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Patient does a virtual care consult
By Mike Miliard 10:27 am April 18, 2025
The round-the-clock service, powered by technology from Fabric and integrated with Castlight's benefits navigation app, offers chat-based visits delivered by licensed physicians and nurse practitioners.
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By Mike Miliard 10:23 am April 18, 2025
Business school professor Joe Peppard penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed recently, making the case that many companies shouldn't necessarily be investing in AI – because many aren't well-positioned to succeed with it. What about healthcare providers?
Nurse checks tablet to communicate on shift
By Andrea Fox 10:19 am April 18, 2025
A new application with real-time and auto-generated features could enhance engagement and improve the safety and productivity of frontline workers in healthcare and other industries, the company says. 
A doctor checking a patient's record on their digital tablet
By Adam Ang 01:52 am April 18, 2025
Also, Victoria is piloting digital health training for public health workers. 
Pharmacist holds and reads a prescription drug box
By Andrea Fox 09:46 am April 17, 2025
Surescripts becomes a QHIN while Redox joins CommonWell. Also, the Sequoia Project releases a payer-to-payer FHIR API Compliance Readiness Checklist 20 months ahead of a key CMS data exchange compliance deadline.
Stack of $100 U.S. dollars on loose bills
By Andrea Fox 02:29 pm April 16, 2025
The initial expiration of MITRE's contract for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program was a shock to many cybersecurity experts. But the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency quickly pledged that there would be no lapse in service.
By Bill Siwicki 11:28 am April 16, 2025
In the test, 74% of clinicians said the ambient and genAI technology reduced their levels of burnout and 95% wanted to continue using the technology. Further, clinicians used 25 non-English languages.
By Bill Siwicki 01:15 pm April 15, 2025
The CAIO should not just understand both of those disciplines, but intuit what AI is good and bad, what's scalable and whether it's the right fit, says Sameer Sethi, the New Jersey health system's chief AI and insights officer.
Doctor checking and tracking information on a computer
By Andrea Fox 10:55 am April 15, 2025
ASTP has released the 2025 SAFER Guides, which aim to improve health systems' adherence to electronic health record best practices. They were updated by clinicians with informatics training and informaticians with clinical experience.
Businessperson signing piece of paper
By Jessica Hagen 02:23 pm April 14, 2025
Two new memos update federal AI policy, which the White House says will accelerate innovation, strengthen public trust and prioritize U.S.-developed AI tools.