BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 2, 2025--
ModMed®, a leader in healthcare technology, announced today that its electronic healthcare records platform EMA® has achieved Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (hereafter ASTP) certification to the Predictive Decision Support Intervention (DSI) criterion.
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Central to this certification is ModMed's AI-powered ambient listening technology, ModMed Scribe™. This technology, which utilizes state-of-the-art AI natively built into EMA, was developed to help providers and practices significantly cut down on documentation time, enhance clinical workflows for providers, and facilitate patient care.
Redefining Clinical Workflows with AI-Powered Solutions
ModMed Scribe is trained on an extensive repository of structured, specialty-specific data, designed to help it better understand and capture medical language unique to each specialty. It goes beyond simple SOAP note transcription and works alongside EMA to suggest actions for downstream clinical workflows such as prescriptions, common lab orders and patient handouts.
This comprehensive functionality can lead to faster provider onboarding, seamless workflows and improved communication, setting a new standard for clinical documentation.
Meeting Rigorous Standards for Predictive Tools
In 2024, the ASTP’s HTI-1 Final Rule laid out extensive transparency and risk management requirements for predictive tools that are based on artificial intelligence. These rules are intended to ensure that Predictive DSIs are fair, appropriate, valid, effective and safe for use within certified EHR technology. This is critical for providers who need to trust and have confidence in the tools and technology they bring into the exam room.
ModMed’s certification reflects the company's commitment to these principles, which support healthcare providers in delivering exceptional patient care.
“We understand the immense pressures facing today's healthcare providers — from heavy workloads and complex documentation to the constant need to provide the best possible care,” said Dan Cane, co-founder and co-CEO of ModMed. "We pledge to continue to build transformative and safe AI that supports them in these efforts, and believe this requires a foundation of trust, transparency and a commitment to the highest standards of innovation. By achieving ASTP certification, we're not only demonstrating compliance with standards but charting a new course for the responsible development and deployment of AI in healthcare.”
As part of the certification process, ModMed implemented a comprehensive Intervention Risk Management program. The program includes a governance framework, detailed policies and procedures, training and ongoing monitoring using third-party tools. These measures promote continuous oversight and adherence to the highest standards of quality and safety.
For more information about ModMed Scribe, please visit modmed.com/ai/scribe.
About ModMed
At ModMed, we empower medical practices to grow and scale by delivering better patient experiences with cloud, data and AI technologies. Leveraging extensive clinical data sets, we design intelligent software solutions to simplify, automate and streamline clinical workflows and drive practice efficiency. With our specialty-specific EHRs, practice management, revenue cycle management, and analytics solutions, as well as products for patient engagement, payment processing and marketing, we are trusted by over 40,000 providers to drive clinical and operational success. Learn more at modmed.com or our blog and connect via Facebook, LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Instagram.
ModMed achieves ASTP/ONC certification related to AI-Powered Scribe. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Road conditions were deteriorating Saturday in the central U.S. as a winter storm brought a mix of snow, ice and plunging temperatures, with forecasts calling for the dreaded combo to spread eastward in the coming days.
“Winter returned,” declared Bob Oravec, lead forecaster at the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.
The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually stays penned up around the North Pole, spinning like a top. But sometimes it escapes or stretches down to the U.S., Europe or Asia — and that’s when large numbers of people experience intense doses of cold. Studies show a fast-warming Arctic gets some of the blame for the increase in polar vortex stretching or wandering.
By Saturday evening, widespread heavy snow was likely between central Kansas and Indiana, especially along and north of Interstate 70, where there's a high chance of at least 8 inches of snow (20 centimeters). Part of the interstate was closed in central Kansas by Saturday afternoon.
The storm will then move into the Ohio Valley, where severe travel disruptions are expected. It will reach the Mid-Atlantic states on Sunday into Monday. A hard freeze is even expected as far south as Florida.
Severe thunderstorms, with the possibility of tornadoes and hail, also are possible ahead of the storm system’s cold front as it crosses the Lower Mississippi Valley, the National Weather Service warned.
A fire truck, several tractor-trailers and passenger vehicles overturned west of Salina, Kansas. Rigs also jackknifed and went into ditches, said Trooper Ben Gardner of the Kansas Highway Patrol.
He posted a video showing his boots sliding across the highway blacktop like an ice-skating rink.
“We are in it now," Gardner said as he drove to the scene of an accident. “The game has started.”
Freezing rain in Wichita, Kansas, sent authorities to multiple crashes Saturday morning. Police urged drivers to stay home if possible and watch out for emergency vehicles.
A state of emergency was declared in neighboring Missouri by Gov. Mike Parson. Whiteout conditions may make driving dangerous to impossible, forecasters warned, and heighten the risk of becoming stranded.
Stores in Wichita were filled with shoppers stocking up on groceries in advance of the storm, and warming centers opened in churches and libraries.
Several businesses closed across the Kansas City area, and the school district in suburban Independence, Missouri, announced it might need to cancel classes for one or more days.
“Get where you’re going now & stay put. If you must travel, consider packing a bag & staying where you’re headed," the Missouri Department of Transportation urged in a message on X.
The agency warned Friday that a shortage of workers could hamper the ability to clear roads.
In Ohio, crews in Columbus already treated major roadways with anti-icing liquids.
Starting Monday, hundreds of millions of people in the eastern two-thirds of the country will experience dangerous, bone-chilling air and wind chills, forecasters said. Temperatures could be 12 to 25 degrees colder than normal (7 to 14 degrees Celsius) as the polar vortex stretches down from the high Arctic.
In Chicago on Saturday, temperatures hovered in the teens (minus 7-10 Celsius) and around zero in Minneapolis (minus 18 C), while dropping to 14 below (minus 25 C) in International Falls, Minnesota, on the Canadian border.
While those cold temperatures aren't setting any records, they're causing problems nonetheless.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency Friday evening ahead of the storm, noting it could impact Virginia residents’ ability to vote in the state’s special elections on Tuesday. In a statement on X, the governor encouraged residents to vote early on Saturday in special elections before winter weather arrives.
In Maryland’s historic state capital near the Chesapeake Bay, local officials asked residents to remove vehicles from emergency snow routes in the city of Annapolis and announced plans to open several garages Sunday for complimentary parking.
The National Weather Service is forecasting 8 to 12 inches (about 20 to 30 centimeters) of snow for the Annapolis area, with temperatures remaining below freezing throughout the weekend.
In Baltimore, an extreme weather alert was issued alerting agencies to provide shelter and assistance for those in need. City officials said wind chills were expected to dip to 13 degrees overnight Saturday and remain in the teens through Tuesday.
In Louisiana, crews on land and water were racing to find a manatee that was spotted in Lake Pontchartrain before the cold temperatures hit. The manatee was first seen New Year’s Eve in the Mandeville area.
While manatees are common in the area during the summer months, winter sightings are a concern since the animals can begin to experience cold stress symptoms when the temperature gets below 68 degrees (20 Celsius).
“We are doing everything we can to get our hands on this animal,” said Gabriella Harlamert, stranding and rehab coordinator for Audubon Aquarium Rescue in New Orleans.
Read more of AP’s climate coverage at http://www.apnews.com/climate-and-environment
Hollingsworth is reporting from Mission, Kansas, and Witte in Annapolis, Maryland. Andrew DeMillo reported from Little Rock, Arkansas.
FILE - A leaf is frozen in the ice of a garden pond during cold weather in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
FILE - Steve Beckett with the street department in Owensboro, Ky., sprays a salt brine solution along Hickman Avenue in preparation for predicted snow and ice over the weekend, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Owensboro, Ky. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP, File)
