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According to Barrett Loveless, infrastructure director at the PET Imaging Institute, EDR (endpoint detection and response) tools, combined with expert monitoring, have kept the institute breach-free for a decade.
Jeff Ladner, Onspring's chief product officer, explains what healthcare leaders need to know about Medicare's six-year WISeR program, which will add new preauthorization requirements, documentation standards and appeals workflows.
Delaware Valley Community Health SVP and CIO Isaiah Nathaniel says that, after achieving AI successes in operations and revenue cycle, he wants to deploy AI to improve clinician productivity and provide better patient experiences.
Epic Emeritus CMIO Dr. Michael Zaroukian says health system leaders can add to their EHRs' value after the initial go-live by linking it to strategic goals, empowering clinicians to share feedback and prioritizing usability.
AI deployment in healthcare lags due to data security requirements and patient safety risks, says Ferrum Health CEO Pelu Tran, who recommends creating platforms that let providers securely plug in and swap AI tools as needed.
The funds will be used to expand the company's reach with payers and providers, grow its team and for product development.
Dr. Deepti Pandita, UC Irvine Health CMIO & VP of Clinical Informatics, says that "if you don't have governance, anything can fall apart," and discusses the need to engage a diverse multi-stakeholder group to vet every AI project that is deployed.
Clinicians need to have integrity with how they present AI tools to their teams, focusing on how those tools can solve problems, says Josh Wymer, chief health information and data strategy officer at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
During an EHR transition, it is essential to keep the patient at the center of the transition, ensuring collaboration with clinicians and patients is done early, says Epic Emeritus CIO Kelli Garrison, founder and CEO of Verdant Consulting.
Banner Health built an in-house, enterprise class digital assistant that helps team members with typical tasks that they might use AI on such as summarizing a long document, getting insight or planning, says CTO Mike Reagin.