Advancing Healthcare with High Performance Computing (HPC) and Cybersecurity
Healthcare has become a data-driven industry as the volume of data continues to grow and organizations are able to use that data to provide more personalized care. However, data alone won’t advance healthcare. New systems and processing power that can turn data into insights is the key to accelerating discoveries and improving care. At the HIMSS 2024 conference, we brought together an incredible panel hosted by AMD and Dell Technologies to discuss the ways high performance computing (HPC) is key to helping healthcare organizations solve the big challenges healthcare faces. Plus, we looked at how security has to be ba...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Security and Privacy AMD Dell Technologies Healthcare High Performance Computing Healthcare IT Video Intervie Source Type: blogs

Healthy Together Acquires Kinsa Health to Build AI Illness Forecasting & Expand into New Markets
Healthy Together, a leading health technology company specializing in Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for State-level Health & Human Services programs, is excited to announce the successful acquisition of Kinsa Health, a powerful and robust AI platform that provides predictive insights for pharmaceutical companies, retailers, illness product companies, public health agencies, hospital systems, and communities. The acquisition advances Healthy Together’s mission to improve collective health and make government and enterprises more efficient. By integrating Kinsa’s AI illness forecasting engine into He...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Healthy Together Inder Singh Jared Allgood Kinsa Health Source Type: blogs

I Think We Still Have A Great Deal To Learn About The Denisovans …
This appeared last week The Observer Evolution Scientists link elusive human group to 150,000-year-old Chinese ‘dragon man’ Researchers have found fresh evidence that may connect the mysterious Denisovans to the early human species Homo longi Robin McKie Science editor Sun 31 Mar 2024 02.00 AEDT Last modified on Sun 31 Mar 2024 07.16 AEDT They remain one of the most elusive groups of (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Looks Like The ADHA CEO Has Left - Can Anyone Confirm?
Noted this today! (From a release from the APodA!)"Australian Digital Health Agency Acting CEO Peter O ’Halloran said, “Our initial focus has been on supporting GPs and pharmacies to register but they are not the only healthcare providers that face large amounts of paperwork whenever health professionals join or leave their employment."Web site is not updated as of Friday 5/4/2024David, (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Revolutionizing Healthcare: CareCloud ’ s Generative AI solutions Showcased at HIMSS 2024
According to Adeel Sarwar, Chief Technology Officer at CareCloud, doctors spend at least 20% of their clinical work time on administration. In this video interview, Sarwar and A. Hadi Chaudhry, Chief Executive Officer and President at CareCloud, talk about their use of AI, and now generative AI, to relieve doctors of this burden and achieve more face-to-face time with patients. For nearly 25 years, CareCloud has offered a comprehensive health care platform combining practice management, remote patient monitoring, patient engagement, business intelligence, and preventive care. Using the enormous amounts of data gathered ove...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT A. Hadi Chaudhry Adeel Sarwar Ambient Clinical Voice CareCloud CareCloud AI Digital AI Assistant Healthcare AI Healthcare AI Acq Source Type: blogs

Unlocking Healthcare ’ s Mobile Future: HIPAA-Compliant BYOD
When I’ve talked to CIOs about what’s keeping them up at night, they almost universally answer: security.  No doubt it’s the biggest risk to a healthcare organization and the attackers only need a slight opening in your security defenses to wreak havoc. That’s why we were particularly interested in this session at HIMSS 2024 that looked at how to create a HIPAA-Compliant BYOD program which balanced the security needs of a healthcare organization while still meeting the workflow needs of their users.  Michael Karnezis, Director of Commercial Sales, and Vernon O’Donnell, President, Field Opera...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC Security and Privacy BYID Security Healthcare Breaches Healthcare BYOD Healthcare Cybersecurity healthcare infrastructure Healt Source Type: blogs

Carenet Health Acquiring Health Dialog, Enhancing Clinical Team and Advancing Insights-Driven Platform Dedicated to the Business of Healthcare
Expanded Personalized Population Health Capabilities Support Better Health Journeys for Patients Carenet Health, a trusted partner in helping organizations simplify and power the business of healthcare, is excited to announce it is acquiring Health Dialog, a worldwide leader in delivering clinical decision support offerings. This acquisition enables Carenet to leverage its combined platform, analytics, and clinicians to deliver greater efficiency and outcomes-based financial performance for clients. Health Dialog provides personalized population health services to health plans, providers, employers, and pharmaceutical man...
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Technobabble To English: A Buzzword Guide For Medical AI And Digital Health
Navigating AI in medicine and digital health can feel like ordering a coffee at that new hipster café downtown: exciting yet slightly overwhelming with a menu that seems to be in a different language. A while ago we published a buzzword dictionary to help you decode the most frequently repeated terms. Back then artificial intelligence and machine learning were rarely heard exotic expressions, but as quite a few years have passed, a whole new set of mambo-jambo emerged, waiting to be explained.  You’re probably sick of hearing the latest digital health buzzwords without any actual context, so let’s translat...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine buzzword AI in medicine generative AI in medicine Source Type: blogs

This Is A Fantastic Story On How One Of Our Most Important Tech. Companies Emerged.
This appeared last weekMorris Chang turned 55. Then he started the world ’s most important company By Ben Cohen The Wall Street Journal 1:24AM March 31, 2024 The world’s most valuable tech companies were founded in dorm rooms, garages and diners by entrepreneurs who were remarkably young. Bill Gates was 19. Steve Jobs was 21. Jeff Bezos and Jensen Huang were 30. But what might just be the world’s (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
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Top 10 commandments for the ethical and effective use of AI
As we navigate the digital renaissance, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has undeniably marked a pivotal era in technological innovation and societal advancement. This era, brimming with potential, necessitates a framework to ensure that our journey is not only propelled by the wings of advancement but is also anchored in ethical integrity. Here are Read more… Top 10 commandments for the ethical and effective use of AI originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Tech Health IT Source Type: blogs

Bringing Contextualized Health Data into the Diagnostic and Treatment Process
Healthcare has always relied on data.  What’s changed is the explosion of data in healthcare and the availability of this data to clinicians as well as a whole host of healthcare professionals.  Bringing context and meaning to this vast amount of data including unstructured health data is going to be key for every healthcare organization.  We sat down with Dr. Paulo Pinho, Chief Medical & Strategy Officer at Discern Health, and Dr. Tim O’Connell, Co-founder and CEO at emtelligent, to learn more about what they’re doing to contextualize data and improve processes for providers, payers, and researchers a...
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Nabla Ambient Clinical Voice Demo at HIMSS
It’s no secret that ambient clinical voice is one of our favorite topics here at Healthcare IT Today.  We clearly believe that it’s going to be one of the most impactful technologies to be implemented in healthcare.  As a doctor friend recently told me, “It’s the most useful single piece of IT technology I’ve seen in a long time from the doctor’s perspective.” That’s why at the HIMSS annual conference, I was excited to check out a demo of the Nabla ambient clinical voice solution which we captured on the video below for all to see their technology in action. Dr. Ed Lee, Chi...
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This Week ’ s Health IT Jobs – April 3, 2024
It can be very overwhelming scrolling though job board after job board in search of a position that fits your wants and needs. Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. Here’s a quick look at some of the health IT jobs we found: Clinical Documentation Specialist – Emerson Health Manager Applications – Information Service EMR Applications – The MetroHealth System (Cleveland, OH) Application Systems Analyst III – EPIC Beaker Principle Trainer &...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 3, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Career and Jobs Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System ACCO Engineered Systems Ardent Health Services Bluebird Staffing Duly Health and Care Emerson Health Engage Partners Inc. Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Careers Source Type: blogs

This Is An Amazing Story Of Being At The Right Place, With The Right Skills And Technology, At The Right Time!
This appeared last week: The Observer Artificial intelligence (AI) How did a small developer of graphics cards for gamers suddenly become the third most valuable firm on the planet? John Naughton By turning his computer chip-making company Nvidia into a vital component in the AI arms race, Jensen Huang has placed himself at the forefront of the biggest gold rush in tech history Sun 31 Mar (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
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MRO Lets Payers and Providers See the Same Ledger
Health care payers, such as CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, traditionally have only billing data on their patients. That’s why Mo Weitnauer, chief product officer at MRO, calls clinical data “the hottest commodity” in health care. Piyush Khanna, Vice President Clinical Services at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, would like to store all their data in a single repository and use it for “bidirectional conversations” between the payer and providers. This can provide doctors with data at the point where the clinical decisions are being made—for instance, to perform dialysis at-home or in the clin...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 2, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Healthcare Information Exchange Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Payers Healthcare ROI Healthcare Scene Featured Mo Weitnauer Source Type: blogs