It may seem obvious that patients’ medication records should be accessible to their doctors, but that’s not always the case. While technology has made it possible for hospitals to amass a mountain of patient…
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ECRI, the patient safety organization, has published its annual list of the 10 health technology hazards it’s watching in 2024.WHY IT MATTERSAs part of its safety-focused mission, the nonprofit ECRI conducts independent evaluations of…
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Doctors and researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the UMD Institute for Health Computing and the VA Maryland Healthcare System are concerned that large language models summarizing clinical data could meet…
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In the face of high addiction rates, mounting mental health crises, and daily reports of overdoses and suicides in the United States, a community triage center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has come up…
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The Deloitte 2024 Healthcare Generative AI Outlook study released this week takes a closer look at potential blind spots leaders may have as they implement generative artificial intelligence.WHY IT MATTERS
In the new report, Deloitte…
In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, the sharing of health information is a delicate balance, especially when it comes to teenagers.THE PROBLEM
Patient portals facilitate efficient sharing of health information between patients, their families…
The Florida House of Representatives’ Commerce Committee referred the Cybersecurity Incident Liability Act (H.B 473), to the State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee last week.Introduced in November by Mike Giallombardo, R-Coral Gables, the chair…
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New adjunct specialty facilities in India’s leading health institutions are advancing precision medicine in the country through AI. The Apollo Cancer Centre (ACC) in Bengaluru has recently opened what could be the country’s first Precision…
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St. Luke’s is a Duluth, Minnesota-based health system that serves the communities of northeastern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Like many health systems across the country, it has faced challenges…
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services has signed a contract with the members of Pennsylvania’s Consortium of Health Information Exchanges and Findhelp, a closed loop referral platform vendor, to build a statewide…
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