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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.
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.
The health system has invested in automating documentation, but AI chief tells WSJ he's not comfortable using AI for clinical decision-making.
Advancements in machine learning are enhancing new large language models' ability to undergo continuous learning and generalize to areas in which the model has not been trained – a transformative next step for AI in imaging.
Therapists at the mental health provider are quite happy with the results – mean time to complete documentation has improved by 75%. Some therapists say they would think twice about leaving WellPower because of the AI technology.
The health system is already seeing benefits with reductions in clinician burden, its CIO says, and hopes the AI voice tool can broaden patient access while boosting cost efficiencies.
With the digital intake process, 70% of patients now complete their intake forms within 10 minutes. This efficiency has saved staff approximately 10 minutes per appointment, allowing them to focus more on patient care rather than paperwork.