- Oracle at HIMSS24: Rolling out AI, back-office fusion and simplifying data exchangeThe anchor exhibitor featured performance improvements, pre-built clinical quality analytics and more to help increase reimbursement and enhance care. Oracle Health EVP Seema Verma shared insights on AI's potential, interoperability under TEFCA and more. Read more »
- AI-based system reduces claims denials for Community Medical Centers of FresnoThe provider saw a 22% decrease in one type of denial and an 18% decrease in another. Those improvements have resulted in more than 30 hours per week in eliminated work for follow-up staff. Read more »
- Nick Saban offers some valuable lessons on leadershipTransactional leaders are reactive and focused on goals. Transformational leaders are proactive and execute on a vision. One is "much more effective in this day and age than the other one," said the legendary Alabama coach at HIMSS24. Read more »
- FDA gets granular with draft medical device premarket approval updateThe agency further defines when it considers a device to be Internet-enabled, proposes to add vulnerability disclosures and makes recommendations for cyber device maintenance plans and patch timelines. Read more »
- A Gartner expert points to AI and hospital-at-home as the biggest emerging technologies at HIMSS24Veronica Walk, senior director analyst, healthcare and life sciences, at the consulting giant offers an end-of-the-week look at the emerging technologies at the conference that provider organization C-suite executives must grasp. Read more »
- HTI-1 final rule now in effect, with an eye on AI – and there's more to come, says ONC"We thought if we could bring more transparency to decision support intervention, we can instill more trust and we can help optimize the use of these algorithms." Read more »
- Gleneagles Hospital zeroes in on radiology AI and more briefsAlso, Bitsmedia's ex-CEO is joining telehealth company Doctor Anywhere as VP of Product. Read more »
- New Zealand targets National Health Data Platform deployment by June and more briefsAlso, a "baseline" API standards have been released for the New Zealand health sector. Read more »
- HIMSS24 vendor news roundup: From AI to imaging to RTLSA selection of the announcements made in the exhibit hall this week – from Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, CenTrak, DT Research, Innovaccer, MDClone and MedeAnalytics. Read more »
- OCR launches HIPAA investigation into Change Healthcare breachMeanwhile, the American Hospital Association is calling on Congress to do more in the face of a "staggering loss of revenue" for health systems. Read more »
- Mayo Clinic eying digital transformation to plan for futureThe goal is not to emphasize gadgets and screens but instead to use technology to enable human, holistic experiences. Read more »
- How to enable digital health transformation projects at a lower cost and higher quality"As an industry, we've digitized – for the most part – the healthcare record. Now it's time to adopt digital health innovation to give people the experience they expect and see in other industries," says the CEO of Rhapsody. Read more »
- Six vendors, including Epic, demonstrate how interoperability leads to reduced patient fallsA top executive at Rauland discusses the effort at HIMSS24's Interoperability Pavilion and dives into technologies and trends. Read more »
- Microsoft and 16 health systems debut network for responsible AIThe Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network, or TRAIN, aims to put responsible AI principles into action to enhance the quality, safety and trustworthiness of healthcare AI. Read more »
- Mayo Clinic Platform launches accelerator Solutions StudioThe program is designed to accelerate digital health technologies and enable innovation to improve patient care. Read more »
- What's the 'concept car' for what digital health should be?Improving patient care and clinical trials, driving value-based care and building trust require a confluence of data logic and innovation, health IT leaders said Wednesday at HIMSS24. Read more »
- FDB talks well-timed, patient-specific clinical decision support at HIMSS24A doctor of pharmacy explains why it's more important than ever to reduce alert noise and help clinicians who are struggling with burnout – and discusses the technology behind the scenes. Read more »
- Samsung focuses on intuitive mobile tech and wearables at HIMSS24These technologies can help cure healthcare worker burnout, patient confusion and inefficient communications between care teams, says a top exec and nurse. Read more »
- John Halamka on the risks and benefits of clinical LLMsAt HIMSS24, the president of Mayo Clinic Platform offered some tough truths about the challenges of deploying genAI – touting its enormous potential while spotlighting patient safety dangers to guard against in provider settings. Read more »
- HOPPR demonstrating AI-powered multimodal foundation model for medical imagingThe model can be used to create products that improve the way radiologists, technicians and support staff interact with medical images, the company's CEO says. Read more »
- CDC and ONC work together to strengthen public health data infrastructureAt HIMSS24, CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen, and Deputy National Coordinator Steve Posnack discussed the state of public health data exchange, and where cross-agency collaboration can take it. Read more »
- Emtelligent 'took AI to medical school' with new tech for NLPAt HIMSS24, the medical AI vendor has unveiled the next generation of its medical AI platform, a collaborative effort between medical expertise and the best that artificial intelligence has to offer, its CEO says. Read more »
- Contact centers – the perfect proving ground for AI in healthcare?That's the message Talkdesk VP Patty Hayward is sending at HIMSS24, because, she says, contact centers have a high impact on patient experience, offer nonclinical use cases for AI, and keep humans in the loop. Read more »
- Oracle unveils generative AI tool and more enhancements to its data intelligence cloud suiteBoosts to Oracle Health Data Intelligence include system performance improvements, prebuilt clinical quality analytics and automated alerts that can help increase reimbursements and enhance care. Read more »
- HIMSS24 keynote: Prioritizing sustainability, protecting against climate change and harnessing AIHIMSS CEO Hal Wolf, with leaders from Hackensack Meridian and Google Cloud, explored how process automation can boost the sustainability of healthcare practices, large health systems and the environment – which has a direct impact on health outcomes. Read more »
- Google Cloud debuts new genAI advancements for healthcare at HIMSS24In total, the company is offering its cloud clients updates to Vertex AI Search, Healthcare Data Engine and MedLM, designed to improve patient care. Read more »
- Prioritizing controls and detection can buy IT teams time when medical devices are attackedRegulatory controls can provide a false sense of security, but there's a way to get ahead of cyber adversaries, said panelists at the HIMSS24 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum. Read more »
- Finding success in localising digital techSalveo Healthcare CEO Steve McCullagh shares how they are leveraging a widely used RPM tool from the UK to keep Tasmanians out of hospitals. Read more »
- Linus Health unveils enhancements to its dementia early detection platformAt HIMSS24, the company, known for its digital approach to brain health evaluation, also has revealed it has acquired Aural Analytics, a vendor of clinical-grade speech analytics. Read more »
- HIMSS24 Cyber Forum keynote stresses collaboration on standardsTrust in the digital economy is built upon several key principles like cybersecurity, privacy, interoperability and equity in technology development, use and standards, says NIST's Cherilyn Pascoe. Read more »