Category: Health IT

How the DEA’s use of predictive algorithms is worsening crises in urban communities and raising suicide rates among African Americans

The true definition of criminal behavior has always been problematic. Are we criminals because we break the law or because we have been convicted? Famous and revered people throughout history have clearly broken the law but are almost never defined as …

14 Epic updates in 30 days

From deepening its partnership with Microsoft to more details regarding its antitrust lawsuit, here are 14 updates on Epic’s operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in October:

35 things to know about Oracle Health

Oracle Health is among the prominent platforms used by hospitals and health systems across the U.S. for a variety of functions, including the EHR.

California Mental Health Agency Director To Resign Following Conflict of Interest Allegations

Toby Ewing, executive director of California’s Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, is resigning amid an investigation into his conduct and revelations that he traveled to the U.K. courtesy of a vendor as he sought to protect state funding for its contract.

A California Official Helped Save a Mental Health Company’s Contract. It Flew Him to London.

The director of a California state mental health agency traveled to the U.K. courtesy of Kooth, a digital mental health company with a $271 million contract to build a therapy app for the state’s youth. Weeks earlier, he pressed key legislative staffers to restore a proposed cut to Kooth’s funding.

Why MyChart's AI is unregulated

Despite concerns from some medical experts about physicians using artificial intelligence to draft MyChart responses to patients, the technology remains unregulated.

HCA creates EHR-agnostic platform

HCA Healthcare, based in Nashville, Tenn., is collaborating with software developer Commure to create and implement an ambient AI platform throughout its network.

Can You Rely on Your Mammogram To Identify Heart Disease Risk?

Clinicians and researchers are searching for answers to whether an incidental finding on breast X-rays could improve the detection of cardiovascular disease risk among women.

Patients prefer AI-generated EHR messages: 7 things to know

Patients prefer EHR responses generated by artificial intelligence over answers from human clinicians, a new study found.

Zoom debuts AI-driven healthcare documentation

Zoom is teaming up with Suki, a developer of AI healthcare technology, to offer healthcare providers AI-powered clinical note-generation capabilities.