Clinical

There are problems prescribers face with drug-related clinical decision support alerts – but IT can help, and maybe AI, too. Anna Dover, director of product management at FDB, formerly First Databank, provides some answers.

Also, the Royal Darwin Hospital in NT is now connected to SA Telestroke after-hours service.

John Nebergall, COO of Consensus Cloud Solutions, explains why interoperability standards must make the transition from securing patient health data to delivering a clear output for clinicians, and how AI can help.

Sen. Mark Warner has questions for Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai about Med-PaLM 2, a chatbot currently being piloted at the Mayo Clinic and elsewhere. "I worry that premature deployment of unproven technology could lead to the erosion of trust," he says.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital notified patients that a publicly accessible link to some personal and health information was inadvertently posted to the public version of the data analytics tool.

Hal Wolf says the decision to partner with Informa Markets, which will manage the HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition, will enable a focus on "excellence and expansion." Informa exec Ken McAvoy promises growth for members worldwide.

It will provide 24/7 support and monitoring of critically ill patients.

Dr. Oscar C. Marroquin, chief healthcare data and analytics officer at the UPMC health system, discusses numerous AI algorithms used to improve care delivery, and a five-year agreement with Microsoft to modernize the clinical analytics infrastructure.

Also, WA Health has started expanding its remote monitoring technology to regional communities.