Quality and Safety

IT leaders need to take a step back and ensure they are truly prepared to use large language models, says one computer scientist who offers detailed deployment advice.

Dr. John Busigin, Covenant Health's Advanced Care at Home medical director, said that 20-30% of patients who traditionally received high acuity care at hospitals could receive virtual care through the program.

At the HIMSS 2023 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, Dr. Christian Dameff, medical director of cybersecurity for the University of California San Diego, will address bringing all stakeholders to the table to talk about protecting care quality.

Noninvasive diagnostics are the life's work of Ron Erickson, founder of Know Labs. He explains radio frequency technology and how it could change the course of diabetes care.

Despite difficulties with in-depth scans and legacy software risks, the director of medical device and IoT security at Henry Ford Health says more responsibility from device manufacturers and new regs from the FDA make him optimistic.

More than two-thirds of the health system's abdominal CTs, chest MRIs and PET-CTs now have interactive links to key findings – and radiologists are finding that capability hugely useful, its associate CMIO reports.

Dr. Terri Shieh-Newton, a member at global law firm Mintz, discusses some of the challenging questions that arise when deploying AI, and offers some perspective for healthcare and technology leaders.

While developing strong functionality is important, even vendors with the best technology must combine that with proactive service so customers can get the most out of their solutions, say KLAS researchers.

The healthcare giant will expand its work with Google to help automate workflows and streamline documentation for ED physicians, among other initial use cases.

The hospital has arranged for identity theft resolution services to be available to potentially affected patients at no charge.