Quality and Safety
The health system is prioritizing "patient safety, privacy and ethical considerations" as it pushes forward to realize positive impacts from artificial intelligence and machine learning, says CIO Cris Ross.
Kurt DelBene spoke this week about how small contractors can get up to bat for more Veterans Affairs IT projects, and discussed how too much parsing on major federal initiatives – like Healthcare.gov, which he helped rescue – can lead to failed strategy.
The research, which builds on a training approach similar to that of ChatGPT, uses image-based modeling for ECG analysis – potentially enabling more effective heart function assessment and diagnosis of heart attacks and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Masked in broad datasets, distinct subgroups within Asian, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander populations can be subject to racialized health outcomes, according to researchers at Kaiser Family Foundation.
The revised telehealth rules will take effect in September.
"Rise to Health is about making health equity actionable," says Dr. Kedar Mate.
New initiatives launched by the White House include an updated strategic plan for artificial intelligence from the Office of Science and Technology Policy and a new RFI seeking input on mitigating AI risks.
Industry-defined limitations can help ensure an accelerated path to adoption by protecting providers from algorithm failures that could cause counter-evolutionary overreactions to artificial intelligence usage, says one CTO.
Ryan Oliver, research director at KLAS, shows how Best in KLAS status leads to successful implementations. Additionally, he offers a deep dive into some of the most important implementation best practices for provider organizations.
Also, the South Korean government is helping expedite the approval of a VR-based therapy for treating visual impairment.