Quality and Safety

John P. Donohue, vice president of IS entity services, discusses creating opportunities for standardization across a complex health system, strategizing prioritization of initiatives across the health system, and much more.

EHR access has been restored in Florida, Alabama and Austin, Texas.

The informatics group polled clinicians about the "pervasive challenge" of excessive administrative work, and found that 75% of respondents think too much documentation is detracting from care quality.

The World Health Organization's new genAI chatbot highlights the need for caution and responsibility when deploying and using such technologies.

A risk management expert offers perspective on shoring up data security, preventing misdiagnosis and avoiding overreliance on RPM.

The Veterans Affairs Office of Information and Technology finds artificial intelligence-driven clinical documentation is helping to solve physician burnout, but the value for benefits administration is yet to be determined.

A study published in Clinical Imaging says ChatGPT can simplify radiology reports, but the results differ significantly based on racial context.  

The highest-performers saw their overall scores rise 20 points, but the lowest-scoring performers declined eight points.

Healthcare organizations with fewer resources could use the new free and open-source tools to validate any artificial intelligence model and monitor its ongoing performance. "This is your cookbook," says Corey Miller, Epic's VP of R&D.

The clinical analytics tool is improving engagement metrics at Tennessee-based Psychiatric Medical Care, helping report aggregate data to the board and The Joint Commission, informing performance evaluations – and offering something quantifiable to show patients and families.