Healthcare is in dire need of easy communication tools and smart devices that make information actionable at the point of care. Savvy health systems, such as Geisinger, are already using secure communication to mobilize emergency teams, ensure the right physicians and nurses are aware of the status of critical lab results, help manage transitions of […]
NHSX has pioneered an anonymous bank of over 40,000 scans collected over the course of the pandemic. The National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database (NCCID) collects X-Rays, CT and MRI scans to speed up diagnosis of the disease, enabling clinicians to implement treatment plans faster and more effectively as well as allowing them to predict more […]
UCHealth is a nonprofit health system with 12 hospitals and numerous physicians across Colorado, southern Wyoming and western Nebraska. THE PROBLEM Today, patients expect to be treated when they want and where they want, said Dr. Christopher Davis, an emergency medicine specialist and medical director for UCHealth Virtual Health. While urgent care clinics are relatively […]
Cerner on Wednesday announced a collaboration with Well Health to simplify clinicians’ engagement with patients through automated and intelligent conversation. According to the electronic health record giant, organizations can use the new automation features through Cerner’s HealtheLife patient portal to deliver critical health information, send flu shot reminders, reschedule appointments, schedule virtual visits and prompt […]
Researchers at the University of Minnesota, working with Epic, say they’ve validated an artificial intelligence algorithm that can assess chest X-rays for potential cases of COVID-19. The tool, which was also developed in collaboration with M Health Fairview and already deployed at its 12 hospitals, will be made available through Epic to other providers. WHY […]
The global pandemic has sharpened the awareness that people’s health and wellbeing are paramount. However, it is not only about employees’ health, but also their motivation, effectiveness, and trust in the workplace. With numerous COVID-19 lockdowns lifted, organisations are looking into different measures to protect their staff. Given the number of offices and other places […]
The Kirklin Clinic of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Neurology Clinic is the only academic neurology program in the state. THE PROBLEM The clinic is in high demand by patients throughout the region. In addition to Alabama, the department provides care for patients across Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. Employing 65 neurologists and leveraging 28 […]
With the increasing spread of COVID-19 infections, the governor of Arizona declared a moratorium on “elective surgeries” on March 19, 2020, in order to conserve hospital PPE supplies and build capacity for potential COVID-19 patients needing hospitalization. The moratorium lasted for six weeks and was finally lifted on May 1, 2020. The end of the […]
DirectTrust has made the draft of its new Trusted Instant Messaging+ standard available for testing. It bills TIM+ as the industry-first standard to enable real-time secure healthcare IMs by incorporating trust network concepts. WHY IT MATTERS DirectTrust lists several benefits to the TIM+ standard, such as its ability to keep participants within their native workflows […]
Wolters Kluwer Health and Nuance Communications have joined forces to enable clinicians with easier access evidence-based clinical decision support via Nuance Dragon Medical One’s voice assistant capabilities. WHY IT MATTERS Through the partnership, providers now have voice-enabled access to relevant topics in Wolters Kluwer’s UpToDate CDS resource, with Dragon Medical One’s natural language processing capabilities. […]
