CHICAGO – Two generative artificial intelligence announcements from electronic health record vendors – Epic and eClinicalWorks – using Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service, launched in March – coincided with HIMSS23. EHR and customer relationship management platforms – like Salesforce, which announced its Einstein GPT for CRM in early March – are integrating generative AI into their
Some lawmakers want to allow the sale of unpasteurized milk in Iowa
Milk producers would be able to sell raw, unpasteurized milk in Iowa if the state Senate approves a bill that has already made it through the House of Representatives. Healthcare and agricultural groups, including the Iowa Public Health Association, Iowa Farm Bureau, and Iowa State Dairy Association, are on record as being opposed to the
Digital changemakers on driving healthcare AI at scale
Before introducing panelists from Kaiser Permanente, Intermountain Healthcare and Clalit Health Services to discuss how they have implemented artificial intelligence to improve their organizations, Tom Lawry, author and managing director of Second Century Technology, framed the conversation on the benefits of scaling AI by starting with its role in winning the pandemic. “During the pandemic
Patient engagement tech evolving as consumerization transforms healthcare
As digital health and telemedicine technologies continue to explode, patients increasingly are being drawn into their care in ways unlike ever before. And hospitals and health systems know they must find ways to engage their patients to keep them healthy and satisfied. Gary Hamilton is CEO of InteliChart (HIMSS23 Booth 3406), a vendor of patient
Healthcare workers still think about quitting often, even on well-staffed teams
Some telling new statistics from the Qualtrics XM Institute’s latest research on customer-facing employees show healthcare workers are less likely than the global average to say their teams are understaffed (7% versus 11%). But these workers are also far more likely to report they think of leaving their jobs multiple times per month, even with