Kathryn Sparks

Eager to excel in culture for data analytics? Check out this video (https://gag.gl/pyIZs2) featuring Jeff Fuller, MS, FACHE from his latest talk on healthcare analytics and data governance to the Greater Kansas City HIMSS Chapter.

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Adapting to Technological Advancements Big Tease – more to come to introduce Max Powers and Sophia Phoenix. In today’s world, leaders like Max Powers are faced with the challenge of adapting to the rapid evolution of technology, especially advancements in AI and automation. But fear not—this journey can be filled with humor, simple solutions, and, yes, even a few friendly robots along the way. Max Powers and the Great AI Adventure: A Leader’s Guide to Tech Adaptation Meet Max Powers, fearless leader, tech enthusiast (well, mostly), and the embodiment of every leader trying to keep up with today’s whirlwind of technological advancements. Max recently realized he could either embrace the AI revolution or risk being the person still trying to send faxes in 2024. Spoiler: nobody wants to be that person. So remember, adapting to technology doesn’t mean becoming a tech wizard overnight. Take a page from Max Powers’ playbook: embrace AI to streamline the mundane, keep the human element alive, and have some fun along the way. Because leading with humor and adaptability is the real key to staying ahead in today’s tech-driven world. Read More: https://lnkd.in/e2TdDier And leave a comment or start a conversation! 

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Understanding the roles of hospice, ICU, palliative care, and death doulas is crucial for making informed end-of-life care decisions. This guide explores how these services offer unique and essential support for terminally ill patients and their families, ensuring dignity and quality of life during one of life's most significant transitions. Discover how to better and more easily navigate this complex journey with compassion and knowledge. #EndOfLifeCare #HospiceCare #PalliativeCare #DeathDoulas https://lnkd.in/gPVi-NPy

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As the medication dispensing hub of every hospital, roadblocks in central pharmacy operations can impact patient safety, care, and clinical workflows throughout the health system. See how Omnicell’s XR2 Automated Dispensing System, the core of our Central Pharmacy Dispensing Service, automates critical workflows to maximize inventory control, increase operational efficiency, and improve safety in medication dispensing.

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Providers and health plans have been working on their Fee for Service payment processes for decades (still work to be done there), but the data flows needed to support Value Based Care arrangements are in their infancy. Organizations involved in Value Based Care (VBC) should consider using modern processes (like APIs) and standards (like HL7 FHIR) to exchange: · Rosters of members attributed to VBC populations · Financial performance on VBC contracts · VBC contract details · Patient care gaps for VBC contracts · Clinical quality performance · And the list goes on In his interview with Rick Daly from HMFA, Deepak Sadagopan talks about why his team is building the data infrastructure to support VBC and why it should matter to you. https://lnkd.in/ggKeA985

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Patient Care is at the root of our exsistence. It's why I get up everyday. A "one cloud strategy" is really important to me especially how it relates to a unified approach to EHR data security. I think we can all agree that it's not "if" an attack will happen it's more "when." Operational efficiency can only be as good as your DR/BC stance. Sharing my lastest podcast with Becker's Healthcare. Take a listen.

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Leigh McCormack shares her insights on AI model drift in this Data Nerds in the OR episode! Her perspective aligns with how we at Caresyntax focus on maintaining data integrity across the surgical journey. It’s a great reminder that AI models need constant monitoring to remain safe and effective, especially as their role expands in clinical settings.   Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gDSKJXfk   #AIinHealthcare #DataScience #Caresyntax

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Latest thoughts on clinical decision support systems and clinical practice guidelines. This is personal to me because of an acute injury I had, and the care I received was vastly different from 2 health systems. Thoughts? #CDSS #CIO #HealthIT #Leadership

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7 Healthcare Trends That Will Transform Medicine In 2025 https://lnkd.in/geTY7XDV #healthcareIT #medicine #trends #medical #personalizedhealthcare #AI #technology #wearables #gadgets #devices #innovation #genomics #techskills

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Argonaut's 2024 "FHIR Write" initiative launches today, focused on continuous glucose monitoring! We're streamlining standards-based integration of CGM data into EHRs to support collaborative diabetes management. Huge thanks to Redox, Rimidi, Rhapsody, Sensotrend, and Tidepool for helping me and Brett Marquard come up to speed ahead of the project launch. I also want to share my personal pre-launch exploration to learn about CGM: 1. Got a CGM prescription and began tracking my blood sugar. 2. Mapped my CGM readings to FHIR Observation and Device resources. 3. Calculated key metrics like "time in range" as FHIR Observations 4. Created a visualization PDF based on the Ambulatory Glucose Profile, and wrapped this in a FHIR DiagnosticReport 5. Published same visualization as an interactive web view 6. Packaged all this up in a SMART Health Link for secure, structured data sharing + built-in visualization This SMART Health Link represents my past 120 days of glucose history, updated automatically and covering all core data elements described in the Diabetes Technology Society (DTS)'s iCoDE data set: ** Josh's glucose SHLink: https://lnkd.in/g2TQb5tN ** Anyone with the SHLink can access the structured FHIR resources behind the visualization. In fact, the viewer itself is a SHLink client that knows how to render the data it finds. For a behind-the-scenes tour of the data set, see https://lnkd.in/gYpGuGEQ This proof of concept shows how FHIR can streamline CGM data flows. It can give clinicians structured data for analysis AND summary reports for record-keeping. I should note that this consumer-mediated direction is not necessarily the approach we'll focus on in this year's Argonaut project -- but it has been a great learning exercise for me. Check out the project and code: https://lnkd.in/gY2nwv2h #healthcare #diabetes #data #FHIR #ArgonautProject A final thought: Even with an "all green" glucose report, there's still much to learn from analyzing specific responses like post-meal glucose spikes. Right now, such subtle signals may be outside the standard clinical focus, but it highlights the wealth of potential insights hidden within raw data.

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Below is the second installment covering my interview with Traci Gusher, AI, Data, & Automation Leader at EY, organized by CDO Magazine. We delve into the importance of customer centricity in creating innovative products that meet the evolving needs of biopharma and healthcare providers. #AI #Data #Automation #CustomerCentricity #Biopharma #Healthcare #EY #CDOMagazine #McKesson

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Does your data foundation support your AI strategy? Join our discussion next week!

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Have you looked into autonomous technology lately? Here are three ways it could transform your business. #BusinessTech #AutonomousTech https://lnkd.in/g47f8QrX

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