Generative AI in Your Desk Drawer: How to Get There
Previous articles in this series have shown how generative AI can be used for administrative and back-office functions in health care. Now we’ll look at how models are trained for these specific purposes.
Training Generative AI Models
Every industry has to develop domain-specific models, and health care has the extra burden of protecting personally identifying data. These requirements raise the question of when the general-purpose solutions offered by major tech companies are appropriate, where health care organizations can get large enough data sets to develop models, and how vanilla LLMs—or foundational LLMS—...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 29, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Abhishek Sharma Administrative Burden Akshay Sharma Arcadia Artificial Intelligence Avanade Back Office Bikham Cameron Andrews CitiusTe Source Type: blogs
Generative AI in Your Desk Drawer: A Wealth of Uses
Previous articles in this series introduced the role of generative AI in the healthcare back office and examined its use in billing and revenue management. We’ll cover a lot of other uses in this article.
Patient Contact and Care Management
CEO Rahul Sharma of HSBlox says that the next version of its CureAlign platform will use generative AI to help improve the care management processes in its CareTracker module.
Many patients need reminders, if not actually coaxing, to come in for appointments. The CureAlign platform personalizes outgoing communication based on past interactions with the patient. Sharma says that ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 28, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Abhishek Sharma Accenture Administrative Burden AdvancedMD Amazo Source Type: blogs
Generative AI in Your Desk Drawer: Revenue Management
This article starts to look at healthcare generative AI use cases.
Is it any surprise that new technologies in health care pop up quickly in the area of reimbursements? Payments are the constant obsession of every manager.
Claims
Abhishek Sharma, principal of business transformation at Sagility, says that payers question why a doctor ordered an MRI instead of a less costly CT scan, and that precise details in the patient’s medical record and clinical demographic history have to be culled to justify the decision.
Dushyant Mishra, co-founder and CEO of RapidClaims, says that five to ten percent of costs in clinical i...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 27, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management Abhishek Sharma Administrative Burden AI Advantage Akshay Sharma Anna Twomey Artificial Intelligence Automated Medical C Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 724
This week ' s case was generously donated by Dr. Nazia Nagi in New Delhi, India. She saw these ' cute ' little objects (around 15 micrometers long) during her rotation in the Diarrhoeal Laboratory. The patient is a young teenager with diarrhea lasting for 15-17 days. Identification?Saline wet mounts:Iodine wet mount: (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - August 16, 2023 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 716
Answer to theParasite Case of the Week 716:Cyclospora cayetanensisoocystsOn the wet mount preparation with Lugol ' s iodine, one can nicely appreciate the spherical oocyst with well-defined outer wall and internal globular bodies. The oocysts are not highlighted by the Heine and trichrome stains (latter not shown), but their presence may be suspected by their negative contour. Confirmation can be made by staining with modified acid fast stain (or modified safranin stain), and by demonstrating autofluorescence with fluorescence microscopy. It is important to measure the oocysts on the stains above, since cryptosp...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - April 30, 2023 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Antibacterial Smart Sutures Visible in CT Scans
Researchers at RMIT University in Australia have developed ‘smart stitches’ that can fight bacteria and reveal the location of the sutured area in CT scans. The sutures have been developed to reduce the chances of surgical site infections and also make life a little easier for clinicians, as the material shows up in CT scans, allowing for identification of the location of the sutures in the body and quick assessment if they are performing as required. In particular, the researchers envisage the sutures as a replacement for vaginal meshes that are used to treat prolapses, for which surgical site infection rates tend to ...
Source: Medgadget - February 9, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Radiology Surgery RMIT Source Type: blogs
Fortified Health Security Announces Growth Investment Led by Silversmith Capital Partners and Health Velocity Capital
Investment will accelerate growth in platform development and hiring across the organization
Fortified Health Security (Fortified), a best-in-class managed security services provider (MSSP) to the healthcare industry announced today a majority investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners and Health Velocity Capital with participation from Nordic Consulting.
Fortified’s client-centric focus will remain a priority. The new investment will help fuel Fortified’s growth plan by accelerating its technology roadmap to develop a platform that simplifies the management and oversight of cybersecurity programs for clients, exp...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 20, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Security and Privacy Bruce Crosby Cybersecurity Dan L. Dodson Fortified Fortified Health Security Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Health Velocity Health Velocity Capital H Source Type: blogs
What is carbon dioxide angiography? Cardiology Basics
Carbon dioxide angiography is done using carbon dioxide injection into the blood vessel. Usually iodine containing radiocontrast dyes are injected into the blood vessels and continuous X-ray imaging done, to obtain angiograms.
Contrast material is needed to visualize the blood vessel separately from the other body tissue. But usual iodinated radiocontrast dyes have a potential risk of causing acute kidney injury. This is more so in those with already impaired renal function. It is in this situation that carbon dioxide angiography is usually considered.
Usual angiograms appear dark while carbon dioxide angiogram look...
Source: Cardiophile MD - October 17, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links –17th September, 2022.
This study adds to the evidence showing that expanded access to these services could have a longer-term positive impact if continued.”Roughly 1 in 8 beneficiaries in the pandemic group received OUD-related telehealth services compared with 1 in 800 in the prepandemic group, the research revealed. Access to telehealth services was associated with better treatment retention and lower risk of medically treated overdose in the pandemic group compared to those not receiving telehealth services.-----https://healthimaging.com/topics/management/education-training/ai-deterring-students-pursuing-radiologyConcerns about the future ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 17, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 685
This is week ' s case is from our long-time contributor, Idzi Potters from theInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp. The following structures were seen in a iodine wet preparation of concentrated stool. Identification? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - June 6, 2022 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
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Op Note IXI was alone at a research station in Antarctica. No assistants available. No high end equipment. I had gone south in order to experience absolute zero. Foolish. Conceited. But I needed everything to slow down, be still. A place where even piercing screams hung silent in the frozen air. Nothing moves, neither particle nor wave. When the pain came I acted quickly. Knife, iodine, a mirror that kept fogging. You say you could never do it but we cut into ourselves everyday. Claw at the inside of our skulls. Promise enduring ardor and then break the hearts of our very own souls over ...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - October 31, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
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Op Note IXI was alone at a research station in Antarctica. No assistants available. No high end equipment. I had gone south in order to experience absolute zero. Foolish. Conceited. But I needed everything to slow down, be still. A place where even piercing screams hung silent in the frozen air. Nothing moves, neither particle nor wave. When the pain came I acted quickly. Knife, iodine, a mirror that kept fogging. You say you could never do it but we cut into ourselves everyday. Claw at the inside of our skulls. Promise enduring ardor and then break the hearts of our very own souls over ...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - October 31, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 643
This week ' s case is one I ' ve previously shown before, but from many years ago. It ' s so cool looking that I thought it was worth showing again. The following object was found in a iodine-stained stool concentrate by Florida Fan. Any thoughts on what it is? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - June 21, 2021 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Iodine Software Acquires ChartWise Medical Systems
Iodine Software, a leading healthcare AI company, today announced it has acquired CDI Software and Services company ChartWise Medical Systems, overall winner of the 2021 Best in KLAS Award for CDI. The acquisition brings together two industry leaders and expands Iodine’s clinical predictions to more than 800 hospitals and health systems. ChartWise represents Iodine’s second acquisition […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 11, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT HIM Artifact Health ChartWise ChartWise Medical Systems Clinical Documentation Improvement Healthcare CDI HIM Scene Iodine Software Steven J. Mason William Chan Source Type: blogs
Iodine Software Acquires Physician Engagement Platform Artifact Health
Iodine Software, a leading healthcare AI company, today announced it has acquired physician engagement platform company Artifact Health. The acquisition brings together two industry leaders and expands Iodine’s clinical predictions and insights platform beyond clinical documentation improvement (CDI) teams to directly engage physicians through Artifact’s HIPAA-compliant mobile platform. Iodine experienced rapid growth over the last decade […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 26, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Artifact Health CDI Clinical Documentation Improvement Health IT Mergers Iodine Software Marisa MacClary William Chan Source Type: blogs
