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The executive director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program and Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program, Barbara Rothbaum, talks about how technology and traditional therapy join to help post-911 veterans in this two-week program.  

Higher expenses were driven by labor and pharmaceutical costs.

An upcoming HIMSS23 panel will look at how machine learning can find discharge medication errors. Wendy Paul, medication process architect at Seattle Children's Hospital, and Kyle Longhurst, product manager at Pariveda, explain.

Staffing issues and an ongoing nursing shortage continue to cause challenges for the nation's nursing workforce.

Relying on labor from contract staffing firms contributed to higher overall labor expenses, according to the American Hospital Association.

Fast-growing high deductible plans have changed the billing and patient experience, Cohen says.

Dr. Manish Kohli, board member of Wings of Hope and chief digital health officer and global head of humanitarian programs at Securra Health, previews his HIMSS23 panel on how aviation delivers humanitarian aid.  

Natalie Edgeworth, Providence's senior manager for workforce optimization and innovation highlights her upcoming HIMSS23 presentation, "Staffing Optimization With AI: A look back & look forward."

Rising expenses for labor, drugs, and medical supplies are major drivers of the expense increase.

Epic's Matt Doyle, R&D Team Lead & Software Development Team Leader for Interoperability, says the company's next move as a QHIN is to show the benefit of TEFCA to providers and simplify connectivity.