A key strategy for catering to consumerized patient expectations is creating engagements that are proactive, convenient, and make it as easy as possible for the patient to return for continued care.
The Massachusetts company's Dragon Medical Virtual Assistant is focused on clinical documentation and translating a clinician's speech into information that goes into the EHR.
Input from physicians ensures that good actors are leading the healthcare revolution as the person best equipped to chart the course through the data-deluged wilderness of complicated information, evolving systems, “intelligent” devices, and continuous care is a practicing physician.
Polaris Partners led the Series B, which also included existing investors First Round Capital, RRE Ventures, and .406 Ventures.
Voro offers a different approach to physician reviews, but will the New York-based business resonate with users?
The guide is being rolled out at Mass. General, Baylor Scott & White Health in Texas, Lowell General Hospital in Massachusetts, the University of Pennsylvania and hospitals in 34 foreign countries, said Dr. Rachelle Bernacki of the Serious Illness Care Program at Ariadne Labs.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
In the past five years, Dr. Rana Awdish and three colleagues have developed a program to improve empathy and communication with patients, called Clear Conversations.
The Michigan team is pushing its new prescribing guidelines online, in hopes of encouraging other hospitals to adopt similar practices.
For some physician practices, urgent after-hours calls are commonplace. But Henry Kane, with a background in medical malpractice, was familiar with the data preservation pitfalls they can create. That's why he joined a practice management startup to manage these calls better.
Because of the inherent risks, physicians and other clinicians need to understand why and how machine learning solutions arrive at their conclusions.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
As large hospital systems like Sutter Health, Stanford Medicine and UCSF Medical Center gobble up doctor practices, they gain market muscle that pushes costs upward. But how are those higher costs being distributed?
A long-term trend away from physicians owning their practices may be another reason that single payer is winning some over. Last year was the first in which fewer than half of practicing physicians owned their practice.
Since any new system will affect clinical workflow, it is crucial that new tools either stand alone or integrate with EHR as seamlessly as possible.
By combining, or blending, human expert messaging with automated responses we improve efficiency without sacrificing quality.
The oft-repeated observation that healthcare should be more like the hospitality industry doesn't always ring true. Here;'s why.
