This is Naomi Diaz with the Becker's Digital
Health Podcast.
Here's your daily industry news briefing for today,
September 9th.
First,
IT unemployment hit a new high in August
as organizations
shift their focus to artificial intelligence.
IT consulting firm, Jenko Associates, reported
6% of IT professionals were out of work
in August,
up from 5.6%
the month before,
according to the September 6th report that analyzed
US Labor Department data.
That's even as the overall US unemployment rate
dips to 4.2%
in August.
The IT jobless rate has surpassed the national
benchmark for 7 of the past 8 months.
IT employment hasn't been this bad since the
dotcom bubble burst in the early 2000,
but it is now being driven by a
pivot from traditional IT positions
to AI and cybersecurity,
Jenko Associates CEO Victor Gentiles wrote in the
post.
Highland Software CIO Steve Watts told The Wall
Street Journal for a September 7th story, quote,
the roles that are most in demand right
now are roles where candidates have expertise in
security, AI, and the cloud, end quote.
2nd,
Northwell Health estimates that its Epic EHR implementation
will cost the health system $1,200,000,000.
Joe Mascalla,
executive vice president of enterprise services, told Becker's
quote, the cost of inflation,
the cost of goods, and the technology costs
are only going up. On average, we spend
about $300,000,000
a year in capital and just IT.
We're also going through an implementation of Epic,
and that's going to cost us $1,200,000,000,
end quote.
Northwell announced in March that it would switch
from an Allscripts EHR system to an Epic
one with the first go live of the
new system slated for 2025.
Mister Mascola said that the reason Northwell decided
on Epic was because the health system needed
a robust seamless solution.
He said, quote, we didn't want a patchwork
solution.
We wanted something that would not only be
advantage to our patients, but advantage to our
clinicians, end quote.
In January,
regional chief medical information officer for Northwell posted
on LinkedIn that the health system was more
than halfway through its build phase with the
new EHR system.
Northwell operates 21 hospitals and more than 900
outpatient facilities according to its website.
The health system will be implementing the system
across the entire continuum of care by region,
encompassing
hospitals,
ambulatory services, home care, hospice, and long term
care.
3rd,
Mayo Clinic has partnered with clinical AI company
Exer AI to enhance the diagnosis and treatment
of acute and chronic hand and wrist disorders.
As part of the collaboration,
Mayo will integrate Exer's advanced computer vision and
AI platform to support management of a wide
range of these conditions,
according to a September 6th news release.
The technology is designed to assist Mayo clinicians
in diagnosing and treating dozens of disorders with
the goal of streamlining care and improving patient
outcomes.
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