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• 3 Myths About AI And Healthcare

  3/6/2018

  The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is finally becoming a reality. According to CB Insights, from 2012 to 2017 more than $2 billion was invested specifically in healthcare AI with companies that leverage machine learning algorithms. Additionally, technology giants Apple, Microsoft and Google are investigating entering the healthcare market, and Amazon’s secret health tech team 1492 is exploring a platform for electronic medical record data, telemedicine and health apps.

• The Creative Intersection Of Medicine And IT

  8/8/2014

  Medicine is not often thought of as a creative industry. We focus instead on science and evidence.  Behind the science is a group of driven individuals who are focused on problem solving.

• A Historical Look At The Evolution Of Clinical Decision Support

  1/4/2018

  When discussing the evolution of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) with regards to diagnostic imaging, it’s always good to step back from all of the acronyms and look at the big picture. This is especially true when it comes to the diagnostic process and quality of care.

• Why Care Coordination Is A Business Problem Your IT Infrastructure Can't Support

  8/11/2015

  Care coordination is the “it” word in health care today – it’s a new job title, a new care collaboration, and delivery paradigm – and it even encompasses the idea of travel and hospitality services, depending on who you’re asking. The problem, however, is too many people are interpreting the idea of care coordination only as it relates to moving patients between different points of care within the health ecosystem. What is missing from the dialogue is any discussion about how the business of health care happens. By Bill Reid, SVP of Product Management and Partnerships, SCI Solutions

• In The Pursuit Of Health, Community Will See Us Through

  11/16/2020

  Our society functions on the foundation of numerous social contracts: public education, civil liberties, fair taxes, criminal justice. The crises of this year have tested America’s social contracts in unprecedented ways and brought our nation to a time that will someday be reflected upon as a turning point. Yet our healthcare system, the importance of which we are now starkly reminded daily, persists outside the bounds of our social contracts—not fully embraced as a collective pursuit. Healthcare in America continues to be largely viewed as an institution citizens engage with on a very individualized level. We now face an opportunity to embrace a new take and work as a team to save lives.

• Talking Tech And Natural Language Processing – Making It Work In Healthcare

  11/18/2020

  Futurists paint a bright picture of smart clinical technology: ask a chatbot what the right dose of ACE inhibitors is to give a patient with moderate aortic stenosis, and the all-knowing bot will spit out the right answer, based on millions of patient cases. Appealing? Absolutely. Ready for prime time? Definitely not.