Telehealth and VR – 2024 Health IT Predictions
As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting. Check out our community’s predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.
All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared):
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring 2024 Health IT Predictions 98point6 Technologies Agora Andrew Norden Anish Sebastian Artisig Source Type: blogs
Deconstructing diabetes stigma: A panel discussion
In conclusion, the discussion was an enriching and eye-opening event, bringing together passionate individuals dedicated to challenging the stigma around diabetes. By amplifying our voices and working together, we can make a lasting impact on the lives of those touched by diabetes.Visit enddiabetesstigma.org and become a part of the movement for change. If you’d like to get involved in spreading more awareness about this, reach out to Dennis and/or leave a comment here.
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Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - January 4, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
What ’ s Special About AI Risks and Remedies in Health Care?
This article looks at what’s special about AI in health care, and some ways to address its needs. For this article, I spoke just to lawyers, because we’ve heard plenty from the technologists about AI’s potential and what they’re doing to minimize risk. The perspective of attorneys with an expertise in health care is illuminating.
An anthology from STAT also contains some relevant analyses and case studies.
Liability and Licensing
Are clinicians facing the risk of lawsuits if they heed the advice of AI engines? Where do the new systems differ from older forms of clinical decision support—or the s...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 29, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations Security and Privacy Bard Berger Singerman LLP ChatGPT Erica Kraus FDA FDA AI Regulations Google Bard Healthcare AI Healthcare Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – December 23, 2023
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.
New HIPAA Security Rule – and Enforcement – Is Coming in 2024. Mike Semel said updates to the HIPAA Security Rule should be in place by the end of next year, as ONC plans to release a draft rule in the spring. Along the same lines, we can expect HHS to ask for additional enforcement authority for OCR so the agency can clear its backlog of HIP...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Concerted Effort to Define Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare is Sorely Needed
The following is a guest article by Amy Hester, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN, Chairwoman and CEO at HD Nursing
The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) across a number of industries, particularly in healthcare, has shown both great promise as well as cause for alarm.
A perfect example of not only misusing AI, but also continuing to use a model to make decisions affecting individual care that can be error-prone involves a recent class-action lawsuit filed against one of the nation’s largest health plans and its subsidiary.
Both companies stand accused of illegally using an algorithm to deny rehabilitation care to seriousl...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations Artificial Intelligence Dr. Amy Hester Ethical AI HD Nursing Healthcare AI Healthcare Automation responsible AI Source Type: blogs
Building a Culture of Safety in Perinatal Nursing: Insights from The Nurse Keith Show with Guest Jeanette Zocco
This special episode of The Nurse Keith Show titled " Perinatal Safety
Nursing, Evidence-Based Practice, and Fostering a Culture of Safety, " features guest Jeanette Zocco, a perinatal
quality and safety specialist. Zocco ' s experience and passion for
perinatal nursing shine through as she discusses the critical importance
of safety in nursing.Jeanette Zocco delves into the significance of safety protocols in
perinatal nursing. She addresses the necessity of ingraining safety
measures into everyday operations and embracing programs such as team
steps and crew resource management. The dedication to fostering a safet...
Source: Digital Doorway - December 20, 2023 Category: Nursing Source Type: blogs
The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care
The following is a guest article by Venki Subramanian, SVP Product Management at Reltio
When data is missing, inaccurate, incomplete, or misdirected, it can have severe, sometimes life-altering impacts.
For example, in a survey by the Journal of the American Medical Association, approximately 1 in 5 patients who reviewed their electronic health record (EHR) ambulatory notes found an error–and 40% of these patients perceived the mistakes as serious, including mistakes in diagnoses, medical history, medications, test results, notes on the wrong patient, and sidedness.
Healthcare organizations are grappling with the challen...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Analytics/Big Data EMR-EHR Healthcare IT Data Management Healthcare Data Integrated Data Patient Care Regulations Reltio Security Threats Venki Subramanian Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 19th December 2023
First of all, season ' s greetings and best wishes for a peaceful and happy 2024.Some new things you might find useful.Royal CollegesRoyal College of Nursing resource for nursing and midwifery practice about female genital mutilation (PDF). There is alsothis supplement about sexual health care (also PDF)Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Good Practice Paper no. 17, Maternity triage (PDF)New publications from MBRRACEPerinatal confidential enquiry, A comparison of the care of Black and White women who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death, published December 2023 (PDF)Perina...
Source: Browsing - December 19, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
A Simple, But Valuable Solution for Healthcare – Lock Sockets
As someone who has written about health IT and EHR for 18 years, I like to think there’s nothing about health IT that I haven’t written about. Plus, it’s fun to look back at how we covered the launch of the iPad and how that could be leveraged in healthcare. It’s been a few years since I’ve written about iPads in healthcare because tablets are now just a standard solution that’s integrated into the workflow and replacement lifecycle at healthcare organizations.
With that said, it is amazing to see how many tablets there are in healthcare. Whether it’s used at the front desk t...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC Healthcare Charging Chords Healthcare Tablets iPad iPhone Lock Socket Source Type: blogs
Reverse Bed Chain, a New Way to Tackle Hospital Inefficiencies
The following is a guest article by Connie Moser, CEO at Navenio
The current NHS waiting list has hit 7.3 million in the UK, increasing monthly. A recent survey conducted by the NHS revealed only 21.3% of staff reported that there is enough headcount available for them to do their job properly and 44.8% admitted to witnessing errors, near misses, or incidents that could have hurt staff or patients. The same frustrations exist in the US healthcare system. In a letter sent in March to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the American Hospital Association called the workforce shortage hospitals were experiencing a “na...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 18, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Bed Chain Connie Moser Emergency Department Hospital Bed Management Hospital Inefficiencies Improving Capacity Navenio Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
In a blog post, ONC highlighted trends in patient access to electronic health information. Nearly all (97%) hospitals and roughly almost two-thirds (65%) of physician practices are now capable of enabling patient access. Th...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Aaniie American Organization for Nursing Leadership Andor Health Arcadia Healthcare Solutions Avalon Healthcare Solutions AVIA Biofourmis Brett Zelkind Bryan Olson Carallel CAST Software CLEAR CodaMetrix CommonWel Source Type: blogs
From task-oriented to goal-driven: the power of habits in “ magnet ” hospitals
The banner in front of the ED where I work proclaims “magnet hospital.” “Magnet” status tells patients and visitors that the care from nurses (and ED technicians and patient care associates staff under their auspices) is so good that the ED should be a magnet, attracting patients and nurses to come here and inspiring other
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From task-oriented to goal-driven: the power of habits in “magnet” hospitals originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 16, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Anonymous Tags: Physician Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs
Radiology and Cardiology Technology
The world of healthcare IT is ever-evolving. It seems as though every day there is a new piece of technology to talk about or an exciting update/new approach to old technology. Staying on top of all of this news for every piece of technology or area in healthcare can very quickly become overwhelming. This in turn almost always results in a development, new release, or even an entire area of healthcare left behind and forgotten. So today we are going to take a little pause to focus in on technology for radiology and cardiology. To get some insights on what is actively being done in these two fields of healthcare IT, we reac...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Braj Thakur Cardiology Cardiology Tech emtelligent Evan Ruff Experity Hayley Dezendorf Mark Dobbs Myndshft Technologies OXOS Medical Pure Storage Source Type: blogs
London-Based Phare Health Raises €2.8 Million Seed to Bring Invisible AI to Healthcare Back Offices
Phare Health, a startup working on developing cutting-edge AI products to help hospitals better understand the state of their finances and track cashflows, announced today the closing of a €2.8 million seed round led by General Catalyst.
Strategic backers, KHP Ventures and Bertelsmann Investments also invested in this funding round, bringing with them profound industry insights, expansive networks throughout Europe, and substantial healthcare resources. The funding will be used to drive AI innovation and development while building partnerships in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) and abroad.
In the las...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Bertelsmann Investments Chris Bischoff Dr Martin Seneviratne General Catalyst Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment KHP Ventures Phare Phare Health Thorsten Wirkes Source Type: blogs
Post-pandemic nursing workforce challenges continue to mount
The nurse and clinician workforce crisis in the United States is a complex issue with multiple contributing factors that include clinical staff burnout, unmanageable workloads, the departure of nurses reaching retirement age, and the pandemic’s lingering impact on health systems. A 2023 study by the American Hospital Association (AHA) found that the U.S. will face
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Post-pandemic nursing workforce challenges continue to mount originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Karlene Kerfoot, PhD, RN Tags: Policy Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
