Machine learning algorithms have reached a familiar milestone in the healthcare industry --in order for them to be more widely embraced by providers, different approaches to roadtesting and validating them are underway.
The health tech exploration center's primary focus is on exploring new technologies and assessing which ones are scalable across blockchain, telemedicine, the Internet of Things, and machine learning.
There are a number of criteria for selecting the best autism therapy centers. Parents choosing a facility or professionals seeking to improve their offerings should consider certain standards to ensure the right fit.
In a phone interview, Dr. John Halamka, who recently co-authored a book on precision medicine, spoke about various aspects of the field and its future.
In the latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, a group of former national coordinators and a duo of health IT executives take different perspectives on the impact of the HITECH Act.
Whitney Zatzkin, director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-backed Flip the Clinic, and "E-Patient" Dave deBronkart have not had an easy time getting answers from their healthcare providers.
"It's perverse to say people are unengaged and then keep them uninformed," said "e-Patient" Dave deBronkart at MedCity ENGAGE.
Scheduling software is helpful for wellness business owners in numerous ways. They get everything they need to create appointments, reschedule clients and track cancellations in one platform.
Athenahealth and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka made a big splash this morning with news of athena’s acquisition of the renowned Boston teaching hospital’s web-based EHR system. The move is notable in that it gives athena significant credibility as it pursues the big hospital market, but it also underscores both immediate and […]
The potential for wide-scale data sharing across healthcare is gaining in equal parts reality and complexity, panelists at Redwood MedNet’s conference said last week in California. Despite some significant challenges that need to be overcome, the consensus was that the health data revolution will arrive sooner than later. Keynote speaker John Halamka, CIO at Beth […]
Health information exchanges are poised to redefine how providers and payers interact with one another and show great potential in improving patient care by utilizing a torrent of new data. That same torrent is also causing challenges in HIT infrastructure and HIPPA compliance. Those were just a few of the key takeaways at California-based Redwood […]
OK I’m going to seriously date myself here. My first heroes emerged from the flickering black and white images of 1950’s television. Roy Rogers, Sky King, and Davy Crockett made up that list. Later on I transitioned to Zorro and much later to Caine on Kung Fu. Television doesn’t do it for me anymore. In […]
In this episode hear how improving benefit verification, prior authorizations, and patient affordability with smart integrations and real-time eligibility can streamline healthcare workflows.