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.
Where to Find Healthcare IT Today at HIMSS 2023. Headed to Chicago? You can visit Healthcare IT Today at Booth #2481 on the HIMSS Showroom floor. In addition, the team has a few events lined up, including the Medigy HITMC 2023 Awards Ceremony and the Healthcare IT Today Community Celebration, and can be found at panels, meetups, and educational sessions throughout the week. Read more…
Bringing Secondary Uses for Data to the Forefront. Few organizations are making use of the valuable data in legacy applications, and too many are simply converting records to PDFs. John Lynn spoke to Jim Jacobs at MediQuant about how an “active archive” makes data available for analysis and other secondary use cases. Read more…
How Happy Cells Manufacture New Medications. Cell and gene therapies can provide cures for previously untreatable diseases, but as Andy Oram learned in a conversation with Graziella Piras, PhD, at 908 Devices, it takes careful monitoring of the cell culture environment to ensure that cells produce enough of the biotherapy. Read more…
Brain Health, Cybersecurity, EHRs, and Chatbots at ViVE2023. The latest batch of video interviews from ViVE features conversations with CPSI, Linus Health, Imprivata, Mediktor, and Fortified Health Security on a range of interesting topics. Read more… and don’t forget to check out our ViVE 2023 page to see all of our coverage of this year’s event!
Lessons for Healthcare From a Former Government CIO. Cloudera’s Rob Carey stopped by the CIO Podcast to talk about two interesting topics: What commercial healthcare organizations can learn from government agencies and how CIOs can shift the IT department’s mindset from managing infrastructure to managing data. Read more…
ChatGPT’s Reach Into Healthcare Is Expanding. Context is the key to the latest advances in AI, Orbita’s Bill Rogers told John. Tools like ChatGPT can summarize lengthy clinical documents on behalf of patients and, now, analyze self-reported symptoms and help a patient decide where and when to receive care. Read more…
How Surescripts Is Addressing Medication Safety and Affordability. Research shows that nearly 40% of patients have unintended medication discrepancies, while drug costs are rising more than 7% per year. Colin Hung sat down with Frank Harvey at Surescripts to discuss the importance of real-time medication history and insurance benefits checks to improve medication reconciliation and lower prescription costs, respectively. Read more…
AI’s Role in Repairing Bad Customer Relationships. Between market consolidation and increased physician specialization, it’s harder than ever for consumers to navigate healthcare. Sanjeev Sawai at mPulse Mobile discussed how AI can be an unobtrusive tool that improves access to information and services – and builds consumer trust as a result. Read more…
Using Value-Based Contracting to Drive Health Equity. Many health plans and providers manage value-based contracts and address social determinants separately, but Paul Barnes at CWH Advisors said bringing VBC and SDOH initiatives together can reduce health inequities and lower healthcare costs. Read more…
How Health Plans Can Help Members Navigate Rising Healthcare Costs. With commercial health insurance costs expected to jump significantly in 2024, health plans need to take steps to help members cope. Jake Sattelmair at Wellframe noted how care management, telehealth, education, and communication can all help members make better use of their benefits. Read more…
Analytics Requires a Collaborative Approach to Problem-Solving. Given the many challenges associated with data management, quality, and security, organizations are best served when they take a collaborative approach to identifying the business problems and opportunities that data can solve, Bal Heroor at Mactores said. Read more…
Digital Transformation’s Impact on Hospitals. The true value of digital transformation is in automating non-clinical tasks, according to pCare’s Dave Bennett. There are a host of examples for today’s hospitals, from ordering dinner at the bedside to self-scheduling follow-up appointments to automating claims processing. Read more…
Optimizing Protocol-Driven Care For Children With Medical Complexity. More children than ever before are surviving life-threatening conditions, but these children with medical complexity face a high risk of inappropriate care. Tammi Jantzen at Astarte Medical described how decision support at the point of care helps clinicians follow established care protocols and get young patients the right care at the right time. Read more…
Featured Health IT Job: Systems Analyst at Colorado-based Mental Health Partners, posted by Gladstone Partners to Healthcare IT Central.
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Digital twin technology maker Virtonomy received a strategic investment from Accenture.
- Condition management platform Wellth raised $20 million in Series B funding.
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