Clinical

AI predicts risk of death from heart disease more accurately than experts

By Leontina Postelnicu 04:17 pm September 11, 2018

The machine learning model uses 600 variables with patient's data whereas human-constructed models made predictions based on 27, researchers say.

University of Iowa Hospital

Machine learning helps UI Health Care reduce surgical site infection by 74%, save $1.2 million

By Bill Siwicki 12:31 pm September 10, 2018

Imagine knowing, in real time, whether a patient will suffer a surgical infection as a surgeon closes up a wound. That's the kind of clinical situation that machine learning is enabling at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.

Mercy Health's Anderson Hospital in Cincinnati. Credit: Google Maps

Mercy Health earns HIMSS Davies Award for innovative approach to opioid fight

By Bill Siwicki 01:27 pm September 07, 2018

The Ohio health system implemented analytics and decision support to reduce opioid prescriptions.

exterior view of Tift Regional Medical center

Telemedicine innovation: Rural health system keeping more people alive at lower costs

By Bill Siwicki 10:41 am September 07, 2018

Learn how Tift Regional Health System found a more effective way to connect primary care doctors and specialists.

IoT firm, UC Berkeley awarded $4.5 million research grant for dementia caregivers

By Bill Siwicki 01:02 pm August 31, 2018

The National Institute on Aging awarded a $4.5 million grant to the University of California Berkeley and People Power, an IoT software provider, to support research on smart home solutions for caregivers of dementia patients.

Tallahassee Memorial Hospital exterior shot at night.

Telemedicine racks up $1 million in cost avoidance savings for Tallahassee Memorial

By Bill Siwicki 09:17 am August 31, 2018

With a vast rural population, the Florida hospital leaned on telehealth to improve transitional care.

In Missouri, a digital behavioral healthcare platform helps patients struggling with the time in between appointments.

Digital health fills care gaps for mental health patients

By Bill Siwicki 08:58 am August 29, 2018

By deploying a mental health IT platform, Comprehensive Mental Health Services provided evidence-based, self-care interventions to combat depression and anxiety.

Steward rolls out Wolters Kluwer tech to standardize decision support across 38 hospitals

By Mike Miliard 02:14 pm August 27, 2018

It hopes decision support and clinical surveillance tools will help boost standards of care at all sites across its 10-state health system.

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center exterior

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington

ED tech and process changes help hospital reduce readmissions by 25%

By Bill Siwicki 08:47 am August 23, 2018

A case manager at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center devised a new program that also reaped an 81 percent reduction in avoidable emergency department visits by high utilizers.