Patients at Crescent Regional Hospital can schedule a non-touch visit with their doctor or any range of medical specialists from the Dallas area, or anywhere in the world, through the magic of spatial computing. The once-ailing hospital is now using holograms for non-touch patient visits and plans to expand its uses of holographic technology, Holoconnects

Protected patient information that’s needed for better care coordination will flow better in Texas through a new partnership with C3HIE, but maybe not as well in Oklahoma, where legislators decided to back off on a mandate that healthcare facilities must send data to a new state health information exchange. Also, a state audit of Access

By 2030, the healthcare artificial intelligence market is expected to be worth almost $188 billion. The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the world’s largest nonprofit technical organization dedicated to the advancement of technology for the benefit of humanity, is keeping a sharp eye on AI – both the benefits and challenges of the technology

Epic this past week announced the availability of new software that could help hospitals and health systems assess and validate artificial intelligence models. Aimed at healthcare organizations that might otherwise lack resources to properly validate their AI and machine learning models, the tool – which is open source and freely available on GitHub – is designed to help

Psychiatric Medical Care prides itself on delivering evidence-based care services. It wanted the ability to drive patient treatment through their responses to evidence-based testing. THE PROBLEM The healthcare provider organization is accredited by The Joint Commission, which requires patients’ treatment plans be developed based on an evidence-based testing process. Psychiatric Medical Care sets goals based

ASX-listed health data analytics firm Beamtree has signed a contract to deliver its AI technology to improve clinical coding at Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Service Group (HMG).  The A$3.6 million ($2.4 million) contract includes the deployment of Beamtree’s PICQ, which automates the audit of clinical record classification, and RippleDown, which helps assess opportunities for automation

Gold Coast Health, a public health service in Queensland, has recently introduced a new digital front door for chronic disease patients.  The General Medicine-Rapid Access Service (G-RAS) offers an alternative pathway for patient management. Through a scan of a take-home QR code, patients can reach their doctor for follow-ups via secure two-way messaging and voice

As the global monkeypox outbreak lingers on, health officials are warning that the virus is mutating at a pace that may soon allow it to become resistant to an antiviral drug used to treat patients at risk of serious illness. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging that providers be “judicious” in prescribing the

The U.S. has seen major attempts to reduce the stigma of mental health in recent years, and a new recommendation from an expert panel may help normalize screening for anxiety disorders. A draft recommendation released Tuesday from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), is urging that all adults under the age of 65 be

Zipline, the drone delivery and logistics company, announced this week its new partnership with Mayo Clinic’s hospital-at-home program that’s designed to deliver medications and other home-based care needs. Texas-based Memorial Hermann Health System will also work with the autonomous delivery and logistics company to integrate drone-based transport for specialty prescriptions and medical supplies directly to