Data and Information

Dr. Harm Scherpbier, HealthShare Exchange CMIO, describes how the company's platform connects practices, payers and ACOs, allowing them to share patients’ data in real time across facilities to coordinate care seamlessly.  

Ran Balicer, HIMSS board of directors member, talks about the possibility of clinical digital support technology to personalize care by helping clinicians predict potential health issues for patients so they can be prevented.  

In part one of a two-part series, Dr. Bruce Darrow, Mount Sinai Health System CMIO and interim CDIO, relays how patients may gain confidence in relying on AI instead of doctors as accuracy of pattern recognition and predictive models improve.  

Dave Bailey, VP, Consulting Services at Clearwater Security, recommends developing cybersecurity strategy around a framework like NIST 2.0 and working with leadership to get the necessary resources to address vulnerabilities.  

McGill University Health Centre's Dr. Alan Forster discusses the Quadruple Aim and using data to understand opportunities for development and improvement.  

Dr. Calum Yacoubian, director of NLP healthcare strategy at IQVIA, says AI can support, not replace, clinicians in improving care delivery, and discusses some best practices for its safe and ethical use. The HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum is scheduled to take place September 5-6 in Boston. Learn more and register.  

The company offers a clinical vetting process and care-management pathway for individuals suffering from substance use disorders.

The ONC's new rules could include advancements around public health IT certification requirements, electronic prior authorization, patient engagement tools and refinement to info blocking rules, says Sean Sullivan, a partner at Alston & Bird.  

The organizations will codevelop algorithms to help healthcare professionals analyze point-of-care ultrasound images for cardiac care.

Cardiac and lung-disease platform Eko Health secured $41 million in Series D funding.