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Specially trained medical assistants (dubbed tele-MAs) travel to patients' homes and enable full exams virtually, the provider organization's CEO explains.

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 largest health system in New York State will roll out an enterprise-wide platform to help standardize and scale secure monitoring and interoperability, enabling more unified visibility into what's happening at each patient's bedside.

The modules are expected to provide greater efficiency by improving bed management and reducing data duplication.

Dr. Anobel Odisho, associate professor of Urology at the University of California, San Francisco, who will be speaking at HIMSS23, says the true value of automation lies in its ability to free up clinical resources to focus on complex cases.

Phoenix Children's Hospital EVP and Chief Innovation Officer David Higginson previews his HIMSS23 discussion, explaining how AI algorithms supplement the work of the hospital's clinical and operational teams to improve care quality and efficiency.

With "force multipliers" enterprises can improve healthcare cybersecurity and reduce costs, says Nate Lesser, vice president and CISO at Children's National Hospital, in a preview of his HIMSS23 presentation.

In a preview of their HIMSS23 presentation, Margie Zuk and Melissa "Penny" Chase of MITRE share some updates for the Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness and Response Playbook, coauthored with the FDA.

 CMS has released a proposed rule to speed up prior authorization approval.