To fully capitalize on its potential, laboratories must ensure they understand how to use AI effectively. Without this understanding, there’s a risk of undermining the technology’s benefits and potentially harming the industry as a whole.
With so much hinging on technology that is the subject of so much hype, it is important to understand where AI actually helps at present — and where it most definitely does not.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Data exchange lies at the heart of innovation. With the right data available, BioPharma companies can best implement advanced analytics tools for timely interventions in manufacturing deficiencies and optimize processes.
During a panel at HIMSS, three health system leaders explained what digital transformation means to them and how they’re seeking it play out at their organizations.
During a recent panel, three health system executives shared some of the most important lessons they’ve learned from the digital initiatives they’ve worked on in the past couple years. Some of their nuggets of wisdom included starting with a problem instead of a solution and being sure not to use financial ROI as the only metric for success.
Today, many hope artificial intelligence will be the key that unlocks the value of digitization. Perhaps it will, but the claim that better technology will necessarily improve healthcare is no longer credible. Having lived in both analog and digital worlds, who better than us Oregon Trail doctors to help ensure digital health technologies best serve our workforce, patients, and communities?
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
In order for health systems to “not be commoditized fully,” they need to collect data to know their patients’ behaviors better and build stronger relationships with them, argued Sara Vaezy, Providence’s chief strategy and digital officer. Consumer brands like Amazon have been doing this for years so they can deliver personalized experiences to their users, and it's time hospitals take a page out of their playbook, she said.
Regardless of industry, all legacy companies should be preparing themselves for digital disruption. This may seem daunting, but I can guarantee it will be less painful to start disrupting your own processes today than to find yourself disrupted—or even replaced—tomorrow.
The healthcare sector has been notoriously slow to adopt new technologies in the past, but ChatGPT has already begun to enter the field. Technology experts at the HIMSS conference in Chicago said that while the AI model is certainly exciting, the healthcare sector must establish an accountability framework for it's going to address the risks of new technologies like ChatGPT moving forward.
About 70% of hospital IT pilots fail or face major challenges, yet it's rare for hospitals to discuss these setbacks. At HIMSS23, two nursing informatics leaders argued that project failure is nothing to be ashamed of because it can teach hospitals valuable lessons about what they need for technology initiatives to thrive in the future.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
Avia CEO Linda Finkel has had many conversations with health systems executives about why their technology initiatives haven’t gone as planned in the past. Based on these experiences, she has noticed four main reasons hospitals don’t see the results for which they were hoping — including not exercising enough scrutiny during the vendor selection process and failure to think about capability at scale.
As health systems roll out new patient-facing technologies, they need to ensure that their patients are comfortable using these tools. To avoid losing patient trust, hospitals should introduce new technology with transparency and patient education at the forefront of their minds, said Aaron Miri, Baptist Health'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.
Many health system technology executives have found that a strong digital transformation strategy requires sustained cross-department collaboration. At a recent conference panel, tech executives from UPMC and LifeBridge Health discussed why partnerships with the marketing department and analytics team are essential.
The paradigm shift to more patient-centric, technology-enabled decentralized clinical trials during the pandemic has created an opportunity to strengthen patient care in research.