Digital Transformation

This evolution of healthcare involves using technology to improve diagnosis, treatments, monitor patients, enhance hospital operations and culture, and bolster consumer-focused care. This includes virtual reality tools, wearable devices, workflow software, health apps and other digital health tools.

AI newswatch: Lifecyle AI oversight, data matters, AI vs. animals, more
AI may finally end the paper chase caused by prior authorization. Or it may worsen it.
AI has come a long way in healthcare, still has a long way to go: Research recap
As AI continues its march through healthcare organizations around the world, the notion that it will replace the sector’s human workers fades but does not disappear.
Newswatch: AI researchers weigh in, AI humanizes healthcare, ‘the worst AI will ever be,’ more
Contrary to popular misgivings, AI may be improving the human touch in healthcare.
How generative AI for healthcare is similar to—and different from—its conventional older cousin
The National Academy of Medicine considers some pertinent ins and outs of GenAI.
Healthcare AI newswatch: RFK Jr. for animal-saving AI, Dr. Oz’s big plans for AI at CMS, more
The Department of Health and Human Services is looking to replace lab animals with AI models. Even more bullish on AI is the new boss at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Risk points revealed in US database of AI-powered medical devices

Researchers analyzed 266 safety events reported to the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (“Maude”) program.

New CMS code could pave the way for coverage of virtual reality-based treatments

The determination places the device under the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) benefit category.

Amit Trivedi from HIMSS explains the need for the International Patient Summary

The international patient summary could standardize medical data exchange globally

Amit Trivedi, HIMSS director of informatics and health IT standards, explains the purpose of the international patient summary to support global patient health data exchange.

HIMSS VP of Informatics Christine Caraballo on enterprise imaging interoperability.

HIMSS: New interoperability standard aids movement to enterprise imaging

HIMSS Vice President of Informatics Christina Caraballo, MBA, explains new interoperability standards have been proposed to enable better image sharing across hospital IT systems.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

ChatGPT bests physicians at patient care

AI outplays physicians at informing patients and feeling their pain too

Unexpected empathy: Blinded healthcare professionals consistently scored the AI—yes, a ChatGPT model—higher than the doctors even for bedside manners.

Radiological AI may never dream of interpreting images—but don’t underestimate its virtual cognitive capacity

In the same year three humans first orbited the moon, 1968, the sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick published Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The novel imagined a dark, futuristic society in which real people couldn’t be readily distinguished from lifelike androids.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Digital Transformation

AI newswatch: Lifecyle AI oversight, data matters, AI vs. animals, more

AI has come a long way in healthcare, still has a long way to go: Research recap

Newswatch: AI researchers weigh in, AI humanizes healthcare, ‘the worst AI will ever be,’ more

How generative AI for healthcare is similar to—and different from—its conventional older cousin

Healthcare AI newswatch: RFK Jr. for animal-saving AI, Dr. Oz’s big plans for AI at CMS, more