We have come a long way in improving the world of healthcare – largely thanks to improving interoperability and data standardization. However, the work is not yet complete. Every day, we continue to push forward, think, and try out new things. This push can either lead to a new solution that further improves healthcare, or…
For the 114th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Mike Camacho, CEO at Sound Long Term Care, to talk about ACOs and long-term care! We kick this episode off by discussing why ACOs have been a challenge for long-term care. Then, Camacho shares what his experience and results…
Hard to resist the opportunity to go to a user conference that includes attending the F1 Miami race in Miami which also became the theme for the conference. The Garage’s recent user conference did just that as they leveraged some of the learnings from F1 racing to illustrate how they’re racing to enable value based…
Making any additions or changes to your organization requires a lot of very careful planning and observation. While these additions/changes can be a huge benefit, opening up your organization to implement them can also cause a lot of problems. It can introduce new weak points for cybercriminals, it can cause friction with your existing systems,…
Healthcare IT leaders are under growing pressure to do more with less. New technologies promise game-changing outcomes — AI for diagnostics, cloud migration for scalability, cybersecurity platforms to protect patient data — but budgets haven’t kept pace with the need for innovation. According to a 2024 report from Kaufman Hall, hospitals continue to allocate only…
Download Slides Exploring how AI-driven analytics can transform care management through focus on Population Health Risk Stratification and Predictive Modeling. We will discuss how advanced data science techniques using Electronic Health Records (EHR) and claims data provides us an opportunity to perform risk stratification to help identify high-risk populations, predict adverse health events, and…
A webinar sponsored by Elation Health highlighted some of the challenges primary care practices face and how a more thoughtful, nuanced approach to health tech could transform healthcare practices. MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar moderated a conversation with Elation Health executives Dr. Sara Pastoor, head of primary care advancement, and Meaghan Sullivan, senior sales engineer….
Executives from TailorCare, Altera Digital Health, and WiPro shared insights at the ViVE 2025 conference in Nashville. John Petito, TailorCare Chief Strategy Officer, talked about what sets the company apart, particularly its multi-pronged approach to specialty value-based care. TailorCare is focused on using PT to improve outcomes for patients with joint, back, and muscle conditions,…
Generative artificial intelligence can identify social determinants of health within EHR notes, accurately and without bias, determining which patients might need extra support, according to Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham. The health system’s researchers fine-tuned large language models to automatically extract information about social determinants — factors such as housing, employment and family status that…
The debate is real, AI is real, but how will we use AI responsibly in healthcare innovation? Will the debate suck all the air out of the room and stifle innovation? There will be no stone left unturned with AI in healthcare in 2024. Here is what the thought leaders are saying about it. Full…