PSQH: The Podcast Episode 127 – The Role of AI in Pathology
On episode 127 of PSQH: The Podcast, Joseph Mossel, CEO of Ibex Medical Analytics, talks about the role of AI in pathology.
How to Keep Physicians Out of the EHR During Their Time Off
Many physicians are working in the EHR during their time off, according to a new study, and their CMOs need to take steps to stop that. Research published in JAMA Network Open found that primary care physicians commonly worked in the EHR during their vacations.
How to Balance AI Adoption with Governance
Welcome to what some have called the Wild, Wild West of AI in healthcare. It’s a heady time to be an innovation executive these days, working with a technology that has strong potential to transform a troubled industry.
Point-of-Care Echo Studies Improve Workflows
The organization is partnering with Amavita Heart and Vascular Health to deploy the software in screenings for aortic stenosis and other valvular diseases in its clinics, local skilled nursing facilities, and via mobile screening units in underserved communities with large minority populations.
For CMOs, Prioritizing Physician Wellbeing Includes Reducing Stigma
Any healthcare organization wants to know that a provider is competent and capable of providing care, but that desire should not extend to prying into people’s mental health history, says Anthony Aquilina, DO, executive vice president and chief physician executive at WellSpan.
Why Is Healthcare Innovation So Hard in Rural America?
For small hospitals like Sparta, new technology offers the promise of improving care, but it can also rob the organization of its identity—a valuable commodity in rural communities where the hospital is often the biggest employer and the doctor is a neighbor.
AI Is Saving Lives in Stroke Treatment
Healthcare access and treatment issues in rural and remote areas can mean the difference between life and death for people suffering a stroke. That’s why a consortium of healthcare providers in Alaska is investing in AI to improve the diagnosis and treatment of strokes, which kill about 140,000 people a year.
Improving Care Through Better Interoperability
As healthcare works toward improved patient safety, more secure interoperability, and increased collaboration in an evolving regulatory landscape, there is much on the line to get it right.
There’s A Long Way to Go Before AI Tools Can Prescribe Medication. But How Long?
Under the Healthy Technology Act of 2025, an AI tool or machine learning technologies would be considered a practitioner licensed by law to prescribe medication under two circumstances.
From ViVE to HIMSS, AI Governance Gains Steam
Technology and clinical care have a complicated history, as veterans of the EMR era and “meaningful use” will attest. With those memories to draw from, executives are tentative in fully embracing AI and really want to see what it can do before making a commitment.