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A nurse checking a patient record on a digital tablet
By Adam Ang 07:53 pm December 01, 2024
This could impact ongoing health system IT modernisation efforts, says New Zealand’s largest trade union, Public Service Association.
A hospital pathologist analysing images using an AI platform
By Adam Ang 09:27 pm November 27, 2024
It features speech-to-text and an AI that identifies high-risk findings from slide images.
The U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
By Mike Miliard 11:04 am November 27, 2024
The Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2024 would provide grants to help healthcare organizations strengthen prevention and response - and push for better coordination between HHS and CISA.
HHS building
By Andrea Fox 10:46 am November 27, 2024
The Office of Civil Rights could have initiated follow-up after discovering security flaws, but "rarely initiated these reviews when it identified serious compliance issues," according to the HHS inspector general's audit program review.
Two medical researchers in a lab look at information on a laptop
By Andrea Fox 03:04 pm November 26, 2024
TrialGPT could help providers navigate the vast and ever-changing range of clinical trials available to their patients by finding, ranking and explaining why a patient is matched, the agency says.
A pharmacist doing an inventory using a digital tablet
By Adam Ang 09:36 pm November 25, 2024
A pilot validation study found that the AI helped hasten case reviews and data analysis and determine the necessity of antibiotic use.
View of Mount Sinai Health System buildings in Manhattan
By Andrea Fox 03:42 pm November 25, 2024
The interdisciplinary center will combine artificial intelligence with data science and genomics at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Group of people
By Anthony Vecchione 03:19 pm November 25, 2024
Ella is powered by Ema and functions as a personal-engagement platform where patients can learn from other patients with similar experiences.
Clinician stands, working with a tablet
By Mike Miliard 09:54 am November 25, 2024
The research shows how data integrity issues at every stage – training, model development, publication, implementation – can adversely impact patient outcomes, say clinicians at Yale School of Medicine.
A person checking their smartwatch-tracked fitness data on their smartphone.
By Adam Ang 07:30 am November 25, 2024
The Health Promotion Board is piloting two preventative health programmes with Google and Abbott involving 6,000 Singaporeans.