Clinical

Resource constraints and inefficient manual processes are burdening cancer centers across the U.S., but a new report shows how machine learning capabilities outside of EHRs could help improve agility.

The federal precision medicine initiative aiming to study the DNA of 1 million volunteers has announced that it has begun returning personalized health-related DNA results to more than 155,000 participants.

Aster DM Healthcare has been working to connect its hospitals through a single interoperable platform as part of its digital transformation efforts.

 The physician organization is strongly urging Congress to stop the 4.5% payment cut scheduled for January 1, 2023.

 The clinical workforce must be cyber aware, and the cybersecurity team must become clinically aware, experts say.

Insufficient government funding, a lack of interoperability and a scarcity of technology in general are leaving tribal communities underserved, says Tyler LaPlaunt, assistant director at Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions.

A letter from the HIMSS EHR Association outlines concerns and requests clarifications around issues such as automation bias and how the industry would transition away from legacy technologies that conflict with the guidance.

Greg Miller, chief growth officer at health IT vendor Lumeon, says manual methods for coordinating, verifying and advancing steps in a patient's clinical journey are leading to burnout for providers.

Patty Hayward, VP of industry strategy for healthcare and life sciences at Talkdesk, unpacks the results of a recent report, which finds providers struggling with integration of patient-facing tools.

It does this by leveraging an AI tool that reads patients' histories and doctors' notes in real time.