Providence

Providence’s DexCare Platform Streamlines Access for Patients and Providers

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Who best to solve a complex problem than someone who’s repeatedly felt its sting? That’s what leaders at Providence learned, and now their commercialization of the resulting platform, DexCare, is on track to help other healthcare organizations be discovered and match the right care with the right provider and modality at the right time.

Built from Inside Providence, DexCare Creates and Markets Platform to Improve Access

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// By Cheryl L. Serra // Providence developed DexCare, a digital platform that matches consumer needs to appropriate care. This innovation helps healthcare organizations optimize resources, improving efficiency and reducing costs. DexCare’s commercialization is set to aid other organizations in addressing the critical challenge of healthcare supply and demand.

5 Major Risks AI Poses for Healthcare

Chris Hemphill

Boston Children’s recently posted a job description for an AI prompt engineer to join its Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator. The ideal candidate needs a “strong background in AI/ML, data science, and natural language processing, as well as experience in healthcare research and operations.” This came only months after the November 2022 release of ChatGPT, Read More

Is ChatGPT Safe for Healthcare?

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// By Wendy Margolin // Four healthcare leaders discuss opportunities, risks, and possible pitfalls. Boston Children’s recently posted a job description for an AI prompt engineer to join its Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator. The ideal candidate needs a “strong background in AI/ML, data science, and natural language processing, as well as experience in healthcare Read More

How Tech and Healthcare are Looking to Partner in Meaningful Ways

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It’s always interesting to see who’s included in Modern Healthcare’s “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” and how the list changes over time. In 2019, for example, Dr. Atul Gawande, CEO of Haven, the joint venture formed by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase, was included in the rankings. By 2021, Haven had been disbanded. Read More

“The Happy Marriage of Health and Tech”

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// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Physicians leading the healthcare vertical in Big Tech companies are embracing the opportunity to leverage technology to solve healthcare’s biggest challenges. It’s always interesting to see who’s included in Modern Healthcare’s “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” and how the list changes over time. In 2019, for example, Dr. Read More

Learn How One System Is Fighting COVID Via Digital Transformation

COVID-19 has disrupted American healthcare — killing more than half a million people, including more than 2,900 healthcare workers; challenging bed and equipment capacity; and canceling elective health services. But it also has sped up digital transformation of healthcare and brought to the forefront innovative approaches to how patients receive care. Providence, a Seattle-based 51-hospital Read More

Looking Outside Your Organization To Drive Innovation

Sara Vaezy, chief digital strategy and business development officer, Providence St. Joseph Health

Much of healthcare innovation these days seems to be focused within organizations — hospitals striving to improve their patient experiences or make access to their healthcare simpler and easier. But at Providence St. Joseph Health, a 51-hospital system that spans seven states, innovation comes in many different forms and has far-reaching effects beyond the walls Read More