From HIMSS with Dr. Jayne 4/19/23
Tuesday was a strong first day for the exhibit hall at HIMSS, and for the first time in a couple of years, I found myself wishing I had more time planned for the exhibit…
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Tag: Pandemic
Policy landscape for digital health changed ‘overnight’ after COVID-19
After years of slow movement advancing telehealth, remote patient monitoring and other digital health technologies, the landscape changed rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, said Jodi Daniel, managing director of Crowell Health Solutions. At HIMSS23, Daniel,…
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Does AI Have a Place in Behavioral Healthcare? Experts Weigh In
The Covid-19 pandemic showed that technology like video and text-based therapy can greatly support behavioral healthcare. But where does Artificial Intelligence (AI) come into play?
It certainly shows potential, said Taft Parsons III, vice president…
Healthcare must control the ‘whether, when and how’ of AI development and deployment
CHICAGO – HIMSS23 kicked off in full force here on Tuesday, in a full-to-capacity opening keynote with an audience from around the world. HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf noted that the organization’s membership has now…
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Digital changemakers on driving healthcare AI at scale
Before introducing panelists from Kaiser Permanente, Intermountain Healthcare and Clalit Health Services to discuss how they have implemented artificial intelligence to improve their organizations, Tom Lawry, author and managing director of Second Century Technology,…
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Racing Against Time: Modernizing CDC in the Age of Public Health Threats
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must modernize its data collection and communication methods to respond to emerging public health threats, according to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky. The CDC needs to coordinate with cities,…
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MediFormatica Daily Digest – Tuesday, April 18, 2023 – (31 posts)
In todays fast-paced world, it is easy to miss out on important information, especially if you are trying to keep up with a lot of different sources. That is where the daily digest comes in – it is a tool that compiles all the posts created on the previous day, providing you with a convenient summary of everything that happened so you can stay informed, educated, and engaged with the Digital Health world around you.
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Why patient burnout is a ‘silent public health crisis’
CHICAGO — Provider burnout and overwork is a hot topic in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But patients often struggle to navigate their own care in the complex and fragmented U.S. healthcare system. At HIMSS233,…
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Telepsychiatry will be key, Geisinger exec says
Telehealth is one of the hottest topics at the HIMSS23 Conference & Exhibition – most especially since the COVID-19 pandemic brought the technology at long last into the mainstream of healthcare.Benjamin Gonzales is quite…
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Telehealth Supports Opioid Use Disorder Patient Retention in Treatment
By Mark Melchionna April 17, 2023 – Published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, new data shows that patient retention rates following the implementation of telehealth for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment…
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