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Out-of-the-box generative artificial intelligence capabilities on Health Cloud, specific to provider operations, will be available in October through a new AI use case library.
At Omaha-based CHI Health, a hybrid cloud platform supported stroke patient care after the worldwide IT disruption knocked out its electronic health records, says one neurologist who recounts the experience.
Also, the Australian government has invested $6 million in four national health data projects.
Also, more local health districts are set to roll out NSW Health's e-referral management system and digital referral forms.
There is pain and reward when designing artificial intelligence that improves frontline staff experience, said Mercy Chief Nurse Executive Betty Jo Rocchio in her keynote at the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum.
A new automated patient-messaging link with electronic health records is designed to help community health centers address uncontrolled diabetes without increasing the workload of overburdened staff.
Many healthcare providers are missing opportunities by believing digital transformation isn't for them. But with cost and margin pressures rising, health systems should reevaluate the long-term value proposition, one consultant says.
Also: Pfizer says it is partnering with healthcare organizations to develop a new digital health platform that provides access to same-day care, prescriptions and vaccines for COVID-19 or the flu.
Using National Cancer Institute data, researchers at HHS looked at how recently diagnosed individuals and those in survivorship accessed electronic health information and also compared frequency against those never diagnosed with malignancies.