Beth Israel Deaconess Launches Health Innovation Center
In yet another example of a health system bringing innovation home, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has launched an in-house center combining the feel of a startup incubator and the vast reach of...
View ArticleXerox Files Patents For Blockchain-Based Tech With Healthcare Applications
According to a site focused on blockchain technology, Xerox has filed patents for technology using blockchain to securely revise electronic documents. The patent application was filed in February of...
View ArticleWhat’s Involved In Getting To EHR 2.0?
While the current crop of EHRs have (arguably) served a useful purpose, I think we’d all agree that there’s a ton of room for improvement. The question is, what will it take to move EHRs forward?...
View ArticleIn What Seems Like An Effort To Make Nice, eClinicalWorks Joins OpenNotes...
eClinicalWorks has decided to try something new. The health IT vendor has announced that it will support the OpenNotes project, an initiative in which doctors share their notes with patients. As most...
View ArticleHospitals Taking Next-Gen EHR Development Seriously
Physicians have never been terribly happy with EHRs, most of which have done little to meet the lofty clinical goals set forth by healthcare leaders. Despite the fact that EHRs have been a fact of life...
View ArticleAmazon Offers $2M Grant To Harvard Teaching Hospital To Conduct AI Research
Amazon is showing a decided interest in the increasingly hot area of healthcare AI, first by offering a text analytics product and now by partnering to study AI use in a clinical setting. Late last...
View ArticleIt’s High Time To Set Healthcare AI Standards, And Clinicians Should Be Involved
Having spent the last couple of years looking at the clinical use of AI, I’ve become increasingly convinced — as have, no doubt, many of you — that AI will eventually play an important role in...
View ArticlePatients Say Access To Visit Notes Is Important In Maintaining Their Health
Back in 2010, a group of primary care doctors from three different healthcare organizations across the U.S. came together to try something different. The three institutions – Beth Israel Deaconess...
View ArticleMajor Misconceptions About Machine Learning In Healthcare
Over the past few years, as some standout use cases began to emerge, enthusiasm for AI has grown among health leaders, to the point where you’ll hear little but positive thoughts about AI’s potential...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Rolling Out Hospital Care At Home As Part Of Long-Term Innovation...
As I recently reported, the Mayo Clinic has managed to continue with its IT innovation program despite the financial and operational stresses imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. As it turns out, the...
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