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 Electronic communication failures lead to patient harm, finds report
Digital Health - (Monday July 21, 2025) A report from the Health Services Safety Investigations Bureau (HSSIB) has found that patients are coming to harm due to failures in the electronic communication of critical clinical information following hospital discharge.  Syndromic Monitoring Gives Public Health Teams a Head Start on Emergencies
HIT Consultant - (Monday July 21, 2025) Joe Graw , Chief Growth Officer at ImageTrend From Buzzword to Lifesaver Once dismissed as another healthcare buzzword, syndromic monitoring has proven its value in real-world scenarios. At its core, it captures early health signals—like symptom… |
 Healthcare Cybersecurity to Safeguard PHI and Avoid Data Breaches
HIT Consultant - (Monday July 21, 2025) Yair Cohen co-founder and VP product, Sentra Healthcare data breaches continue to grow in volume and impact. According to the HIPAA Journal, more than 276 million individuals had their Protected Health Information (PHI) exposed or stolen…  Monday Morning Update 7/21/25
HIStalk - (Sunday July 20, 2025) Top News Humana integrates its health plan information with Epic, which allows patients to track deductibles and access health plan resources from their provider’s MyChart. Reader Comments From Guillermo: “Re: pharma telehealth. At least the clinicians… |
 An end-to-end multifunctional AI platform for intraoperative diagnosis
npj Digital Medicine - (Sunday July 20, 2025) Intraoperative frozen section diagnosis provides essential, real-time histological insights to guide surgical decisions. However, the quality of these time-sensitive sections is often suboptimal, posing significant diagnostic challenges for pathologists. To address these limitations, we…  Emerging Concepts in Breast Augmentation with Implants: A Paradigm Shift
eHealth Radio Network - (Sunday July 20, 2025)
Dr. Scott A. Spiro, MD, FACS, a board-certified plastic surgeon based in West Orange, New Jersey, returns to eHealth Radio & the Plastic Surgery Information Channel to discuss breast augmentation using implants—especially the emerging… |
 Demographic inaccuracies and biases in the depiction of patients by artificial intelligence text-to-image generators
npj Digital Medicine - (Saturday July 19, 2025) The wide usage of artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-image generators raises concerns about the role of AI in amplifying misconceptions in healthcare. This study therefore evaluated the demographic accuracy and potential biases in the depiction…  A randomized controlled trial of a digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia for older adults
npj Digital Medicine - (Saturday July 19, 2025) Older adults with insomnia face considerable challenges accessing treatment given limited availability to first-line therapy (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, CBT-I). This study evaluated the efficacy of Sleep Healthy Using the Internet for Older Adults… |
 Unlocking efficiency in real-world collaborative studies: a multi-site international study with one-shot lossless GLMM algorithm
npj Digital Medicine - (Saturday July 19, 2025) The widespread adoption of real-world data has given rise to numerous healthcare-distributed research networks, but multi-site analyses still face administrative burdens and data privacy challenges. In response, we developed a Collaborative One-shot Lossless Algorithm…  Automating liver biopsy segmentation with a robust, open-source tool for pathology research: the HOTSPoT model
npj Digital Medicine - (Saturday July 19, 2025) Artificial intelligence applications in liver pathology remain limited, with existing tools either narrowly focused or lacking external validation. This study introduces HOTSPoT, an open-source, validated transformer-based model for automated segmentation of portal tracts in… |