage social determinants of health and enhance care-navigation access for Medicare beneficiaries. Feedback from platform users improves the artificial intelligence, said Karl Ulfers, cofounder and CEO.