04/15/2022
Navigating a global health crisis with an already strained staffing model left many providers looking for a different career. Automating some aspects of the industry has the potential to drastically improve the situation. icdtagger.com/?p=28260
04/15/2022
Congress is looking at how well the telehealth flexibilities are working, and if more protection is needed against fraud. They are also looking at the cost impact of telehealth to the Medicare program for the long-term. icdtagger.com/?p=28263
04/15/2022
Population health and precision medicine are often set against one another because of the inherent differences in their approaches to health management. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted some possible collaborations. icdtagger.com/?p=28266
04/14/2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology adoption is happening in the medical device industry, and it’s not just driving exciting new features and high-end functionalities into the devices themselves. This technology is also enabling manufacturers to reap the rewards from new service models but improve healthcare along the way.
04/14/2022
Usability issues have always been a part of the electronic health record discussion. Common EHR usability issues can put crucial patient safety issues, such as drug dosing, at risk. icdtagger.com/?p=28250
04/14/2022
As health systems and hospitals are under unprecedented stress from the COVID-19 pandemic, their IT departments also are facing critical skills and staffing shortages as they battle unrelenting cyberattacks. icdtagger.com/?p=28252
04/13/2022
Unlike the previous version, ICD-11 was released in February to minimal fanfare. This version contains over 17,000 unique codes, more than 120,000 codable terms and is now entirely digital. icdtagger.com/?p=28228
04/13/2022
Researchers have developed an automated method using machine learning to predict the effectiveness of viral diagnostic tests and designs optimized ones. icdtagger.com/?p=28234
04/13/2022
Predictive analytics is currently used across the healthcare industry and data analytics use cases continue to multiply in patient care. icdtagger.com/?p=28236
04/12/2022
Clinicians are frustrated with electronic health records. Creating an artificial intelligence model that uses every past medical decision to help inform all future medical decisions is complicated. Is it useful? icdtagger.com/?p=28216
04/12/2022
Information transparency and access to medical information is valued by both patients. The concerns from the providers is how well the patient can interpret and often, handle the information they receive. icdtagger.com/?p=28214
04/12/2022
The days of assuming that security is only the job of the IT department are gone. Organizations need to implement a robust cybersecurity program that begins with setting the tone from the top and adopting a culture of security. icdtagger.com/?p=28206