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How Tech Can Optimize Protocol-Driven Care For Children With Medical Complexity

Healthcare IT Today

Many clinical practice groups have developed consensus-based protocols and clinical pathways to detail the steps in a course of treatment or care plan to standardize care for a specific clinical problem, procedure, or encounter. A hospital’s own feeding protocol should be digitized and embedded into patient care workflows.

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eClinicalWorks’ Bet on AI Paying Off for Practices

Healthcare IT Today

Many practices I spoke with at this year’s Enterprise Summit commented on the time and bottom-line savings being realized by having AI automatically match inbound electronic documents to the correct patient record (verified by an actual pair of eyes of course). Watch this summary video for more.

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Ambient Voice Transcriptions Endorsed in a Study by The Permanente Medical Group

Healthcare IT Today

A new study by The Permanente Medical Group (part of Kaiser Permanente) offers confidence that ambient voice transcriptions can save time and improve the patient experience by generating clinical notes about patient visits. The doctor, of course, has to edit the note for accuracy. Many vendors claim a high accuracy rate.

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ChatGPT May Not be Ready to Revolutionize the Healthcare Industry Quite Yet, But There’s Promise for the Future

Healthcare IT Today

There is no guarantee that ChatGPT’s answers will not be too generic and leave behind relevant information that might be key to the patient and their diagnosis or critical to their course of care. Equally dangerous in a healthcare context, ChatGPT and related AI systems are known to “hallucinate” false statements.

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Innovation is for Kids at Holland Bloorview

Healthcare IT Today

Of course, we have physicians, nurses and all the therapy professionals, but we also have programs like music, arts, participation & inclusion, and pathways to employment.”. They serve children who have chronic medical conditions, disabilities, and trauma that requires complex rehabilitation programs.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. Enhancing the patient experience with technology. This month, our coverage will continue a special focus on the patient experience.

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Rethinking Medication and Information Technology

Healthcare IT Today

Ortiz talks about connecting patient needs with assistance from family, friends, a nursing agency, or other help. ” Of course, our reimbursement system doesn’t allow time for such conversations. Dr. Peak similarly said, “Help people take ownership of their own care.”

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