NYS OMH Partners with Bronx RHIO and Healthix to Revolutionize Mental Healthcare

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This Civitas session showcased an innovative partnership driving real change in New York’s mental health system. With over 900,000 individuals served annually, the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) needed better data to inform policy, reduce provider burden, and improve mental health care outcomes across the state. Historically, OMH’s data reporting was manual, […]

Transforming Health Disparities into Equitable Healthcare Solutions – Michigan’s Bold Response to COVID-19

Transforming Health Disparities into Equitable Healthcare Solutions

This Civitas session brought powerful insights from Michigan State Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II and Ninah Sasy, Policy and Planning Director at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Moderated by Phillip Levy, M.D., MPH, this discussion explored Michigan’s groundbreaking initiatives to address health disparities and improve healthcare accessibility. Launched in response to COVID-19, […]

The Increasing Importance of FHIR in Data-Driven Healthcare

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Data production is rapidly increasing in the healthcare industry, opening up new opportunities to improve patient care and enhance operational efficiency. However, it also presents a substantial challenge: safely and efficiently accessing health data across teams in the care continuum to glean actionable insights for advanced patient care. The HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) […]

Harnessing Python in InterSystems IRIS for Health: A Guide to Best Practices

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As a principal solution architect, I always look forward to the technical sessions at InterSystems Global Summit every year. One of the sessions I found the most interesting was one on Embedded Python Best Practices and News. InterSystems IRIS for Health is a powerful platform known for its robust data management and interoperability capabilities. With […]

Enhancing AI Security in Production: Key Insights on LLMs and RAG

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As AI technologies transition from experimental phases to full-scale production environments, understanding and implementing robust security measures is crucial. At InterSystems Global Summit 2024, Omar Santos, Distinguished Engineer at Cisco, delivered a presentation on securing AI implementations, focusing on the challenges and solutions pertinent to deploying large language models (LLMs) like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). For […]

Introducing Yoky, AI for RFPS: An InterSystems Global Summit Recap

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As J2’s Director of Application Development, I was excited to attend InterSystems Global Summit this year—especially with all the talk around AI. The reality lived up to the hype as Global Summit included many excellent demonstrations and seminars to this effect. One of the sessions I found the most interesting was titled “How We Used […]