By Noah Schwartz for Becker’s Hospital Review Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is using artificial intelligence to directly assist clinicians, such as a monitoring program that can predict deterioration risk, rather than just creating algorithms, the AMA reported Aug. 25. The alert system…
By Patsy Newitt for Becker’s Hospital Review Extracapsular cataract removal without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation is the most common procedure performed at ASCs, according to recent data from Definitive Healthcare. Here are the 25 most common ASC procedures by percent of total charges, followed…
The team at Dolbey unveiled their newest innovation, CDI Alerts™, at the 2023 ACDIS National Conference in May. CDI Alerts is an add-on feature for the already robust Fusion CDI software, used by hospitals’ clinical documentation integrity staff (CDIS) to…
By Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review The healthcare industry is still skeptical about the introduction of AI use within medical care, with 55 percent of medical professionals stating the technology is not ready for medical use, Yahoo Finance reported July 10. …
By Susan Chapman, MA, MFA, PGYT for For the Record After the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, patients and providers turned to virtual care to continue to seek and provide care safely. The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported…
By Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review As healthcare data breaches continue to increase, cybersecurity company Drata analyzed HHS data to determine which states were affected the most in 2022. Here are the top 20 (by the number of people affected per 10,000…
By Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the need for new healthcare technology adoption at hospitals and health systems, and CIOs predict that this accelerated pace is likely to continue as organizations look for ways to…
By Mike Restuccia for Healthcare IT News In most industries, when one competing organization falters, it is often viewed positively by its competitors. For better or worse, this is generally not the case in the healthcare provider space. Each day we…
By Rebecca Pifer for Healthcare Dive The COVID-19 pandemic kickstarted a rapid increase in adoption of healthcare technology, reshaping the bedrock of American medical operations and delivery. But as 2022 drew to a close, several factors suggested that technology adoption…
By Amanda Norris for Health Leaders The CDC just released upcoming changes to both the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code set and the official coding guidelines. The new changes include 42 diagnosis code additions, seven deletions, and one code revision. All changes will go…
