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On June 8 at 1 p.m. EST, Healthcare IT News and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital will co-host an inaugural #HealthyTechTalk Twitter Chat to explore the state of digital health and its opportunities to improve care delivery.

As artificial intelligence, cognitive computing and machine learning systems become better than humans at medicine and cost less, it might even become unethical not to replace people.

Be a change agent. Not a chief scapegoat officer. 

Peter Fleischut served as the system’s chief innovation officer and led the health system’s digital health program.

The announcement comes about two months after the former CMS acting administrator took on an advisory role with Bipartisan Policy Center.

Memorial Hermann, Mayo Clinic, Penn Medicine among providers lauded for keeping their workforces happy.

The health system drastically reduced documentation time and number of clicks within its Cerner EHR after a three-year optimization project.