From HIMSS with Dr. Jayne 4/18/23
It was a slow start at HIMSS on Monday. I attended a couple of conference calls for my day job and got a little work done in the morning. I waited by my designated…
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Prediabetes Diagnosis with Any Smartphone
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed GlucoScreen, a smartphone system that can accurately measure blood glucose levels. The technology consists of a test strip onto which a user places a drop of…
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Thinking of Providing Telehealth Abortion Services? Here are 3 Legal Frameworks You Need to Understand First
The legal landscape for abortion is undeniably murky. Since the rollback of federal abortion protection, states have been tasked with defining the boundaries of reproductive rights. More than a dozen states have near-total abortion…
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HIMSS23: CISA’s Deputy Director on Why Everyone Has a Role to Play in Healthcare Cybersecurity
It’s becoming easier than ever for malicious actors to launch cyberattacks, and healthcare organizations are no longer considered off limits as targets. However, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has resources to help healthcare…
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Technology must be developed with care to improve health equity
CHICAGO — At a panel discussion at the HIMSS Global Conference on Tuesday, panelists highlighted the importance of minority and historically marginalized populations having a seat at the table during the decision-making process to…
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Does AI Have a Place in Behavioral Healthcare? Experts Weigh In
The Covid-19 pandemic showed that technology like video and text-based therapy can greatly support behavioral healthcare. But where does Artificial Intelligence (AI) come into play?
It certainly shows potential, said Taft Parsons III, vice president…
Epic to Integrate GPT-4 into Its EHR Through Expanded Microsoft Partnership
It’s been only five months since Microsoft-backed OpenAI launched its generative language tool ChatGPT, and it’s been just one month since it released GPT-4, the latest version of the AI model. Companies across the…
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HIMSS23 education: Validating interoperability efforts on the local level
The Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange enables data sharing between 11 regional hospitals and more than 40 outpatient clinics, local primary care practices, laboratories, imaging centers, home health and more in the El…
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Payers Can Reform Prior Authorization to Make it Faster, Smoother But Will It Satisfy the AMA?
Prior authorization has emerged as a flash point between payers and providers as the former tries to manage what they believe is waste in the system while the latter accuses payers of trying to…
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HIMSSCast: Mayo perspective on ‘challenges, opportunities and promise’ of AI in healthcare
At Mayo Clinic Platform, Dr. Sonya Makhni focuses on data systems transformation and machine learning projects – with a special focus on mitigating and minimizing bias in artificial intelligence algorithms. To coincide with her recent…
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