Quality and Safety

To help health IT leaders address the risks associated with AI, here are some key steps to help approach digital transformation in a safe and sustainable way.

This form of telemedicine can provide high-touch care coordination for preventive care, chronic condition management and mental health services, and bring cost savings from lower out-of-pocket expenses and avoiding unnecessary care, one expert says.

The new lab will evaluate artificial intelligence in the health domain in a simulated real-world environment, help innovators refine their machine learning models and offer AI workforce development training.

The collaboration aims to enhance patient care by streamlining data reporting, saving time for nursing leaders and accelerating quality improvement efforts.

The organization has released a draft framework to ensure that algorithms and artificial intelligence applications in healthcare perform responsibly, and in the service of better health for all. 

Chief Digital and Information Officer Craig Richardville stresses three tenets: simplicity, alignment and risk sharing.

Senators Hawley and Blumenthal asked UnitedHealth Group how Change Healthcare's systems were breached, why the clearinghouse suffered "such an egregious and unexplained outage" and the extent of data compromised in the ransomware attack.

DeepScribe has worked to build trust in its ambient AI by deploying validation models that prevent inaccuracies and maintain the integrity of the clinical documentation it generates. Matthew Ko, its cofounder, president and COO, explains.

Darren Lacey discusses the key foundational technologies underlying healthcare's IT infrastructure, and how innovative approaches to open-source tooling and memory safe languages can help improve health systems' cybersecurity posture.

And technology is key, as the health system's new Consumer Data Hub provides a secure 360-degree view of the patient, while its new Enterprise Data Fabric unifies diverse data sources – offering immediate access and enabling advanced AI-powered analytics.