The electronic health record gets a bum rap. We blame it for increasing healthcare costs, poor clinical outcomes, and clinician burnout. While EHR vendors have some responsibility for all these adverse effects, they are not …
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Computer Vision Driven AI Impacts Medical Imaging
As a physician and a specialist in health information technology, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of technology in healthcare. One such technology that has been making waves in recent years is computer vision. …
Continue readingRadiomics: Decision Support That Effectively Leverages AI and Analytics
(Download a PDF of this document) Radiomics, a field at the intersection of medical imaging and data science, is rapidly transforming the healthcare landscape. This innovative discipline leverages computer vision to perform high-throughput extraction of …
Continue readingHow Computer Vision is Transforming Medical Imaging in Healthcare
(Download a PDF of this document) As a physician and a specialist in health information technology, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of technology in healthcare. One such technology that has been making waves …
Continue readingNtC 17: Understanding the Conundrum
The emergence of the digital age in healthcare, dating back to the mid to later years of the 20th century, was not greeted with joy and accolades but rather a great deal of skepticism. That …
Continue readingMedication Errors: Fix the Machine
(Download a PDF of this document) Medication errors, a significant concern in the healthcare sector, are preventable events that may lead to inappropriate medication use and patient harm. These errors can occur at any stage …
Continue readingNtC 16: Evolution of Healthcare IT
In the 1950s, computers were mammoth machines, rightly thought to provide utilitarian services like the electric company or public works. The field of informatics launched in the 1950s. The American Medical Informatics Association defines it: …
Continue readingFor Want of a Nail…
The old proverb “For Want of a Nail,” having numerous variations over several centuries, reminds us that seemingly unimportant acts or omissions can have grave and unforeseen consequences. Two inexpensive cancer drugs, costing under $25 …
Continue readingDefinition of Health Insurance: Confusion, Obfuscation, Bewilderment
The 2023 Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance revealed a mixed report on patient views on their health insurance. The survey polled persons covered by employer-sponsored plans (ESI), Medicare, Medicaid, and …
Continue readingNtC 15: Can We Really Fix Healthcare?
In a previous NtC episode, I shared my thoughts on the need for a new normal in healthcare to address the challenges and, to quote Hamlet, its “sea of troubles.” And creating a new normal …
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