Doctors at Englewood Health in New Jersey are using the Ion endoluminal system from Intuitive Surgical to take tissue biopsies from the hard-to-reach outer third of the lung to identify early-stage lung cancer.WHY IT…
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The Government Accountability Office has completed its review of cybersecurity in medical devices under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 and recommended the commissioner of food and drugs at the U.S. Food and Drug…
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The New York State Attorney General on Wednesday announced a major new settlement around one health system’s use of privacy-violating online pixel technology.WHY IT MATTERSNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital will pay $300,000 for its use of third-party…
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In a research study published this month in JAMA, computer scientists and clinicians from University of Michigan examined the use of artificial intelligence to help diagnose hospitalized patients.Specifically, they were curious about how diagnostic…
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This flu season will see at least 26 million cases, 290,000 hospitalizations, and 19,000 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pair that with a longstanding physician shortage and it…
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Less than a week before Christmas day, St Vincent’s Health, one of Australia’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care providers, detected a breach in its IT system.On 19 December, it responded to the incident…
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The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care will be focusing on several initiatives that will raise the digital capabilities of the Australian health system. It recently released its Digital Health Blueprint for the next ten…
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Access to providers is a challenge across healthcare. The industry faces severe provider shortages – exacerbated by a terrible burnout problem.This is not news. But finding successful solutions to access problems is. And that…
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Sri Lanka now has a connected ambulance that is powered by AI and mixed reality.Its national emergency ambulance service, 1990 Suwa Seriya, has recently partnered with health technology provider Mediwave from Singapore to integrate…
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Dx&Vx to leverage LG CNS’s AI in developing big data platformSouth Korean genetic analysis provider Dx&Vx has tapped LG CNS to co-develop a big healthcare data platform. The partnership, which is a first in…
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