Craig Kwiatkowski, senior vice president and CIO at Cedars-Sinai, and his team have been pushing the famous health system forward in the realm of artificial intelligence. Their most prominent accomplishment has been the AI-powered virtual primary care app Cedars-Sinai Connect. Launched in fall 2023, the app already has increased primary care capacity by 11% –
The new U.S. Acute Care EHR Market Share 2024 report from KLAS shows one electronic health record vendor pulling well ahead of the pack as it continues to add new hospital and health system clients. And it probably won’t surprise you who it is. WHY IT MATTERS Verona, Wisconsin-based Epic Systems saw a significant net
With an aging population and healthcare systems under strain around the globe, there’s an urgent need to improve efficiency in healthcare. The healthcare industry has been undergoing digitalisation for decades, with a focus on data capture, and it is now beginning to derive insights from the gathered data. For example, hospitals are already using algorithms to
One million Americans aged 55 and older will be diagnosed with heart failure in 2024. For 80% of these people, diagnosis will come only after an emergency room visit and a cumbersome process that can last 11-15 weeks. What’s worse: Half of these patients will not live five years past diagnosis. And the cost burden
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to do more to help health systems, health plans and other healthcare organizations manage the increasingly disruptive fallout from cyberattacks. WHY IT MATTERS In a May 16 letter sent to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, WEDI offers recommendations that the
The HIMSS Electronic Health Records Association recently analyzed how healthcare organizations collect social determinants of health information. While EHRA’s Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity Task Force sees great value in using SDOH to help address healthcare disparities, it says a gradual transition toward more widespread adoption of standardized screeners – in sync with
Athenahealth this week introduced new electronic health record products aimed at specialists. By combining critical electronic health record and practice management capabilities with tailored workflows, the cloud-based company said it is aiming to reduce burnout and improve the EHR experience in specialty care. WHY IT MATTERS Because healthcare is complex and patients continue to express their desire
Fortis Healthcare, a publicly listed private hospital network from India, has introduced a new mental health service enabled by artificial intelligence. The hospital network, which is also part of the larger private healthcare group IHH Healthcare, signed an exclusive partnership with mental health super app United We Care to establish Adayu Mindfulness. The service will provide telemental health services
The achievements of Samsung Medical Center have been well-documented. From its world’s-first Stage 7 achievements for the HIMSS Infrastructure and Digital Imaging Adoption Models, to clinching a top score for the HIMSS Digital Health Indicator in 2022, the hospital has attained milestone after milestone in the realm of digital health. Its latest achievement might be the
Besides being all the rage in the industry, digital transformation is a key component to the strategy of forward-leaning hospitals and health systems today. It aligns healthcare organizations with its customers – highly digital patients. This is one of the most important topics healthcare CIOs and other C-suite and health IT leaders can be talking