Patient Centered Care

Oracle Announces Generative AI EHR Tool for Clinical Documentation

September 18, 2023 - A generative AI EHR integration from Oracle that aims to enhance clinical documentation will be available in the next 12 months. The Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant aims to help providers use voice commands to reduce manual work and spend more time paying attention to patients. The multimodal voice and screen-based assistant uses generative AI...


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by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has deployed a private 5G network from Verizon at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System to improve patient care delivery. The deployment is part of a broader...

PCORI Unveils Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research Funding Opportunities

by Hannah Nelson

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has announced four new funding opportunities for comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies. "With these latest funding...

PCORI Launches Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research Initiative

by Hannah Nelson

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has kicked off a multiyear comparative clinical effectiveness research initiative with an initial investment of $50 million. The Health Systems...

UCSF Looks to EHR Integration of Dental Records for Patient-Centered Care

by Hannah Nelson

Dental care is about more than polished, pearly whites; it is part of overall patient health, so EHR integration of dental records is crucial. In fact, it could be the next step to actualizing patient-centered care. While research has...

Genomic Data EHR Integration Cuts Clinician Time to Order Test by 75%

by Hannah Nelson

EHR integration of genomic data resulted in significant time savings for clinicians, according to a study in Genetics in Medicine.   Testing a patient’s genomic information can be useful...

Civitas Selects Tech Partner for National PCDH Interoperability Initiative

by Hannah Nelson

At its annual conference, Civitas Networks for Health and the Patient Centered Data Home (PCDH) Governance Council announced that they have selected Velatura Public Benefit Corporation as the national...

ONC Mulls Health Information Exchange Data for Patient-Centered Research

by Sarai Rodriguez

ONC has announced a new project to leverage health information exchange (HIE) data to support COVID-19 focused patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) by implementing new data standards and...

How Public Health Data Reporting Automation Supports Patient-Centered Care

by Hannah Nelson

When done manually, public health data reporting can take up a significant chunk of time. Dialysis clinics in a federal COVID-19 vaccine program have experienced that first-hand. Once vaccines arrive at the clinics, providers administer...

3 Use Cases for Health Data Interoperability in Patient-Centered Care

by Hannah Nelson

As the industry shifts to value-based payment models, concepts like patient-centered care are influencing all aspects of healthcare, including health data interoperability.   In patient-centered care, an individual's specific...

Google: 9 in 10 Docs Say Interoperability, Data Exchange Top Priority

by Hannah Nelson

Enhanced interoperability and patient data exchange allows providers to deliver patient-centered care, according to a survey conducted by the Harris Poll on behalf of Google Cloud. The survey...