Digital Checkup (596)

Thomas Hutchinson, executive director of digestive health and experiential reality, and Dr. Robert Louis, neurosurgeon, explain the effect virtual reality has had on patient experiences across multiple specialties and its ROI for Hoag Hospital.

Patient-centered coordinated care at Davies Award winner Texas Children's Hospital is enabled by a partnership between quality and safety departments, clinical operations and IT systems, says assistant VPs Tarra Kerr and Ashok Kurian.

Dr. Robert Murry, chief medical officer of NextGen Healthcare and a practicing family physician, talks about the importance of the post-pandemic commitment to telehealth from CMS and a future of possibilities without the worry of non-payment.

Munjal Shah, cofounder and CEO of Hippocratic AI, discusses the large language model his company is building, explaining how it will be used to make healthcare more efficient and how it differs from Google and ChatGPT's LLM models.

When care managers provided virtual patient activation post-discharge and addressed a patient's life context factors, it improved access and reduced costs, according to research, says Dr. Alan Spiro, president and CMO of Laguna Health.

Anna Dover, director of product management at FDB (formerly First Databank), talks problems prescribers face with drug-related clinical decision support alerts, how IT can help and the potential role of AI.

Dr. Brian Anderson, chief digital health physician at MITRE and co-founder Coalition for Health AI, discusses the group's perspective on safe and reliable artificial intelligence deployments.

With digital streaming as well as AI, hospitals and health systems can improve their patient education materials, empowering patients at home and reducing the time nurses spend answering questions, says Anjali Kataria, Mytonomy CEO and cofounder.

Dr. Dustin Nowaskie, founder and president of OutCare Health, tells how their organization supports the LGBTQ+ healthcare journey by providing resources, support and education and conducting studies analyzing the community's care experience.

This week's announcement that Informa Markets will manage the HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition is an opportunity to build, say leaders of both organizations.

One of the most prominent voices in health IT explains what artificial intelligence can and cannot do in healthcare, and reveals some of the AI work being done at Mayo.

Amir Bozorgzadeh, cofounder and CEO of Virtuleap, which offers gamified neuropsychological assessment in virtual reality for cognitive training, discusses the company's partnership with Roche to create a VR-based cognitive screening tool.