# Clinical Informatics * **Definition:** A field that combines healthcare, information technology, and data management to improve patient care and healthcare delivery through the use of data and information technology. * **Taxonomy:** Specialties / Clinical Informatics ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Clinical Informatics**, for healthcare technology leaders * 1.4K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/19/2025 | [**Regeneron to Acquire Key 23andMe Assets for $256M, Pledges Continuity of Consumer Genome Services**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/19/regeneron-to-acquire-key-23andme-assets-for-256m/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/9/2025 | [**Intermountain Health Appoints Chief Clinical Informatics Officer & Chief Health ... - HIT Consultant**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/09/intermountain-health-chio-ccio/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 3/20/2025 | [**OURA Appoints Ricky Bloomfield, MD as Chief Medical Officer - Morningstar**](https://www.morningstar.com/news/business-wire/20250320135730/ura-appoints-ricky-bloomfield-md-as-chief-medical-officer) | [[Morningstar]] | | 3/20/2025 | [**OURA Appoints Ricky Bloomfield, MD as Chief Medical Officer - Yahoo Finance**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ura-appoints-ricky-bloomfield-md-120000286.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 3/13/2025 | [**Health IT Business News, Financial Edition - March 13, 2025**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/health-it-business-news-financial-edition-march-13-2025/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 3/11/2025 | [**Clinical Informatics Market worth $563.18 billion by 2030**](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/markets-news/GetNews/31356521/clinical-informatics-market-worth-56318-billion-by-2030/) | [[The Globe and Mail]] | | 2/27/2025 | [**Philips Champions Digital Transformation at BioAsia 2025 - ICT&health International**](https://ictandhealth.com/ai-health-news/philips-champions-digital-transformation-at-bioasia-2025) | [[ICT and Health]] | | 2/25/2025 | [**5 tips to determine how tech can support your physicians - American Medical Association**](https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital/5-tips-determine-how-tech-can-support-your-physicians) | [[AMA]] | | 1/14/2025 | [**Clinical Informatics Market to Hit USD 563.18 Billion by 2030 with 16.0AGR - Yahoo Finance**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/clinical-informatics-market-hit-usd-153000314.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 1/14/2025 | [**Clinical Informatics Market to Hit USD 563.18 Billion by 2030 with 16.0AGR**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/clinical-informatics-market-to-hit-usd-563-18-billion-by-2030-with-16-0-cagr--marketsandmarkets-302350345.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 1/7/2025 | [**Korea University and Yale host forum on AI innovations in healthcare**](https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250107/Korea-University-and-Yale-host-forum-on-AI-innovations-in-healthcare.aspx) | [[News Medical Net]] | | 1/3/2025 | [**Healthcare Informatics Market Analysis 2024-2030: Trends Shaping the Industry's Growth to ...**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-informatics-market-analysis-2024-2030-trends-shaping-the-industrys-growth-to-usd-386-820-million--valuates-reports-302341840.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 1/3/2025 | [**Healthcare Informatics Market Analysis 2024-2030: Trends Shaping the Industry's Growth to ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/healthcare-informatics-market-analysis-2024-153000380.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 12/18/2024 | [**Three for 2025: What you need to know about agentic AI, cancer informatics and data ...**](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/three-2025-what-you-need-know-about-agentic-ai-cancer-informatics-and-data-security-imperatives) | [[Healthcare IT News]] | | 12/4/2024 | [**Ketryx Announces DeepHealth Selected Its Software to Accelerate AI-Powered Health ...**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ketryx-announces-deephealth-selected-its-software-to-accelerate-ai-powered-health-informatics-innovation-302321708.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 11/22/2024 | [**The size of the Cloud Technologies in Health Care Market, industry trends, and the 12.3 ... - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/size-cloud-technologies-health-care-marketindustry-trends-mvuye) | [[Linkedin]] | | 11/8/2024 | [**Regenstrief Institute appoints a new chief information officer - Healthcare IT News**](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/regenstrief-institute-appoints-new-chief-information-officer) | [[Healthcare IT News]] | | 10/30/2024 | [**CHIME24 Fall Forum: Clinical Informatics Leaders to Share Why the 'Time is Now ... - Yahoo Finance**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chime24-fall-forum-clinical-informatics-130000387.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 10/15/2024 | [**6 children's hospitals leading AI**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/6-childrens-hospitals-leading-ai.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 10/15/2024 | [**6 children's hospitals leading in AI**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/6-childrens-hospitals-leading-ai.html?target=_blank) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 10/8/2024 | [**CVS to lay off 632 at Rhode Island headquarters**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/cvs-to-lay-off-632-at-rhode-island-headquarters.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 9/13/2024 | [**Mount Sinai Health names new chief digital information officer - Healthcare IT News**](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/mount-sinai-health-names-new-chief-digital-information-officer) | [[Healthcare IT News]] | | 9/13/2024 | [**Lisa Stump to Lead Digital Transformation at Mount Sinai - Healthcare Innovation**](https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/policy-value-based-care/health-it-leadership/news/55139908/lisa-stump-to-lead-digital-transformation-at-mount-sinai) | [[Healthcare Innovation]] | | 8/6/2024 | [**FDA releases roster of digital health advisory committee, chaired by American College of Cardiology innovation officer**](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/digital-health/fda-releases-roster-digital-health-advisory-committee-chaired-american-college) | [[FierceHealthcare]] | | 7/26/2024 | [**Lessons for Healthcare From the Global IT Outage - MedPage Today**](https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/111264) | [[Medpage Today]] | ## Specialty Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **Regenstrief Institute**: An organization focused on healthcare research and innovations in clinical informatics. - **American Medical Informatics Association**: An organization celebrating the growth of Clinical Informatics Fellowships and Board Certification. - **AMDIS**: Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems, enhancing educational resources for health professionals. - **Cognizant**: Developing AI solutions to optimize administrative functions in healthcare. - **HIMSS**: A global organization focused on improving healthcare through information and technology. - **Korea University College of Medicine**: An educational institution hosting forums on innovations in data and AI in clinical informatics, collaborating with Yale University. - **NYU Langone Health**: A leading academic medical center that has established a new IT department focused on health informatics, leveraging emerging technologies like generative AI. - **Oracle**: Partnering with Meharry Medical College to enhance healthcare access and innovation through precision medicine and health informatics. - **Intermountain Health**: A healthcare organization that has appointed Ryan Smith as its new Chief Digital and Information Officer, focusing on digital services, clinical informatics, and IT. - **K. Nadeem Ahmed**: CMIO of Valley Health System, with extensive experience in healthcare technology and clinical workflow optimization. - **Stanford Health Care**: A healthcare provider launching services like eConsults to enhance evidence-based care for community physicians. - **Cleveland Clinic**: A healthcare institution recognizing the potential of generative AI while addressing challenges through machine learning and predictive analytics. - **GE HealthCare**: Partnering with AWS to enhance diagnostic accuracy using AI technologies. - **Royal Philips**: A global leader in health technology, focusing on integrated diagnostics and cloud-based solutions to enhance patient care. - **Wolters Kluwer Health**: A company enhancing clinical decision-making through AI capabilities in its UpToDate platform. - **Mount Sinai Health System**: A healthcare organization that is enhancing its digital strategy and integrating AI into its IT systems, led by newly appointed Chief Digital Information Officer Lisa S. Stump. - **First Databank, Inc.**: Experts from this organization will present on interoperability standards and burnout prevention for emergency medicine pharmacists. - **Hub International Limited**: A company that launched the HUB Infused Analytics™ Data Suite to assist employers in personalizing employee benefits through clinical informatics. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Vanderbilt University Medical Center and InterSystems**: Advancing biomedical informatics and AI research, focusing on interoperability training. - **UChicago Medicine**: Developed AutoDx application within Epic's EHR system to enhance patient care and reduce clinician burnout. - **HIMSS and AMDIS**: Exclusive partnership to enhance educational resources for healthcare professionals globally. - **Meharry Medical College and Oracle**: Establishing a joint research initiative focused on precision medicine and health informatics. - **Five Faces and Privy**: Integrating digital signature technology into digital health solutions. - **Community Health Network and Microsoft**: Implementing Azure cloud services and AI tools to enhance healthcare delivery. - **EBSC Clinical Decisions**: Established a Generative Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council to oversee the responsible use of AI in clinical decision support. - **Philips and AWS**: Expanded collaboration to offer integrated diagnostics in the cloud, enhancing access to patient data and diagnostic tools. - **GE HealthCare and DeepHealth**: Collaborating to develop AI technology in medical imaging, focusing on improving diagnostic accuracy and operational workflows. - **AWS and GE HealthCare**: Collaboration to improve diagnostic accuracy using AI, with AWS as the cloud provider. - **FDB and health systems**: Partnerships aimed at enhancing medication decision support through innovative solutions. - **UTHealth Houston and OpenAI**: Developing algorithms for medical training and patient care, integrating AI with electronic health records. - **Stanford Health Care and Atropos Health**: Partnership to provide on-demand evidence from real-world data for clinical decision-making. - **Epic Systems and Healthcare Providers**: Epic has collaborated with various health systems to utilize its Cosmos database for large-scale research initiatives, enhancing healthcare trends analysis. - **NYU Langone Health and OpenAI**: Developing a patient health data-safe OpenAI GPT-4 platform to enhance health informatics. - **Novari Health and Oracle Health**: Enhanced integration to improve patient access to care by enabling data sharing between their healthcare platforms. - **AIM-AHEAD Program**: A training initiative aimed at increasing diversity in AI and machine learning research in healthcare. - **Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust**: Partnered with Better and Alcidion to implement the Better Meds electronic prescribing system. - **UMass Memorial Health and AEYE Health**: Collaboration to utilize AI for analyzing retinal images in primary care. - **CalmWave Advisory Board**: Includes healthcare and IT leaders such as Andrew Thompson, Howard Wilson, and Dr. Richard Schaefer. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **AI in Clinical Informatics**: The integration of AI and machine learning in healthcare to enhance clinical decision-making and patient outcomes. - **Healthcare Informatics Market Growth**: Projected to grow significantly, driven by advancements in AI and big data, with a focus on personalized medicine and patient-centric care. - **Master of Science in Health Informatics**: Programs are being developed to integrate healthcare, IT, and management to improve patient outcomes. - **Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)**: Integration into EHRs aimed at enhancing decision-making, though facing adoption challenges. - **Clinical Intelligence Market Growth**: Projected growth at a CAGR of 11.8% from 2024 to 2031, driven by technological advancements and demand for personalized medicine. - **AI Labs by Wolters Kluwer**: An initiative to enhance clinical decision-making through faster AI-enabled search functionalities. - **AI Labs by Wolters Kluwer Health**: Introduced AI-enabled search functionalities to enhance clinical decision-making and drug queries. - **R&D Cloud by EDETEK**: A software ecosystem designed for clinical development, integrating various capabilities for enhanced clinical informatics. - **AI in Clinical Workflows**: Emerging trends in AI are set to transform clinical workflows and data abstraction, enhancing decision-making and patient outcomes. - **Clinical Decision Support Tools**: Focus on developing next-generation CDS tools to reduce cognitive burnout for healthcare professionals. - **AI-Integrated Solutions**: Healthcare organizations are increasingly adopting AI technologies, with 23% of executives reporting improved clinical outcomes. - **Cloud Technologies in Healthcare**: The market is expected to grow significantly, driven by demand for telehealth solutions and enhanced patient engagement tools. - **AI Integration in Children's Hospitals**: Children's hospitals are adopting AI technologies to enhance diagnostics and optimize patient care. - **IntelliSite Pathology Solution**: Philips' solution integrates hardware, software, and cloud services to enhance digital pathology workflows. - **Health Data Interoperability Initiatives**: Efforts to enhance data sharing and interoperability among healthcare systems, including the TEFCA framework. - **Generative AI in Clinical Decision Support**: The establishment of advisory councils and initiatives to ensure responsible AI use in healthcare. - **Digital Quality Measures (dQMs)**: The integration of dQMs with AI is emphasized as a means to enhance real-time patient data capture and improve preventive care in neurology. - **Ambient AI Tools**: Stanford Health Care is implementing automated tools to enhance patient communication and care experiences. - **Chief Health AI Officer (CHAIO)**: Emerging role focused on developing AI strategies and overseeing AI implementation in healthcare systems. - **Abridge Research Collaborative (ARC)**: Focusing on the impact of ambient AI on clinician and patient experiences, healthcare costs, and health equity. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Cybersecurity and Interoperability**: Ongoing concerns regarding patient matching, cybersecurity, and data interoperability in healthcare. - **AI Implementation Risks**: Concerns regarding the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated information in clinical settings. - **Interoperability Issues**: A significant challenge in healthcare IT, with many organizations facing barriers related to standardization and data-sharing. - **Data Sharing and Cultural Change**: Effective data sharing in healthcare is more about cultural change than technological advancements. - **Integration of AI**: Healthcare administrators must navigate the complexities of integrating AI into existing workflows while ensuring safety and efficacy. - **Implementation Costs**: High costs associated with integrating new technologies into existing healthcare systems. - **Algorithmic Bias**: The need to address potential biases in AI algorithms to ensure equitable healthcare delivery. - **Data Privacy and Security**: Concerns regarding the protection of patient data amidst increasing AI integration in healthcare. - **EHR Misuse**: Clinicians signing notes without reading them, leading to potential legal liabilities and patient safety concerns. - **Regulatory Compliance**: Challenges in ensuring responsible AI use and adherence to healthcare regulations. - **AI Risks**: Experts warn about the potential risks of AI in healthcare, emphasizing the need for transparency and understanding of AI systems' limitations. - **Cautious Adoption of AI Tools**: Health systems are advised to adopt AI tools cautiously due to the rapid pace of change in the field. - **Alarm Fatigue**: A major challenge in ICUs that affects patient care, which CalmWave aims to address. - **Regulatory Barriers**: Strict regulations and data sharing limitations complicate the implementation of AI technologies in healthcare. - **Staff Burnout**: Concerns about the impact of technology on healthcare staff workload and the need for solutions to alleviate burnout. - **Cybersecurity Threats**: Healthcare organizations face significant risks from cyberattacks, necessitating robust data protection measures. ## Related Topics [[Health Informatics]]; [[Healthcare Informatics]]