Quality and Safety

PA Navigate will refer patients to services in their communities that address their gaps in social determinants of health, including food, shelter and transportation.

In a short time online, organizations can capture more patient concerns, reduce more open cases and improve staff experiences, say Alpa Vyas of Stanford Healthcare and Dr. Adrienne Boissy of Qualtrics and the Cleveland Clinic.

The new Infrastructure Adoption Model is designed to help health systems link their IT deployments to their clinical and business goals and help them reduce costs, mitigate cyber risk and boost outcomes for both patients and clinicians.

Also, eHealth NSW has finally hired a new CTO. 

Lisa Jarrett, an artificial intelligence expert at PointClickCare, previews her HIMSS24 session that will dive into AI topics including transparency, fairness, explainability and transparency.

Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal of VUMC previews her HIMSS24 panel session, where she'll spotlight some of the most promising AI use cases. "We must be thoughtful about the implications during this exploratory phase."

The project's recognized coordinating entity has released a series of draft materials to support wider use of the HL7 spec, aiming to address standard operating procedures for electronic case reporting and improve the framework more generally.

The IT vendor's chief technology and innovation officer gives a detailed look at the company-wide innovation project, and describes the products and features that resulted – including a support ticketing system that uses generative AI.

How can providers and payers use AI and machine learning in value-based care and preventative care to forecast the onset of health conditions and alter patient behavior? Ionian Healthcare Consulting’s founder and consultant Matt Cybulsky has some answers.  

"Finding out the patient is high-risk after they are diagnosed with cancer is too late," says Dr. Eric Brown, surgical oncologist and breast multidisciplinary team co-lead.