Quality and Safety
Artificial intelligence has helped the organization reduce its rehospitalization rate, identify declines in activities of daily living earlier and engage therapy sooner. Fall reduction efforts are also moving in the right direction.
The two executives in charge of virtual care at the New England health system explain why the term "building" has special meaning for them – and dive deep into what it takes to build highly successful telehealth programs to fill gaps in care.
VHA clinicians face challenges accessing certain electronic health data they need for effective care coordination, which can jeopardize veterans' health outcomes, according to a new report from the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General.
The goal is to fine-tune new technology that "elevates safety and quality while being a catalyst for growth through innovation," says the health system's chief clinical officer.
Two researchers demonstrate how subtle response-time biomarkers – captured in minutes via digital assessments – can detect Alzheimer's and dementia risk far earlier than traditional methods.
A new reasoning model quantifies how often large language models elaborate on false clinical details fed to them. Prompt mitigation quelled some hallucination frequency, but the AI behind clinical bots may still pose risks, researchers said.
The technology – no more paper – has standardized competency, improved transparency into orientation and competency attainment, and reduced time spent following up with staff to complete checklists.
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At HIMSS25 Europe's Interoperability Showcase, organizations exhibit AI-powered technologies that enable patient data to be shared between mobile apps, smart devices and EMR systems before, during and after hospital stay.
Punit Soni of Suki, a major vendor of the technology, gives expert advice to healthcare CAIOs, CIOs, CTOs and others implementing the systems and to physicians, nurses and others using the tech.
A regular hospital can easily start digitalising vital signs monitoring, says EMC Healthcare IT director Wildan A. Djohany.