Imagining the Clinical Workflow via Smart Speaker
By Luis Castillo – “Siri, what’s the weather like today?” “Google, play me my workout playlist.” “Alexa, initiate hip replacement surgery.” One of those commands is not like the others.
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Supporting the Healthcare Consumer Incrementally
New Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist Episode NOW on Demand with host Dr. Nick and guest David Nichols, the Patient and Family Communications Product Leader for PerfectServe and former Founder and COO of Carewire.
Proposed Changes to the Medicare PI Program for FY 2020
On April 23, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the Fiscal Year 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and the Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule.
The Many Promises of AI
By William Hyman – AI is still in the discovery phase of where and how it can be useful. But this still fledgling state has not stopped the many assertions of its wonderfulness, or future wonderfulness, or possible wonderfulness. Here is a sample of statements about AI.
How to Create an Incident Response Plan
By Art Gross – Data breaches are extremely common as technology continues to advance. Of those breaches, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are a favored target for cybercriminals. In fact, more than 70% of attacks target small businesses, according to…
Digital Health – Is it worth it? How to calculate ROI in Digital Health
By Juan Pablo Segura – The results are in. A 2019 PEGA survey asked 2,000 U.S. consumers how they felt about recent trends in healthcare, and the response was overwhelming — they want a personal touch, and they want it digital.
Opaque Pricing
By William A. Hyman – Recently I was perusing the menus outside each of two side-by-side moderately high-end restaurants in my neighborhood. Both menus listed multiple items over different times of day, each with unequivocal prices.
With New Challenge Competition, AHRQ Asks Innovators for a Tool to Forecast the Future
By Gopal Khanna – Recently, I had the privilege of speaking at AcademyHealth’s 2019 Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, D.C. It was an important milestone for AcademyHealth: the 10th anniversary of an annual gathering that’s become a must-attend event…..
HELP Hearing: Electronic Health Information Part II
On Tuesday, May 7, the Senate health committee will hold its second hearing on implementation of the electronic health information provisions in the 21st Century Cures Act. Witnesses will be Dr. Don Rucker and Dr. Kate Goodrich.