The Australian government is pursuing further reforms in the aged care sector by infusing a new investment of A$2.2 billion ($1.5 billion) as part of Budget 2024-2025. Half of that will fund “significant technology…
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Language models (LMs) such as BERT and GPT have revolutionized natural language processing (NLP). However, the medical field faces challenges in training LMs due to limited data access and privacy constraints imposed by regulations…
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If the global healthcare industry was a country, it would be the world’s fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gas.
As lawmaking bodies and other various entities continue to reckon with the daunting future of climate change,…
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A new platform developed by Cleveland-based, Zivian Health aims to help nurse practitioners and physician assistants expand their scope of practice.The HIPAA-compliant and HITRUST-secure platform is designed to help healthcare organizations broaden patient access…
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Six mental health trusts in London will roll out a digital tool in 2024-2025 to support assessment of people detained under the Mental Health Act (MHA), OneLondon has announced.The OneLondon eMHA programme, supported with…
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HEALTHTECH: How can healthcare organizations keep innovation at the forefront amid tight budgets and workforce constraints?LOWE: It’s a challenging balancing act. As leaders, we need to make sure that we’re not swayed by shiny objects or…
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What You Should Know: – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized significant changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR), aiming to improve consumer protection in the digital age. – These updates clarify…
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The new EU AI Act will have global reach – and a big impact on the medtech and life sciences sector. By Sharon Lamb, Deniz Tschammler and Lorraine Maisnier-Boché from international law firm McDermott…
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Dan Torrens, CEO of eHealth Technologies
Patient data interoperability sounds like industry jargon, but it’s a vital piece of providing timely and accurate patient care. Since 1996, when the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act…
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Regulators who put too many restrictions on the technology can slow down innovation, but if they set up guardrails that aren’t strict enough, they needlessly endanger patients’ lives.
By John Halamka, M.D., President, Mayo Clinic…
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