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SDPR landing zone established and more NSW briefs
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Also, more local health districts are set to roll out NSW Health's e-referral management system and digital referral forms.
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on Sep 6
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Thailand-Russia cooperate for telehealth and more briefs
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Also, the private Indian group Narayana Health has transitioned their contact centre to the cloud.
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on Sep 6
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Australia releases aged care CIS standards
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It will underpin the interoperable connection between My Health Record and aged care digital care management systems.
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on Sep 6
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NZ redirects digital health funds to payroll upgrade
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It prioritises mitigating risks posed by some 30 legacy and end-of-life payroll systems.
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on Sep 6
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What it takes to engage clinical workforces on AI
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Artificial intelligence has the potential to expand a healthcare organization, reaching more patients and improving outcomes. But how can healthcare leaders help their clinical workforce understand the implications and ensure their buy-in?
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on Sep 5
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HIMSSCast: Caregiver input needed for allocation of investment dollars
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Dr. Kathy Ku is vice president at Vive Collective, a venture capital firm focused on digital health. Kathy is an entrepreneur, an engineer and a former consultant. She holds an MD/MBA from Stanford, where she was a recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship, and an AB/SM from Harvard,...
on Fri, 7PM
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Trump taps former Rep. Doug Collins to head VA
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The former GOP congressman from Georgia has served as a U.S. Navy chaplain and is a colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He would inherit a major EHR modernization initiative, currently paused but slated to restart in 2025, among other IT imperatives.
on Fri, 6PM
From healthcareitnews.com
DHS intros framework for AI safety and security, in healthcare and elsewhere
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sees three areas of concern as artificial intelligence is used across critical infrastructure sectors: attacks using AI, attacks targeting AI systems and design and implementation failures.
on Fri, 5PM
From healthcareitnews.com
Lawmakers ask CDRH to revisit its CDS guidance
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In a letter to the FDA, members of Congress cite confusion over healthcare providers' deployment of clinical decision support software exempt from medical device regulations and say clarity is needed from its Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
on Fri, 5PM
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VA plans to end telehealth copays and fund virtual care access in rural areas
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The agency is proposing telehealth access grants to establish fixed, secure environments outfitted with reliable internet and secure video that connect veterans hobbled by the digital divide to health services.
on Thu, 3PM
From healthcareitnews.com
Artificial intelligence is enabling big advances in surgery
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From preoperative planning and intraoperative guidance to visualization and predictive analytics, AI has many new roles to play to help surgeons do their best work.
on Wed, 5PM
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ASPR seeks feedback on public health orgs' cybersecurity needs
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The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response will be surveying agencies to assess the readiness of state, local, tribal and territorial public health organizations to manage cyber threats and gauge their needs for support.
on Wed, 4PM
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How virtual-first can improve outcomes and make care more affordable
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The CEO of a telehealth services provider explains why patients being seen remotely by physicians first can also help with accessibility, data integrity and consistency.
on Tue, 5PM
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Oracle seeks to address health disparities with new collaborative
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By partnering with Meharry Medical College, the cloud giant says it aims to enhance community care and wellness in Middle Tennessee with AI and clinical applications, spark health innovation and cultivate workforce skills.
on Tue, 5PM
From healthcareitnews.com
New Oracle EHR promises AI-enabled reinvention
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Previewed at the company's annual summit, the electronic health record, built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, offers secure automation across clinical workflows, enabling faster insights at the point of care with streamlined documentation and more.
on Mon, 9PM
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HIMSS launches Veterans HIT workforce program
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The new Veterans Community will support veteran workforce development and transition to civilian life for former members of any branch of the U.S. military and their spouses.
on Mon, 9PM
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Deep dive: Exploring one of the most advanced telemedicine programs in the U.S.
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The number of telehealth services provided by Children's Mercy Kansas City is astounding. And they get tremendously high patient satisfaction scores. The health system's nurse director of telemedicine offers a detailed tour, with some key advice for her peers.
on Mon, 5PM
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ATA calls on Congress to beat the telehealth deadline, as it preps for Trump's term
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The group expects support for virtual care to continue after the 2024 Election but urges action as soon as possible to extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities past the end of the year.
on Mon, 5PM
From healthcareitnews.com
China to pilot standards for virtual primary care
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It will likely adopt the standards of Chinese insurer Ping An for its online family doctor contract service.
on Mon, 5AM
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Hong Kong university to test four genAI models in hospitals
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has recently developed four large language models, including models for cancer detection and an AI chatbot for physicians.
on Mon, 4AM
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Monash's clinical AI collab with India's Apollo Hospitals and more briefs
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Also, Australia's aged care research centre has received additional funding to deploy AI.
on Mon, 1AM
From healthcareitnews.com
AI-driven precision healthcare is here – what you need to know
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Dr. Anmol Kapoor, an expert in precision medicine and artificial intelligence, discusses AI-driven genomic analysis, blockchain in genomics, multi-omic integration, and navigating ethical and regulatory challenges of AI-enabled personalized care.
on Nov 8
From healthcareitnews.com
Regenstrief Institute appoints a new chief information officer
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Chris Harle, a longtime clinical informatics leader who has worked as a biomedical researcher at Regenstrief and a health policy professor at Indiana University's school of public health, will helm the IT and data innovations at Regenstrief Data Services.
on Nov 8
From healthcareitnews.com
HIMSSCast: Digital tools can leverage SDOH data and improve outcomes
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In discussing social determinants of health data utilization, Dr. Hilary Hatch, chief clinical officer at Phreesia, describes how analytics and patient engagement tools are streamlining workflows and helping providers respond to more patients in need.
on Nov 8
From healthcareitnews.com
Safe and equitable AI needs guardrails, from legislation and humans in the loop
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Dr. Tim O'Connell, physician CEO of emtelligent, offers his view of what's needed to ensure artificial intelligence can work safely, effectively and transparently in healthcare settings.
on Nov 7
From healthcareitnews.com
Are genAI-produced visit summaries the future?
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OpenNotes and Abridge want to find out, as they team up for a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center project to assess and develop new clinical documentation tools powered by artificial intelligence.
on Nov 7
From healthcareitnews.com
Google sets mandatory MFA deadline for all cloud accounts
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The computing giant says it will phase its roll-out of required multi-factor authentication to all users worldwide next year.
on Nov 7
From healthcareitnews.com
ADHA to upgrade My Health Record maintenance
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This follows an audit report that flagged its "partly effective" management of its contract outsourcing the operation of the digital health record system.
on Nov 7
From healthcareitnews.com
Can the ACO Primary Care Flex Model help link physical and mental healthcare?
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Why are the two often so disconnected? And what role can technology play in integrating them? A new CMS accountable care program aims to drive progress, and one expert explains what it means for providers.
on Nov 6
From healthcareitnews.com
Cyberattack roundup: Ransomware hits Georgia hospital and Colorado pathology services
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Also: Kaiser Permanente reported that an unauthorized party gained access to the email accounts of two workforce members, and viewed patient health information.
on Nov 6
From healthcareitnews.com
Royal Adelaide Hospital digitises cancer therapy prescribing
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This is part of an ongoing project to replace paper-based chemotherapy prescribing across South Australia.
on Nov 6
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MedStar extends acute care at home to Baltimore
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Through its partnership with DispatchHealth, MedStar Health is now providing care in patient homes after hospital stays, emergency visits or through virtual healthcare referrals.
on Nov 5
From healthcareitnews.com
Why won't this expert's clients sign onto AI projects for more than 12 months at a time?
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Andy Sajous, a leader in digital transformation, explains. He discusses the tradeoffs of building versus buying artificial intelligence tools and describes some crucial actions CIOs should take going into 2025.
on Nov 5
From healthcareitnews.com
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New data elements related to social drivers of health, such as referrals to social services, improve standards-based information exchange with electronic health records, it says.
on Nov 5
From healthcareitnews.com
How IoT is transforming remote patient monitoring
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The combination of 5G and IoT could redefine remote healthcare, getting closer to a future where patients can receive hospital-grade care from anywhere. And more user-friendly and patient-centered devices should drive broader adoption.
on Nov 4
From healthcareitnews.com
Altera makes comprehensive Azure-based EHR available
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Its single cloud-based database integrates emergency department, ambulatory, financial, revenue cycle and enterprise resource planning data, the company said.
on Nov 4
From healthcareitnews.com
Elon Musk suggests Grok AI has a role in healthcare
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He has boasted about the accuracy of subscription-based Grok artificial intelligence for analyzing medical images, but physicians and researchers say the model's ability to diagnose medical conditions is limited, and privacy experts have concerns.
on Nov 4
From healthcareitnews.com
CAIOs must understand policy and business strategy, in addition to healthcare and IT
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And cybersecurity too. "I would definitely encourage folks to go deeper into those other areas and broaden their capabilities overall," says the chief AI adviser at UC Davis Health to those who might want to tackle a similar role.
on Nov 1
From healthcareitnews.com
Chief AI Officer: Healthcare's hot new role demands a rare combination of skill sets
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You can't just toss AI onto the CIO or CTO titles. Overseeing artificial intelligence in clinical and business environments, standing up a governance structure, and managing portfolios of tools for different patient types requires deep experience.
on Oct 31
From healthcareitnews.com
Vendor AI Roundup: Enhanced EHR offerings designed to give practices a leg up
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Also: SmartDX launches tools to help hospitals overturn denials in minutes and recover lost revenue.
on Oct 31
From healthcareitnews.com
Work like 'a beehive, an ant colony' to protect against cyber intruders
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At the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Thursday, leaders from the Health Sector Coordinating Council offered advice for collaborative layered defense, to help health systems bolster responsiveness and stabilize their security postures.
on Oct 31
From healthcareitnews.com
Medtronic dismissed from pulse oximeter lawsuit, FDA still working on guidance
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The medtech company says it is the only manufacturer of FDA-approved pulse oximeters to have reached an agreement in a lawsuit against many over the devices' notoriously higher rates of error for people with darker skin.
on Oct 30
From healthcareitnews.com
Cutting through the AI hype to ensure investments have impacts
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A healthcare artificial intelligence expert also discusses foundational first steps hospitals and health systems should take when looking to adopt AI and how AI can be used to free up time and fight burnout for staff.
on Oct 30
From healthcareitnews.com
OpenAI's general-purpose speech recognition model is flawed, researchers say
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The AP reports that OpenAI's Whisper documentation platform is prone to hallucinations, making up sentences and sections of text across millions of recordings. Tens of thousands of transcriptions could be faulty.
on Oct 30
From healthcareitnews.com
HC3 alerts providers of Scattered Spider threat
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The agency warns that a Western organized cybercrime group that leverages multiple ransomware variants and AI tools to commit advanced social engineering exploits may target healthcare data.
on Oct 29
From healthcareitnews.com
Premise Health scores big with data ingestion and analytics technologies
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The tools have helped the health system grow demand for data-driven healthcare services, measure member attribution, and gain significant cost savings from identifying and acting on key healthcare utilization patterns.
on Oct 29
From healthcareitnews.com
Oracle Health to apply for QHIN status
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EHR customers could take part in the direct sharing of health information – including X-rays and MRIs – between providers, payers, government agencies and others under the TEFCA nationwide interoperability framework.
on Oct 28
From healthcareitnews.com
How FirstHealth is improving outcomes with observation at home
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The strategy has had a big impact on patient access, bed capacity, and heart failure and all-cause readmissions – not to mention appreciation of patients and family thankful to receive care safely at home instead of having to be admitted to the hospital.
on Oct 28
From healthcareitnews.com
NHS to roll out radiology AI across 10 health trusts
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A new partnership will provide access to more than 75 regulatory-approved artificial intelligence solutions within a single platform and speed up the development of the health system's AI-accelerated learning initiatives, say its leaders.
on Oct 28
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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital bags Stage 6 AMAM
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It is now the second APAC hospital presently validated at this stage.
on Oct 28