Mike Miliard

It's the latest health system to embrace the idea that patients with "certain acute conditions can be treated in the comfort of their home with the same level of care and monitoring they would receive within the walls of our hospitals."

The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that the EHR vendor accepted and provided "unlawful remuneration in exchange for referrals and by causing its users to report inaccurate information in connection with claims for federal incentive payments."

The veteran IT leader, whose past postings have included New York-Presbyterian and Yale, will be tasked with driving growth, boosting performance and innovation, and improving cybersecurity at the health system.

The work is meant to promote closer and more coordinated use of SNOMED CT and Regenstrief's LOINC terminologies, helping improve health data exchange and reduce duplication.

Atefeh Riazi had also served as interim chief digital officer at the cancer center, which she joined in February 2020.

Virtual therapeutics, voice recognition and fast-evolving artificial intelligence tools are transforming home-based care, says Robin Farmanfarmaian, co-author of the new book How AI Can Democratize Healthcare.

They're researching how AI-enabled messaging and text-based interventions can help maternal care teams support patients at home between visits.

The goal is to help healthcare organizations "remediate vulnerabilities before equipment reaches the patient floor."

Realyze Intelligence, which launched in 2021, is working with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to apply natural language understanding to real-world patient data.

During Global Health Equity Week, HIMSS is calling on its members to contact senators and state governors to make policy changes preserving virtual care flexibilities and modernizing information and technology systems to improve perinatal healthcare.