By Shania Kennedy
May 22, 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN), a public health network to prevent and detect infectious disease threats before they become epidemics or pandemics.
IPSN…
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking to amend and expand its Health Breach Notification Rule, or HBNR, to cover entities not previously covered by HIPAA, allow them to use email and other electronic data…
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Prognos Health, the largest real-world integrated data marketplace, has announced that it has raised $23 million in growth equity co-led by Marshall Wace and Safeguard Scientifics, with participation from Cigna Ventures, Hikma Ventures, Hunt…
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In healthcare, the most impactful creations often emerge from those on the front line. These are the providers who grapple with challenges head-on, comprehend the problems in their truest sense, and envision solutions. However,…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes caution and the ethical use of AI in healthcare, particularly large language models like ChatGPT. WHO calls for careful evaluation of risks, protection of human well-being, transparency, and…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) based algorithms for classification of suspicious skin lesions have been implemented in mobile phone apps (mHealth), but their effect on healthcare systems is undocumented. In 2019, a large Dutch health insurance…
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Assets of prescription digital therapeutics maker Pear Therapeutics have been broken up and sold at auction for $6.05 million after the company filed for bankruptcy in April.According to the court filing, Pear’s assets were…
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As artificial intelligence deployments increase in pace and scope in healthcare organizations around the globe, the World Health Organization this week issued a plea for vigilance and deliberation when it comes to how AI…
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Vitality has completed a pilot that found its health insurance members who used conversational AI support through the Wysa app demonstrated clinically significant reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms.A cohort of 60,000 UK VitalityHealth…
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Dr. Erin Jospe, Chief Healthcare Advisor, World Wide Technology
There has been a newfound effort to highlight and address the disparity in health outcomes for patients who belong to one or more marginalized communities. Opportunities…
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