The new nursing challenge: Adapting to AI-enabled workflows for quality improvement
The healthcare AI market is expected to grow by 37% annually until 2030. While only one-fifth of healthcare organizations worldwide were adopting AI models as of 2021, there is growing opportunity and pressure to use AI’s capabilities to advance patient care and medicine. As the industry… From: www.healthcareitnews.com – Read more
RPA saves Singapore General Hospital over 50,000 man-hours since 2020
Singapore General Hospital, Singapore’s flagship hospital, has been exploring robotic process automation since a core team for this endeavour was formed back in 2019. Since then, 36 RPA use cases have been successfully implemented, saving 52,500 man-hours and gaining over $1.8 million in… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
Singapore’s IHiS to develop healthcare GPT with Microsoft
The Integrated Health Information Systems, Singapore’s national health technology agency, has taken its partnership with Microsoft to a new level by coming into a new collaboration focusing on generative AI and cloud. In their recently signed memorandum of understanding, the organisations… From: www.healthcareitnews.com – Read more
Epic Research shows note bloat increased by 8%
A dual team study of notes written by 166,318 outpatient providers in the U.S. from May 2020 to April 2023 published by Epic Research on Thursday examined how coding requirements and documentation tools have influenced clinical documentation length. WHY IT MATTERS The 2021 changes to the Centers… From: www.healthcareitnews.com – Read more
Lunit powers cancer screening at Saudi’s Seha Virtual Hospital
Saudi Arabia’s Seha Virtual Hospital, touted as the largest virtual hospital in the world, has chosen South Korean medical AI company Lunit to deliver AI solutions to support the kingdom’s national cancer and tuberculosis screening programme. Launched in 2022, Seha Virtual Hospital is a key… From: www.healthcareitnews.com – Read more
Transport Accident Commission taps The Clinician to harness patient-generated data
A new value-based programme of the Victorian government’s Transport Accident Commission has started collecting and analysing patient-reported outcomes and experiences. TAC, which supports people injured in transport accidents, just launched the Enhanced Recovery Program to raise the quality of… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
Responsible AI governance is needed now, says UNC Health analytics VP
In the December 2022 AI & Analytics Study of 250 health system leaders, the Advisory Board depicted how artificial intelligence had shifted from transformational in nature (as reported in their 2018 study) to merely adding incremental value to healthcare. The incremental value in healthcare came… From: www.healthcareitnews.com – Read more
AI-enabled brain imaging company icometrix receives CPT III code
Belgium-based brain imaging AI company icometrix announced it received a CPT III code from the American Medical Association enabling reimbursement of its FDA-cleared brain MRI quantification software. icometrix AI-supported quantitative brain analysis software provides metrics for cerebral MRI… From: www.healthcareitnews.com – Read more
Q&A: Define Ventures seeks to invest in digital health after $460M raise
Define Ventures, a venture firm whose portfolio consists of well-known early-stage startups in Silicon Valley, received $460 million in Fund III and Opportunities Funds and is looking to expand its investments in digital health. The firm invested in Folx, which offers virtual healthcare services… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
HIMSSCast: How AI is reducing physician burden at one New Jersey health system
Photo: Tetra/Getty Images Getting physicians’ heads out of the EHR leads to better patient outcomes, lower costs and a reduction in the administrative tasks that are ailing doctors, says Dr. Anthony Mazzarelli, co-president and CEO of Cooper University Health Care in New Jersey. An AI… From: www.healthcareitnews.com – Read more
