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Population health approaches buoy value-based care

Value-based care extends population health's use of data analytics to identify care gaps and cost reductions. A prominent college dean sees the efforts always being connected. Continue Reading
Advice to healthcare CIOs: Be willing to share wins and losses

Being a successful CIO means building relationships across the healthcare industry and establishing a good team within an organization, the CHIME-HIMSS CIO of the Year says. Continue Reading
VR in healthcare is changing the patient care game

Healthcare professionals are using virtual reality to provide better care for patients and better training for doctors. Continue Reading
Collective Medical software enables ERs to share patient info

Software from Collective Medical is helping ERs in Oregon share patient data almost immediately. Here's a look at how that kind of connectivity is benefiting one hospital. Continue Reading
Modus V brings robotic assistance to neurosurgery

Modus V may be the first robot assistant for neurosurgeons. Sebastian Koga, M.D., called the robotically controlled digital microscope an extension of a surgeon's vision. Continue Reading

AI in radiology is having a moment -- one that has staying power

Two radiologists provide examples of how AI is making its mark in their field, such as comparing old and new images and helping prioritize critical cases. Continue Reading
Transition to value-based care needs data integration

By using AI-powered data analytics from DOS, providers could have a holistic view of a patient's treatment plan, while patient data is secured with Microsoft Azure cloud service. Continue Reading
Clinical processes, not AI, key to solving healthcare's problems

Partners' Sandy Aronson has a message for healthcare IT pros: If you want to have an impact, focus on making clinical processes more effective and more efficient. Continue Reading
Hospital taps Parachute Health to cut cord on fax machine

New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery deployed software from Parachute Health Inc. to bring the fax machine directly to its EHR system. Continue Reading
Remote patient monitoring technology major focus of new AMA guide

The American Medical Association created the Digital Health Implementation Playbook, which provides a step-by-step guide to technology implementation, with a focus on remote patient monitoring. Continue Reading
Integration of PGHD boosts remote patient management

End users of a patient-generated health data program talk about the advantages and challenges they encountered first hand, including connection problems from the patient device end. Continue Reading

Future of connected healthcare includes chatbots, Medicare changes

Remote patient monitoring and chatbots will be mainstream in healthcare -- eventually. Partners HealthCare's Joseph Kvedar, M.D., offers his view on why it takes so long. Continue Reading
Machine learning in healthcare: Software detects drug theft

Using machine learning, Invistics software provides a real-time look at drug theft incidents, according to one health system's drug diversion specialist. Continue Reading
Anthem data breach settlement points to larger data access

An expert says the biggest lesson to take away from Anthem healthcare's $16 million HIPAA settlement is the need to control who has access to internal systems and patient data. Continue Reading
Learn about the leading EHR software products and their features

Read in-depth about leading EHR tools on the market and how their capabilities, pricing and implementation offerings and mobile features can match up with organization needs. Continue Reading