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Heidi Veltman, VP & COO of Kaiser Permanente Georgia, says next-generation imaging enhances treatments by providing crisper scans, creating better patient experience, improving diagnostic visibility and reducing duplication.
"You really have to be thoughtful about safeguarding the data," says Andy Crowder, SVP and chief data and AI officer of Advocate Health. The provider has been using Agent Factory, Epic's EHR-integrated artificial intelligence development tool.
Before jumping into interventions, the first step is quantifying the risk that's impacting the population and driving costs, says Saleem Tahir, COO of MedeAnalytics.
Continued funding from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program requires integrated data across providers. Making it easy for them to connect virtually to state systems is vital, says Dr. Tim Ferris, InterSystems' VP of healthcare practice.