Quality and Safety

The healthcare workforce should prepare for a "once-in-a-century revolution," a labor law expert says, with artificial intelligence poised to directly impact the way nurses and other healthcare professionals do their jobs.

Also, WA Country Health Service is looking for a technology provider for its Virtual Care service.

"With improved monitoring and measurement capabilities, we have been better equipped to understand the dynamics of falls, identify trends and implement targeted interventions," says a nursing leader at the North Carolina health system.

The nonprofit group's Interoperable Secure Cloud Fax Consensus Body aims to add cross-platform identity assurance, standards-based metadata exchange and new federated security standards to facsimile exchange.

Even the best algorithm could still need months to verify its performance, a healthcare systems expert says. So IT leaders should ensure they budget for the training process whenever they evaluate any artificial intelligence technology.

Researchers recognized Epic, athenahealth, Impact Advisors, Evergreen, Chartis and others for notable performances based on customer experience feedback from this past year.

AR and other immersive virtual experiences hold huge promise – enabling shorter and more streamlined training periods, more satisfied clinicians and "invigorated learning environments," MGB innovation leaders will show at HIMSS24. 

Large language models can provide a big boost here for providers, says the CEO of Medicomp. But algorithms should be trained on hierarchical condition categories for risk adjustment – and challenges with data quality and bias need addressing.

The sector has strengths in cybersecurity and communications but lacks innovation, the Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council notes.

Artificial intelligence can help infusion centers lower patient wait times and reduce staff overtime, while supporting growth, says Ashely Joseph, vice president of infusion centers client services at LeanTaaS.