Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

Industry Watcher’s Digest
CIOs are commanding bigger paychecks than ever before.
View from the C-suite: AI, automation key to getting, staying ahead of RCM issues
Healthcare executives have big plans for technology in their revenue cycle management operations.
Industry Watcher’s Digest
The U.S. Commerce Department wants proof of strong safety and security measures from AI developers and cloud suppliers.
AI technical trends to watch for (and not just in healthcare)
Many gen AI end users are finding that large language models (LLMs) defy easy infrastructure setup and affordable management costs. One budding option may be to go with small language models (SMLs) instead.
Industry Watcher’s Digest
If there’s an economic sector whose workforce is largely AI-proof, healthcare is it.

ChatGPT excels at differential diagnostics in hard cases

Today’s generative AI—namely ChatGPT-4—is pretty darned good at parsing out probable diseases in difficult-to-diagnose patient cases.

June 20, 2023

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

June 15, 2023

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Implementing point-of-care AI? 5 firm facts to keep in mind

If healthcare AI is to flourish outside of academic research settings and industry R&D departments, it will need to win over its most difficult-to-impress audience: healthcare workers in hospitals.

June 15, 2023

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

June 13, 2023

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AI in mental healthcare: 5 questions & answers

It stands to reason that the branch of healthcare most reliant on the use of language in clinical practice would embrace large language AI. But is U.S. mental healthcare on board with the notion?

June 13, 2023

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

June 9, 2023

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

June 6, 2023

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

June 2, 2023

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