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UK doctors warn that patient care will suffer under new laws that would limit their use of messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Signal for clinical use.
A journalist’s BMJ article says that…
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Health IT Leadership’s Role in Patient Data Security and Privacy | Healthcare IT Today
Moving towards an entirely digital world of healthcare can be very appealing in a lot of ways. Having everything digital means better interoperability, increased patient access, and more. However, with the ever-increasing cybersecurity threats…
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Health2047-Backed HEAL Security Emerges from Stealth with $4.6M
What You Should Know: – Health2047, the American Medical Association’s venture studio dedicated to healthcare innovation, announced its investment in and launch from stealth of HEAL Security, a cognitive cybersecurity platform built specifically for…
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Contributed: AI integration in patient diagnostics: revolutionizing healthcare in 2024
The healthcare sector witnessed a significant transformation in 2023, largely driven by the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in patient diagnostics. This integration marks a revolutionary step in how medical professionals approach diagnosis, offering…
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CommonWell Health Alliance Adds Health IT Vendor to HIE Network
By Hannah Nelson
January 16, 2024 – CommonWell Health Alliance has added health IT vendor ModuleMD to its national health information exchange (HIE) network.
CommonWell has recently experienced significant membership growth, operating at scale across more than 34,000 provider…
Next-generation study databases require FAIR, EHR-integrated, and scalable Electronic Data Capture for medical documentation and decision support
Structured patient data play a key role in all types of clinical research. They are often collected in study databases for research purposes. In order to describe characteristics of a next-generation study database and…
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Harris Acquires MEDHOST to Expand Healthcare Footprint – M&A
What You Should Know:
– Harris, a global vertical market software provider, acquires MEDHOST, Inc., a prominent player in electronic health records (EHR) and healthcare IT solutions to bolster its healthcare offerings.
– The strategic…
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NHSE to investigate Palantir for possible breach of FDP contract
NHS England (NHSE) will investigate whether US data analytics giant Palantir violated the terms of its contract to run the Federated Data Platform (FDP) by launching a covert influencer campaign targeting legal transparency non-profit…
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WHO issues new policy briefing on digital health data in HIV
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines on “person-centred” HIV strategic information as part of its latest policy brief on digital health data.The guidelines are meant to help countries improve the ways…
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Preserving Patient Trust: Navigating Healthcare’s Identity Challenge | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Dan Yerushalmi, CEO at AU10TIX
In the ever-evolving world of healthcare, the shift from traditional paper records to digital systems has triggered a substantial transformation. This metamorphosis has…