Population Health

The American Hospital Association says new regs from the HHS Office for Civil Rights clash with HIPAA, contradict interoperability efforts and are "flawed as a matter of law and harmful as a matter of policy."

Dr. Aalpen Patel – who holds a position that's still rare among provider organizations – discusses the need to educate the healthcare workforce in AI, and describes how the health system is applying algorithms across radiology, pop health management and other clinical use cases.

Many hospitals and health systems are quickly realizing they need what Geisinger and few others have – a medical director of AI. The prominent health system's physician AI maestro Dr. Aalpen Patel discusses his role and goes behind the scenes on a number of AI projects.

South Australian women experiencing signs of early pregnancy loss no longer have to wait in the ED to be assessed.

It is launching a data collaboration lab with Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks.

Also, Orion Health has integrated Pieces AI for automatic patient summaries generation.

Also, South Korea takes a further step to enable health data interoperability.

A nurse professor at the Western University Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing explains how providers and researchers can use de-identified health data to gain ground on social determinants of health and enable better outcomes.

For people with commercial insurance, the value of benefits for women is more than $1.3 billion less than men. 

It has partnered with Institut Kanser Negara to promote the adoption of AI-based lung screening in public health.