By William Hersh MD – Exactly 20 years ago, I organized a panel at the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium that attracted so large an audience that the crowd spilled out of the room into the hallway.
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As we close out October and Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we asked some of our friends and industry experts to tell us something we should take away and always remember throughout the year.
By William A. Hyman – One feature of EHRs is the ability to provide prompts to clinicians about the care being provided to their patients. Such prompts, generally called Clinical Decision Support are usually driven by practice guidelines or derived from AI efforts.
By Lillie Thomas – What is quality? The dictionary defines quality as “a peculiar and essential characteristic; an inherent feature; or a degree of excellence.” For many charged with leading quality in healthcare, quality is often measured as a success in certification, a successful audit, or decreasing rejections.
By Susmit Pal – Next-generation connected health solutions are helping clinicians be more efficient, patients more engaged, and IT more receptive to the needs of the modern healthcare system. Connected, intelligent healthcare organizations are reclaiming a precious commodity: time—more specifically, time to spend with patients.
By Don Fortner – Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies have led many mainstream media outlets to feature articles on what they called a massively transformative and disruptive technology – Blockchain.
By Angela Pierce – One of the major transformations in healthcare today centers on the development of the patient as a consumer. Patients are driving a demand for increased connectivity with their providers, and have a growing expectation for convenient and customizable care.
By Renee Ralls – Poor data quality has become a critical issue for organizations, affecting the way they do business and their bottom lines. Gartner’s research on data quality found that in 2017, poor quality data had an annual average cost of $15 million.
New Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist Episode NOW on Demand with host Dr. Nick and guest Adam Pelligrini, the General Manager and SVP for Fitbit Health Solutions.