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Open algorithms, explainable AI and thoughtful approaches to understanding and addressing the health equity of sub-cohorts end the legacy argument that AI is a "black box," says Andrew Eye, cofounder and CEO of ClosedLoop.ai.
The newly released Apple Vision Pro augmented reality headset has potential in medicine, including how its eye-tracking technology could affect a surgeon's performance, says Sam Glassenberg, founder and CEO of Level Ex.
By expanding DAX Express, hosted in Microsoft's Azure OpenAI, into EHR workflows, the goal is to reduce "what used to be hours of time for clinical documentation to mere seconds," says one CIO.
Toni Laracuente, SVP and head of analytics at HIMSS, explains how the new Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model, or C-COMM, puts the patient at the center and helps providers build trust that will increase patient engagement for better outcomes.
The newest batch of health systems to receive funding to examine their clinicians' patterns of electronic health record use include Brigham and Women’s, MedStar, UCSF and Yale School of Medicine.
Sam Seering, product manager of Cheers for Epic, talks about expanding engagement with patients, and how a switch to automated outreach saved one provider $37K, while addressing a care gap.
Automation is bridging the gap between clinical and coding and documentation, says Tami McMasters Gomez, director of coding and clinical documentation integrity services at UC Davis Medical Center.
The Florida health system has converted more than 7.3 million medication instructions without clinician intervention. The prescribing technology was able to infer missing instructions for subsets and identify high-risk medications, improving patient safety.
Since implementing discovery, navigation and merchandising tools, the health system achieved a 300% increase in virtual care capacity and a 12% boost in net new patients acquired. Now 30% of patients are returning within six months of their first visit.
The health system's department of care transformation and innovation is focused on specific care delivery challenges such as staffing, scheduling and provider documentation, says Dr. John Doulis.