Physician-led data analytics teams becoming more important in healthcare
Dr. Amy Ho, senior vice president and chief of clinical informatics at Integrative Emergency Services, speaks at HIMSS22 in Orlando on Monday. Photo: Jeff Lagasse/Healthcare Finance News More than ever before, data drives the business of healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic in particular brought… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
To work toward health equity, ‘be a data detective’
ORLANDO, Fla. – People of color fare worse than their white counterparts across many measures of health – whether they’re for kidney disease, diabetes or COVID-19 hospitalization rates. But it’s not enough to acknowledge those disparities exist, said ATW Health Solutions president and… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
Intermountain first to triple HIMSS Stage 7 status
On Tuesday at HIMSS22, it was announced that Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare is the first health system in the world to earn three-time Stage 7 status under new HIMSS’ new requirements for validating organizations’ use of electronic medical records and data to boost care quality… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
Firefly Health adds digestive care to telehealth network; eVisit unveils reporting dashboard
At HIMSS22, Firefly Health, a virtual-first healthcare company, has named Oshi Health, a virtual specialty care company specializing in gastrointestinal health, as its preferred partner for digestive care. Digestive health issues include a wide-ranging set of symptoms and conditions that affect… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
HIMSSCast: Using AI to predict COVID-19 patient outcomes
Given the strain on hospital resources caused by the pandemic, many informaticists have focused on the ability to predict patient populations. In January, researchers at the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University found that machine learning models trained using statewide health… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
KLAS report on AI tools: ClosedLoop.ai scores high
A KLAS report released this week on healthcare artificial intelligence tools found that while customers are highly satisfied with ClosedLoop.ai, a high number of Jvion users have jumped ship in the past few years. The report also included case study summaries from several organizations about… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
NIH-funded study offers recommendations for measuring gender, sexual orientation
A consensus study report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued guiding principles for data collection efforts regarding sex, gender identity and sexual orientation. The report – which was produced at the request of the National Institutes of Health and… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
Effective digital transformation needs careful strategizing
Health systems have “been investing in a lot of digital health solutions over the last few years,” Paddy Padmanabhan, CEO of Damo Consulting, said with a bit of understatement. But it’s not always readily apparent whether those investments are the right ones, or were done at the right time, or… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
Solving the ’empathy gap’ with social media analytics
The COVID-19 pandemic added unprecedented levels of stress to an already-strained provider community – leading to high rates of burnout and waves of resignation. At the same time, notes Fran Ayalasomayajula, president of the social impact organization REACH, it’s important to acknowledge… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More
How one CIO built a COVID-19 data collection system from the ground up
Eric Raffin, CIO of the San Francisco Department of Health, talks to Healthcare Finance News about his upcoming session at HIMSS22. Photo: Healthcare Finance News When the number of COVID-19 cases began ramping up in California as they did elsewhere across the country in March 2020, San… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More