Analytics

Clinicians wearing personal protective equipment treat patients at a hospital

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New AI model can predict length of COVID-19 hospitalization

By Kat Jercich 01:40 pm January 22, 2021

By using patient age, sex and daily clinical state, the machine learning model also predicts the probability of in-hospital mortality.

ONC's Synthetic Health Data Challenge seeks new approaches to analytics

By Mike Miliard 02:59 pm January 20, 2021

The use of realistic health record information that mimics lifelong medical histories can enable more innovative algorithms for disease modeling.

Jvion launches new COVID Vaccination Prioritization Index

By Mike Miliard 11:01 am January 20, 2021

The update to its COVID Community Vulnerability Map uses artificial intelligence to help guide vaccine distribution to patient populations most at risk.

Above photo: Dr Gamaliel Tan (in grey), Group CMIO, NUHS during NTFGH's HIMSS EMRAM 7 revalidation (virtual) in November 2020. Credit: NTFGH

NTFGH’s lessons behind Singapore’s first HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7 revalidation

By Dean Koh 08:48 pm January 18, 2021

Although it was challenging, the virtual validation brought about opportunities for other hospital departments to participate and learn in the process.

CHI Franciscan Mission Control Command Center bullpen

CHI Franciscan's Mission Control Command Center bullpen

CHI Franciscan's AI-fueled Mission Control Center reaps enormous wins

By Bill Siwicki 11:44 am January 15, 2021

The Mission Control team has created 1,423 additional days to care for more patients, expedited treatment for 142 critical care patients, maintained a 10% reduction in bed request turnaround times and enabled 561 patients to leave the hospital more quickly.

Sterling Structural Therapy EHR practice management

Sterling Structural Therapy in Carefree, Arizona

How one small practice found big ROI from EHR-PM integration

By Bill Siwicki 11:41 am January 13, 2021

Sterling Structural Therapy increased its number of patients, gained efficiencies and secured a five-star online reputation with an all-in-one system.

Komodo Health co-founders Web Sun and Arif Nathoo (courtesy Komodo Health)

Komodo Health acquires Mavens to create healthcare enterprise platform

By Kat Jercich 03:29 pm January 11, 2021

The company says the move will enable its customers to more efficiently connect patients with lifesaving therapies.

Microsoft partners with Verily, Broad Institute to advance biomed innovations

By Kat Jercich 12:43 pm January 11, 2021

The software giant will contribute cloud, AI and data technologies toward expanding Harvard and MIT's open-source Terra platform.

Dr. David Levine Brigham Health Home Hospital

Patient Bill Terry (left) gets treated at home by Dr. David Levine as part of the Brigham Health Home Hospital program. (Credit: Brigham and Women's Hospital.)

Brigham and Women's and Biofourmis codevelop home hospital technology

By Bill Siwicki 12:23 pm January 11, 2021

Now that CMS will pay for home hospital care, Brigham and Women's and other pioneering providers are pushing forward with this care in part to help with the crush of COVID-19 patients.

Germany enables free national use of SNOMED CT

By Sophie Porter 02:13 am January 08, 2021

According the the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, the move is “a building block for establishing semantic interoperability in the electronic exchange of health data”.