At HIMSS23, Holly Maloney, managing director of General Catalyst, discussed the importance of responsible AI use in healthcare. She highlighted the need for building systems that are fair, inclusive, robust, reliable, private, secure, transparent,…
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The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program has made 250,000 whole genome sequences available to US researchers to advance population health and precision medicine. The dataset, which includes a range of…
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At HIMSS23, a panel discussion focused on health equity and how technology can help improve population health. While the world has made significant progress in global health, many people still lack access to quality…
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The Office of Civil Rights is offering healthcare providers a 90-day transition period to comply with the HIPAA Rules for telehealth from May 12 to August 9, with OCR continuing its enforcement discretion and…
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EHR vendors, Epic and eClinicalWorks, have launched a generative artificial intelligence (GPT) features at the HIMSS23 conference. The tools enable provider organizations to search and summarize contextual information with natural language searches powered by…
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Healthcare organizations are increasingly concerned about ransomware attacks, which are the most significant threat to hospitals and healthcare facilities. Nate Lesser, CISO of Children’s National Hospital, emphasized the importance of cybersecurity as a team…
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Healthcare is “inside-out,” happening outside hospital walls due to the pandemic and patients’ desire for convenience. Digital change, innovation, and better communication are crucial for healthcare providers. Erica Dhawan emphasized the power of connectional…
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Achieving interoperability in healthcare can help advance health equity, according to experts at the HIMSS23 global conference in Chicago. Widespread health data interchange can aid in bridging the digital divide, which is blocking certain…
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At HIMSS23, a new public-private collaboration was launched to promote understanding and effective implementation of the HL7’s Bulk FHIR standard. The coalition of health systems, payers, and government agencies aims to spread insights and…
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This article examines the feasibility of determining goal-concordant care (GCC) using the electronic health record (EHR) in a retrospective chart review. The study discovered that, although the data was dispersed among the multidisciplinary notes,…
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