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 Why NLP can only succeed in healthcare if it caters to caregivers
Healthcare IT news - (Friday February 10, 2023) Natural language processing, or NLP, is a branch of artificial intelligence that enables machine understanding of human language. In recent years, NLP has become part of consumer products and performs with a sometimes surprising degree of accuracy.Virtual assistants use NLP to understand spoken questions like, “What’s the weather like today?” They can contextualize the meaning of the question, and then use data from online sources to reply with a meaningful response.  HIMSSCast: The Quintuple Aim – why health equity is a critical addition
Healthcare IT news - (Friday February 10, 2023) HIMSS23 European Health ConferenceSave the date -Build Better Care Outcomes : HIMSS23 Europe will address Europe’s workforce crisis and other healthcare issues, and serve as a focal point for pan-European collaborations: the European Health Data Space, Gravitate Health and Label2Enable.7 – 9 June, 2023 | Lisbon, Portugal… |
 How Technology Streamlines Referral Management, Specialty Care Access
DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Friday February 10, 2023) – On paper, the patient referral process can sound almost like a prescription. One biopsy. One second opinion. One visit to a specialist. In reality, referral management is a logistical and patient experience challenge, one that requires streamlined care coordination from start to finish. Getting a referral isn’t uncommon. According to a 2018 report from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the National Patient Safety Foundation, there are nearly 100 million subspecialty referral requests made from ambulatory centers each year. Despite referrals being common, they can still be jarring for the patient. Patients receiving referrals for mammograms might not be focused…  Community Clinics Look to EHR Implementation to up Patient Experience
DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Friday February 10, 2023) – Texas-based Legacy Community Health Clinic has announced it will transition from its outdated legacy system and move forward with an EHR implementation that will drive the patient experience while improving patient data access. The project, funded by a $1 million federal grant, will connect the health clinic’s 55 locations through one system and provide over 200,000 patients with continual data access. Providing patients access to their medical records was challenging for the community health providers, who previously had to fax health information. Faxed patient health data often sits on the fax machine for hours or even days before it gets… |
 4 technologies shaping the future of healthcare
The Healthcare Guys - (Friday February 10, 2023) Technological innovation is the key to improving human living standards. Artificial intelligence Machine learning is being increasingly applied across a wide variety of industries, including healthcare. With the ability to quickly and accurately extract patterns from data using algorithms, artificial intelligence is able to sift through information more efficiently than healthcare professionals.  VitalSight by OMRON Preview at CES 2023
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday February 10, 2023) VitalSight is a new tool for remote patient monitoring (RPM) from OMRON, a company that offers a wide range of health devices for blood pressure, respiratory problems, and more. Brandon Haag, OMRON's Director of Operations and Business Development, describes in this short video the operation of VitalSight and how it helps both the patient and their doctor treat hypertension. OMRON is working on adding more sources of data and medical conditions to this program.Learn more about VitalSight by OMRON: https://omronhealthcare.com/vitalsight/Find more great health IT content: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/… |
 Withings U-Scan Overview: Measuring Waste for Health Benefits at Home
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday February 10, 2023) Public health agencies have come to understand the immense value of monitoring waste water, as demonstrated by a recent report calling for its expansion. But Withings allows you to measure your own waste products in the home through a new product called U-Scan.At CES 2023, Julius Dewavrin, Product Manager for U-Scan, explained how U-Scan works and the kinds of health benefits it can provide. More than 3000 components are packed into a disk you can hold in your hand. Just install the device inside the toilet bowl and choose the tests you want it to perform. These include logging your menstrual…  The Journey Is As Critical As the Outcome
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday February 10, 2023) Journey maps are powerful marketing tools. They can bring clarity to complex cross-departmental campaigns, help identify gaps, and get stakeholders aligned. Having a well-defined journey map even helps organizations maximize their precious marketing budgets. Journey maps take effort to build, but are worth the investment.We sat down with presenters Caroline DeVore, Executive Director of Strategy and Lorraine McMeekin, Senior Marketing Strategist from StudioNorth to get a preview.Learn more about StudioNorth at: https://www.studionorth.com/Find more great health marketing content: https://www.hitmc.com/—– Contents of this video —–0:00 – Introduction1:18 – What is a journey map?3:25 – How are maps used?5:55 – Customer example9:45 – Getting… |
 Kami Vision: Detecting and Reporting Elderly Falls
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday February 10, 2023) Kami Vision provides technology called KamiCare that helps caregivers in an eldercare community or a person’s home detect and respond quickly to a fall. AI, running right in Kami Vision’s camera, detects falls and reports them to caregivers selected by an app.Watch this short video with CTO Ajay Gulati to see how Kami Vision provides easy setup and flexibility, protects privacy, deals with false alerts, and supports aging in place. Plus, check out their consumer version of KamiCare on Amazon.Learn more about KamiCare: https://kamivision.com/kamicare/Find more great health IT content: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/…  Epson DS-790WN Scanner Review
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday February 10, 2023) We're back again with another review of a high quality, high speed scanner. In this case, we had a chance to review the Epson DS-790WN. This fast, secure scanner would be a great fit for many of healthcare's scanning needs and could work great for a lot of healthcare organizations. Besides having the core capabilities you would expect in a high speed scanner, I really loved the 4.3" color touch screen on this scanner. While most scanners can do a lot of the same functions when connected to a PC, the intuitive touch screen is a great feature for healthcare where you… |
