Quality and Safety

The project's recognized coordinating entity has released a series of draft materials to support wider use of the HL7 spec, aiming to address standard operating procedures for electronic case reporting and improve the framework more generally.

The IT vendor's chief technology and innovation officer gives a detailed look at the company-wide innovation project, and describes the products and features that resulted – including a support ticketing system that uses generative AI.

How can providers and payers use AI and machine learning in value-based care and preventative care to forecast the onset of health conditions and alter patient behavior? Ionian Healthcare Consulting’s founder and consultant Matt Cybulsky has some answers.  

"Finding out the patient is high-risk after they are diagnosed with cancer is too late," says Dr. Eric Brown, surgical oncologist and breast multidisciplinary team co-lead.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued a work plan for all IT and communications stakeholders to promote the development of digital technology for the elderly.

Techsomed's ultrasound-based liver ablation software can eliminate the guesswork typically associated with thermal ablation therapy.

The projects mark a "significant step in VUMC’s exploration of AI’s potential in streamlining clinician workflows and enhancing medical record-keeping while reducing time spent on documentation," said the health system's CMIO.

The year ahead will see policies evolving along with the tech, says Brigid Bondoc, partner and life sciences attorney at Morrison Foerster, who discusses regulatory approaches that foster innovation while protecting safety.  

A randomized clinical vignette survey across more than a dozen states, with hospitalists, NPs and PAs taking part, evaluated systematically biased algorithms and how clinicians make decisions with image-based AI guides.

Done right, more widespread adoption of remote patient monitoring will offer breakthrough innovations where healthcare delivery can be improved, clinician workloads can be right-sized and better patient outcomes can be achieved, an expert says.