Author: Stephen Leung

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AI And Machine Learning In Healthcare IT – A Reality Check

AI and Machine Learning are 2 popular buzzwords currently in Healthcare IT, as well as in IT for other industries. But one must use caution so that people don’t conclude too early that they have a complete understanding of AI and Machine Learning, as mentioned in the following article from Healthcare IT Outcomes caution the… Continue reading AI And Machine Learning In Healthcare IT – A Reality Check

Machine Learning and AI in Healthcare

A lot of research and investment are involved in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. For healthcare space, it will make a lot sense to apply these kind of technologies as there is a constant shortage of healthcare professionals. But where can these technologies help in the patient journey, the following article from Health IT Outcomes… Continue reading Machine Learning and AI in Healthcare

Robots are now working in hospital and can replace the jobs of up to four people

Eight of the robots, called Noah, are working in a busy hospital, where they run errands for nurses This might be a way to ease the workload of nurses whose resources are always in high demand! Source: Robots are now working in hospital and can replace the jobs of up to four people – Mirror… Continue reading Robots are now working in hospital and can replace the jobs of up to four people

Four Reasons Healthcare Organizations Need To Simplify The Documentation Of The Clinician Diagnosis Process

Finding and selecting the right diagnosis code is critical to revenue cycle management, decision support and reporting. Thus it’s important for healthcare organization to streamline the process, but it is not without challenges with the following reasons: The number of clinical codes is increasing Unspecified codes can lead to inaccurate reimbursement Getting it right the… Continue reading Four Reasons Healthcare Organizations Need To Simplify The Documentation Of The Clinician Diagnosis Process

Surgeons might use joystick and touchscreen for your future operations

British surgeons hail successful procedure to remove membrane 100th of a millimetre thick from retina. When the operation is beyond the physiological limit of what the human hand can operate on, robots can help. Source: Surgeons use robot to operate inside eye in world first | Technology | The Guardian

How Fast Interoperability is Speeding Innovation in Healthcare

Healthcare leaders at Boston Children’s Hospital, DukeHealth, and Intermountain Health find that Fast Health Interoperability Resources aids in the flow of discrete data and clinician workflow. FHIR might be easing the way to extract healthcare data from the eHR Systems which might create innovations in applications that provides more values to the clinical workflow. See the… Continue reading How Fast Interoperability is Speeding Innovation in Healthcare

Virtual Reality Technology Let’s Doctor Examine Inside Your Body At Any Angle

Think of EchoPixel’s tech like InnerSpace but instead of actually minimizing scientists and shooting them into your body to find disease, the medical imaging.. EchoPixel using VR technology and 3D glasses, allows doctors to examine a patient from any angle. This will help doctors to get around the limitation of 2D CT scans and find out… Continue reading Virtual Reality Technology Let’s Doctor Examine Inside Your Body At Any Angle

Will Human Assist Robots in Surgery One Day?

Will human assist robots in surgery one day? It just might.  A team of scientists with the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC has created a robot capable of performing surgery on soft tissue better than human. See the following article from cnet: This robot is better at soft-tissue surgery than a human