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…
By Hannah Nelson
October 13, 2023 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has awarded 21 healthcare organizations the highest level of recognition in the 2023 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Survey, the most…
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Insurer Cigna’s health services subsidiary Evernorth announced it acquired asynchronous platform Bright.md, which it will use to enhance the virtual care offerings of its portfolio company MDLIVE. Portland-based Bright.md offers an automated patient intake and…
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By Hannah Nelson
October 11, 2023 – Google Cloud has announced new capabilities in Vertex AI Search for healthcare and life sciences organizations that support generative AI-powered search on a range of data, including clinical notes.
Vertex…
NextGen Healthcare this week announced the availability of an artificial intelligence-powered ambient listening technology that interprets patient-provider conversations in real-time, summarizes appointments and documents care plans. WHY IT MATTERS
The new tool, Ambient Assist, documents AI-generated…
The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, Founder and CEO of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS)
EHRs are ubiquitous because they’re useful – but how useful are they really, and to whom?
The truth…
By Hannah Nelson
October 10, 2023 – EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare has announced the availability of an artificial intelligence (AI) solution that aims to boost provider efficiency by summarizing patient-provider conversations in real-time.
NextGen Ambient Assist delivers…
By Hannah Nelson
October 09, 2023 – Patients from racial and ethnic minority groups were more likely to receive a lower amount of EHR engagement during inpatient stays compared to White patients, according to a study published…
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By Hannah Nelson
October 06, 2023 – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a pledge with 13 healthcare systems to share data to improve the Veteran experience regardless of where they seek care.
Through the…
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Workflow automation vendor Athelas acquires Commure and announces a $70 million investment from General Catalyst that values the combined company at $6 billion. The business will operate under the Commure name.
Commure offers analytics…
