The excitement for artificial intelligence (AI) use cases in healthcare—especially those involving generative AI and ChatGPT—is palpable, with experts predicting generative AI could help unlock $1 trillion in healthcare savings. However the AI solution that…
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What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took a major step forward in healthcare data sharing and artificial intelligence (AI) transparency with the finalization of the Health Data,…
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AI in healthcare and value-based care enablement are top developing trends in healthcare but lack scalability so far, while big box retailers as providers and data interoperability have shown a high volume of activity…
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What You Should Know:
– General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has been awarded a $63M contract by the Alabama Medicaid Agency to modernize the state’s Medicaid program. The contract has a base period of two…
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By Hannah Nelson
November 13, 2023 – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that the Indian Health Service (IHS) is implementing an Oracle Health EHR system to drive health information exchange (HIE).
The…
Sustainable and inclusive population health requires a number of prerequisites, including good leadership, appropriate technology and the ability to get buy-in from a range of different services at the start, panelists said in a…
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By Hannah Nelson
October 16, 2023 – Regenstrief Institute and SNOMED International have announced the LOINC Ontology, a standardized terminology initiative focused on facilitating broader health data interoperability.
The LOINC Ontology aims to support providers and users…
Social determinants of health – the food, shelter and security attributes of patients that exist outside of care settings – contribute disproportionate risks for disease, hospital readmissions and a lack of access to quality…
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By Hannah Nelson
September 18, 2023 – UPMC will transfer six million patient medical records to a single Epic EHR by mid-2026 to drive health data interoperability, according to reporting from The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The healthcare giant…
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT this week announced $2 million in new award funding for the most recent innovation projects under its Leading Edge Acceleration Projects in Health Information Technology…
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