Hospitals need to start thinking about ways to build patients’ trust in generative AI in order for the healthcare industry to fully harness the technology’s potential. They can do this through methods like having transparent conversations, asking for patients’ consent to use the tools and training models on internal data, experts said.
As majorly disruptive cyberattacks continue to make headlines in the healthcare world, hospitals are prioritizing cybersecurity more than ever before. This piece explores reactions from five different health system executives about the recent attack on Ascension — as well as what they’re doing to prevent a similar fate at their own organization and how they want things to change going forward.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
Allegheny Health Network rolled out a large language model designed exclusively for use by its staff members. You can think of the tool as the health system’s own version of Chat-GPT, said Ashis Barad, AHN’s chief digital and information officer.
Hospitals are being more careful than ever when scrutinizing ROI for new technology. Ashis Barad — Allegheny Health Network’s chief information and digital officer — gave advice for health systems follow during the adoption process for new technology, such as ensuring clinicians are involved early on and viewing Big Tech as partners instead of threats.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, departures and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Cedar recently launched a new set of features to bring the disconnected ecosystem of healthcare entities together and make billing easier to understand for patients. Pittsburgh-based payer Highmark Health and its health system, Allegheny Health Network, are the first customers to implement the product, which Cedar dubbed its “payer intelligence layer."
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.