Patient Engagement

It will initially provide remote heart failure and post-cardiac care.

Dr. Ami Bhatt, the ACC's chief innovation officer, sees potential for administrative efficiencies, decision support, patient triage, safer nuclear imaging, patient engagement and much more, but says AI should be "always adjunctive."

For the first in a three-part series, the CIO of the New Jersey health system and its president of advanced care operations describe how something started by necessity during the pandemic quickly evolved into something more substantial and valuable.

Hackensack Meridian Health and Color are using Google's artificial intelligence tools to speed up patient access and improve care. Also, Catalyst is using the cloud service to automate patient consent for clinical trials through EHRs via the HL7 FHIR data exchange standard.

It has also helped to minimize opioid use at the health system, which grew virtual reality from a small pilot in two units with three superusers to wider use across 14 units with nearly 70 trained superusers and dozens of VR headsets in active rotation.

It's been two weeks and counting with neither Medicare telehealth waivers nor any guarantee of retroactive reimbursement. That's unsettling for both clinicians and patients nationwide, says the American Telemedicine Association.

Remote patient monitoring that relies only on text messages could help drive engagement, compliance and outcomes at scale. And extend beyond biometrics to include data such as behavioral health concerns, post-discharge challenges and SDOH.

Epic with Louisiana providers will enable MyChart access for all of its 2.5 million patients in the state, while athenahealth and WellSky invested in administrative artificial intelligence for home health clinicians and practice claims staff.

Also, Hato Hone St John is testing AI for clinical auditing of its ambulance service.

The CSIRO has identified three critical priorities for responsible AI use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare.