Decision Support

At HIMSS20, Mayo Clinic Platform President Dr. John Halamka and medical journalist Paul Cerrato will explore emerging technologies that are reshaping screening, diagnosis and treatment.

The cloud technology vendor has made new CDC-recommended tools available to ambulatory and hospital clients, to help with faster diagnosis and continuous monitoring.

Overall immunization process time at the hospital has dropped from about 48 hours per month to 2.5 hours. And four steps have been cut from the process.

Its new report on emerging technologies sees appetite and aptitude growing for telehealth and virtual visits, remote patient monitoring, clinical decision support and more.

They will be in the Nuance AI Marketplace for Diagnostic Imaging, which is designed to provide a one-stop shop for radiologists to review and purchase AI models to improve their workflow.

The medical doctor who heads the consulting giant’s global health practice foresees AI having a huge impact in healthcare this year, and is keeping his eyes on blockchain, extended reality and quantum computing.

The five-year project will focus on enabling faster medical research innovations, protecting against global health crises and improving access to care, the company says.

Epic this week sent out an update to its healthcare customers, meant to help providers nationwide detect potential cases of the Wuhan novel coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV.

As regulatory oversight for predictive decision support evolves, certain best practices can help health systems get the most from machine learning-powered CDS models.

The major player in imaging and health IT discusses the trends and some of its technologies with an eye on helping HIMSS20 attendees navigate the show.