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How 5G is driving big innovations in healthcare for veterans

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Fulfilling that goal is tough for an organization with over 1,300 facilities, but the VHA has learned that using the right technology can make a big difference to success. The organization is currently piloting private 5G networking, a foundational technology that can improve communications, which hospitals have struggled with for years.

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Atlantic Health streamlines insurance authorization with intelligent automation

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million people, with more than 400 sites of care, including six hospitals, and as the organization struggled with these issues, it quickly became apparent that insurance authorization for imaging and radiology services — a foundational diagnostic step before almost any care can begin — was a bottleneck.

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Embracing Generative AI in health: focus on adoption, execution, outcomes and the human side

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due to higher turnover rate of nurses, hospitals have employed traveling nurses. On average, hospitals would save $3,084,000 per year by eliminating the need for traveling nurses, according to NSI. Experimentation with and deployment of generative AI needs to be thought of as a learning experience. In the U.S.,

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

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This includes spending on strengthening cybersecurity (35%), improving customer service (32%) and improving data analytics for real-time business intelligence and customer insight (30%). CIOs anticipate an increased focus on cybersecurity (70%), data analysis (55%), data privacy (55%), AI/machine learning (55%), and customer experience (53%).

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Healthcare organizations must create a strong data foundation to fully benefit from generative AI

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In fact, the average hospital produces 50 petabytes of data a year. Nearly 80% of hospital data is unstructured and most of it has been underutilized until now. To learn more about generative AI in healthcare and why data management matters, watch our on-demand webinar. Artificial Intelligence Library of Congress.

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How digital humans can make healthcare technology more patient-centric

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Studies reveal a link between staffing shortages and poor patient outcomes due to, for example, inpatient surgical mortality rates, patient falls and hospital-acquired infections. It is fully integrated with conversational artificial intelligence, creating a human-like interface to simplify engagement and communication.

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What is predictive analytics? Transforming data into future insights

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Predictive analytics definition Predictive analytics is a category of data analytics aimed at making predictions about future outcomes based on historical data and analytics techniques such as statistical modeling and machine learning. The science of predictive analytics can generate future insights with a significant degree of precision.