Talking tech, CAPD with Intermountain Health’s Kory Anderson

Technology. I’m of a mixed mind. Broadly, I think technology is a blessing for humanity. It saves lives. In my small corner of the world I interview guests from across the nation over Zoom, and deliver the final product via the magic of podcast. That may or may not be a blessing depending on your opinion of Off the Record. But it goes to show you its reach and impact. But it also strikes me as naive to paint technology as a universal good. Does anyone think smartphones and social media wars have unambiguously improved the country, or how we communicate as a species? How about ransomware and AI hallucinations? One thing that is true: Love it or hate it, technology is here to stay. And is increasingly ubiquitous, ever more powerful, and something we cannot work without. I wanted to talk to someone whose organization is a heavy tech user. Not a vendor representative, but a customer. To get a more objective look at some of the tech we’re using in CDI and coding. Joining me for this episode is Kory Anderson, Medical Director of Physician Advisor Services, CDI, & Quality, and Enterprise Medical Staff President at Salt Lake City, Utah based Intermountain Health. It’s an organization I consider very tech forward. On this show we cover: His role at Intermountain, a “day in the life” of Kory Anderson Intermountain’s CDI/coding tech stack, with a focus on computer assisted physician documentation (CAPD). Impact on MD practice and CDI metrics and out of the box use cases. How smart is current tech? Does it weaken critical thinking, or will it replace CDI and coding professionals?  The drawbacks/limitations that vendors don’t tell you about. What can’t it do, and where it still falls short. Intermountain’s ongoing merger with SCL Health, a big obstacle of which includes a migration from Cerner to EPIC A cool new addition to the OTR Spotify playlist