Quality and Safety
With major cyberattacks bringing big disruptions to pharmacies, hospitals and other health organizations, the stakes for data security and patient safety could hardly be higher. At HIMSS24, IT and infosec leaders share best practices.
How can artificial intelligence improve care delivery, and how can it be used safely and effectively? We're all figuring it out together. At HIMSS24, a chance to get lessons and insights from folks who are exploring in earnest.
Ahead of HIMSS24, they discuss their upcoming book, "Diagnosed," which is written for patients navigating their care journey, and preview an accompanying white paper designed to help IT leaders create intuitive and empathetic patient experiences.
Billed as the first major overhaul in a decade for the National Institute of Standards and Technology's foundational risk management approach, CSF 2.0 has new resources to help organizations better position themselves to mitigate cyber threats.
AI & ML Intelligence
Dr. Melek Somai describes the Wisconsin health system's efforts to expand its integration of artificial intelligence into workflows and care processes – from streamlining patient scheduling to providing personalized preventive care recommendations.
CitiusTech claims that most genAI proof of concepts is delayed due to the lack of trust.
Success Stories & ROI
2017 saw Houston Methodist Coordinated Care Medicare Accountable Care Organization in the 40th percentile in some of the CMS ACO quality metrics. Today it's in the 90th. Physicians also have received CMS shared savings based on their quality percentile performance.
Srini Iyer, CTO at Leidos Health & Civil Sector, previews his HIMSS24 session by discussing the potential of domain-specific AI to revolutionize healthcare by delivering more accurate, efficient and cost-effective care.
With help from a new point-of-care tool, even its lowest-performing clinics for diabetic retinopathy have met their retinal exam percentage completion goal.
When is it time to optimize an EHR? Where is the best place to start? Who should be involved? Peyman Zand, chief strategy officer at consulting firm CereCore and a former provider CIO, has the answers to these questions and many more.