Quality Care

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.  

Dr. Dennis Truong, regional telemedicine/mobility director at Kaiser Permanente, highlights the challenges of implementing digital therapeutics in the care system and its ultimate value in improving patients' and providers’ care journeys.  

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.  

Kyruus Health president Paul Merrild discusses how the company aims to improve care access via its partnerships with health systems and payers and by pairing patients and providers using personalized information and provider availability.  

Robert Latz, CIO of Trinity Rehabilitation Services, discusses nursing homes' increased use of digital tools like automated cameras and how the HIMSS LTPAC committee is developing a prioritization tool to help facilities decide which tools to deploy.  

Also, a gastric cancer detection tool in India has received a breakthrough designation from the US FDA.

Also, Consultmed has released a new genAI feature on its referral management software.

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