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AI Talk: Book review: AI 2041: Ten Visions For Our Future

Oct. 8, 2021 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

In this week’s blog, I review the fascinating work titled AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan—a combination of fiction and non-fiction about a […]

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Three questions with Garri Garrison: Connecting with clients, advancing technology and co-opting coordination between teams

Oct. 7, 2021 / By Garri Garrison, Kelli Christman

I sat down with the 3M Health Information Systems Division President Garri Garrison to talk about connecting with clients and ensuring they are prepared for a smooth transition to automation […]

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How do you know a good doctor when you see one? The role of board certification

Oct. 6, 2021 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD

Physicians go through a lot of training: pre-med, medical school, internship, residence and some go on to further specialization in fellowships. It used to be that a physician would finish […]

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Health care solutions built with empathy

Sept. 29, 2021 / By Steve Austin

Traditionally, health care solutions and applications have been somewhat behind the technology curve. But, now we’re seeing a high demand in the market for solutions that deliver more automation to […]

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Twice annual ICD-10 code updates and more COVID-19 ICD-10-CM/PCS code proposals

Sept. 27, 2021 / By Rhonda Butler

The latest ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee (C&M) was held virtually Sept. 14-15. First on the agenda, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its final joint decision […]

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AI Talk: Biased algorithms, geography of AI

Sept. 24, 2021 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

This week’s blog revisits a recurring theme: biased algorithms. The other story revolves around the Brookings Institute findings on the state of distribution of AI. Biased algorithms This month, Health […]

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Why do we continue to make patients wait?

Sept. 23, 2021 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD

Everywhere you look in health IT news, you’ll find headlines announcing the latest amazing (potential) results of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), etc. As we explore these new horizons, […]

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Complications with security and privacy for dementia patients

Sept. 20, 2021 / By Pam Banning

My husband and I are very fortunate to have our surviving parents reach their eighth decade, even though one has received a diagnosis of dementia. Small interpersonal observations over time […]

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AI Talk: Neural database, deepfake clones and Robotaxi service

Sept. 17, 2021 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

  Neural database Last week I saw a blog on Facebook describing their efforts to design a new type of database called a neural database. A typical database has data […]

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A key solution to health care costs and quality is staring us in the face

Sept. 15, 2021 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD

How can we reduce health care cost trends while improving access and quality? The answer is staring us in the face. Maybe we need a new app that tracks every […]

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The Indian health system’s innovative way of managing human resource shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sept. 14, 2021 / By Naveen Sharma, MD

COVID-19 and its multiple waves has led to many hospitalizations in India. India reported the peak of 414,000 cases in a single day on May 6, 20211. The burden brought […]

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It’s time for employers to start getting mad about health care prices

Sept. 13, 2021 / By Matt Gallivan

Shortly after moving back to Minnesota three years ago, I went to get my annual physical as I always do. As a relatively healthy 30-year-old, I didn’t have any real […]