Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Panelists at HIMSS23 discussed the different channels for distributing digital therapeutics to patients.

Some experts assert the legislation is preemptive and may stifle innovation, while others argue it has the potential to improve patient access to meaningful healthcare.

A recent study found patients using virtual reality while undergoing hand surgery required less anesthesia during surgery.  

In this grab-bag episode of HIMSSCast, Laura Lovett, an editor at MobiHealthNews, chats with host Jonah Comstock about three recent in-person reporting experiences here in the Boston area, where MobiHealthNews is based.

Also: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center announces machine learning research program funded by AWS; OneDigital Health Benefits inks deal with Total Brain. 

From surgical scheduling to semantic search, the Boston-based center isn’t waiting to implement AI.

OpenNotes, the initiative that launched in 2010 to encourage doctors to open up their clinical notes to their patients, has received $10 million in new funding to expand its movement to 50 million patients over the next three years.

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded Providence's Miriam Hospital and Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center a $1.

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Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center received a $450,000 grant from The Commonwealth Fund this week to develop a program called OurNotes that allows patients to contribute to their medical records.