As I discussed in Part I of this series, the Assessment is the 3rd section in a SOAP note, and represents a tightly worded yet comprehensive summary[...]
Artificial Intelligence & the Restoration of the Medical SOAP Note
SOAP notes, or progress notes, are the part of a patient's medical record where healthcare professionals record a concise yet comprehensive summary[...]
The Types of Hospital Discharge Barriers AI Can Surface
There are a number of barriers that can cause a patient’s discharge from the hospital to be delayed. These barriers extend the length of stay of a[...]
Glossary: Healthcare and Artificial Intelligence Terms
With terms natural language processing and machine learning, it can sometimes feel overwhelming trying to remember what each concept actually means.[...]
How AI Benefits Case Managers in the Discharge Process
As is well known in the industry, the hospital discharge process includes many components that could impact the success of a patient’s recovery well[...]
Webinar: Predictive Analytics, Assessing Vulnerability & Community Referrals
Predictive analytics and natural language processing are changing the way health systems care for patients and understand their needs. 60% of[...]
Mining Dark Data for New Use Cases & Scalability
In January, a brilliant OpEd ran in the New York Times in response to an MIT Technology Review piece that warned about the lack of transparency in[...]
The Importance of Content, Concept & Context in Decision Support NLP
Natural language processing (NLP) is an important aspect of artificial intelligence that allows machines to process large amounts of data in human[...]
Clinician-in-the-Loop Machine Learning
The delivery of high performance clinical care – care that is reliable, efficient, and timely – is difficult. Even under the best marriage of[...]
The Arrival of Natural Language Processing in Healthcare
“Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall.” ― Joseph Conrad I recently watched the 2016 movie “Arrival.” The film explores the idea that[...]