News 1/23/26
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ECRI publishes its “Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2026,” with misuse of chatbots topping the list.
ECRI says that unregulated chatbots give users expert-sounding responses, but have offered incorrect diagnoses,…
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Healthcare Doesn’t Need More Technology. It Needs Its Tools to Work Together.
Healthcare organizations keep investing in new technology, yet frontline frustration continues to grow. Data volumes rise. Dashboards multiply. Decision-making still lags. The problem is not a lack of tools, but how loosely existing systems…
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Voice tech and AI: Is Detecting Diseases Based on 45 s of Voice Accurate? (Henry O’Connell)
How the “ground truth” gets builtCanary partners with clinical teams (neurology, psychiatry, specialty services), designs IRB-reviewed protocols, captures patient audio during real clinical interviews, and uses clinician diagnoses and test batteries as labels—ground truth….
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The Hidden Dangers of AI in Care: ECRI Ranks the Top 10 Health Tech Hazards for 2026
What You Should Know
The Core News: ECRI has named the misuse of AI chatbots (LLMs) as the #1 health technology hazard for 2026, citing their tendency to provide confident but factually incorrect medical advice.The…
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Healthcare AI Potpourri – 2026 Health IT Predictions
As we wrap up another year and get ready for 2026 to begin, it is once again time for everyone’s favorite annual tradition of Health IT Predictions! We reached out to our incredible Healthcare…
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Akumin’s Drop Trailer Brings Mobile Imaging to Ground Level
Imaging demand keeps climbing, while fixed-site expansion remains slow, expensive, and disruptive. Mobile imaging helps, but traditional trailers introduce their own risks and workflow restrictions. Akumin dropped a new solution at RSNA25 that improves…
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Greenway’s Reality Check on Manual Data Exchange and Shrinking Roadmaps
The pace of change in health IT has outgrown traditional multi-year roadmaps. In an exclusive sit-down interview at the Greenway Health User Conference (#Engage2025), David Cohen, Chief Product and Technology Officer explained why the…
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News 1/21/26
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A preliminary VA Office of Inspector General report finds that the Veterans Health Administration doesn’t properly oversee its use of generative AI chatbots, potentially compromising patient safety. The report looked at the department’s…
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Healthcare AI Tools – 2026 Health IT Predictions
As we wrap up another year and get ready for 2026 to begin, it is once again time for everyone’s favorite annual tradition of Health IT Predictions! We reached out to our incredible Healthcare…
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Why Radiology Is Where AI Actually Earns Clinician Trust
Healthcare IT leaders are past questioning whether AI belongs in healthcare and have moved onto the challenge of determining where it delivers the most improvement with the least disruption. Radiology is a prime area…
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