Patient Engagement

"We are at a tipping point where technology can help disrupt what used to only occur within doctors' offices and enable people to get access to affordable and accessible guidance," says the health system's chief digital engagement officer.

Andrea Palm, deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, says the agency is striving to "put the people we serve at the center of what we do." Meanwhile, ONC officials offer updates on new Cures Act rules.

The new APFIT funding enables DoD to further the Defense Innovation Unit's use of algorithms to analyze biometric data from commercial wearables and predict infections up to 48 hours before service members' symptoms appear.

Even with a serious provider shortage, virtual care can help connect patients to care in underserved areas, says Dan Ferris, chief marketing officer at Iris Telehealth.

Upon using digital patient pathways, FTA rates went down by 56% at RAH's Outpatients Orthopedics.

The promise of hospital-at-home in the U.S. and improving clinical informatics in the MENA region, as told by Dr. Anwar Jebran, clinical informatics fellow at UI Health and member of the HIMSS Physician Committee.

The new 'Patient Progression Hub' is a hospital operations control center housing a video wall with customized AI-driven apps and interfaces that monitor and manage patient flows. 

By leveraging ML and artificial intelligence services, 3M will expedite, refine and scale the delivery of its real-time speech recognition platform, the company says.

Just three months after his frightening, nationally televised cardiac arrest, the Buffalo Bills safety was cleared to play this week. He spoke at HIMSS23 about lessons learned during his recovery.