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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Health technology has the potential to help people take control of their health — but it’s not helping everyone, experts say. Why? Because the models weren’t designed for everyone.
“When we make informed decisions and…
Tell me without telling me that today is the last exhibit hall day of HIMSS23.
Today is also when all of the previously defended booth swag is dumped out on the table for anyone to…
The nursing shortage worsened during the pandemic as burnout drove many nurses out of healthcare. The nurses remaining in the industry are often dealing with documentation burden and tasks that take them away from…
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CHICAGO — During Venture Connect at HIMSS23 on Wednesday, Holly Maloney, managing director of General Catalyst, discussed responsible AI use in healthcare and what the company looks for in a startup when considering an…
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Health disparities aren’t just a result of the inequities in the healthcare system, but also other socioeconomic areas including housing, nutrition and education. To tackle these challenges, the healthcare industry is going to need…
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CHICAGO – “Without health there is nothing,” said Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization, during the morning keynote Thursday at HIMSS23.For that fundamental reason, for more than 7.8 billion…
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At the HIMSS23 media briefing held yesterday, the number of attendees was announced as 35,000 – a significant increase over 2021 and 2022’s attendance. This result led Harold (Hal) Wolf, President and CEO of…
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A research project combining data from HIMSS on the digital maturity of hospitals and patient safety ratings data from the Leapfrog Group has shown an empirical link between digital maturity and performance against patient…
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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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