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Connected health tools help seniors, but a digital divide persists

Healthcare It News

Most adults aged 50 to 80 in the United States are now using digital health technologies (DHTs), with patient portals leading adoption rates, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Nathan Eddy is a healthcare and technology freelancer based in Berlin.

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China Medical University Hospital ranks global third in 2022 HIMSS Digital Health Indicator

Healthcare It News

The hospital did very well in enabling interoperability while it proved to be excellent in the areas of person-enabled health, predictive analytics, and governance and workforce. CMUH attributes this achievement to its development and implementation of three smart platforms that have led to clinical practice improvements.

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Oncology Care Partners' digital transformation: AI, CDS and virtual care

Healthcare It News

Rariy is board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology, and is fellowship trained in clinical research at Harvard Medical School's Brigham & Women's Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, with a medical degree from Harvard.

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Generative AI to bring 'transformative change,' says Froedtert/Inception Health CTO

Healthcare It News

It embarked on a journey to foster disruptive innovations by establishing Inception Health as an independent vehicle to drive innovation and digital transformation, focusing on digital health technology. Artificial intelligence is at the heart of some of its most disruptive innovations.

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Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

Health Populi

The study title citing the “data-driven physician” is based on the key survey finding that doctors are preparing to embrace data, from both traditional sources and new ones — including information generated by patients themselves via wearable tech and remote health sensors — into clinical practice.

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How long until widespread AI use comes to health systems?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Scott Gottlieb has some thoughts on preferred regulatory approaches in his recent article in JAMA Health Forum. The Peterson Health Technology Institute launched a task force last month aimed at studying the business impact of artificial intelligence on health systems.

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Podimetrics CMO Talks Supporting Patients Living with SDoH Challenges

HIT Consultant

Gary Rothenberg, Chief Medical Officer of Podimetrics talks about how healthcare technology can help support a focus on social determinants of health (SDoH) to enhance the relationship between the patient and physician/care team. Dr. Rothenberg: I mentioned risk stratification before. AI has a specific role to play here.