The psychiatric collaborative care model offers an opportunity to mitigate burnout by reducing the burden placed on primary care providers (PCPs) and more effectively supporting their patients with behavioral health needs.
As healthcare IT undergoes continual evolution, the integration of automation and human connection is poised to define the trajectory of IT support. This synergy promises a smooth experience for users and ultimately contributes to enhanced patient care.
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.
The AI tools that radiologists need the most are ones that integrate their workflows and make it easier to access past images, said Dr. Jocelyn Chertoff, radiology chair at Dartmouth Health. When adopting AI to address their workforce shortage, hospitals need to involve clinicians early-on in decisions about what new tools to implement, she also noted.
A new report predicted that generative AI tools will increasingly streamline many aspects of a clinician’s day in the next five to 10 years — and that this is particularly true for tools that can automate diagnoses and respond to patients’ questions.
To fully reap the benefits of telemedicine, it is crucial to provide comprehensive education to both staff and patients. Clinicians, doctors, and other medical care providers should all be trained on telehealth software — its functionality, integration into their workflow, effective communication during consultations, and where to seek technical assistance.
UNC Health recently launched a pilot for its in-house generative AI app called Ava, which stands for “AI virtual assistant.” The app allows staff members to ask questions about the different digital health tools available to them across the health system, and it gives them concise answers about how to use the tools effectively. The goal is to prevent staff from searching through vast training libraries.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Patients yearn for care experiences that are more convenient, personal and accessible. However, clinicians aren't doing a great job of delivering this kind of care, according to a new report. The staffing crisis has put clinicians under a lot of pressure — they feel they often don't have time to deliver adequate care of get effectively trained on how to use new technology.
Making EHRs work with and not against clinicians is possible. When EHRs take a human-centered design approach, collaborating closely with clinicians to optimize workflows, the EHR can stop being the focus of clinicians’ days, and instead support them as they provide care to patients
Many experts think technology will help mitigate healthcare's burnout crisis and workforce shortage, but the healthcare industry still has a lot to figure out when it comes to choosing which tools to deploy and getting its workers on board with these new tools, according to a new report from GE HealthCare.
Hippocratic AI emerged from stealth, as well as announced $50 million in seed funding through a round co-led by General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz. The Palo Alto-based startup bills itself as the first large language model designed specifically for healthcare.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Feedtrail believes healthcare workers become more satisfied in their roles when they’re connected to messages of patient gratitude, so it built technology to deliver that positive feedback to clinicians. The company recently announced the results of a five-month clinician retention workgroup, finding that 77% of clinicians agreed that consistently receiving positive patient messages reinforced their purpose.
No single practitioner can be left with the ownership of patient care. The single point of truth should lie with the patient and their clinical record.
In most cases, healthcare organizations choose not to let employees go following an RPA implementation. Instead, they reallocate their (human) resources where they can be better used, boosting employee satisfaction and easing staff burnout.
Healthcare institutions must make clear their seriousness about employee mental health support and overall wellbeing and take decisive actions to make things better.
Here are some of the principles we have seen that effective organizations embrace to reduce burnout that could serve as a guide for the larger mental health clinic community.