With more than two decades of telemedicine experience and research, the Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital Telemedicine team identified a disparity in access to the internet and digital tools that disproportionately affects low-income and…
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Veterans Health Administration employees allegedly accessed the medical records of vice presidential nominees Ohio Senator J.D. Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in July and August.”We reported to law enforcement allegations that [Veterans Affairs]…
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Earlier this month, Proprio, an artificial intelligence-powered surgical technology vendor, announced that its surgical guidance platform, Paradigm, had reached a significant milestone with 50 successful surgeries completed. Those procedures were performed, along with other surgeons,…
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Responding to an antitrust lawsuit the company faces from Particle Health, Epic Systems is asking the Carequality interoperability network to share some further information about the disputeThe EHR vendor is calling for the Carequality interoperability network…
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A public-private national project in India has introduced what could be the country’s first comprehensive cancer multi-omics database fifteen years after its founding.The Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA) focuses on studying cancer biology specific…
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AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare, showcasing tremendous opportunity to transform many aspects of patient care and administrative processes within provider organizations.In this week’s HIMSSCast, we’ll be focusing on what’s known as responsible…
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[Editor’s Note: This is part 2 of 2. To read part 1, click here.]Change management is a very important subject today in health IT as more and more new and amazing technologies make their…
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Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, and Senator Mark Warner, D-Virginia, have teamed up to announce legislation of “commonsense reforms” that aim to stem the wave of increased cyberattacks breaching Americans’ privacy and…
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New federal requirements on wireless carriers could help address the nation’s mental health crisis and improve local suicide prevention response and patient care, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in an…
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Australian gov’t urged to raise My Health Record fundingAn organisation of general practitioners in Australia has called on the federal government to upgrade the country’s digital health record system.
“We’re calling for the federal government to…
