EHR
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How Meditech Plans to Integrate Google’s Generative AI Into Its EHR
Over the past year, Meditech has deepened its relationship with Google Cloud by exploring ways to embed Google’s generative AI into its EHR. Some of the use cases the EHR vendor is exploring include an enhanced search and summarization tool that would present clinicians with a longitudinal view of their patient and a tool that would auto-generate clinical documentation for the hospital course summary.
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Artificial Intelligence, Health IT, Health Tech, Startups
Epic Is Integrating Abridge’s Generative AI Tool Into Its EHR
Epic announced that it will integrate Abridge’s clinical documentation tool into its EHR workflow. The startup’s generative AI tool listens to visits and creates a near-instant summary that adheres to physicians’ prototypical note structure.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Health IT, Health Tech, Startups
Suvida Healthcare Taps Elation EHR to Help Power Care for Hispanic Seniors
Suvida Healthcare — a startup providing primary care for Medicare-eligible Hispanic adults — is adopting Elation Health’s primary care-specific technology platform. The platform comprises an EHR, as well as software for patient engagement, telehealth and revenue cycle management. Suvida’s chief medical officer said Elation beat out the competition due to its focus on both primary care and value-based care.
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Advice Given by ChatGPT Vs. Human Providers Is Nearly Indistinguishable, NYU Study Says
NYU researchers conducted a study this year in which nearly 400 people were asked to identify whether responses to patient questions were produced by human providers or ChatGPT. Participants had a limited ability to tell the source of the responses apart, so the study authors concluded that the use of LLMs like ChatGPT could be an effective way to streamline healthcare providers’ communication with patients.
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Anti-Information Blocking Fines Are Coming Later This Summer — Here’s What You Need to Know
The OIG recently added some teeth to the anti-information blocking regulations laid out in the 21st Century Cures Act. The office finalized penalties, including fines of up to $1 million for health IT companies found blocking the electronic flow of health data. Interoperability expert Troy Bannister said that these fines are a good starting point for ensuring greater interoperability, but he isn’t too sure the OIG will be able to effectively enforce them.
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Zocdoc, Elation Health Partner to Increase Access to PCPs
Zocdoc recently struck a partnership with Elation Health to increase patients’ access to care. Now, any provider who uses Elation’s primary care-specific EHR can integrate their calendar into Zocdoc’s platform — meaning that the millions of patients who search for care via Zocdoc each month will have access to these providers’ real-time appointment availability.
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MedCity Influencers, Artificial Intelligence
People Say Healthcare Check-in Should Be Like Airline Check-in. We Can Do So Much Better.
Although the flight check-in process is quick and easy, it lacks the intelligence and personalization that would make it truly exceptional. When I say I am optimistic that we can do better in healthcare, it’s because we are sitting on a wealth of data that lives, largely untapped, in the electronic health record
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Epic to Integrate GPT-4 into Its EHR Through Expanded Microsoft Partnership
Epic is welcoming generative AI’s entrance into healthcare. The company is expanding its existing collaboration with Microsoft by integrating OpenAI services, such as GPT-4, into its EHR. The partners have already begun piloting OpenAI services at a few health systems, including UC San Diego Health, UW Health and Stanford Health Care.
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MedCity Influencers, Health Tech
Healthcare Can’t Let the Shortcomings of Existing Tech Systems Hurt Patients
Ultimately, the question is whether technology can provide a positive path forward. The answer will not rest in the capabilities of the modern EHR.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Interoperability and Price Transparency in the 21st Century Cures Act: A Payer’s Perspective
A webinar sponsored by Intelligent Medical Objects April 11 will explore how payers are meeting the needs of the 2016 21st Century Cures Act when it comes to providing unfettered access to structured medical data for members.
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Which Factors Contribute to Clinicians’ EHR Satisfaction?
It’s rare to find a clinician who raves about their organization’s EHR. A new KLAS report shed light on some of the key factors that contribute to clinicians’ EHR dissatisfaction — including excessive alerts, downtime and inefficient training processes.
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Elation Health Buys Medical Billing Company to Create All-in-One Tech Platform for Primary Care Providers
Elation Health announced its acquisition of medical billing company Lightning MD — a deal the company made to help it become an all-in-one technology platform for primary care providers. Lightning MD stood out from other medical billing startups because of its ease of use, Elation CEO Kyna Fong said.
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Why Lawmakers Are Trying to Nix VA’s $50B+ Dollar Oracle Cerner EHR Rollout
Two Congresspeople recently introduced a bill seeking to terminate the VA’s Oracle Cerner EHR rollout. The legislation said that the project is too flawed and costly to carry on — the lawmakers called for VA facilities to revert back to the department’s internally developed EHR.
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Solving EHR’s ‘Last Mile’ Problem
The healthcare industry needs a regulated system that can live in between the health information management and release of information departments. It is time for both sides of this network to fully address the need to create a digital pipeline that delivers the request of information and records between two parties.
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Patient Engagement Collaboration Is an EHR’s Missing Link
Instead of EHR companies trying to build solutions in-house, collaborating with a patient engagement technology provider is the simplest and most cost-effective way for them to deliver the communication link demanded by today’s healthcare consumer.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
