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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AI’s Role in Healthcare Cybersecurity

Modernizing healthcare applications and infrastructure has highlighted how challenging it is to safeguard those same elements, and we’re seeing the aftereffects in the results of data breaches.

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How to Use Technology to Ease Physician Burnout

The physician burnout level and other measures of physician distress increased dramatically during the coronavirus pandemic, survey research shows. The findings of the 2021 survey are troubling, with 62.8% of physicians reporting at least one symptom of burnout compared with 38.2% in 2020.

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Improving Care Through AI One Zip Code at a Time

A new health equity AI tool is able to aggregate clinical and social data across 4,500 factors to provide a more granular view of health disparities in varying communities. The tool, Radian, was created by Lightbeam Health Solutions to provide a no-cost health equity solution for healthcare organizations and leadership.

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