A radiology information system proven to help imaging departments alleviate bottlenecks and improve throughput of diagnostic reports has been formally launched in the UK by healthcare technology provider Vertex in Healthcare. Designed to enable significant…
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The NHS should establish a new public-private NHS Data Trust to commercialise and sell access to anonymised NHS medical records to help develop the biotech and AI sectors and new treatments for patients, says…
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Coral Care, a digital health platform dedicated to enhancing access to pediatric developmental specialty care, has successfully secured $1.3 million in its latest funding round.With participation from Reach Capital, Greymatter Capital,…
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The healthcare industry experiences more data breaches than any other industry. A report from 2021 found that 79% of data breaches affect the healthcare industry alone.
Healthcare records are worth as much as 10X more…
By Sara Heath
January 24, 2024 – Black Medicaid enrollees are more likely to experience a preventable hospitalization than their White counterparts, according to a new report, a trend that researchers at the Urban Institute said…
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WHO publishes recommendations for governments on using AI for public health and medical purposes:
Give developers access to computing power and paid data sets if they agree to follow ethical principles.
Use laws and regulations to…
By Jill McKeon
January 24, 2024 – Singing River Health System in Mississippi suffered a ransomware attack in August 2023 that resulted in a data breach. The breach impacted 252,890 individuals in total, according to a…
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The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) of Singapore has upgraded the EMR system used by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Medical Corps after nearly a decade. It has also implemented a new document management solution. MINDEF/SAF’s…
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In-home care provider DispatchHealth and grocery delivery company Instacart announced a partnership to provide Dispatch’s in-home care professionals with tools to prescribe food to patients using Instacart Health. DispatchHealth offers patients in-home urgent care medical…
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As part of a growing body of standards for healthcare, the ability for providers to access and understand the social determinants of the health of their patients to raise and achieve equity requires enough…
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