The Coalition for Health AI has released its draft framework for responsible development and deployment of artificial intelligence in healthcare.The framework – consisting of a standards guide and a series of checklists – was…
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The American Nurses Association reports that one in four nurses have experienced workplace violence. In the second quarter of 2022, more than 5,200 nurses were assaulted in provider settings nationwide.Meanwhile, the Emergency Nurses Association…
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While the research spotlighted the healthcare sector’s cybersecurity progress – earning it a “better than expected” B+ security rating for the first half of 2024, weaknesses in application and endpoint security present significant supply…
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Two healthcare provider groups, the American Hospital Association and the Medical Group Management Association, have both responded critically to the Department of Health and Human Services’ just-released final rule on information blocking disincentives.In separate statements…
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OSF HealthCare, a health system that serves Illinois and Michigan, had a big challenge: Managing the high rate of patient readmissions from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities and eventually to home care.THE PROBLEM
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Replacing registered nurses with non-RN staff is dangerous to patients, according to a new study from the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing published in Medical…
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HealtHIE Nevada, the Silver State’s health information exchange, said this week that it is working with the US Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense to make their patients’ clinical information available to…
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The Health Resources and Services Administration is beginning to use HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources-based application programming interfaces to streamline reporting processes and enhance data quality. Since April 2024, HRSA has received Uniform Data System…
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Oracle this week announced that its new Clinical Digital Assistant – which features generative AI, multimodal voice and other navigation tools – is available to help ambulatory physicians streamline their clinical documentation.WHY IT MATTERSDeployed…
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Telstra, NTT contracted for major ICT upgrade in NSW health facilitieseHealth NSW disclosed that telecommunications companies Telstra and NTT were tapped to upgrade the wired and wireless networking infrastructure of more than 1,100 public…
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