Quality and Safety

We speak with the vice president of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement about the ways technology can contribute to safer provider organizations, and places it falls short.

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs chose the company for its prescriber database because of "its national coverage, profile depth, flexibility and integrity," the council's president and CEO said.

At HIMSS23, Evelyn Gallego, CEO and founder of EMI Advisors, will highlight with fellow panelists the opportunity to develop a standardized data exchange to improve maternal care coordination and planning.

The status quo of ICU clinical alarm fatigue is untenable for both clinicians and patients, says CalmWave CEO Ophir Ronen.

The company says the new HIPAA-compliant integration can reduce specialist visits, improve patient access and minimize administrative overhead with customizable algorithms that route patient referrals.

In a preview of his HIMSS23 session, Christopher Girardo, fellow, clinical informatics/PRN staff, pathology, at LSU Health Shreveport and Ochsner Health, dives into health IT's role in fighting sepsis.

The University of Kansas Health System has boosted overall block utilization by 20% total, prime time by almost 5% total and overall volume by 8% – all with a 7% reduction in available room.

The Coalition for Health AI's guide takes a patient-centric approach and aims to address, among other challenges, barriers to trust in AI and machine learning. It builds on the White House's AI Bill of Rights and NIST's' AI Risk Management Framework.

At HIMSS23, Ken Mandl and Don Rucker will show how the SMART/HL7 spec can enable better performance tracking, public health surveillance, pharma safety and clinical research.

By analyzing crowdsourced patient experience data with NLP, it's possible to enhance care quality measurement and reporting, says Jennifer Gaudet Hefele, senior scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton, a speaker at HIMSS23.