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Generative AI in Healthcare – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 107Healthcare IT Today - (Friday February 10, 2023) - AI/ Healthcare IT Today/ Videos | |
 | For the 107th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are diving deep into generative AI in Healthcare! First we share how we think generative AI (You may know it better as ChatGPT) will impact the world of healthcare. Then we speculate on the different use cases we can see generative AI playing a part in. Next, we discuss how people's trust in healthcare may or may not change based on generative AI. Lastly, we debate if generative AI should be used in healthcare marketing.Find the latest episodes: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/category/healthcare-it-today-podcasts/...
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Review of the Zebra ET40-HC and ET45-HC TabletsHealthcare IT Today - (Friday February 10, 2023) - Healthcare IT Today/ Videos | |
 | I was excited to get the opportunity to review the Zebra ET4x-HC Series Tablets that Zebra has recently brought to market. The initial launch comes in two models: ET40-HC and ET45-HC. The two models are roughly equivalent with one doing only Wifi and the other offering a 5G option as well.Zebra was kind enough to send me a model to test and review. Just holding it in your hand, you can feel the ruggedness of the device and you can see the thoughtful design that went into the device. Everything from their approach to plastics and housing that can withstand regularly cleaning...
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Antibacterial Smart Sutures Visible in CT ScansMedgadget - (Thursday February 9, 2023) - Daily Reads/ Medgadget | |
 | 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 [...]...
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Epic remains Best in KLAS for overall software suite for 13th yearHealthcare IT news - (Thursday February 9, 2023) - AI/ Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | In addition to winning overall, Epic was named top Overall Physician Practice Vendor based on provider feedback in this year's Best in KLAS awards. The health IT giant also earned plaudits in 13 other categories, the research firm announced Wednesday.Of note, Impact Advisors and Nordic are tied as co-winners of the Overall IT Services category. Impact Advisors also took top placements in ERP Implementation Leadership, Financial Improvement Consulting and Security & Privacy Consulting Services categories while Nordic won for HIT Core Clinical Implementation Leadership. The KLAS announcement noted that Nordic also scored above 90 in four separate services segments, which is detailed in 2023...
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Florida ACO achieves value-based care goals with real-time patient data platformHealthcare IT news - (Thursday February 9, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | Achieving value-based care goals remains a difficult challenge for many providers who also are trying hard to provide equitable care. Pathways Health Partners, an accountable care organization that works with more than 280 providers across multiple clinical specialties, works with organizations to address these issues.THE PROBLEM "Ensuring access to patient records in real time, regardless of where patient care is delivered, was an ongoing hurdle for our organization," said Ricardo Matos, CIO at Pathways. "It was a significant limitation with regard to our providers making timely, informed care decisions. "And we knew from our experience working with partners over the years that trying...
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Leveraging EHR Audit Logs to Inform Clinician Burnout InterventionsDistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday February 9, 2023) - Daily Reads/ DistilINFO Hospital IT | |
 | – Healthcare organizations are continually looking for ways to tackle increasing clinician burnout with documentation burden at the forefront of their concerns. To better understand clinician workflow challenges, practices can leverage EHR audit logs to capture documentation behaviors and inform clinician burnout interventions, according to an ONC HealthITBuzz blog post. EHR audit logs are automated tracking features that monitor clinician activity within the EHR. Specifically, the automated tool can track the time clinicians spend documenting and carrying out certain tasks, such as chart reviews and messaging. Continuous monitoring of the EHR burden is needed to address any upcoming burnout challenges and...
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Epic MyChart Patient Portal Racks up 6th Best in KLAS AwardDistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday February 9, 2023) - Daily Reads/ DistilINFO Hospital IT | |
 | – KLAS Research has once again named the Epic MyChart patient portal Best in KLAS, but the rest of the annual report highlights the numerous software solutions in the patient engagement technology market. While other healthcare market segments have dominant vendors—Epic Systems within the EHR space, for example—no single vendor came out on top across the numerous areas of patient engagement. Once again, the health IT vendor giant has come in as the top-rated patient portal solution, getting a score of 88.7 out of 100. Epic was followed by athenahealth, Greenway Health, Veradigm, Oracle Health (Cerner), and NextGen Healthcare. The annual...
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Singapore General Hospital shifts to gamified VR nurse trainingHealthcare IT news - (Thursday February 9, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | The Singapore General Hospital has started training its nurses in IV cannulation using VR technology.A team of SGH nurses, together with Serious Games Asia and sensor solutions developer Microtube Technologies, developed an immersive gamified training module called IV NIMBLE (Nursing Innovation in Mobility-based Learning) to enhance nurses' training. The module comprises a virtual patient avatar with which nurses can practice talking; a 3D-printed hand which mimics the texture of human skin; and a pressure sensor glove that gauges the pressure of cannulation. It also captures and presents data via an analytics dashboard for review. First tried out six months ago by about 120 SGH nurses,...
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How Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare Reduces Clinician Burnout, Improves Patient CareHealthTech Magazine - (Wednesday February 8, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ HealthTech Magazine | |
 | Burnout is taking its toll on healthcare. Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy notes that half of healthcare workers report symptoms of burnout that range from insomnia to anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. A Bain survey found that 25 percent of clinicians are considering switching careers, with burnout the No. 1 factor in those feelings. One strategy for combatting burnout is wider adoption of technology, particularly for automating routine and time-consuming tasks such as documentation. Bringing automation to clinicians isn’t without challenges, however. It takes time to identify the right solutions, implement...
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Hands-on cardiac education pays dividends for patients and others, says AbiomedHealthcare IT news - (Wednesday February 8, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | At a Heart Recovery Advocate Day held on February 3 at Abiomed's Danvers, Massachusetts, headquarters, patients shared their stories of heart recovery, toured the facility, participated in lab demonstrations and had the opportunity to meet the operators who made their left ventricular assist devices, right ventricular assist devices and lung-assist devices.Connecting patients with each other, and with technologists Beyond pictures, videos and surgical explanations, many cardiology intervention patients want to know more about the technology that enabled their heart recovery. That is clear from the 24 survivors that experienced planned or unplanned percutaneous coronary interventions and cardiogenic shock events and who attended the largest...
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