By William Hersh MD – The rationale and implementation for reading data from the electronic health record and other clinical sources is relatively simple and straightforward. Especially now enshrined into law in the US by the 21st Century Cures Rule, and standardized by the FHIR application programming interface, accessing data for reading by clinicians, patients, and others is here to stay.
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By Matt Stewart – As AI continues to evolve into a must-have technology in almost every industry, healthcare organizations have continued to expand and accelerate their strategies. A recent survey found that more than half of healthcare executives expect AI will begin delivering tangible cost savings within three years at about a 90% increase.
By Tim Gronniger – By the end of the decade, all Medicare beneficiaries are expected to be in accountable care or other total cost of care arrangements, per a CMS Innovation Center whitepaper published earlier this year. The days of traditional fee-for-service – in which providers are paid by volume of services – are coming to an end.
By William Hersh MD – When I teach about the features of search engines like PubMed, I often quip that if you use the limit function to narrow your search to randomized controlled trials, which are the best evidence for medical and health interventions, and you still have many retrievals.
By William Hersh MD – I often muse that there are few computer applications that truly save me time. For all the fun and productive things that computers enable me to do, they are just as often a time sink rather than a time saver, especially when hardware or software go wrong.
This is our ongoing reporting on how AI is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward which include Royal Philips, Cardiologs, GNS Healthcare, Scipher Medicine, Perimeter Medical Imaging AI, egnite, Inc., Essen Health Care, MyndYou, One Drop, RSIP Vision, & more.
Our monthly roundup of surveys and reports from around the industry. In this month’s reports, Americans are skipping food, rent, & Christmas presents to afford healthcare, more employers are covering chronic disease prevention services, and HIMSS gives us a glimpse into the future of healthcare.
By Eliana Donner-Klein & Michelle Rubin – Health disparities are a long-standing challenge in the United States and worldwide. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its higher impact on vulnerable and marginalized groups, more attention is being directed towards achieving health equity.
By William Hersh MD – After several years of planning, professional certification is coming to the rest of the informatics field, i.e., moving beyond just board certification for eligible physicians. The AMIA has now rolled out the AMIA Health Informatics Certification (AHIC, formerly Advanced Health Informatics Certification).