Care coordination tech reduces readmissions, length of stay at Penn Medicine
Eighty percent of users say the technology saves them time, and three out of four believe it has reduced errors. Powered by WPeMatico
Alert fatigue: Are clinical surveillance tools making it any better?
KLAS sized up 10 vendors and found that the technologies are maturing and improving clinician’s workflow. Powered by WPeMatico
Exploring the wild and wonderful world of over-the-top AI stock art
In this podcast, we speak with Harvard professor and Cyft CEO Len D’Avolio about the wide gap between artificial intelligence in real-world healthcare, and how it’s often depicted in sci-fi illustrations. Powered by WPeMatico
HHS Secretary Azar Praises Release of State Relief and Empowerment Waiver Concepts
On Thursday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released four State Relief and Empowerment Waiver concepts that states can utilize, under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), to design new approaches to make healthcare coverage more affordable and accessible in their communities. HHS Secretary Alex Azar issued the following statement regarding ...
IT investment in China’s hospital system estimated to reach 65.7 billion yuan in 2022
A recent article from China Daily stated that IT investment in the country’s hospital system will reach 65.7 billion yuan ($9.47 billion) in 2022, surging 53.5 percent from 2017 and boosting the digitalisation of the Chinese medical system, based on a forecast report by Analysys. Powered by WPeMatico
Post-acute facility trims length of stay by 3-5 days with alerts tech
Cedar View Rehabilitation also has seen a 6 percent decrease in readmissions because it has been able to coordinate care better with external providers. Powered by WPeMatico
AI table stakes: clean and well-governed data
The most advanced machine learning algorithms won’t get health systems where they want to go unless the data fueling them is high-test. Powered by WPeMatico
Lyft hires healthcare VP with health IT chops
Company appoints former Change, McKesson top executive Megan Callahan. Powered by WPeMatico
ONC names winning software for EHR reporting challenge
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced the winners of a new challenge to develop software for identifying and reporting safety and usability issues in EHRs in a way that doesn’t disrupt clinical workflow. Powered by WPeMatico
HHS Announces Winners of Easy EHR Issue Reporting Challenge
As part of ongoing efforts to improve the safe use of health information technology (health IT) and electronic health records (EHRs), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today the winners of the Easy EHR Issue Reporting Challenge. Winners of this challenge created software tools that could help clinicians report EHR usability and ...