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Virtual assistants are the future for both patients and providers, explains Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal, assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
"In minutes, the software identified nearly 54,000 patients with the condition, a process that would likely have taken years for physicians to perform manually," a physician researcher tells Healthcare IT News.
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United Spinal Association's Paul Amadeus Lane discusses how virtual rehab, AI and machine learning can enhance quality of life.
At Central Oregon Radiology Associates, network detection and response technology provides improved, more manageable security while cutting costs, its CIO reports.
An expert in emerging technology from the IEEE Standards Association describes the elements that must be considered as artificial intelligence proliferates across healthcare.
Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid said the UK must “level up” digital health inequalities to ensure the long-term sustainability of health and social care.
"The goal is surgeons who have the world's best expert surgeon virtually at their side in every case and the experience of thousands of cases," says University of Washington's Dr. Sam Browd.
The IT veteran, who comes to the Florida health system with both hospital and vendor experience, wants to "humanize technology to solve problems in new ways."
Researchers used anonymised health data from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and 20 other hospitals worldwide.
Involving and integrating patients in the treatment process will help drive personalized medicine, says Dr. Risto Miettunen, president of the International Hospital Federation.