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 Use of automated conversational agents in improving young population mental health: a scoping review
npj Digital Medicine - (Wednesday March 20, 2024) Automated conversational agents (CAs) emerged as a promising solution in mental health interventions among young people. Therefore, the objective of this scoping review is to examine the current state of research into fully automated…  Providence Chief Nursing Officer: All Hospitals Should Be Using These 3 Tools – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Wednesday March 20, 2024) Each health system is a unique enterprise with its own mission, locale and payer mix. However, many of hospitals’ biggest challenges remain the same throughout the sector — low reimbursement rates, proliferating cyberattacks and… |
 News 3/20/24 – HIStalk
HIStalk - (Wednesday March 20, 2024) Top News UnitedHealth Group reports in a March 18 status update that it has begun releasing medical claims preparation software as a part of Change Healthcare’s system restoration process. It expects the changes to be…  UnitedHealth Pours Over $2B to Affected Providers for Change Healthcare Cyberattack
HIT Consultant - (Wednesday March 20, 2024) What You Should Know: – UnitedHealth Group (UNH) announced continued progress in restoring services disrupted by a recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary that processes a significant portion of healthcare transactions in the United… |
 Mass General Brigham Researchers Develop AI Foundation Models to Advance Pathology
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday March 19, 2024) What You Should Know: – Researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed two powerful AI models, UNI and CONCH, that represent a significant leap forward in computational pathology (CPath). – Published today in Nature Medicine, the…  Smartaly, Ambiq to Develop AI-Powered, Week-Long ECG Monitor
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday March 19, 2024) What You Should Know: – Ambiq, a leader in low-power semiconductors, and Smartaly, an electronics design firm, have partnered to create an artificial intelligence (AI) powered handheld ECG monitor. – The AI-powered ECG monitor device boasts… |
 Regard and Banner Health expand AI partnership to 33 acute care hospitals
MobiHealthNews - (Tuesday March 19, 2024) Phoenix-based healthcare provider Banner Health expanded its partnership with Los Angeles-based clinical decision software company Regard, bringing clinical support decision making to clinicians across Banner Health hospitals. Regard utilizes algorithms and artificial intelligence to generate…  Accolade Promotes Kelsi McDonald Harris to Chief People Officer
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday March 19, 2024) Kelsi McDonald Harris, Chief People Officer at Accolade What You Should Know: – Accolade, a healthcare company based in Seattle, has promoted Kelsi McDonald Harris as its new Chief People Officer and Senior Vice President. –… |
 The Importance of Functional and Integrative Medicine and Why it Matters
eHealth Radio Network - (Tuesday March 19, 2024)
Phil Hagerman, Chairman and CEO at Forum Health, a nationwide provider of personalized, innovative and transformative health care services and clinics designed to help patients achieve their health goals joins eHealth Radio and the Health…  One of Epic’s emeritus CIO advisors on helping others optimize their EHRs
Healthcare IT news - (Tuesday March 19, 2024) Robert Slepin has a very interesting job, as emeritus CIO advisor at electronic health record giant Epic. There are only a dozen or so of these contractors, who are available on demand to Epic… |