(Download a PDF of this document) Radiomics, a field at the intersection of medical imaging and data science, is rapidly transforming the healthcare landscape. This innovative discipline leverages computer vision to perform high-throughput extraction of …
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How Computer Vision is Transforming Medical Imaging in Healthcare
(Download a PDF of this document) As a physician and a specialist in health information technology, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of technology in healthcare. One such technology that has been making waves …
Continue readingAnalytics Helps Maximize the Use of a Hospital’s Limited Assets
(Download a PDF of the article) Analytics has revolutionized how we approach various business and healthcare management. In healthcare, efficiently utilizing resources such as facilities, equipment, and staff is critical to providing the best medical …
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My nurse colleague with more than 20 years of experience in patient care started working at an ambulatory care clinic about two years ago. Soon after she joined, a large for-profit healthcare company purchased the …
Continue readingSmart Benefit vs. Cost Data Collection
As a young disease-chasing EIS officer at the CDC, my managers instructed me to weigh the benefit of data collection versus its cost. When collecting patient survey information during a disease outbreak investigation, I kept …
Continue readingEnterprise Analytics: Data, Insight, Process Change, Repeat
In 1966, Avedis Donabedian proposed a conceptual model for examining health services and evaluating quality of care. The Donabedian model includes three pillars: structure, process, and outcomes. Structure represents the physical plant, equipment, and staff …
Continue readingDigitally Driven: Link Technology to Process Change
[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] While many organizations recognize the need to become digitally driven to survive in a value-based contracted healthcare marketplace, many providers struggle with creating a provable strategy to achieve success. Measuring digital success via number …
Continue readingWhat Pop Health Needs to Learn from Consumer Marketing
[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] In the US, consumers reign supreme. American retailers understand their customers and use data to influence what they buy, what they pay, and when they return for more. With more than 68 percent of …
Continue readingAI: Augmented Intelligence or Electric Sheep?
Visionary Elon Musk fears it. Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking worried about it. Microsoft’s Bill Gates embraces it. Science fiction writer Philip K. Dick wrote about androids having the capacity to dream because of it. At HIMSS 2019, everyone talked about it.
Continue readingWhy AI Needs a Reality Check
Visionary Elon Musk fears it. Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking worried about it. Microsoft’s Bill Gates embraces it. Science fiction writer Phillip K. Dick wrote about androids having the capacity to dream because of it. At HIMSS …
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