Jason Atkins, VP and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer at Emory Healthcare, discussed the implementation of virtual nursing within the Atlanta-based health system and detailed the five key metrics used to evaluate the program's success. These metrics include nurse satisfaction and engagement, patient satisfaction, length of stay, readmission rates, and cost and productivity. Methodologies for capturing these metrics involve surveys, patient education on virtual nursing, comprehensive discharge planning, and ensuring follow-up care to prevent readmissions. The overarching aim is to enhance care quality and achieve a return on investment by offloading tasks from bedside nurses, as outlined in HealthLeaders' Virtual Nursing Mastermind program.

Emory Healthcare's 5 Metrics of Success for Virtual Nursing HealthLeaders Media

The article discusses the rising cybersecurity threats in the healthcare sector, highlighting major incidents like the cyberattack on Optum’s Change Healthcare unit, which impacted 85 million patient records, and the attack on Ascension, which caused significant operational disruptions. These breaches are not only costly, with the healthcare industry facing the highest average breach costs for over a decade, but they also compel healthcare providers to prioritize cybersecurity. Executives from various health systems, including MD Anderson Cancer Center, Yale New Haven Health, CommonSpirit Health, Allegheny Health Network, and UPMC, emphasize the increasing sophistication of cyber threats and the need for enhanced cybersecurity measures. They argue for more investment in cybersecurity, better management of third-party risks, extensive staff training on cyber hygiene, and potential government assistance to bolster defenses against cyberattacks.

Why the Cyberattack on Ascension Scared 5 Hospital Execs & How They're Responding MedCity News

A Yale study published in *Clinical Imaging* examined how ChatGPT models GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 simplified 750 radiology reports based on the prompt, "I am a ___ patient. Simplify this radiology report," with various racial identifiers filled in. The results showed significant differences in the reading grade level of the outputs depending on the race specified. For example, GPT-3.5 produced higher-grade reading levels for White and Asian categories compared to Black, African American, and American Indian categories. Researchers found these differences alarming and stressed the need for vigilance against bias in AI-generated medical information. This aligns with broader industry efforts to ensure responsible AI development, including the formation of the Frontier Model Forum by major tech companies and the growing use of ChatGPT in healthcare by companies like Moderna. Despite its potential, experts, including those from Microsoft, warn about the complexities of addressing AI bias in healthcare applications.

Study: Yale researchers reveal ChatGPT shows racial bias MobiHealthNews

In the article "The Digital Self: The AI Apocalypse We're Not Talking About," John Nosta highlights a less-discussed but significant impact of AI on human self-perception. As AI systems surpass human performance in various cognitive tasks, they expose the limits and flaws of our biological intelligence—challenging our long-held belief in our intellectual superiority. This shift provokes an existential crisis, not of annihilation, but of diminishing human ego and value. Instead of succumbing to insecurity, Nosta suggests embracing AI as a tool for augmenting human potential and redefining our value beyond intellectual dominance. The real apocalypse, he argues, is one of anthropocentric arrogance, not existential destruction.

The AI Apocalypse We're Not Talking About Psychology Today