It’s not just social media sites that reinforce users’ prejudices and belief systems by feeding them stories catering to their viewpoints; healthcare algorithms can also create “echo chambers,” according to Mayo Clinic Platform researchers, who examine the issue in this piece. Fortunately, there are alternatives.
“A Step in the Right Direction”: How Prompt Engineering Can Improve GenAI
“Driving Force”: CIO Joe Diver on the Community Hospital Approach to Digital Health
Finding Clinical Informaticists, Part 2: “The Change Recipe”
“Clinical change management is a team sport that requires the participation of a large number of stakeholders,” according to Dirk Stanley, MD, CMIO at UConn Health. In the second of a two-part series, he aims to “dispel the misunderstandings and confusions” around the roles of applied clinical informaticist and clinical IT analyst.
Finding Clinical Informaticists, Part 1: Shaking the (Informatics) Tree
From EKGs to Strawberry Hullers: Artificial Intelligence’s Healthcare Evolution
Q&A with URMC CMIO Gregg Nicandri: “We need to give our caregivers more information.”
“Nurses and doctors didn’t go to school to become data entry technicians; and yet, a lot times, that’s what we feel like we’re doing,” said Gregg Nicandri, MD. In this interview, he talks about how URMC is leveraging technology to offload some of the burden, and shares his thoughts on the evolving CMIO role and what it takes to successfully drive change.
A Tale of Two Hospitals: CIO Chani Cordero Describes Her Patient Experience
Clinical decision support systems aren’t just tools for clinicians; “they significantly impact the patient experience by enabling personalized, informed care and adhering to the most up-to-date guidelines,” said Chani Cordero, CIO at Brooke Army Medical Center. In this piece, she shared learnings from her recent stays at two different hospitals.
Automation Complacency: Where Will the Thinking Go?
“We are so hell-bent on simplifying our work, reducing our EHR burden, we sometimes forget that this work is more than just pointing, clicking, and typing.” In this piece, CT Lin, MD, CMIO at UCHealth, examines the downside of inserting GPT assistants into the EHR and suggests a different strategy for leveraging digital tools.