Welcome to the December edition of Digital Health Digest!In this episode, we highlight key developments in digital health, from a major AI acquisition to youth mental health initiatives, wearable health advancements, and significant funding…
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One-third of medical claims are denied due to missing patient info, according to Krista Hawk, SVP, Sales and Marketing at e4health. Hark and Todd Goughnour, VP, Health Information Management, discuss the value of data…
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The U.S. Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office and Humane Intelligence, a technology nonprofit, has announced the conclusion of the agency’s Crowdsourced Artificial Intelligence Red-Teaming Assurance Program pilot, which is focused…
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The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in South Korea has approved the first depression diagnosis support AI software-as-a-medical device in the country. Developed by local AI company Acryl, the product called ACRYL-D01 uses AI…
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Karie Bostwick, VP of People and Compliance, Revenue Enterprises
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced that it wants to ban the inclusion of medical debt data in credit reports to lessen the negative…
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Deep learning analysis of electrocardiography (ECG) may predict cardiovascular outcomes. We present a novel multi-task deep learning model, the ECG-MACE, which predicts the one-year first-ever major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) using 2,821,889 standard 12-lead…
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In emergency situations, timely contact with emergency medical communication centers (EMCCs) is critical for patient outcomes. Increasing call volumes and economic constraints are challenging many countries, necessitating organizational changes in EMCCs. This study uses…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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