Quality and Safety

Hospitals within the HIMSS Southern California chapter want to know how to create and safely implement AI, with more education expected to follow from the HIMSS AI forum, says Carrie Murray, president of the HIMSS Southern California chapter.  

Disparities were found along racial and ethnic lines and by wage level, further stressing those with economic insecurities.

The firm says hospitals must reinvest in strategic growth to stay on track financially in 2024.

AI adds a capability to identify when interventions are necessary and to get an idea of the health and needs of a population, says Matt Cybulsky, founder of Ionian Healthcare Consulting.  

Effective January 1, designated Blue Distinction Centers for Maternity Care have added a focus on health equity.

"Finding out the patient is high-risk after they are diagnosed with cancer is too late," says Dr. Eric Brown, surgical oncologist and breast multidisciplinary team co-lead.

One closed and declared bankruptcy because, while it was able to deliver care, it was unable to do billing, says Iain Paterson of WELL Health Technologies, who, with Yotam Segev of Cyera, discussed the benefits of moving to the cloud.  

The health system cited denials and delayed prior authorization requests in making the move, as well as its financial position.

GenAI can help solve healthcare challenges, but at some point it becomes hard to explain what it's doing, says Dr. Rebecca G. Mishuris, CMIO and VP at Mass General Brigham.

The organizations said they would continue to collaborate with each other, but as two separate health systems.