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Billed as the first of its kind, the ANSI-accredited spec defines terms such as assistive intelligence, synthetic data and others related to how artificial intelligence is used in healthcare.

Caregivers with the clinical communications vendor’s Smartbadge can say “Hey, Vocera,” to initiate calls, voice messages, responses to events and alerts, or broadcasts to care teams or rapid response teams.

Just four in 10 providers say digital technology is being successfully integrated into the overall patient experience, a UPMC survey shows, and when it is, it's mostly basic functionality.

The ultimate goals are to avoid penalties for non-compliance with state regulations; improve provider satisfaction, loyalty and recruitment measures; and increase patient satisfaction measures.

Update: HIMSS20 has been canceled due to the coronavirus.

Rajendra Pratap Gupta, board member at the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH), says the future will see the rise of fitness wearables with patients managing their own health to a much greater degree.

The EMS system supports real-time data transfer and two-way communication to empower clinical decision making on the move. The AI capabilities will provide “transformative change,” an exec says.

Update: HIMSS20 has been canceled due to the coronavirus.

But Providence St. Joseph Health Chief Digital Officer Aaron Martin sees a near future when hospitals will meet their disruptors halfway.

800 of Dr. Scott Jensen’s patients have thus far opted for virtual visits in rural Arizona. The telehealth tech has an easy ROI, he says, and boosts patient satisfaction.