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 Databricks hits $62B valuation after $10B funding round
MobiHealthNews - (Tuesday December 31, 2024) San Francisco-based data intelligence and AI provider Databricks has raised $10 billion of expected non-dilutive financing in a Series J funding round, completing $8.6 billion to date. The new funding brings the company’s valuation…  Ransomware downtime costs U.S. healthcare organizations $1.9M daily
Healthcare IT news - (Tuesday December 31, 2024) Ransomware attacks are having a severe impact on U.S. healthcare organizations, with an alarming escalation in incidents and their consequences, according to a Comparitech report.The study found that since 2018, 654 ransomware attacks have… |
 Top 10 most-read stories of 2024
Healthcare IT news - (Tuesday December 31, 2024) Healthcare IT News published more than 1,150 news and feature stories this past year – covering the trends and happenings in artificial intelligence, cloud and edge computing, cybersecurity and privacy, electronic health records, interoperability,…  Healthcare IT in 2025: Triage for the Age of AI – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Tuesday December 31, 2024) The modern concept of “triage” dates to the Napoleonic Wars, when French battlefield surgeons developed a system for assessing the wounded and determining treatment priority to govern appropriate medical action in the chaos and… |
 Executives forecast AI’s place in healthcare in 2025, part one
MobiHealthNews - (Tuesday December 31, 2024) Executives highlighted AI’s transformative potential in healthcare when asked by MobiHealthNews how they see AI’s place in the sector changing in 2025. Some expect multimodal AI and advanced diagnostic imaging to make significant strides next…  2025 predictions: Digital Health Networks’ leaders look ahead
Digital Health - (Tuesday December 31, 2024) The government’s focus on a shift from ‘analogue to digital’ offers new promise for the world of NHS digital and technology in 2025. But questions remain unanswered around how this will work in practice,… |
 Funding Challenges for Innovation in MedTech in 2025
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday December 31, 2024) Carol Stafford, Medical Device and Diagnostics Executive, Medidata In the MedTech sector, small and medium-sized organizations are the primary drivers of innovation, developing new technologies for diagnosing, monitoring, and treating various conditions. Despite their potential…  Digital Twins Open The Door for Next-Gen Clinical Trials
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday December 31, 2024) Arijit Chatterjee, Pharma & Med Tech Solutions Engineering Leader, Capgemini Americas Clinical trials have been the cornerstone of medical innovation for centuries, but as the effort continues to improve patient care and speed the development… |
 Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Tuesday December 31, 2024) This roundup is published monthly. It is meant to highlight some of healthcare’s recent hiring news and is not intended to be comprehensive. If you have news about an executive appointment, resignation or layoff…  Top 15 largest U.S. healthcare provider data breaches of 2024
Healthcare IT news - (Tuesday December 31, 2024) Of the 421 hacking/IT incidents and unauthorized access/disclosure incidents attributed to healthcare providers across the United States reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this year, the top 15 data breaches… |