Texla Health Care News:

New AI foundation model can detect rare cancers – but needs digital support to proliferate

by: Bill Siwicki

As new artificial intelligence tools are introduced, the greater efficiency and accuracy achieved using AI will increasingly justify the costs and effort to take on digital pathology practice, says Dr. David Klimstra, cofounder of Paige.

NCQA launches roadmap for virtual care accreditation

by: Andrea Fox

To help overcome fragmentation and address gaps in telehealth and remote patient care, the new program prepares healthcare organizations to deliver high-quality patient care and effective reporting and tracking.

Salesforce to launch pre-built AI tools for healthcare

by: Andrea Fox

Out-of-the-box generative artificial intelligence capabilities on Health Cloud, specific to provider operations, will be available in October through a new AI use case library.

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  • UC Irvine electronic patient-reported outcome tool reduces cancer care disparities

    by: Bill Siwicki

    The chair of clinical pharmacy practice details how the organization got, for example, racial/ethnic minorities receiving chemotherapy two times higher likelihood in reporting pain compared with non-Hispanic whites.

    Telehealth groups urge feds to extend virtual prescribing flexibilities

    by: mike.miliard@medtechmedia.com; Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN (Mike Miliard)

    Without policy changes, the DEA could curtail current controlled substance prescribing allowances by the end of the year – a "predictable and preventable crisis," says the American Telemedicine Association.

    SingHealth’s new digital scribe: A promising tool to reduce documentation burden?

    by: hannah.nwaozuzu@himss.org (Hannah Nwaozuzu)

    Note Buddy can record conversations during a patient interaction and generate a concise medical summary.

    India upgrades national doctors database

    by: Adam Ang

    The National Medical Register streamlines access to updated information on registered doctors in the country.

    Healthcare leaders offer perspective on AI procurement challenges

    by: Andrea Fox

    In a market filled with point source solutions, digital health leaders say decision-makers must cut through noise and hype to architect change management and manage costly technology.

    Optimus Healthcare ACO boosts performance and payments with AI platform

    by: Bill Siwicki

    The accountable care organization has achieved a 10% improvement in quality gap closure, a key measure of network performance that will deliver $1 million in potential incentive payments.

    Australia to launch virtual nursing for aged care

    by: Adam Ang

    It is currently seeking telehealth providers to support this project.