Artificial Intelligence

Powered by Amazon Bedrock, AWS will now offer artificial intelligence to quickly create clinical notes that can be added to EHRs. A new imaging service, meanwhile, could help reduce costs compared to self-managed infrastructure.

Edward Yurcisin, chief technology officer at the NCQA, says the organization is using its open-source CQL engine to digitize HEDIS measures and others to improve the quality of healthcare in the U.S. and internationally with FHIR.

Many health facilities are already delivering acute and intensive care virtually or at home.

Julie Eastman, RN, has been associate chief information officer at the Orange County health system for the past 18 months. With the promotion, she'll supervise IT operations and lead efforts on telecom, biomedical engineering and more.

Health systems able to offer this will not only be better positioned to survive external pressures, says one artificial intelligence expert, but will also help set the bar for critical best practices for future patient-provider relationships.

Healthcare organizations need a strong cyber threat intelligence program to understand risk and harden their security posture.

The use of voice interfaces to follow up with discharged patients at home can extend care and reduce readmissions, said Freddie Feldman, director of voice and conversational interfaces at Wolters Kluwer.

This HIMSS23 APAC speaker will share how Taiwan’s Chang Gung Memorial Hospital transformed into a leading data-driven smart hospital.

The private network, powered by Verizon, will enable 3D X-ray vision, augmented and virtual reality, digital twins and other data-intensive clinical innovations for veterans.

Also: U.K.-based Preventx announces a new Cincinnati lab offering remote STI testing to help American public health agencies manage the challenges of hard-to-reach populations.