Skip to main content Presbyterian Healthcare Services and UnityPoint Health have moved a step closer to completing a proposed merger. The nonprofit health systems signed a definitive agreement on March 30, the companies disclosed in a filing to … [Read More...]
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SAS & Duke Health announce AI partnership
Duke Health, a world-renowned academic medical center, and SAS, a global analytics leader, have formalized a letter of intent to collaborate and support initiatives focused on improving health equity and optimizing health outcomes. WHY IT MATTERS In combining the SAS's … [Read More...]
GPT-4 and LLMs like it hold promise for healthcare, but caution is warranted
Regulators want to get their hands on artificial intelligence like ChatGPT, but workers love it. Here healthcare sits at GPT's intersection of push and pull. And like other health tech conferences, at HIMSS23 next week, there will be a lot of GPT pull. Manny Krakaris, CEO … [Read More...]
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Remote workers work longer, not more efficiently
THE RETURN to the office is well under way, just as summer in the northern hemisphere begins. Pretty soon, people will be able to resume the habit of staring wistfully out of the window, hoping it will still be sunny at the weekend. As many workers embrace a hybrid pattern, … [Read More...]
ECFC Requests Congressional Leadership Include Cadillac Tax Repeal in Year-End Legislation
[ad_1] ECFC Requests Congressional Leadership Include Cadillac Tax Repeal in Year-End Legislation Wednesday, December 4, 2019 (0 Comments) Posted by: Staff ECFC sent this … [Read More...]
How Much Should I Contribute To My HSA?
[ad_1] During enrollment season, people who own a Health Savings Account (HSA), or have recently opened one, wonder, “How much should I contribute to my HSA?” HSAs are a unique tax-advantaged tool for healthcare consumers to pay for qualified healthcare expenses. … [Read More...]
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Suits vs Scrubs: The Evolving Healthcare Workplace
Opinion > Second Opinions — The patient pays the ultimate price by Harry Severance, MD April 19, 2023 … [Read More...]
Generative AI growing big in the year ahead, physician expert says
The growing use of artificial intelligence and the explosive presence of generative AI (like ChatGPT) are lighting up the realm of healthcare information technology. The keys are where to use AI and how to safely use it. Dr. Nirav S. Shah is medical director of quality innovation and clinical practice analytics at … [Read More...]
HIMSS23: HCA Healthcare adds AI voice dictation from Augmedix
Skip to main content Hospital giant HCA Healthcare is deploying artificial intelligence-enabled medical dictation software in a partnership with healthcare tech company Augmedix, the two organizations said Thursday. The Nashville, Tennessee-based HCA Healthcare will add dictation software for … [Read More...]
HIMSSCast: How Intermountain is using AI to scale its value-based care efforts
As hospitals and health systems work to improve quality and reduce cost, their analytics and business intelligence capabilities are getting more advanced as artificial intelligence helps turbocharge their population health and value-based care efforts. One organization at the leading edge of this trend – and gaining big … [Read More...]
Fired Hospital Admin’s Story Reveals Flaws in Healthcare Hiring
How can medical groups, hospitals, and other healthcare organizations make sure their job applicants are who they say they are, especially as staff shortages have sparked more urgency to fill vacant posts? It's not always easy, requiring checking and double-checking -- and not relying just on the references or social … [Read More...]
The continued consumerization of healthcare payments
John Welch, chief product officer at Sphere (HIMSS23 Booth 3757), a financial technology vendor used by some of the nation’s largest health systems, says a big trend provider organizations must pay heed to is how patients wish to pay for healthcare in the same manner they pay for all kinds of goods today. Healthcare IT News … [Read More...]