How Mayo Clinic is using real-world data to advance precision medicine

Mayo Clinic clinicians are starting to explore how they might use healthcare-specific large language models – accessed through a generative artificial intelligence chat application – to enhance patient care and improve clinical decisions. Where ChatGPT and Google Gemini may only produce relevant, evidence-based answers in healthcare a fraction of the time, California-based Atropos Health said … Read more

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou scores APAC’s first Stage 7 of new INFRAM

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou in Taoyuan City, Taiwan has been recently validated for Stage 7 of the new HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM) and Stage 6 of the Digital Imaging Adoption Model (DIAM). The INFRAM model, updated in March, now assesses an organisation’s infrastructure maturity based on cybersecurity, adoption, sustainability, performance, and outcomes. The … Read more

What is cystic fibrosis? A Mayo Clinic expert explains

Learn more from pulmonologist Sarah Chalmers, M.D. Hello. I’m Dr. Sarah Chalmers, a pulmonologist at Mayo Clinic. In this video, we’ll cover the basics of cystic fibrosis. What is it? Who gets it? The symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Whether you’re looking for answers for yourself or someone you love, we’re here to give you the … Read more

Roundup: AI partnerships aim to advance cardiac radiology, gynecology, more

Some big names in artificial intelligence have announced new healthcare partnerships, funding and implementations recently, across an array of clinical use cases. Here’s a sampling. AI to improve cardiac MRIs Amsterdam-based Royal Philips and Mayo Clinic physicians will investigate using AI to shorten complex cardiac magnetic resonance imaging exams and improve radiology workflows, the company … Read more

Accountability for all artificial intelligence used by a health system lies with the Chief AI Officer

Editor’s Note: This is the second in our series, Chief AI Officers in Healthcare. To read the first, an interview with Dennis Chornenky at UC Davis Health, click here. Some health systems across the country interviewing for their first Chief AI Officer – the hottest new executive in healthcare – are looking for executives with … Read more

A deep dive into a new RCM tech adoption model

The Revenue Cycle Management Technology Adoption Model (RCMTAM) is a peer-reviewed, five-stage framework from the Healthcare Financial Management Association and FinThrive that assesses operational performance and the maturity of revenue cycle technology within a hospital or health system. This model serves as the industry’s first data-driven benchmarking tool designed to guide revenue management leaders through … Read more

Bali hospital bags new Stage 6 EMRAM for Indonesia

Kasih Ibu Hospital Group’s flagship hospital in Denpasar, capital of Bali, Indonesia, has been validated for Stage 6 of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model. The eight-stage model measures an organisation’s maturity in their EMR capabilities. WHY IT MATTERS Kasih Ibu Hospital Group started as a maternity hospital in Denpasar before becoming a general … Read more

Tips from a small hospital CIO to succeed with legacy vendors

Artesia General Hospital is a 25-bed acute care facility in rural southeastern New Mexico. It has 16 clinics across the region, a main campus located in Artesia, and remote facilities located in Carlsbad. Its services cover a wide range of specialties including family practice, endocrinology, orthopedics, cardiology, urology, traditional inpatient and ER. The small hospital … Read more

Republicans want changes from HHS on AI assurance labs

Some members of Congress are asking the U.S. Health and Human Services to back away from a years-long effort to establish government-administered artificial intelligence assurance labs and create an AI assurance lab model in partnership with industry.  “We are writing to express our significant concerns with the potential role of assurance labs in the regulatory … Read more