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Texting of patient orders among members by healthcare teams is now permissible at hospitals and critical access hospitals when done through a HIPAA-compliant secure platform in compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation rules, the agency says.

The nonprofit group's Interoperable Secure Cloud Fax Consensus Body aims to add cross-platform identity assurance, standards-based metadata exchange and new federated security standards to facsimile exchange.

Also, the NSW government has expanded statewide the implementation of its virtual urgent care service for children.

With customized EHR dashboards, the health system identifies metrics critical for accountable care so it can support all its providers – it's seen 200% growth in the past three years – with a tailored approach to caring for their patients.

Also: Akamai releases a new tool that monitors website visitor behavior and helps detect malicious scraper bots looking to steal data. 

How healthcare organizations are implementing AI/ML tools.

Even the best algorithm could still need months to verify its performance, a healthcare systems expert says. So IT leaders should ensure they budget for the training process whenever they evaluate any artificial intelligence technology.

Researchers recognized Epic, athenahealth, Impact Advisors, Evergreen, Chartis and others for notable performances based on customer experience feedback from this past year.

AR and other immersive virtual experiences hold huge promise – enabling shorter and more streamlined training periods, more satisfied clinicians and "invigorated learning environments," MGB innovation leaders will show at HIMSS24. 

Large language models can provide a big boost here for providers, says the CEO of Medicomp. But algorithms should be trained on hierarchical condition categories for risk adjustment – and challenges with data quality and bias need addressing.