Category: Health IT

Decoding AI hallucinations in health care: Embracing a new era of medical innovation

The health care landscape is rapidly evolving with the integration of artificial intelligence (AI). While AI brings transformative power, it also demands great responsibility, especially in understanding and managing AI hallucinations—a new challenge i…

Save time with these 4 charting tips

If you ask nurse practitioners how they spend most of their time at work, their answer will be “charting!” Not only do nurse practitioners (NPs) assess, diagnose, and treat patients, but they also have to document the findings. On top of th…

Epic's revenue by year

Epic will earn an estimated $4.6 billion in revenue in 2023, Forbes reported.

10 most popular specialties for telehealth, per Epic

Telehealth visits are down from their peak in the second quarter of 2020 but remain above pre-pandemic levels, according to research conducted by Epic.

Shuttered North Carolina hospital provides digital record to former patients

Former patients at Martin General Hospital, a 49-bed facility in Wilamston, N.C., that closed and filed for bankruptcy in August, will now have access to digital copies of their healthcare records, local news outlet WNCT reported Nov. 29.

Healthcare payment models are evolving: 5 key capabilities providers need to ace the shift to value-based care

While traditional fee-for-service reimbursement models still reign supreme, more healthcare organizations are adopting value-based care (VBC) models.

Can generative artificial intelligence help clinicians better manage patient messages?

In today’s digitized, on-demand world, patients frequently use portals to send their physicians questions and requests. Today, physicians receive 57 percent more patient messages than before the pandemic. They spend the highest proportion of thei…

8 hospitals switching to Meditech in 2023

So far in 2023, Becker’s has reported on hospitals in Texas, Vermont, Ohio, Nebraska, Illinois, New Jersey and Minnesota switching to Meditech.

Georgia health system implements Meditech

Savannah, Ga.-based St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System has brought the Meditech Expanse EHR system to 100 primary care and specialty physicians.

New primary care decision support tools make offloading below-license tasks from the EHR more important than ever

Clinical decision support tools in the EHR are gaining momentum. These exciting and meaningful innovations are challenging us to make room for them to flourish. New technology is often disruptive before it finds its way to being helpful. In the late 18…