Next Steps for the National Healthcare IT agenda
At HIMSS, I listened carefully to payers, providers, patients, developers, and researchers. Below is a distillation of what I heard from thousands of stakeholders.It is not partisan and does not criticize the work of any person in industry, government or academia. It reflects the lessons learned from the past 20 years of healthcare IT implementation and policymaking. Knowing where we are now and where we want to be, here are 10 guiding principles.1. Stop designing health IT by regulationThrough its certification program, ONC directs the specific features, functionality, and design of electronic ...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - March 1, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
One Groups View Of Range Of Steps To Improve Usability and Interoperability Of EHRs.
This appeared last week.White Paper Outlines Recommendations to Improve EHR Usability DirectTrust Urges Physicians to Provide Feedback February 21, 2017 02:16 pm Sheri Porter – A brand new draft white paper that addresses issues related to the usability and interoperability of electronic health records (EHRs) has the potential to rock the world of family physicians -- and in a very good way.The paper's authors are asking the companies that develop EHR systems to make l ong-overdue improvements to products physicians need to support health record sharing for care coordination and transitions of care.The white paper(www.Di...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - February 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
A Reminder That One Of The Things That Is Necessary For Success With Health IT Is Workflow Support.
This appeared last week:AMA CMIO: EHRs are falling short of meeting the needs of doctorsMichael Hodgkins warns that innovation needs to consider integration with clinician ’s workflow.By Henry PowderlyFebruary 21, 2017 12:38 PMORLANDO — Health IT vendors are still missing the mark when it comes to answering the needs of America’s burnt-out physicians.“This is not about putting our hands up and saying stop innovation,” said Michael Hodgkins, MD, vice presiden t and chief medical information officer at the American Medical Association. “It is simply about the need to focus on evidence, accuracy, how it’s integr...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - February 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Bringing more transparency to AI
The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken giant steps during the last decade, to the point that for many experts, including the world-renowned astrophysics Stephen Hawking and hi-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, AI could even destroy our civilization by overtaking humans. However, on the other side, AI may bring about huge benefits for the humankind, some of which may be still beyond our imagination of today. Thus, the scientific community is faced with the challenge of how we can develop powerful AI systems that support our civilization, preventing, at the same time, the potential side effects of an uncontroll...
Source: Positive Technology Journal - February 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Tags: Research tools Social Media Source Type: blogs
Ping-Pong Robot
Developed by Omron Corporation, FORPHEUS (Future Omron Robotics Technology for Exploring Possibility of Harmonized aUtomation with Sinic Theoretics) has officially been given the Guinness World Records title for being the First robot table tennis tutor for its unique technological intelligence and educational capabilities.According to the project's lead developer Taku Oya, the goal of FORPHEUS was to harmonise humans and robots, by way of teaching the game of table tennis to human players.The machine is easily able to act as a coach thanks to cutting edge vision and motion sensors it can use to gage movement during a match...
Source: Positive Technology Journal - February 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Tags: AI & robotics Source Type: blogs
