Bill Siwicki

As artificial intelligence tools become more integrated and routine in care delivery, new enforcements could focus on governance, documentation and oversight, one healthcare attorney says. He offers his thoughts on defense strategies in healthcare AI-related cases.

For the Midwestern health system, the coding process change has gone beyond improving accuracy – it has strengthened how staff operate across the entire revenue cycle, from documentation through denial management.

Akron Children's Hospital Chief Information Security Officer Deepesh Randeri discusses the importance of fundamental governance processes, from the front end (most important, he says) to the back.

Clinicians using one vendor's algorithm found lung squamous cell carcinoma misdiagnoses, influencing treatment decisions and patient outcomes. The company's chief clinical officer walks through the JAMA study.

Archbold Medical Center has also achieved a reduction in restocking resources: After making changes informed by drug velocity and cost data, there was a 20% drop in technician labor associated with moving inventory to the cabinet.

By moving chronic care management from occasional visits to daily RPM, the Michigan health system has significantly improved outcomes for diabetes, heart failure and hypertension patients. Its physician head of primary health describes those and other benefits.

Data became six times more accurate than with manual EHR entry, an operations director says. And event updates were delivered in less than a minute compared to previous delays of up to 45 minutes.

A data architect at Texas' Midland Memorial Hospital offers some up-close perspective on the state of data exchange today, and describes what needs to be done to get to a state of "true" interoperability.

Most pathologists now work from home two to three days a week, which has boosted morale – 81% of the pathologists prefer the digital platform over conventional microscopy. Plus, the lab has added a dedicated remote dermatopathologist.

And that's just with some medications. "When you can see exactly what you have and where it is, you stop purchasing just in case and you start using existing stock more effectively," explains the health system's VP of pharmacy ops.