The Department of Veterans Affair has renegotiated its $10 billion contract with Oracle, which dramatically increases the company’s accountability for the troubled VA Cerner EHR system.
Category: Health IT
An AI Chatbot May Be Your Next Therapist. Will It Actually Help Your Mental Health?
Given a dire shortage of human behavioral health providers in the U.S., it may prove tempting for insurers to offer up apps and chatbots to meet the federal mental health parity requirement. But artificial intelligence, by definition fake, can’t master the empathic flow between patient and doctor that’s central to therapy.
The game-changing impact of AI regulation: Unlocking the potential in health care and society
The regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic in recent years, especially as AI systems like ChatGPT continue to grow in prominence. OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, empha…
HCA Healthcare seeks clinical talent for Meditech EHR implementation
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is seeking out clinical informatics experts that can help install the health system’s new Meditech Expanse EHR system.
Where Cerner is partnering in 2023
From teaming up with Zoom to integrate telehealth capabilities into its EHR software to partnering with the FDA to develop AI tools that can extract clinical notes from EHRs, here is the latest in Cerner partnerships in 2023:
Where Cerner is partnering in 2023
From teaming up with Zoom to integrate telehealth capabilities into its EHR software to partnering with the FDA to develop AI tools that can extract clinical notes from EHRs, here is the latest in Cerner partnerships in 2023:
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…
