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Clinicians and management at odds in health care
In a survey conducted by a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing team led by Linda Aiken, PhD, RN, of 21,050 physicians and nurses at 60 hospitals, it was found that more than 40 percent of clinicians were not confident that hospital management would act to resolve problems that clinicians identify in patient care. Close Read more… Clinicians and management at odds in health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 31, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Hospital-Based Medicine Source Type: blogs

2024 health care informatics forecast: AI diagnostics, personalized medicine, and cybersecurity transformations
Predicting specific developments in health care informatics for 2024 is challenging, but trends suggest continued advancements in AI-driven diagnostics, personalized medicine, and enhanced interoperability for seamless data exchange among health care systems. The emphasis on cybersecurity to protect sensitive health data will also likely increase. AI-driven diagnostics are likely to see advancements in accuracy and Read more… 2024 health care informatics forecast: AI diagnostics, personalized medicine, and cybersecurity transformations originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 31, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Tech Health IT Source Type: blogs

From surgery to AI [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Maria Iliakova, a bariatric and general surgeon. We’ll dive deep into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and its remarkable applications across various industries, including health care. Maria will shed light on what AI is, how it’s transforming medicine, and practical ways health Read more… From surgery to AI [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 31, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Health IT Source Type: blogs

Freedom to roam: Breaking down the boundaries of non-competes
Change is a constant in the medical field, and one significant shift that’s been shaking up the world of health care employment is the reform of non-compete contracts. Understanding the implications of these changes is crucial to every doctor. I believe it’s important for you to grasp what the new non-compete contract reforms mean and Read more… Freedom to roam: Breaking down the boundaries of non-competes originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 30, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Finance Practice Management Source Type: blogs

Can Generative AI Improve Health Care Relationships?
By MIKE MAGEE “What exactly does it mean to augment clinical judgement…?” That’s the question that Stanford Law professor, Michelle Mello, asked in the second paragraph of a May, 2023 article in JAMA exploring the medical legal boundaries of large language model (LLM) generative AI. This cogent question triggered unease among the nation’s academic and clinical medical leaders who live in constant fear of being financially (and more important, psychically) assaulted for harming patients who have entrusted themselves to their care. That prescient article came out just one month before news leaked about ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech AI Generative AI LLMs Mike Magee Patient-Physician Relationship Source Type: blogs

From Information Blocking to Information Sharing – A Look at HTI-1 and TEFCA
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) keeps releasing new rules to address the urgent need for data exchange. The  Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) was followed recently by the  Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) Final Rule. In this video, Jill DeGraff, Senior Vice President, Regulatory at b.well Connected Health goes deeply into these new rules and explains their value as well as the demands they place on health care systems. Hopefully, interoperability will result in a “connected healt...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 30, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability LTPAC Regulations b.well b.well Connected Health FHIR Health Data Sharing Healthcare APIs Healthcare IT Video Interviews HT Source Type: blogs

Raj Singh, Accolade
Earlier this month I caught up with Raj Singh, the CEO of Accolade. The “navigation” company is publicly traded and now offering its own telehealth, primary care & second opinions as well as helping patients access both digital health services and brick & mortar health systems. How is Accolade dealing by both offering primary care and helping patients manage through complex care situations? And why isn’t this available to everyone, yet? Raj told me how it works and what the likely future will be, including work with health plans, and how Accolade is on a path to a $1b in revenue in 5 years.–...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech THCB Spotlights Accolade Care Navigation Raj Singh Source Type: blogs

Holistic success and happiness in medicine [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Ketan Kulkarni, a physician entrepreneur. We’ll delve into the pressing issues of burnout and discontent among health care professionals, particularly physicians, and explore strategies for achieving holistic success and happiness in both personal and professional life. Ketan Kulkarni is a physician entrepreneur. He discusses Read more… Holistic success and happiness in medicine [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 29, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Psychiatry Source Type: blogs

Escaping the time warp: my journey after leaving clinical medicine
It’s been almost two years since I left clinical medicine. In the midst of our country’s health care attrition crisis, stories of early retirement, burnout, and career transitions aren’t hard to find. While each of those accounts brings a deeper understanding of the problem, as well as potential strategies to remedy it, this is not Read more… Escaping the time warp: my journey after leaving clinical medicine originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 28, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs

The Federal SAVE Act: a beacon of hope for health care worker safety
It’s a narrative that has become disturbingly familiar: different health care providers, yet the same traumatic story. Ramon, an idealistic new nurse, was drawn to nursing to make a meaningful impact in the lives of the most vulnerable. But in an instant, his love for nursing changed. After just six months as a nurse, a Read more… The Federal SAVE Act: a beacon of hope for health care worker safety originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 27, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Policy Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs

Weekly Roundup – January 27, 2024
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. The Big Consult: Clinicians Who Entered Digital IT Speak About the Differences. For this four-part series, Andy Oram spoke to more than a dozen clinicians now working in IT roles. Most made the switch to broaden their impact on the industry, Andy learned. They also discussed lending their expertise to helping clinicians decide on the right technology. Re...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 27, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs

Health care ’ s hidden struggles: a paradigm shift [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Vickie Leff, a palliative social worker. We’ll dive into a thought-provoking conversation about shifting the health care paradigm, where we explore the emotional toll on health care professionals, the need for sustainability, and how institutions can take more responsibility in supporting their staff. Read more… Health care’s hidden struggles: a paradigm shift [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 27, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Psychiatry Source Type: blogs

Who Could (Possibly) Be the Ideal “ Chief Patient Officer ” ?   (And Other Ideas that Sound Better on Paper than in Practice)
By JONATHON S. FEIT If ideas presented in essays on The Health Care Blog and other healthcare forums are meant to be rhetorical, without intention of turning notions into reality on behalf of patients who need genuine, intimate, desperate help…then feel free to ignore this essay entirely.  Some among us—the State of Washington’s Co-Responder Outreach Alliance; Lisa Fitzpatrick’s Grapevine Health, which specializes in “street medicine” and advocacy in and around Washington, D.C.; Thorne Ambulance Service, an inspirational ambulance entrepreneur bringing both emergency and nonemergency medical transpor...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Health Tech Chief Patient Officer CIVITAS EMS First Responders Interoperability Jonathan Feit Kat McDavitt Lisa Bari Medicaid Source Type: blogs

The superhero spectrum in health care
Strategic thinking: The Doctor Strange of health care. Health care professionals, much like Doctor Strange, often engage in complex decision-making, foreseeing multiple outcomes to choose the best path for patient care. Your ability to strategize and anticipate is crucial in saving lives and ensuring quality care. Innovation: Channeling Iron Man. Innovation is key in health care. Just Read more… The superhero spectrum in health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs

The Big Consult: Bringing Technology to Life
The previous articles in this series looked at differences between digital settings and clinical ones, along with criteria for choosing technologies. This final article looks at practical evaluation of vendors, and how to plan for a deployment. Evaluating the Vendor The traits of the vendor you work with are at least as important as the technology they offer—even more important, according to Aaron Neinstein, chief medical officer at Notable. He points out that products will change quickly along with the environments where they are used. Therefore, you must make sure that the clinicians and vendors are “aligned on...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 26, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Aaron Neinstein Arcadia AvaSure care.ai Christine Vogel Cindy Koppen Clever Care Health Plan Equality Health Health IT Vendors Kate Behan Kh Source Type: blogs