Data Warehousing
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.
The platform seeks to unify data held by over 28 health system entities.
The prospect of LLMs filling gaps in data and generating insights based on what's missing has huge potential, says Payel Das, principal research staff member and manager in the Trusted AI department of IBM.
United States Core Data for Interoperability Standard, version 4, is a key resource for information blocking and interoperability compliance. It is adding 20 new data elements and one new data class – facility information – to the previous standard set.
According to LOGEX's CEO, Philipp Jan Flach, in order to unlock the value of the fragmented data collected from "point solutions," we need to aggregate it using interoperable standards.
Plaintiffs say the apparent theft of identity and other information announced this past week, which could impact as many as 11 million people, happened because the health system did not use "reasonable security procedures and practices."
Training machine learning on the data amassed by the Illinois Department of Public Health could help the department better understand who might be at greatest risk of a variety of conditions, says IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra.
Natural language processing can parse huge volumes of medical records to help providers and payers gain valuable insights. Dr. Tim O'Connell, CEO and founder of Emtelligent, discusses his company's approach.
An investigation following the ransomware attack against HPHC, the Bay State's second-largest health insurer, identified signs that bad actors exfiltrated PPI and PHI of patients, dependents and providers.
Patients want more trust, transparency and information sharing from healthcare organizations to guide them in their complex healthcare journey, says Grace Cordovano, founder of Enlightening Results.