- To find success with AI, health IT leaders must understand its recent evolutionby Bill Siwicki on April 25, 2024 at 4:19 pm
The healthcare industry must simultaneously guard against technology outpacing its practical uses, says one physician and CIO.
- Joint Commission intros new Telehealth Accreditation Programby mike.miliard@medtechmedia.com; Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN (Mike Miliard) on April 25, 2024 at 1:45 pm
The goal is to help ensure patient safety in telemedicine, and to help healthcare organizations standardize approaches to virtual care with an eye toward quality improvement and patient outcomes that are "consistent with traditional settings."
- HCA deploys AI from Augmedix for acute care documentation in EDsby Andrea Fox on April 25, 2024 at 1:19 pm
In what's billed as the first use of genAI-powered medical documentation in U.S. emergency departments, HCA Healthcare clinicians say a recent pilot with Augmedix shortened charting time and reduced their daily burden.
- National University Hospital launching AI-driven digestive centreby Adam Ang on April 25, 2024 at 12:21 am
The centre integrates three AI systems that work in tandem to enable the early detection and diagnosis of stomach cancers.
- Highlighting rural voices is imperative for equitable, bias-free healthcare AIby Bill Siwicki on April 24, 2024 at 3:32 pm
That's what the innovation chief at TruBridge, a member of the Microsoft-backed TRAIN AI consortium, says, as he brings the rural healthcare point of view to the responsible artificial intelligence table.
- Oracle launches Autonomous Shield initiative, with eye on cloud cybersecurityby mike.miliard@medtechmedia.com; Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN (Mike Miliard) on April 24, 2024 at 2:41 pm
The aim is to help electronic health record clients migrate to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, reducing cyber risk while boosting performance, the company says.
- Patch management advice for fixing IoT vulnerabilitiesby Andrea Fox on April 24, 2024 at 2:41 pm
To improve healthcare cybersecurity, an organization can shore up Internet-enabled device misconfigurations by starting with CIS Benchmarks, before moving on to industry-specific standards, Fortra’s Tyler Reguly said.
- Recognizing nursing as a calling: A key step toward enhancing workforce sustainabilityby Tjasa Zajc on April 24, 2024 at 9:47 am
Christine Antorini, former Danish education minister, believes that innovative education and job strategies could harness a growing interest in healthcare careers. She began nursing at 58.
- Role-based messaging's growing popularity in Victoriaby Adam Ang on April 24, 2024 at 12:53 am
Mercy Health is the latest healthcare provider in the Australian state to adopt FiveP's Baret for its clinical communications.
- At Providence, RPM is improving patient health and reducing provider workloadby Bill Siwicki on April 23, 2024 at 3:55 pm
Only 0.6% of remote encounters managed by the health system's remote patient monitoring vendor's caregivers escalate to Providence clinicians. Hypertension RPM patients saw a 12.55% reduction in systolic blood pressure by week 12.