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Garri GarrisonGarri Garrison

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Three questions with Garri Garrison: Stop by HIMSS to see our ambient intelligence and autonomous coding in action

March 4, 2024 / By Garri Garrison, Kelli Christman

I sat down with Garri Garrison, 3M Health Information Systems division president, to discuss HIMSS 2024 and some of the things you’ll see in our booth this year. HIMSS is […]

Robert FrancoRobert Franco

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Resiliency after change for medical coders

Feb. 28, 2024 / By Robert Franco, CCS

It is easy to be optimistic when everything is going great, in the coding world, but how do you keep your resiliency six months into a major change, such as […]

Nate BrakeNate Brake

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Training AI and LLMs to answer the tough questions

Feb. 26, 2024 / By Nathan Brake

I’ve been a long time user of Mint for their free money management and budgeting tools. I’m sure it comes as no shock that someone working in machine learning is […]

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More to the 2024 ICD-10-CM coding updates than meets the eye

Feb. 21, 2024

When the weather starts to cool off and the leaves begin to fall, coding professionals all start to think about fiscal year (FY) coding changes. You just cannot help it. […]

Desmond BibbyDesmond Bibby

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Your meetings are costing you more than time

Feb. 19, 2024 / By Desmond Bibby

At one point in my career, I was in a meeting with a small group of analysts, mid-level managers and senior executives. It was a short, 30-minute call with a […]

Juggy JagannathanJuggy Jagannathan

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AI talk – Future of digital health

Feb. 16, 2024 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

This week, I am looking at two articles, both bearing on the overall topic of future of digital health.   Stanford Center for Digital Health I listened to a podcast […]

Flora CoanFlora Coan

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Health care consumerism: Hospital-at-home

Feb. 14, 2024 / By Flora Coan

The average length of stay, or ALOS, is the average number of days patients spend in an acute care hospital. The annual ALOS in the U.S. varies between 4.5 to […]

Barbara DunnBarbara Dunn

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Cheers to 40 years! Celebrating four decades of 3M Health Information Systems – Part 7

Feb. 12, 2024 / By Barbara Dunn

We’re celebrating 40 years of 3M Health Information Systems (HIS)! Our employees, affectionately known as 3Mers, are essential to our growth, achievements and successes we’ve experienced over the decades. We […]

Juggy JagannathanJuggy Jagannathan

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AI talk: Agents to the rescue and a rabbit?

Feb. 9, 2024 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

The history of artificial intelligence (AI) is littered with the notion of agents. What exactly is an agent? I remember attending a workshop on distributed AI in Gloucester, Mass., in […]

Michelle BbadoreMichelle Bbadore

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Bridging the gap: How international medical coding can unite the world

Feb. 7, 2024 / By Michelle Badore

The world of international medical coding is fascinating. Medical coders take many diverse approaches and face unique challenges across different countries. By understanding the nuances of the different code sets […]

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Three questions with Megan Carr: Current federal efforts to address maternal health care equity

Feb. 5, 2024 / By Megan Carr, Courtney Howell-McAnelly

I sat down with the 3M Health Information Systems Vice President of Regulatory and Payer Solutions Megan Carr to explore maternal health disparities and current U.S. approaches to addressing and […]

Nate BrakeNate Brake

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Simultaneously intelligent and naïve – A dichotomy of AI and LLMs

Jan. 29, 2024 / By Nathan Brake

This past fall, I became a father to my first child. She’s now about five months old, and my wife and I have spent a fair amount of time reading […]