Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS)enterprise image systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

Video of Natalie Edgworth at Providence Health System explaining how AI is used to optimizing staffing schedules. #HIMSS

AI takes on hospital staffing to help battle burnout

Specialists with Providence Health System developed a new artificial intelligence algorithm to help make staffing schedules more flexible and predict patient volumes.

September 25, 2023
Esteban Rubens, Oracle cloud field chief technology officer for healthcare, explains cloud’s role in enterprise imaging and healthcare IT and the movement away from on-premise data storage.

More and more hospitals are using the cloud for medical image storage

Cloud data storage is growing in medical imaging as a way of simplifying workflows and providing relief to health IT teams, Esteban Rubens explained in an interview. 

September 22, 2023

Patients admitted with C. diff not a significant source of in-hospital transmission

Hospital patients who test positive for Clostridioides difficile immediately upon admission but show no symptoms are highly unlikely to spread the germ to other inpatients.

September 21, 2023
Ben Gonzales explains how telehealth aids the Geisinger behavior health program. #HIMSS #telemedicine #telehealth

Telehealth helps health system manage dramatic rise in patient referrals

As wave after wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit one Pennsylvania health system, it responded by investing heavily in telehealth technology. 

September 14, 2023
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Private equity firm to acquire EHR vendor for up to $1.6B

Thoma Bravo has reached an agreement to acquire NextGen Healthcare for $23.95 per share in cash.

September 11, 2023
Microsoft

Epic and Microsoft join forces to tackle some of healthcare’s biggest AI challenges

The two companies continue to expand their partnership, this time looking to deploy generative AI to improve care delivery.

August 24, 2023
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GPT-4, a new upgrade from the team behind ChatGPT, can help doctors with difficult diagnoses

The new and improved AI-based language model outperformed human clinicians in a new study published in JAMA Network Open.

August 18, 2023
cybersecurity security AI and automation

Automated, AI-equipped security tools help hold the line on data breaches

When it comes to identifying and containing data breaches, organizations armed with security AI plus automation spend 108 days fewer than their differently prepared counterparts.

August 2, 2023

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In addition, cardiologists average an additional $75,000 per year in incentive-based bonuses. That number is only higher for two other specialties. 

CMS has issued its proposed rule for the 2025 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system, suggesting a payment increase of 2.6%. According to the American Hospital Association, this update would not be enough at a time when hospitals are already struggling to stay open. 

The rumors, it seems, were true. Once the deal is finalized, Shockwave Medical will operate as a business unit within Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

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