Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Bridging the Trust Gap Is Key to AI Success. AI needs guidelines, parameters and transparency, Dr. Stephen Kearney at SAS told Colin Hung. Algorithms should be evaluated with the same rigor as a clinical trial so clinicians know they can trust them before putting them to use. Read more…
Cloud EHR Helped Suncoast Community Health Centers Save Money and Reduce Frustration. Faced with a $400,000 estimate to upgrade its data center to run its client-based EHR (and other systems), the Florida-based FQHC opted to migrate its eClinicalWorks deployment to the cloud. Colin learned how the cloud-based EHR cut maintenance costs, provided redundancy, and improved resilience. Read more…
Exploring Recent Clinical Efficiency Improvements in eClinicalWorks. John sat down with Danielle Graham at Kroger’s The Little Clinic to learn how eCW version 12 has shaved up to two minutes of clerical work out of each patient encounter and simplified administrative tasks to help clinical staff get the most out of every patient visit. Read more…
Is High Vendor Churn on Healthcare’s Horizon? Coming out of the pandemic, healthcare organizations are revisiting technology purchasing decisions made in a rush. Panda Health’s Ryan Bengtson said the industry can expect a “great shakeup” as providers consolidate vendors now that contracts are up for renewal – and providers now know what solutions they prefer. Read more…
Making Culturally Safe Care the Norm. Culturally safe care treats all patients as humans in the absence of hostility, according to Dr. Alika Lafontaine, the President of the Canadian Medical Association. Unfortunately, he told Colin, this type of care can be difficult to deliver when clinicians are working long hours and spending too much time on paperwork. Read more…
How a Single Map Kickstarted San Bernardino County’s GIS Technology Use. The largest county in the Lower 48 switched from a spreadsheet to a map to track 10,000 assets tied to environmental health. Data visualization led to more informed decision-making and led the public health department to roll out interactive maps for animal control, emergency response, family health, and more. Read more…
Don’t Wait for A Lawsuit to Address Accessibility. A lack of accessible digital experiences exposes healthcare to liability, but only one-third of organizations meet current industry guidelines. Bob Farrell at Applause encouraged organizations to bake inclusivity and accessibility into product development – and cautioned that top-down cultural change may be necessary for success. Read more…
Data and Storage Are Powering the Evolution of Healthcare. Growth in both consumer and medical-grade monitoring devices is sparking a data revolution in healthcare to drive research, improve decision-making, and maintain healthy lifestyles. Organizations will need high-performance storage to reap these benefits, said Doug McLoughlin at Western Digital. Read more…
Why Preventive Medicine Is the Key to Value-Based Care. Its benefits are well documented, but preventive care is difficult to access amid a shortage of physicians, noted Dr. Ed Cladera at AristaMD. Making it easier for physicians to conduct peer consults and send referrals can help ensure patients spend less time waiting to see someone – and are less likely to go to the ED. Read more…
Embracing Automation to Increase Connection. The best use cases for generative AI will augment the way physicians work, particularly when it comes to manual and repetitive tasks, according to Dr. Travis Bias at 3M. Automating non-clinical work has the additional benefit of giving physicians more time to spend on patient care, too. Read more…
Featured Health IT Job: Simulation Operations Specialist at Natividad – based south of the Bay Area in Salinas, California – posted to Healthcare IT Central.
Bonus Features for July 16, 2023: 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, yet 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Medical imaging platform Flywheel announced $54 million in Series D funding.
- Collaboration platform developer BeeKeeperAI raises $12.1 million in Series A funding.
- No-code clinical application development platform AvoMD raised $5 million in seed funding.
- Virtual obesity management clinic Alfie Health announced $2.1 million in funding and results of a 300-cohort clinical trial.
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