ICD coding is a great opportunity for natural language processing and machine learning. Integrating computer-assisted coding into the EHR will improve the user interface.
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Hospital Entrances & The Patient Experience
Covered parking loops & valet parking is not just for 'private hospitals'.
A key step to creating radical improvements in healthcare is being able to predict the consequences of system change. This is only doable with high fidelity data.
Virtual Reality: Interactive Experiences
A running list of companies creating rich interactive VR experiences
Rapid attaching IV Poles: for transport of critically ill
Freestanding IV poles that attach directly to stretcher beds will save time during transport of critically ill patients, reduce complications of IV dislodgement, and enable better continuous infusion.
It is important to differentiate activity trackers from biosensors. While activity trackers today are 'lame', biosensors will play in the future an important role in healthcare.
Digital records are difficult to work with during a code. A dedicated 'print' function should exist that prints a package from the EPR for the code team.