Improving Patient Outcomes With Purposefully Designed Patient Engagement Systems

Patients want personalized experiences that address their needs, evaluate their circumstances, and provide better outcomes. As experiences become more customizable in other industries, patients want the same customizability throughout healthcare. Digital transformation is making it possible to support both the patient and clinician experience with an equitable approach.

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How Automation Can Improve the EHR Experience

Healthcare faces a crisis on multiple fronts when it comes to efficiency and staffing. According to a Kaufman Hall report, roughly half of hospitals ended 2022 with a negative margin, while more than 1.7 million people left healthcare jobs last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Will Policy, Regulation Issues Stifle AI’s Advances in Healthcare?

During the recent AIMed Global Summit in San Diego, Alya Sulaiman, a partner in the McDermott Will & Emery law firm who focuses on digital health, described an active landscape in which federal agencies like the Health and Human Services Department’s Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT, the US Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission were competing with the likes of state attorneys general to regulate the technology.

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Iowa Health System Sees Benefits From Data-Driven Surgery

UIH launched its “data-driven surgery” program in July 2021 in a partnership with Caresyntax, one of several digital health companies developing technology platforms to improve operational and clinical efficiency in different parts of the hospital. The hardware and software program taps into connected devices and platforms throughout the OR while capturing audio and video recordings of the procedure.

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A National Patient Identifier Is Up for Debate. Patient Safety Is Not

Misspellings, address changes, maiden and married names, and many other factors make it difficult to match people to their medical records. In fact, the accuracy of matching patients to their records can be as low as 80% within a single care setting and as low as 50% among organizations that share electronic health information.

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How AI Can Leverage EHR for More Efficiency at the Bedside

Sixty percent of Americans live with at least one serious or chronic condition, such as cancer, diabetes, stroke, or heart disease. By expanding the opportunity for earlier diagnoses and offering more personalized interventions, providers have the chance to improve outcomes and quality of life for patients before a condition worsens and becomes more difficult to manage.

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