Artificial Intelligence

Through the new Collaborative for Healthy Rural America, several health tech companies and their partners pledge to build an integrated care coordination and payment platform for states as they embark on their rural health transformation plans.

The $50 billion in funding to be allocated annually among all states over 10 years may be insufficient, even as the RHTP could put pressure on the rural healthcare system over the long term.

Before building AI tools, healthcare organizations must ensure clearly defined objectives and strong data governance, says HIMSS' Rob Havasy and PMI's Karla Eidem.

A new tool at its Tisch Cancer Center helps improve accuracy, efficiency and patient access by streamlining information from the Epic EHR to clinical trial platforms. 

Christopher Kunney, partner IOTech Consulting, says the new C-suite role is similar to one that gained prominence 20 years ago. Both need to demystify technology and partner with stakeholders – board, execs, clinical, IT – across the ecosystem.

Also, the NSW state is helping foster cultural sensitivity among clinicians through virtual reality training.

Eli Lilly and Company said the partnership will result in the development of the most powerful supercomputer owned by a pharmaceutical company.

Ensuring the safe and ethical use of clinical decision support AI tools.

UPMC Children's Hospital tailors its use of custom-built and vendor AI tools to clinicians' actual problems, says Dr. Srinivasan Suresh, with multidisciplinary oversight to help protect vulnerable patients.

Traditional Chinese medicine chain Gushengtang has recently unveiled the core of this ecosystem, an AI that assists with disease differentiation and prescriptions.