Clinical

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.

Healthcare providers now rank patient experience as a top strategy, but most say they still struggle to realize returns on their investments. Many anticipate improving EHR and IT system integrations and incorporating AI as next strategic steps.

The mandate? Payer-provider collaboration in data exchange. And payers must speed the prior authorization process. Courtney Yeakel, chief product officer of the Payer Unit at Veradigm, explains.

Dr. Jonathan M. Sternlieb, an Epic Emeritus CMIO and longtime informaticist, offers historical context to health IT for newer health IT professionals and takeaways that can foster stronger multidisciplinary IT-oriented teams.

The Ministry of Health embraces AI to maximise the health workforce, says Minister Simeon Brown.

The most expensive technologies are those that become unavailable when needed, notes Eleni Dimokidis, head of healthcare technology at AWS Asia-Pacific and Japan.

Reducing hospital workers' administrative burdens is unlocking an additional £658m in capacity annually, according to NHS Shared Business Services.

Also, Chulalongkorn University has launched long-read genome sequencing to screen newborns for genetic diseases.

Ishani Ved, director of transformational population health and outcomes at Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, discusses the implementation process for a population health management platform.

A subscription-based EHR and practice management system could lower barriers preventing mental health professionals from starting their own practices, the company says.