May 2022

Social determinants of health and medical coding: What to know

Andeis Robezienks for AMA Recognition of the impact that social determinants of health (SDOH) have on patients’ outcomes is growing, as is the desire to incorporate SDOH factors into patient-care plans. But awareness of an existing data infrastructure that could help physician practices do so is limited. “The clinical care we provide only accounts for…

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Physicians with their own practices are more satisfied with EHRs, study finds

By Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review Physicians who own their practices are more satisfied with their electronic health records than physicians who don’t, an April 21 investigation in JAMA Network Open found. The researchers looked at 1,368 responses to the 2019 National Electronic Health Records Survey and found that 68.1 percent of respondents in physician-owned practices reported…

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3 ways to build trust in health AI

By Georgina Gonzalez for Becker’s Hospital Review The fourth industrial revolution that brought digital technology to lives around the world has the potential to revolutionize healthcare through artificial intelligence, but before it can, it must be widely trusted by both patients and physicians, according to a World Economic Forum article published May 24. To build a foundation…

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The top 10 women leaders of health tech

By Georgina Gonzalez for Becker’s Hospital Review From big corporations to fast growing start-ups, women executives in the health tech industry are making a mark in their organizations. Twenty-five such leaders have been honored by the Healthcare Technology Report as exceptional in the healthcare software industry. The May 23 report named 25 women who work in healthcare…

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With 25×5 initiative, AMIA sets sights on tackling clinical documentation burden

By Mike Miliard for Healthcare IT News The American Medical Informatics Association this week announced next steps for AMIA 25×5, its multi-stakeholder effort to alleviate documentation burden for U.S. clinicians. WHY IT MATTERS Funded by the National Library of Medicine, the 25×5 Symposium to Reduce Documentation Burden on U.S. Clinicians by 75% by 2025 was…

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9 ways machine learning can revolutionize healthcare

By Georgina Gonzalez for Becker’s Hospital Review Machine learning can improve healthcare from streamlining administrative processes to carrying out medical and diagnostic analyses, Analytics Insight reported April 30. Here are nine areas of healthcare in which machine learning can be deployed to make meaningful differences: Machine learning can be used to create precision, personalized medicine by predicting specific…

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Tech giants expand support for ‘a passwordless world’

By Kat Jercich for Healthcare IT News Apple, Google and Microsoft announced Thursday that they planned to expand support for a common standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium that does not require a password to sign in. “This will simplify sign-ins across devices, websites and applications no matter the…

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16 women making moves in healthcare

By Georgina Gonzalez for Becker’s Hospital Review The following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker’s since April 29. Maureen Schneider, PhD, RN, has been named president of Pompton Plains, N.J.-based Chilton Medical Center, which is owned by Atlantic Health System. Robyn Strosaker, MD, has been appointed president and COO of…

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How 4 hospitals are using AI to improve patient care

By Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review Hospitals are using artificial intelligence to improve health outcomes, conduct research and improve patient care. Here are four artificial intelligence projects health systems’ have recently created and deployed as reported by Becker’s Hospital Review: Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai’s AI division, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, is working to fill in the gaps in…

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Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. Now they’re facing abrupt cuts.

By Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News for NBC News Tiffanie Jones was a few tanks of gas into her drive from Tampa, Florida, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, when she found out her travel nurse contract had been canceled. Jones, who has been a nurse for 17 years, caught up with a Facebook group for travel nurses and…

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