Implementing AI at a national scale, particularly in such critical industries as healthcare, is no easy feat. In the HIMSS24 APAC session, “Implementing AI-Powered Triage for a National Virtual and Digital Front Door,” Dr Nirvana Luckraj, chief medical officer of Healthdirect, described how they chose, tested, and deployed an AI-powered clinical decision support system to … Read more
“Analytics as a discipline has changed dramatically in the last five to 10 years – and for sure in the past five,” says Anne Snowdon, chief scientific research officer at HIMSS. “With the explosion of artificial intelligence – the ChatGPT era, if you will – large language models have really shifted the needle on where … Read more
One of the biggest daily challenges faced by healthcare providers is obtaining accurate diagnostic answers in a timely manner. Clinicians spend years training in physical diagnosis, mastering techniques such as listening to hearts and lungs with a stethoscope, palpating the abdomen, and examining painful joints. THE PROBLEM But even in the most expert hands, these … Read more
Demonstrating benefits to patients and clinicians will greatly drive interoperability, health information exchange and medical record digitalisation in Asia-Pacific. Dr Mahesh Appannan, Ministry of Health Malaysia’s head of digital health, Seyoung Jung, assistant professor and CIO of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in South Korea, and Gareth Sherlock, chief executive of Turimetta Consulting and former CIO at Cleveland Clinic London and … Read more
Microsoft announced Thursday that it is unveiling several artificial intelligence enhancements in Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare innovations, including new healthcare AI models in Azure AI Studio, new healthcare data capabilities in Microsoft Fabric and developer tools in Copilot Studio. Many of the artificial intelligence enhancements are available by preview. Executives from the company also provided … Read more
As the healthcare industry increasingly adopts AI, the landscape of cybersecurity threats is changing rapidly. While AI can enhance patient care and streamline operations, it also introduces new vulnerabilities that cybercriminals may exploit. To help CISOs, CIOs and other healthcare security leaders wrap their hands around this, we spoke with IEEE Member Rebecca Herold, CEO … Read more
In a world where consumers can order dog food, schedule a haircut or buy a plane ticket with just a few keystrokes, patients often are left wondering why healthcare has to be so complicated – and why so many processes seem stuck in the past. Today, as consumers grow more dependent on convenient and efficient … Read more
Privacy, systems interoperability, and lack of research capability are some of the biggest challenges in utilising big data for national precision medicine projects in advanced health systems in Asia. Health leaders from Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore exchanged insights into harnessing big data for personalised medicine in the panel session, “Nationwide Initiatives in Healthcare Transformation – The Power … Read more
MD Home Health, a 39-year-old home health agency, has launched omnichannel home health services, what it says is a first for Phoenix and Arizona. The new offerings will include remote patient monitoring, telehealth, a brick-and-mortar clinic at HonorHealth Scottsdale, and traditional in-home services. President and CEO David P. Tusa, who joined MD Home Health in … Read more
Maternal mortality is an ongoing crisis in the U.S. According to the most recent data available from 2022, the national maternal mortality rate is 22.3 deaths per 100,000 live births. Sadly, stories of pregnant or recently pregnant people whose maternal health conditions get misdiagnosed or overlooked, leading to severe morbidity or even death, are all … Read more