Artificial Intelligence
The new Office of Management and Budget policies will require "concrete safeguards" around the transparent and responsible use of artificial intelligence across government – including at the CDC, VA hospitals and other federal sites.
There are limitations to current large language models for coding and identifying clinical quality measures, says Dr. Jay Anders, CMO at Medicomp Systems, who discusses the need for further model training and clinical vigilance to avoid errors.
Also, Indian cancer care network HealthCare Global Enterprises has come out with a new mobile application.
AI & ML Intelligence
The personalized, large language model-backed framework is designed to provide support for patient needs – whether answering urgent health questions or just lending an empathetic ear.
Nursing and IT
The accomplishment puts the health system in a better position to attract and retain the talent that is so critical to its ability to serve its patients, says its VP of operations.
Among the top global policy issues at HIMSS24: AI regulation, patient access and equity. Tom Leary, SVP and head of government relations at HIMSS, explains how the organization advocates for health policies that support those goals.
"What data do you have? Where is it located? How do you get to it? And is the data fit for purpose? Data doesn't need to be perfect to be useful. But you don't ever want to use data that's not perfect and not know it."
In an update on several looming regulatory deadlines, the HIMSS Electronic Health Records Association said it asked ONC for enforcement discretion on a December 1 deadline.
Nurse informaticists should have a voice in selecting new technologies such as AI to ensure they address bias and capture accurate data, says Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, program director of nursing informatics at NewYork-Presbyterian.
Artificial intelligence can enhance virtual nursing, quality and outcomes, and healthcare transformation, says Dr. Stephanie Lahr, president of Artisight, a healthcare AI technology company. She shows how.