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Showing clinicians how new technologies can streamline their workflows builds a connection with them and breaks down their resistance to adopting these tools, says Rachelle Landry, VP of clinical transformation at BD.  

That's what the innovation chief at TruBridge, a member of the Microsoft-backed TRAIN AI consortium, says, as he brings the rural healthcare point of view to the responsible artificial intelligence table.

Technology usability issues contribute to burnout. But involving clinicians in developing and deploying tools that fit their workflows is the answer, says Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, president of the American Medical Association.  

Concord Technologies' tools combine data from faxes and EHRs into HL7's C-CDA digital format for secure transmission to other healthcare organizations. Garrett Singletary, the company's senior software engineer of data and AI, explains why that matters.  

Nurses and others providing inpatient care are struggling the most with documentation burden, but a new Arch Collaborative report offers some advice on helping reduce nurse burnout and turnover.

Securing transportation and other needed resources for patients through text messages is one way to ensure health equity for the underserved, says Dr. Emily C. Webber, CMIO at Indiana University Health and 2024 Changemaker Award winner.  

The data-driven Patient Acuity Nursing Tool, or PANT, maximizes patient and nursing outcomes, and has been extensively validated and determined to be an accurate reflection of nursing workload for various patient populations, the project coordinator reports.

When risks of digital disruptions are high, healthcare leaders must build business continuity plans that include holistic data management and security, says Tony Black, global director of healthcare, privacy and digital transformation at Kyndryl.  

This new scalability is possible because spinoff Praia Health's Consumer Platform does the heavy lifting associated with creating new features and capabilities within the health system's logged-in experiences, explains Providence's SVP of product and tech innovation.

To help health IT leaders address the risks associated with AI, here are some key steps to help approach digital transformation in a safe and sustainable way.