The ASTP/ONC’s recently updated United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 6 includes new data elements and applicable standards to support the provision of precision medicine and better patient care across the healthcare system.
In comments to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the ACR outlined several recommendations for a proposed state model law addressing the use of artificial intelligence in the insurance industry.
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Virtual reality technology may be a unique and immersive avenue for educating patients on rheumatic conditions and their treatments, with the potential to enable more informed decision making and improve care.
Disease detection, access to care and remote patient monitoring are just a few areas in which AI is expected to aid rheumatology, but there will still be room for the human touch.
The proposed changes aim to address modern breach and cybersecurity risks to electronic protected health information and common deficiencies observed by the HHS in Security Rule compliance investigations.
‘Prior authorizations are the bane of our existence as rheumatologists,’ says Physician Editor Bharat Kumar, MD, MME, FACP, FAAAAI, RhMSUS. ‘How bad is it, how can we manage them, and how is the ACR helping? Read on in this month’s Editor’s Pick.’ Healthcare providers consider prior authorization (PA) a significant burden, but to different degrees…
Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH, & Andrew Concoff, MD, FACR |
Guest columnists Dr. Daniel Solomon & Dr. Andrew Concoff discuss the potential of technology, such as mobile health apps, to enhance remote care & improve access for underserved patients.