Healthcare workers have borne the brunt of pandemic-related stressors. Mental health struggles and burnout have led many to leave the field at a critical time. But having access to virtual behavioral health, especially when in-person treatment options are limited, can help providers and patients cope.
Health systems must seek digital solutions that make the most of existing staff while also prioritizing their wellbeing. A platform that uses sophisticated math and intelligent, continual learning algorithms can unlock value for hospitals, staff and patients.
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.
Technology has the potential to transform healthcare, by reducing the need for HCPs to perform repetitive, tedious administrative tasks such as documentation for regulatory and billing purposes.
This is the time to embrace radical empathy, profound change, and bold ideas. While the pandemic may have put us all on an unexpected path, there is no turning back from here.
We have an incredible opportunity to further streamline processes and workflows like never before. By incorporating practices driven by analytics and emerging technology, healthcare systems can meet the goal of delivering consistent, quality care.
As the Delta variant surges on, we understand trauma for healthcare providers isn’t over, but we are hopeful that technology can make a small impact in lightening the load for our front-line heroes.
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.
This year has shown that being a doctor is no longer just about skill: it’s about resilience, stamina, empathy, flexibility and teamwork. The way we educate medics needs to reflect this new reality; and prepare medics for the myriad challenges and pressures they will face.
Microsoft was wise to acquire Nuance as a way to reach physicians where they are. But is voice the right approach to addressing the shortcomings of EHR systems?
Taking your clinician expertise and applying it to the business world might reduce your sense of burnout and rekindle the love you feel for medicine.
The greatest issue that must be addressed is also the elephant in the room: reducing the administrative burden on physicians.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Rural hospitals are grappling with high rates of chronic disease, lack of broadband access, and workforce shortages that are exacerbated by the low pay and professional isolation that are characteristic of rural settings. It is from within this digital divide that rural hospitals have learned so much they can pass along to their urban peers.
Now that meaningful API-based integration is finally a reality in healthcare, systems of clinical intelligence are emerging to meet physicians’ needs where EHRs have fallen short.
Having been involved in the advancement of speech recognition in the healthcare domain and been witness to its successes and failures, I continue to believe that the next stage in the evolution of this technology would be to free physicians from the tyranny of the screen.
As the industry faces challenges such as an aging population, physician shortages and burnout, AI presents a unique opportunity to alleviate the impacts of some of these issues.
The various stakeholders need to collaborate to design and configure technology that not only meets regulatory, payer, and organizational needs but also satisfies the needs of clinicians, patients, and the general community.