Emerging Technologies

“I think those APIs for consumers will be as transformative as APIs have been for music, in printing, in travel, in banking and retail,” said Dr. Don Rucker, former ONC National Coordinator for Health IT, at a HIMSS21 lightning session.

Anita Watkins, managing director at UNC Health’s Rex Health Ventures, and Rebecca MacKinnon, founder and CEO of 5D Strategies, give early-stage startups at HIMSS21 tips for success.   

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are a new frontier for healthcare, but providers and researchers need to work to ensure they use these new technologies ethically.

Jesse Ehrenfeld, former chair of the board of trustees for the American Medical Association, discusses the evolution of digital health adoption over time at HIMSS21. 

Industry leaders discussed the state of healthcare data analytics today at HIMSS21.  

The new portal helps collect and offer insights about a patient's seizure data in real-time. 

Azure Healthcare APIs let users input health data and map it to the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource to be searched, shared or managed.

CareVention HealthCare, a division of Tabula Rasa HealthCare, launched a remote patient monitoring service that uses biosensors and artificial intelligence to monitor patients’ vital signs and alert providers if necessary.

Abbott has received clearance from the FDA for its imaging software that uses artificial intelligence to provide doctors a better view of blood flow and blockages in heart vessels.

AI algorithms will inform treatment decisions by recognising patterns of data from past treatments.