Should Future Doctors be Sharper than ? Imagine all America’s health care data and the World’s health care data collected into one central data repository (CDR). Then imagine AI diagnosing patients first, then the doctor confirms those diagnoses. These two are possible future trends. A worldwide CDR is necessary for AI to grow larger and…
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IBM Watson AI
IBM’s Full Circle Although Watson AI is not widely adopted, its use in medical setting is cutting-edge. Surprisingly, I hadn’t heard a lot about Watson AI until one of my health informatics professors shared a video. This health platform is able to score treatment plans for cancer patients, thereby provided personalized cancer treatment plans. The…
I’ve Fallen And Can’t Get Up
Patient engagement as it relates to digital health? Why is patient engagement so important now? Patient engagement with the medical staff may increase health outcomes, for many reasons. Equally important in engaging patients is making sure the communication needs and desires of the patient are prioritized as requirements in developing digital health solutions. This can be…
Show Me The Money
Executive Dashboards “Show me the money!” (Jerry Maguire—Movie) Not only do famous football players want to see the money, for their efforts, but so does any healthcare executive. Whether a small, large, community, governmental, or private provider health organization, keeping a close watch of where the expenditures and revenue are, is of utmost importance. Every…
Health Technology Surveillance
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) currently surveils the entire U.S. using a wide range of technology systems. Their various data sources are from the Veterans Administration, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), FDA, Telemedicine, Vaccine Adverse Event Systems (VAERS), and more. This surveillance started in 1990 and continues on a daily bases. The CDC collects data…
Health App News
Stronger Medicine? Too often our belief about healthcare lay in the hands of the doctors only. Not giving much thought about ownership of our own health data management. Live your life and if something doesn’t seem quite right, we instinctively reach for a pill. If the pill is not strong enough, then a call to…
Health Data Scientist
What exactly is a Health Data Scientist? The short answer: Data Scientists are those professionals, who use data analytics advance Healthcare. Healthcare information technology systems and data science bring together data analytics, clinical intelligence, software, hardware and mobile applications. Healthcare is growing and so is technology. Technology in a clinical setting brings patient care to an…