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 Queensland begins telestroke pilot and more briefs
Healthcare IT news - (Friday September 13, 2024) Queensland to pilot telestroke service at Hervey Bay HospitalThe Queensland government has designated Hervey Bay Hospital as the pilot site for the upcoming statewide telestroke service.  NUH AI interprets spinal stenosis in ’47 seconds’ and more AI briefs
Healthcare IT news - (Friday September 13, 2024) National University Hospital unveils spine AI National University Hospital has introduced an AI tool to analyse lumbar spinal stenosis, a common indication for surgery among senior patients. |
 The CISO Connector: Bridging Business Goals, Operations, and Security in Healthcare
HIT Consultant - (Friday September 13, 2024) Ferdinand Hamada, Managing Director and Pharma Life Sciences Industry Lead Partner at MorganFranklin Consulting The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has evolved far beyond traditional cybersecurity responsibilities, especially in healthcare organizations. Today,…  Adopting Uniform National Provider Directory Standards Will Promote Interoperability
HIT Consultant - (Friday September 13, 2024) Alex Young, Director of Technical Operations, DirectTrust The concept of interoperable care centers on the ability of providers to share patient information. Still, providers continue to find navigating the exchange of patient data difficult. A 2019… |
 Results and implications for generative AI in a large introductory biomedical and health informatics course
npj Digital Medicine - (Friday September 13, 2024) Generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems have performed well at many biomedical tasks, but few studies have assessed their performance directly compared to students in higher-education courses. We compared student knowledge-assessment scores with prompting of…  CIO Podcast – Episode 79: The CrowdStrike Outage with Mike Mainiero
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday September 13, 2024)  For the 79th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Mike Mainiero, SVP and CDIO at Catholic Health to talk about his experience with the CrowdStike outage!… |
 New Entity Aims to Help Payers Improve Payment Integrity – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Friday September 13, 2024) The issue of fraud, waste and abuse in healthcare spending is a major challenge for both payers and providers with some estimates that it accounts for as much as 10 percent of overall healthcare…  AI Can Help Better Manage Polypharmacy Patients, Study Shows – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Friday September 13, 2024) New research was published this week analyzing how AI can be used to better manage medications for senior patients with polypharmacy — meaning they use multiple medications simultaneously to treat various conditions. It found that… |
 News 9/13/24 – HIStalk
HIStalk - (Friday September 13, 2024) Top News Revenue cycle automation vendor Candid Health raises $29 million in a Series B funding round.  Q&A: SonicWall Threat Expert on Effective Strategies for Healthcare Cyber Resilience
HealthTech Magazine - (Friday September 13, 2024) HEALTHTECH: What are the biggest cyberthreats facing healthcare organizations today? |