Category: Health IT

Cone Health opens virtual care at housing complex: 5 notes

Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health has opened a virtual primary care office at a housing complex.

Why AI scribes are changing medicine and the hidden risks you must know

Introduction: the AI scribe revolution Let’s be real: AI scribes are incredible. I’ve personally used one for well over 3,000 clinical encounters. If you’ve been using one, you already know. If you haven’t, you’re probably…

When Epic employees wear many hats — literally

Epic employees have worn many hats — sometimes literally — in building the EHR to do a multitude of functions, from billing to scheduling to operating rooms.

How MyMichigan Health fast-tracked its Epic rollout

MyMichigan Health successfully transitioned four newly acquired medical centers to an Epic EHR system in just six months—a process that typically takes a year.

Innovation or exploitation: the ethical challenges of AI in speech therapy

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. It’s in our phones, our search engines, and increasingly, in our health care systems. For speech-language pathologists (SLPs), AI holds the potential to be a powerful ally—offering tools to enhance pati…

4 hospital systems to implement cloud-native EHR

Four hospital systems are set to implement Altera Digital Health’s Paragon Denali, a cloud-native EHR system.

'Rock star' leaders: How IU Health is implementing Epic

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health is gearing up for a successful Epic launch by bolstering leadership overseeing the EHR implementation, the health system’s IT chief told Becker’s.

CLEAR's airport-style ID verification coming to Epic

Epic is expanding its patient identity verification capabilities by integrating with CLEAR, a secure identity company, within its Epic Toolbox.

Why AI is the perfect neutral arbiter for health care claims

When Berkshire Hathaway executive Charlie Munger said, “Show me the incentives, and I’ll show you the outcome,” during a speech in 1995, he wasn’t talking about health care, but he might as well have been. Companies in any indus…

MyMichigan Medical Centers transition to Epic

MyMichigan Medical Centers in Saginaw, Standish and Tawas have received an EHR upgrade, Oscoda Press reported Feb. 4.