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 Thyroid cancer AI assistant developed in Hong Kong
MobiHealthNews - (Tuesday April 29, 2025) A large language model-powered AI assistant developed in Hong Kong has demonstrated high accuracy in thyroid cancer staging and risk classification.A team of researchers from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the…  Evaluation of NHS AI Lab calls for national support for AI initiatives
Digital Health - (Tuesday April 29, 2025) An evaluation of the NHS AI Lab has called for national support to ensure that AI initiatives can be scaled and sustained. |
 5 Ways Trump Administration Tariffs Are Impacting U.S. Healthcare Now
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday April 29, 2025) Photo Credit: Freepik What You Should Know: – Recent changes to U.S. trade policy under the Trump Administration, including a new baseline tariff on imports, are sending ripples through the healthcare industry, creating significant uncertainty and…  A meta-analysis of persuasive design, engagement, and efficacy in 92 RCTs of mental health apps
npj Digital Medicine - (Tuesday April 29, 2025) This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the efficacy of digital mental health apps and the impact of persuasive design principles on intervention engagement and outcomes. Ninety-two RCTs and 16,728 participants were included in the… |
 Government encourages clinicians to use AI scribing technology
Digital Health - (Tuesday April 29, 2025) New government guidance encourages NHS clinicians to use speech technologies and generative AI to transcribe patient consultations and turn them into structured medical notes and letters.  Preparing for the Healthcare Security Paradigm Shift
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday April 29, 2025) Farqad Moshili, Graphiant Engineering Staff The evolving cyber threat landscape has driven the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to propose significant updates to the HIPAA Security Rule, a first in 12 years, with more stringent… |
 AI Shows High Accuracy in Suicide Risk Assessment: NeuroFlow Study
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday April 29, 2025) What You Should Know: – NeuroFlow, a company focused on uncovering hidden behavioral health needs to enable more effective care, today published new research findings demonstrating how technology can significantly improve the ability to identify…  Using Social Media to Recruit a Diverse Sample of Participants for a Mobile Health (mHealth) Intervention to Increase Physical Activity: Exploratory Study
JMIR mHealth and uHealth - (Tuesday April 29, 2025) Background: Recruitment of demographically diverse samples in clinical research is often challenging and even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic when traditional, in-person recruitment methods could not be implemented. Social media platforms offer an… |
 Q&A: Duke Health’s Dr. Eric Poon on AI Adoption and the Organization’s Copilot Implementation
HealthTech Magazine - (Monday April 28, 2025) HEALTHTECH: What are some of the AI implementation challenges healthcare organizations face?  Equiva, Belong.Life partner to expand access to conversational AI tools
MobiHealthNews - (Monday April 28, 2025) Oncology-focused social media platform Belong.Life announced a strategic partnership with AI-enabled patient engagement company Equiva, in which Belong’s conversational AI offerings will be integrated into Equiva’s platform. Belong’s conversational AI mentors include Dave, a cancer… |