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By Bill Siwicki 01:41 pm November 15, 2024
Dr. Kathy Ku is vice president at Vive Collective, a venture capital firm focused on digital health.
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By Susan Morse 12:28 pm November 15, 2024
The president-elect says RFK Jr. will help protect Americans from "pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products and food additives."
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By Andrea Fox 10:20 am November 15, 2024
In a letter to the FDA, members of Congress cite confusion over providers' deployment of clinical decision support software that is exempt from medical device regulations and call for clarity from its Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
Former Georgia Rep. Doug Collins
By Mike Miliard 10:01 am November 15, 2024
The former GOP congressman from Georgia has served as a U.S. Navy chaplain and is a colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He would inherit a major EHR modernization initiative, currently paused but slated to restart in 2025, among other IT imperatives.
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By Mike Miliard 09:56 am November 15, 2024
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sees three areas of concern as artificial intelligence is used across critical infrastructure sectors: attacks using AI, attacks targeting AI systems and design and implementation failures.
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By Andrea Fox 10:30 am November 14, 2024
The agency is proposing telehealth access grants to establish fixed, secure environments outfitted with reliable internet and secure video that connect veterans hobbled by the digital divide to health services.
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By Andrea Fox 10:41 am November 13, 2024
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response will be surveying agencies to assess the readiness of state, local, tribal and territorial public health organizations to manage cyber threats and gauge their needs for support.
By Bill Siwicki 09:33 am November 13, 2024
From preoperative planning and intraoperative guidance to visualization and predictive analytics, AI has many new roles to play to help surgeons do their best work.
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By 09:00 am November 13, 2024
As healthcare organizations grapple with rising costs and evolving payment models, achieving positive margins is more critical than ever.