COVID-19 forced a spike in policy-makers’ interest and willingness to invest in public health; a spike that is unfortunately retreating to the old business as usual. (President Biden, in his State of the Union…
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Samsung Medical Center has achieved milestones in digital transformation as it has been validated for the highest stages of both the HIMSS Digital Imaging Adoption Model and the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model.It is…
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Eko SENSORA Cardiac Disease Detection Platform on tablet featuring 3M Littmann CORE Digital Stethoscope
“We’ve called it Shazam for heartbeats. You know Shazam, the music identification app that helps you figure out what song is…
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…
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Deep learning traditionally involves funneling huge data sets into layers of software to produce actionable insights. But when strict privacy requirements control what can appear in the output, machine learning methods have to change.
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Shared decision-making tools that also integrate information about healthcare costs both help support patient empowerment and help patients manage their medical expenses, according to a new FAIR Health report. The report, which looked at…
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RapidAI, a health tech company specializing in imaging analysis software, announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Rapid RV/LV product that aims to speed up the pulmonary embolism triage and care process.Rapid RV/LV…
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We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Lead Data Architect – Healthcare position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central….
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Citing billions more to be spent over the next several years by the Department of Veterans Affairs on a new electronic health record system that has been fraught with implementation struggles, Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., say he wants to stop the rollout of the Oracle Cerner EHR system as soon as possible.WHY IT MATTERS
As he enters his second term serving the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Rosendale will now chair the Subcommittee on Technology Modernization legislative, which oversees and has investigative jurisdiction over the VA’s enterprise technology modernization programs and projects.
According to an announcement, the VA EHR termination bill introduced last week…
Nearly 20% of postpartum patients in America develop high blood pressure; Epic Research just found in a new study that postpartum hypertension nearly triples the chances of rehospitalization.After looking at more than 1.2 million birth encounters and then grouping and comparing the highest blood pressure readings taken in the 24 hours after discharge, the study found:
Patients with blood pressure levels at or above 160/110 shortly before discharge are nearly three times more likely to be readmitted than patients with normal blood pressure readings.
More than 5% of postpartum patients with the highest blood pressure readings, equal to or greater than 160/110 mmHg,…
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