Category: Health IT

Revolutionizing health care with AI: pros and cons of integrating ChatGPT [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, we explore the pros and cons of integrating ChatGPT, an advanced AI technology, into our health care system. Our guest, Liudmila Schafer, a board-certified medical oncologi…

Orlando Health launches virtual clinic at convention center

Orlando (Fla.) Health has launched a virtual care clinic at a local convention center.

Study: EHRs take away from human needs like relationship building

EHRs erode the well-being of healthcare teams, taking away from their human needs such as developing relationships and building trust, a study in JAMA Network Open found.

The unintended consequences of centralized EHR scheduling

One of the not often discussed challenges of our EHRs may be getting patients to the right medical resource at a time most suitable for their medical condition. Our electronic systems, whether automated by algorithm or assigned to a person given a prot…

Oregon VA system to reset Cerner EHR

VA Roseburg (Ore.) Health Care System is one of the few VA medical facilities to go live with the Cerner EHR system, but due to its ongoing troubles, it will reset the system to fix its issues, The News-Review reported May 12. 

EHR vendor NextGen hit with 7 data breach lawsuits

NextGen Healthcare, a provider of EHR software, is facing seven lawsuits after a March data breach compromised the protected health information of more than 1 million patients, Bloomberg Law reported May 12. 

Surviving TMI and AI: the importance of self-initiated self-learning for future physicians

Although adult education is meant to be accomplished without spoon-feeding, academic physicians find it challenging to avoid spoon-feeding their medical students, residents, and fellows when designing curriculums for them during medical school and grad…

Indiana health system adds e-check-in tool to Epic

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health has added electronic check-in options to its Epic EHR system.

AI May Be on Its Way to Your Doctor’s Office, But It’s Not Ready to See Patients

Giant corporations like Microsoft and Google, plus many startups, are eyeing health care profits from programs based on artificial intelligence.

Community Health Access Network taps new EHR partner

Newmarket, N.H.-based Community Health Access Network, a network that delivers training and assistance to 250 providers across New Hampshire, Vermont and Texas, is tapping athenaOne as its new EHR partner.