Quality and Safety
EHR access has been restored in Florida, Alabama and Austin, Texas.
The informatics group polled clinicians about the "pervasive challenge" of excessive administrative work, and found that 75% of respondents think too much documentation is detracting from care quality.
The World Health Organization's new genAI chatbot highlights the need for caution and responsibility when deploying and using such technologies.
Remote Patient Monitoring
A risk management expert offers perspective on shoring up data security, preventing misdiagnosis and avoiding overreliance on RPM.
The Veterans Affairs Office of Information and Technology finds artificial intelligence-driven clinical documentation is helping to solve physician burnout, but the value for benefits administration is yet to be determined.
Healthcare organizations with fewer resources could use the new free and open-source tools to validate any artificial intelligence model and monitor its ongoing performance. "This is your cookbook," says Corey Miller, Epic's VP of R&D.
Success Stories & ROI
The clinical analytics tool is improving engagement metrics at Tennessee-based Psychiatric Medical Care, helping report aggregate data to the board and The Joint Commission, informing performance evaluations – and offering something quantifiable to show patients and families.
Videha Sharma, clinical innovation lead at the University of Manchester, explains the NHS’s plan to expand pharmacogenetics, or how people’s genetic codes influence the effects of drugs, beyond specialist care to general practice.