The potential of AI in clinical settings is clear, yet adoption of the technology continues to lag. Despite the myriad ways it can alleviate the burden placed on healthcare professionals, there is still significant staff skepticism to embrace AI. Narinder Singh, co-founder and CEO at LookDeep Health, believes that this reluctance and skepticism is a result of ambiguity over what AI even means. We recently spoke with Nardiner to discuss how clinical executives can address the hesitation to
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Health IT, Digital Health Interviews | Q/A - HIT Consultant
Q/A: DocStation CEO Shares How AI Will Help Pharmacies Use the DIR Fee Changes to Their Advantage
Early next year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will remove the application of retroactive DIR fees and move DIR fees to the point of sale instead. The major issues with the DIR fees, which are paid by pharmacies to pharmacy benefit managers, are the fact that they drive up the costs of prescriptions for patients and delay reimbursement of care to the pharmacies. Now, a brand new issue will arise in early 2024 - namely, pharmacies will be facing a DIR “cliff” where
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Q/A: AiCure SVP Talks How Digital Health Can Improve Access to Clinical Trials
The imperative to enhance access to quality care and research is a central concern gripping both the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. At the heart of this challenge lies the crucial necessity for clean and streamlined patient data, which currently suffers from inadequacies in comprehensiveness and accuracy. Addressing this pivotal issue carries immense benefits, particularly in the sphere of targeted trial recruitment efforts. By harnessing better patient data records, the possibilities
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Q/A: Cox Exec Talks Impact of Leveraging Smart Hospital Technology
We recently spoke with George Valentine, Assistant Vice President of New Growth and Development at Cox Communications for his insights on the impact of leveraging smart hospital technology to power smart communities. How can IoT be leveraged to streamline traditionally siloed hospital processes and provide higher-level operational insight for the C-suite? George Valentine, AVP of New Growth and Development at Cox Communications: Automation and process improvement are just two of the
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Podimetrics Director Talks Supporting Patients Living with SDoH Challenges
In an interview with HIT Consultant, Dr. Gary Rothenberg, Director of Medical Affairs at Podimetrics talks about how healthcare technology can help support a focus on social determinants of health (SDoH) to enhance the relationship between the patient and physician/care team. How can health technology play a role in helping to address social determinants of health (SDOH) when it comes to diabetes care? Dr. Gary Rothenberg, Director of Medical Affairs at Podimetrics: While I am a big
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Q/A: IQVIA’s Global Lead Talks Unlocking AI for Drug Repurposing
In an interview with HIT Consultant, Nathan Sommerford, Global Lead for Drug Discovery and Development, IQVIA talks how unlocking artificial intelligence (AI) in drug repurposing is transforming pharma and biotech companies. What are some of the challenges and problems associated with drug discovery “from scratch”? Nathan Sommerford, Global Lead for Drug Discovery and Development, IQVIA: In the traditional drug discovery and development paradigm, it can cost up to $1.8 billion and
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Q/A: CalmWave CEO Talks Leveraging AI to Reduce Alarm Fatigue
What You Should Know: Healthcare providers face the difficult challenge of coping with an ever-increasing workload while still providing high-quality patient care and trying to retain their staff. As the CEO of CalmWave, Inc., Ophir Ronen is an expert in both patient outcomes and staff retention who understands the importance of leveraging AI technologies to reduce alarm fatigue and deliver more efficient quiet care. Delivering Efficient Care by Reducing Alarm Fatigue Alarm fatigue is
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Q/A: Dr. Johnson Talks Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Care
What You Should Know: - A recent study published in JAMA found that conventional genomic tests commonly used for breast cancer tumors can be less accurate for Black women. This news comes at a time when Black women with breast cancer are experiencing mortality rates that are 41% higher than white women. - Dr. Nathalie Johnson, MD FACS and President of The American Society of Breast Cancer Surgeons is among numerous doctors who advocate for Agendia and its tests which look beyond race,
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Q/A: Dr. Masturzo Talks Addressing Food Insecurity with Patients
Today, food insecurity affects more than 41 million Americans and is prevalent among children and the elderly population. Food insecurity is defined as the limited availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food or the inability to acquire these foods in socially acceptable ways. As a result, food insecurity can exacerbate medical conditions driving up hospital/health systems patient care costs. To learn more about how healthcare providers can address food insecurity, we sat down with Dr.
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Q/A: Oatmeal Health Co-Founder Talks AI-Enabled Cancer Screening for the Underserved
Today, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. Sadly, cancer disparities exist, with racial/ethnic minority, low-income, and uninsured populations suffering the greatest burden. That’s why routine cancer screening is critical to addressing cancer disparities as they have the potential to greatly reduce both incidence and mortality rates. To address this, Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration to provide
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