By Linda Wilson, Managed Healthcare Executive | July 12, 2019 To take advantage of emerging software tools that incorporate artificial intelligence, healthcare organizations first need to overcome a variety of challenges. Some leading-edge organizations are beginning to do just that, focusing on machine learning, a subset of artificial intelligence (AI) that encompasses [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | July 11, 2019 President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting new methods for detecting and treating kidney disease could expand the opportunities for those using telehealth and mHealth. The executive order, signed on July 10, aims to change how the nation’s healthcare system treats end-stage [...]
By Emily Sokol, Health IT Analytics | July 11, 2019 Artificial intelligence (AI) developed at the Cleveland Clinic uses machine learning to combine medical scans and electronic health records (EHR) generating personalized radiation therapy doses for cancer patients. Traditional radiation therapy is delivered to patients uniformly. Dosing guidelines do not [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | July 10, 2019 The Federal Communications Commission has voted to move forward with the Connected Care Pilot Program, a three-year, $100 million effort to expand telehealth and mHealth programs to benefit underserved populations, including rural residents and veterans. The program, unveiled in July 2018 [...]
By Nathan Furr and Andrew Shipilov, Harvard Business Review | July-August 2019 Near the end of a long lunch overlooking tranquil Lake Geneva, a senior vice president at a leading global company confessed to us: “We have a dozen committees on digital transformation; we have digital transformation initiatives; we are [...]
By Dan Gingiss, Contributor, Forbes | July 10, 2019 The healthcare industry in the United States has long been a dichotomy in its embrace of – and resistance to – technology. While some of the world's finest technology is used to diagnose and treat all manner of illness, patients often have to complete [...]
