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A female patient navigator sits at her desk working on a desktop.
By Andrea Fox 10:59 am June 29, 2023
Deploying the model with EHR data could help address cancer patient navigator burnout. The process could be scaled to serve all oncology patients in need, a retrospective simulation study showed.
Close up of a doctor, wearing a lab coat and stethoscope, accesses healthcare IT from a tablet.
By Andrea Fox 10:16 am June 29, 2023
Previously the executive director of IT operations and enterprise services at England's National Health Service Digital, Quinn has been filling the chief information officer role on a temporary basis.
Doctor at a desktop computer looks at ease completing administrative burdens.
By Andrea Fox 11:10 am June 26, 2023
Instead of spending time searching through training libraries, UNC Health team members can quickly access references that streamline their administrative burdens by leveraging OpenAI services on Microsoft Azure.
Robin Cummings and Mara Servaites of the Virginia Telehealth Network
By Bill Siwicki 11:07 am June 26, 2023
The vast majority of telehealth caregivers in Virginia are confident in the quality of virtual care. Two experts from the Virginia Telehealth Network go in-depth about new poll data that shows its staying power.
Nurse at computer
By Mike Miliard 10:40 am June 22, 2023
The newest batch of health systems to receive funding to examine their clinicians' patterns of electronic health record use include Brigham and Women’s, MedStar, UCSF and Yale School of Medicine.
Julie Adler-Milstein, director of the UCSF Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation
By Andrea Fox 10:50 am June 15, 2023
Longtime healthcare IT researcher Julia Adler-Milstein is planning major initiatives around digital health equity, artificial intelligence and diagnostic innovation
Hospital campus at night
By Susan Morse 01:54 pm June 13, 2023
The Illinois Catholic health system has signed a nonbinding letter of intent with OSF Healthcare to acquire the Peru campus.
Two people reviewing documents with a gavel nearby
By Jeff Lagasse 04:01 pm June 08, 2023
 Amy Bricker is barred from providing any services to CVS or its subsidiaries, and from disclosing Cigna's confidential information.
Kurt Delbene, the VA's CIO
By Andrea Fox 11:00 am June 08, 2023
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.
Dr. Kendell Cannon of Herself Health on AI scribes
By Bill Siwicki 10:51 am June 08, 2023
Dr. Kendell Cannon describes how her primary care practice sifted through the hype of artificial intelligence and found a scribe that does what it promises.