Mike Miliard
Mike Miliard is Executive Editor of Healthcare IT News. He focuses on topics such as interoperability, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, analytics, population health and patient experience and is responsible for overall coverage decisions.
10:55 am
October 05, 2023
Several years in the making, involving nearly 30,000 caregivers and more than 6,000 support personnel, the massive effort will help the health system streamline care through a unified patient record, says its CIO Robert Eardley.
11:05 am
September 29, 2023
Physicians and other clinical staff at the health system are participating in the Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Access Program, exploring ways to combine LLMs with productivity apps to reduce provider burden.
11:26 am
September 27, 2023
The technology will lay the "groundwork for future healthcare innovations," says the hospital's CIO, with a scalable network able to support in-home remote patient monitoring and AI-enabled specialist prioritization.
11:39 am
September 25, 2023
It will leverage OpenAI's large language models to help the direct primary care physicians using Hint's platform have more time with patients and spend less time taking notes, the companies say.
11:15 am
September 19, 2023
The Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant tool can also respond to conversational voice prompts from clinicians, the company says, as it aims to "reduce mundane work that leads to burnout."
10:48 am
September 14, 2023
A report from Bain and KLAS sees 80% of chief information officers and other tech leaders boosting their investments in software and digital tools. They've got rev cycle and clinical workflows top of mind, but their AI plans are still coming into focus.
11:06 am
September 13, 2023
Electronic health records that deliver suboptimal user experience are more likely to lead to alert fatigue and less likely to catch errors that could impact hospital safety, University of Utah Health research shows.
11:23 am
September 11, 2023
The Salt Lake City health system cites "significantly higher" provider satisfaction scores as it moves to a single electronic health record. UPMC's switch to Epic for inpatient care by 2026, meanwhile, will be "transformative," says its CIO.
03:45 pm
September 07, 2023
Cybersecurity leaders from Intermountain, UCLA Medical and SoNE Health discuss the "delicate balance" of educating hospital staff – not just to avoid phishing tricks, but to gain understanding and appreciation for day-to-day cyber hygiene.
11:11 am
September 01, 2023
John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association, sees a fraught cyber threat landscape that's being transformed by artificial intelligence. He previews his keynote at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.
