Opinion: The WHO’s unhealthy approach to artificial intelligence
Artificial IntelligencePopulation HealthQuality and SafetyThe World Health Organization's new genAI chatbot highlights the need for caution and responsibility when deploying and using such...
View ArticleAMIA survey: Documentation burden is impacting patient care
The American Medical Informatics Association this week published the results of a new report it hopes will help move the needle on the widespread problem of excessive clinical documentation burden.WHY...
View ArticleAscension expects EHR restoration across its network by June 14
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View ArticleHow Penn Medicine's IT department integrates with ops to capitalize on...
In August 2023, Healthcare IT News sat down with John P. Donohue, vice president of IS entity services at Penn Medicine Information Services, to discuss what an entity information officer is and why...
View ArticleA fast-paced, fictional exploration of cybersecurity and nationwide...
A new healthcare IT-focused thriller, written by a longtime health system leader, involves a hack into a national electronic health record system. The novel, Coded to Kill (Post Hill Press), is focused...
View ArticleHIMSSCast: Advancing FHIR exchange to improve prescribing at the VA
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration set to track COVID-19 vaccine deployment, it needed timely and robust information. Wanting the ability to scale, the FDA turned to next-generation exchange in...
View ArticleDirectTrust partners with DTA on new accreditation program
DirectTrust and the Digital Therapeutics Alliance announced this week that they'll work together on an accreditation program designed to test the efficacy and security of digital-therapeutic apps and...
View ArticleMatching post-acute care models with the patients who need them
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View ArticleWith Microsoft and Google, White House offers cybersecurity tools for rural...
As part of its recent efforts to bolster cybersecurity resilience across critical sectors nationwide, the White House this week announced a new initiative that enlists the private sector to help small...
View ArticleVendor Notebook: New partnerships around AI, VBC, virtual care and more
Several new announcements show providers, including Brightside Health and Tampa General Hospital, seek to improve patient outcomes and experiences with artificial intelligence and innovative care...
View ArticleAscension confirms data breached in Black Basta ransomware attack
As Ascension continues to work toward network-wide restoration of its electronic health record, the 19-state health system this week confirmed that the May 8 ransomware attack that debilitated its IT...
View ArticleVA stays the course with Oracle EHR contract renewal
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded the second option period for its electronic health record modernization contract with Oracle Health. It's an 11-month extension, "with an emphasis on...
View ArticleAscension restores its EHR system hospital-wide after ransomware attack
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View ArticleMachine learning applications versus generative AI: Which is safer?
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View ArticleWithin 5 years, all Mount Sinai IT systems will contain some AI
(Editor's Note: This is part two of two of this interview. To read part one, click here.)Dr. Bruce Darrow, chief medical information officer and interim chief digital and information officer at New...
View ArticleFDA tells providers to prepare for supply chain disruptions
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View ArticleIndian RAS system SSi Mantra coming to Indonesia
SS Innovations, an India-based developer of surgical robotic technologies, has recently obtained the regulatory approval of the Indonesian Ministry of Health for its flagship robot-assisted surgery...
View ArticleONC marks milestone: HRSA receiving live data via FHIR
The Health Resources and Services Administration is beginning to use HL7's Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources-based application programming interfaces to streamline reporting processes and...
View ArticleAsian gastro docs generally trust and accept AI: survey
A new international research led by Nanyang Technological University Singapore set out to uncover insights into the perceptions of Asian medical professionals about the use of AI in healthcare.FINDINGS...
View ArticleImproving patient medication costs and adherence
CIO Connect, a HIMSS Professional Development program that aims to prepare aspiring health IT leaders, is accepting applications through June 2024. Learn more.Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings:...
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