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Patients in high-deductible health plans are less likely to seek telemental health visits when required to pay out-of-pocket, according to an Included Health and Harvard Medical School study published in JAMA…
Consortium to advocate for safe AI, genomics useA consortium pushing for the safe use of advanced analytics for enhanced genetic disease diagnosis will be established with the assistance of federal government funding.
The Centre for Population Genomics,…
Bangkok Hospital to open $5M robotic surgery centre
Bangkok Hospital, one of Thailand’s largest private healthcare providers, is set to build a $5 million robotic surgery centre.
Based on a press release, the facility will have…
Technology is a key catalyst in the drive to transform healthcare.Improving patient experiences and outcomes, reducing risks and enhancing medical training and patient education are just a few of the contributions of cutting-edge technologies…
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As has been the case for, well, years, the past few weeks have seen a steady stream of news about data breaches, ransomware attacks and cybersecurity incidents involving healthcare stakeholders, from hospitals to patient…
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The Australian government will pilot a network for sharing information on cyber threats in the healthcare sector.It has recently set aside A$6.4 million ($4.2 million) to launch an Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (ISAC)…
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The Australian Digital Health Agency has released a five-year roadmap for raising the uptake of national healthcare identifiers in Australia.Developed with the Department of Health and Aged Care and Services Australia, the National Healthcare…
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In a trend that shows no sign of slowing, hospitals and health systems are affiliating, acquiring and merging more than ever before. With those sprawling new entities come lots of challenges combining and streamlining…
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Amid a national reckoning with racism spurred by the COVID-19 death rate among Black Americans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s standards for pulse oximeters – those all-too-common devices that use light to measure…
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Touted as the product of 10 years of work, the most recent proposed rule issued July 10 by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will usher in an age of automation…
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