Article Archive for March 2022
Predicting the Future with Technology
Evolution and emerging technologies being developed now will determine the future of digital health and care. Healthcare IT News brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Revolutionary, chaotic or stagnating? The future of …
Using Emerging Tech in Healthcare
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers are looking at ways for machine learning to use more data in its decision-making. Health IT Analytics brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Improving Machine …
Navigating Physician Burnout
The American Medical Association (AMA) has tracked burnout since 2011 and their data shows the problem is only amplifying. Forty five percent of doctors reported burnout in 2021, up over 50% of doctors in 2014, with a slight …
Securing the Data with Blockchain
Blockchain is an emerging technology useful to provide innovative solutions in various sectors. In healthcare, there are significant opportunities for applications of blockchain. This interesting topic came to us from the Illinois Newsroom in their …
How the Pandemic Changed Healthcare
Through its California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) program, one of California’s goals is to “improve quality outcomes, reduce health disparities, and transform the delivery system through value‑based initiatives, modernization, and payment reform” for its Medicaid …
EHRs and Search
Clinicians are often frustrated over the way they have to interact with electronic health records (EHRs). This is not news. However, there is work taking place by search and tech giant, Google, for streamlining functions …
Healthcare Technology in Motion
Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are two related but entirely different fields. Robotics involves the creation of robots to perform tasks without further intervention, while AI is how systems emulate the human mind to make …
Understanding AI
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve and permeate into all parts of our lives, healthcare is getting much attention from developers. Researchers have now developed a method using AI for providing insight into how …
Machine Learning and EHRs
Researchers at AKASA released a new study highlighting how a novel machine learning approach outperformed current state-of-the-art models for automatic coding of inpatient clinical notes by more than 18%. This interesting news came to us from …
Ensuring Data Safety
When electronic health records (EHRs) first became part of the healthcare provider scene, some professionals were concerned about the potential to game the system. They perceived the possibility of providers obtaining payments to which they …
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