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A shortage of skilled nursing is disrupting care delivery nationwide. The workforce challenge is not going away, and will require creative approaches, including virtual care, says Wendy Deibert, chief nursing officer at Caregility.
It's the place to be if you're interested and involved in transforming healthcare information and technology, says Ricardo Silva.
Open algorithms, explainable AI and thoughtful approaches to understanding and addressing the health equity of sub-cohorts end the legacy argument that AI is a "black box," says Andrew Eye, cofounder and CEO of ClosedLoop.ai.
Chapters also provide volunteering opportunities, notes Sepi Browning, IT director/business partner at Piedmont Healthcare.
The health system's department of care transformation and innovation is focused on specific care delivery challenges such as staffing, scheduling and provider documentation, says Dr. John Doulis.
Virtual care can provide more capacity in near real time for overworked clinicians, says Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, CEO of KeyCare. He advises health systems about finding the right partner to provide that support.
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Andrea Fiumicelli, CEO of Dedalus, outlines how interoperability and digital healthcare tools such as AI can help control costs, reduce medication waste and prevent clinician burnout worldwide.
Nurse and physician informatics teams should collaborate more on data-driven workflow optimization, says Lisa Stephenson, CNIO at Houston Methodist.
DrFirst has developed an AI-powered tool to streamline medication refill and renewal requests, meant to boost patient safety by flagging transcription mistakes. Dr. Colin Banas, the company's chief medical officer, explains.
Digital tools are improving the clinician experience in Seoul, say Dr. Wonchul Cha, CMIO and director of the Digital Innovation Center at Samsung Medical Center, and Dr. Meong Hi Son, vice director of its Digital Transformation Center.