- Baptist Health taps 3 vendors to build a pop health system that worksby Bill Siwicki on July 26, 2024 at 9:03 pm
With help from Oracle, Innovaccer and Salesforce, the South Florida provider is scoring big population health wins, including a 7% increase in coding gap closure rate and a 17% increase in annual wellness visit completion rates.
- OCHIN and OSIS partner to enhance CHC technologyby Andrea Fox on July 26, 2024 at 12:16 pm
By aligning capabilities and working together to develop affordable and tailored technology, the non-profit healthcare technology service organizations aim to improve the sustainability of community health centers nationwide.
- HIMSSCast: Improving patient safety and employee retention with best incident reporting practicesby Andrea Fox on July 26, 2024 at 11:56 am
By modernizing systems and improving leadership and culture to embrace reporting, healthcare organizations can better address the top 10 patient safety concerns for 2024, says Heidi Raines, founder and CEO of Performance Health Partners.
- India lowers 2024 budget for digital health and more briefsby Adam Ang on July 26, 2024 at 6:36 am
Also, the National University Centre for Oral Health Singapore is leveraging data and AI to improve dental care.
- Data of 13 million Australians stolen in MediSecure hack and more briefsby Adam Ang on July 26, 2024 at 6:32 am
Also, the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department is now providing online consultations to patients with diabetes.
- AI’s ability to see and hear patients holds huge promiseby Bill Siwicki on July 25, 2024 at 4:47 pm
AI-enabled computer vision could be a game-changer, says one CEO, who also discusses the risks of generative AI and the promise of automated transcription, which is already proving itself.
- AI roundup: New tools to help with county patient data, cut imaging noiseby Andrea Fox on July 25, 2024 at 3:59 pm
Artificial intelligence continues to permeate technologies providers use. This week, it's helping to find relevant talent to improve data usage in care coordination and enhance signal-to-noise ratio in MRIs.
- Augmedix acquired by Commure for $139Mby mike.miliard@medtechmedia.com; Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN (Mike Miliard) on July 25, 2024 at 2:13 pm
The combined companies seek to continue innovating products for easing clinician burden with AI-enabled ambient scribing, advance revenue cycle automation and consolidate on an integrated platform for large language models.
- HHS announces major new AI, cybersecurity and IT reorganizationby mike.miliard@medtechmedia.com; Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN (Mike Miliard) on July 25, 2024 at 1:59 pm
Oversight for healthcare technology, data and AI policy and strategy will be grouped under the renamed ASTP/ONC, while the 405(d) cybersecurity program will move to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response.
- CISA issues new PACs security advisoryby Andrea Fox on July 24, 2024 at 2:50 pm
The Homeland Security agency points to 13 vulnerabilities with the networked medical imaging and archiving systems that should be patched now. One dark web research firm says the U.S. and Brazil have the most internet-exposed PACs.