HIStalk Interviews David Lareau, CEO, Medicomp Systems
David Lareau is CEO of Medicomp Systems of Chantilly, VA.
Tell me about yourself and the company.
I’ve been with Medicomp about 20 years and CEO for 10. Medicomp’s core business is connecting…
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CodaMetrix Closes $55M Series A to Autonomously Power Medical Coding, Boost Health System Revenue Cycles
Born out of Mass General Brigham, and led by healthtech veterans, CodaMetrix empowers health systems to use Artificial Intelligence to prevent revenue setbacks driven by manual coding inefficiencies
Overhauling medical coding is now crucial for…
ATA2023: Strong Leadership and Integrated Tools Support Hybrid Care
“If you can do it right, the hybrid model is one of the ways by which you can actually operationalize telehealth in a broader context,” said Sara Vaezy, chief strategy and digital officer for…
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To ChatGPT or Not to ChatGPT, That is the Question – #HITsm Chat Topic
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this month’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 3/3 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This month’s chat will be hosted by Erica Olenski Johansen (@thegr8chalupa) on…
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3 reasons Why Natural Language Processing Will go Mainstream This Year
Natural language processing (NLP) is the ability of computers to understand human speech terms and written text. Within healthcare, the adoption of NLP is now rising because of its recognized potential to search, analyze…
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One of the Many Advantages of AI in Healthcare: Data
In the world of Healthcare, there isn’t much room for making guesses. When you’re in charge of someone’s well being, it is critical that all of your decisions are well thought through and based…
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Bluestem Health Launches AI-Based Virtual Healthcare Assistant Powered by Mediktor
What You Should Know:– Nebraska-based Bluestem Health today announced it has launched an AI-based virtual medical assistant powered by Mediktor. This is available for both established and non-established patients to efficiently assess their symptoms…
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HIMSSCast: Epic leaders on data-driven clinical trial innovation
The challenges of designing effective clinical trials, finding the right people to participate in them and building trial cohorts that are representative of the population at large, have been well-documented.With its recent Life Sciences initiative, Epic has set its sights on data-driven insights to improve the development of new therapeutics and interventions. That includes improving all parts of the clinical trial process – from how physicians educate their patients about potential cohorts, matching and connecting patients with promising research and helping make sure those studies are optimally beneficial for as many people as possible. Epic is already helping its provider customers…
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AI can be a big help to healthcare workers, but there are legal issues to consider
As burnout among healthcare workers continues to be a major concern, the use of artificial intelligence, EHRs and other automation tools may be able to have a positive impact on hospitals and health systems.When it comes to artificial intelligence, some legal issues arise. That’s why we interviewed Carly Koza, an authority on this topic and Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney associate. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is a national law firm with 450 attorneys and government relations professionals across 15 offices representing companies including 50 of the Fortune 100.
Koza discusses what healthcare provider organizations should prepare for when it comes to growing AI…
Where Are All the Patients?
It’s no secret that patient enrollment is one of clinical research’s biggest hurdles. According to an analysis of trials listed, 55% of terminated trials were ended because of low patient enrollment. The analysis also reported that Phase III and Phase IV trials have an enrollment efficiency of less than 40%. Yet another analysis found more than 80% of studies do not enroll on time, often leading to a study extension or additional research sites.
The problem isn’t just enrollment, it’s also the enrollment of diverse patients. Racial and ethnic minorities, specifically Black or African American, Hispanic/Latino, Indigenous and Native American, Asian, Native…
