HIMSS18
The vendor is working to improve workflow, security and efficiency with its Exa platform for radiologists and clinicians.
The organizations use voice recognition and artificial intelligence to build interactive reports that include more elements than simply what a clinician adds, such as images, charts and graphs.
Interoperability
The Olympic Healthcare Interoperability Initiative hopes to offer a seamless data exchange among 200 countries.
Telehealth
With all the back and forth in Washington, D.C., lawmakers are not passing some important pieces of legislation concerning Medicare reimbursement for telehealth, Roy Schoenberg says.
Revenue Cycle
Texas Health Resources’ Patti Consolver said usually the biggest dissatisfier for a patient is when they feel misled or not fully informed prior to service.
Revenue Cycle
Enabling employees to telecommute and perform patient pre-registration, scheduling and financial counseling has saved the system money and improved employee satisfaction.
A HIMSS government relations expert says hospitals can make an impact on policy and offers suggestions about being heard by lawmakers to improve patient care.
Analytics
Nonprofit MultiCare uses analytics to drive outcomes and quality improvements, reducing COPD readmissions by 14 percent.
Brett Swenson, MD, deployed a chatbot to improve engagement from EHRs to triage and found real success in reaching patients with information about flu shots.
Privacy & Security
A team from Texas State University is developing a technique to identify flaws and outline the potential for a breach, which it will demonstrate at HIMSS18.