From HIMSS 4/20/23
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…
Tag: IT
HIMSS23: The Growing Importance of the Chief Nursing Informatics Officer
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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Stakes are ‘incredibly high’ for AI in healthcare, says General Catalyst’s Maloney
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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We Need to Work Across Sectors to Advance Health Equity, Global Health Leaders Say
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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HCA Healthcare Launches AI-Enabled Ambient Documentation Partnership
By Shania Kennedy April 20, 2023 – HCA Healthcare and Augmedix have announced a partnership aimed at accelerating the development of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled ambient documentation solutions for acute care providers.
According to the press release,…
KLAS: Amwell, Teladoc Health, Caregility Most Chosen Vendors
By Mark Melchionna April 20, 2023 – Published this month, a new KLAS report indicated that many virtual care vendors report success in terms of purchase decisions and replacements among customer organizations, with the highest…
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Global leaders talk ways forward for digital transformation with ‘equity by design’
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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Memora Health Snags $30M for Platform That Digitizes Complex Care
Every patient has questions about their health or treatment, but care teams don’t have the capacity to be available around the clock — it’s a well-known fact that the healthcare workforce is stretched across…
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Parent of 2 Major Massachusetts Health Insurers Suffers Ransomware Attack
By Jill McKeon April 20, 2023 – Massachusetts-based Point32Health, the parent of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, posted a notice on its website regarding a “cybersecurity ransomware incident” that it discovered on…
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HIMSSCast: How Intermountain is using AI to scale its value-based care efforts
As hospitals and health systems work to improve quality and reduce cost, their analytics and business intelligence capabilities are getting more advanced as artificial intelligence helps turbocharge their population health and value-based care efforts.One…
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