What hospitals need to do to prepare.

Payers have committed to streamlining the prior authorization process, but will this make a difference in the revenue cycle? 

The forum, scheduled for Sept. 18-19 in Chicago, will focus on AI strategy for the healthcare C-suite. For the first time, HIMSSCast will be simulcasting from the event, with the Straight Outta Health IT podcast. Host Christopher Kunney joins us for a preview.

In the second episode of our conversations with APAC health IT leaders on their EMR experience, we dive into the complexities of the technology's implementation down under. Our guests share insights on navigating challenges like interoperability, third-party integrations and data exchange journeys. They also discuss the impact of statewide consultations and regional alliance groups on feature implementation and provide their perspectives on the evolution of My Health Record.

Chief Ambulatory Executive Blake Windham shows how urgent care visit time has been driven down, patient experience has been improved and overall expense-per-visit is down thanks in part to artificial intelligence.

The application, developed at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, can search EHRs and uncover data to identify kids who may have undiagnosed or rare conditions – and then refer them for genetic testing, helping them and their families find answers and get necessary care sooner.

From Brooklyn, HIMSS leaders discuss the excitement and challenges facing artificial intelligence as its healthcare applications evolve at a rapid clip.

When patients complete Cedars-Sinai's artificial intelligence-assisted virtual urgent care clinic intake questions via structured chat, the AI provides clinicians with diagnoses and treatment plan recommendations.

Ernst & Young Health AI and Data Leader Sezin Palmer explains how healthcare organizations should be strategic and selective, use what they have first, build with value and scale in mind, retool available talent, and partner effectively.

Josh Clark, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's VP of quality and safety operating systems, targets the problem care operating systems aim to solve and explains how they also help improve workforce engagement and satisfaction.