Cybersecurity is complex enough without adding artificial intelligence technology into the mix. But chief information officers, chief information security officers and other IT and security leaders have no choice but to deal with AI as it explodes across the healthcare landscape. But how? In this tenth and final installment of this series, which features the…
BOSTON – When asked about the evolution of artificial intelligence and when sentient AI would become integral to the fabric of healthcare, Dr. Patrick Thomas, director of digital innovation in pediatric surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, said clinical training needs revamping. “We need to prepare clinical students to go into…
NZ to introduce new National Health Index format Te Whatu Ora is set to issue a new format for the National Health Index (NHI) from July 2026. The NHI provides a unique identifier to each New Zealand citizen from birth or their first health system interaction. From the AAA111# format, the NHI will transition to…
BOSTON – The ability to change how healthcare providers communicate with patients with artificial intelligence isn’t just about accuracy, transparency, fairness and data model maintenance, it’s figuring out how to meet personalization challenges. What patients want to know and when adds a larger degree of complexity – one that challenges the healthcare AI industry to consider…
The overlapping imperatives of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity are becoming ever more important as the two become more intertwined across healthcare in some interesting and challenging ways. AI, for instance, is more and more being deployed as a critical frontline tool for risk detection and incident response, even as bad actors are also using machine…
According to a report issued by the National Center of Health Statistics, the percentage of adults who used telemedicine in the past 12 months decreased by 6.9%. As virtual care numbers come back to earth, the industry is adjusting. As Amazon consolidated and repositioned its own telehealth offerings this summer, for instance, it announced $49…
Dr. James Barr, vice president of physician value-based programs at Atlantic Health System and chief medical officer at Optimus Healthcare Partners, an accountable care organization within that health system, is very firm when it comes to artificial intelligence and how it is deployed: “Your reason to use AI tools can’t be just the need to…
Chief information officers and other IT leaders at hospitals and health systems are being bombarded with a wide array of AI technologies and are trying to navigate a burgeoning marketplace with more than its share of hype. In fact, advice on procuring artificial intelligence filled the better part of a morning at last week’s 2024 HIMSS…
To assist healthcare professionals with clinical documentation during consultations, a new tool is being piloted by SingHealth, Singapore’s largest health cluster. Note Buddy, described as an ambient digital scribe, is able to take notes of patient interactions conducted in the country’s four official languages – English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil. The tool, developed by SingHealth’s…
With just four months to go until the scheduled expiration of Drug Enforcement Administration flexibilities on virtual prescribing of controlled substances, a long list of hundreds of healthcare stakeholders is calling on Congress and the White House to extend them before “countless patients [are] abandoned, left without lifesaving clinically appropriate care.” Led by the American…
