ATL Health
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
ONC Chief: New AI Transparency Rule Should Drive Higher Quality Tools & More AI Adoption
Micky Tripathi, head of The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), thinks his office’s recent rule on AI transparency will spur greater adoption of AI tools in healthcare, as well as potentially drive higher quality AI-based products.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
5 Things To Know About the Sorry State Of Healthcare Cybersecurity
During a fireside chat at MedCity News’ INVEST conference, Nitin Natarajan — deputy director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — shared some key ideas that people need to understand about the current state of cybersecurity in the healthcare industry. For instance, he reminded us that things won’t get better overnight, and that cybersecurity requires an all-hands-on deck approach.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Innovation Doesn’t Always Have To Involve The Latest Tech, MD Anderson Exec Says
While adopting new technology is obviously a big part of healthcare innovation teams’ work, there are plenty of worthwhile initiatives that don’t involve advanced technologies, pointed out Dan Shoenthal, chief innovation officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
SmarterDx Rakes In $50M For Its AI That Helps Hospitals Capture More Revenue
SmarterDx — an AI startup that provides clinical review and quality audits for medical claims — closed a $50 million Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to date to $71 million.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
How Can Healthcare Ensure Responsible AI Use?
At a recent conference, executives from across the industry shared their thoughts on how the healthcare sector can ensure its use of AI is ethical and responsible. They highlighted the need for collaboration, trust building, and pragmatic thinking.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
4 Lessons We Learned From The Change Healthcare Cyberattack
Healthcare industry leaders think there is much to learn from the Change Healthcare cyberattack, and they hope the sector can apply these lessons to prevent a hack like this from ever happening again. Overall, the chaotic aftermath of the attack underscores the dire need for a more unified approach to cybersecurity within the healthcare sector.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
There’s A Crucial Part Of Tech Pilot Design That Many Health Systems Forget, Geisinger Exec Says
During an interview this month at HIMSS24, David Vawdrey — Geisinger’s chief data and informatics officer — said health systems should spend more time designing their plan for evaluating success when it comes to tech pilots.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Intermountain Health CISO: The Industry Needs Better Transparency After Cyberattacks
After a healthcare cyberattack, the impacted organization often doesn’t want to divulge a lot of information, Intermountain Health CISO Erik Decker said last week at HIMSS. However, he thinks healthcare organizations should be more transparent with their peers after an attack because ‘no one system operates independent of everybody else.’
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Mount Sinai CEO: Hospitals Will Start Seeing ROI From Their AI Investments In A Couple Years
Health systems aren’t seeing a ton of ROI when it comes to their AI investments quite yet, as use of the technology is still in an iterative stage. However, Mount Sinai CEO Brendan Carr thinks that is likely to change in the next couple years.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Answering 7 Key Questions About Change Healthcare’s Cyberattack
The aftermath the cyberattack on Change Healthcare remains messy, with patients across the country still struggling to obtain their prescriptions. The federal government has even stepped in to help address the fallout of the attack, urging payers to quickly alleviate the digital bottlenecks that providers and pharmacies are facing.
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These 3 Changes Must Occur For Hospitals To See Greater ROI From Their AI Investments
Most health systems aren’t seeing a huge ROI from their AI investments yet. There are three changes that must happen in order for health systems to start seeing a greater ROI when it comes to AI deployments, according to Michael Kalishman, chief venture officer at Virginia-based Sentara Health.
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Healthcare Docket: A Near Doubling Of Hospital System Cyberattacks Triggers Bipartisan Bill
Increasing costs and healthcare cybersecurity worries have sparked calls for new laws. The bipartisan ‘Strengthening Cybersecurity in Health Care Act’ by four senators would require the HHS to perform routine evaluations of its systems and deliver biannual reports on practices and progress.
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Why One Google Cloud Exec Thinks HHS’ New Cybersecurity Guidelines Are A Step In The Right Direction
HHS recently published guidance outlining voluntary cybersecurity performance goals for the healthcare sector. Taylor Lehmann, a cybersecurity executive at Google Cloud, noted that ‘what is on HHS paper will most likely become what is in the actual final rulemaking or new regulatory requirements that become law.’
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
How Are Healthcare AI Developers Responding To WHO’s New Guidance On LLMs?
This month, the World Health Organization released new guidelines on the ethics and governance of LLMs in healthcare. Reactions from the leaders of healthcare AI companies have been mainly positive. However, one leader pointed out that fear of the risks associated with LLMs shouldn’t hinder innovation, and another noted that the guidance may have failed to mention a major topic.
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Finance, Health Care / Medicine, Technology
West Monroe’s 3 Healthcare Outlooks For 2024: AI, Cost Pressures, Dealmaking
There are three key trends for the healthcare industry to follow in 2024, including the rise of AI, increasing cost pressures, and M&A activity, according to West Monroe.
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How Are AI Companies Reacting To HHS’ New Transparency Requirements?
Last week, HHS finalized a new rule that requires healthcare AI developers to provide more data about their products to customers, which could aid providers in determining AI tools’ risks and effectiveness. Some AI leaders believe the new guardrails are a step in the right direction, and others are skeptical about whether the new rules are necessary or will be effective.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Health Exec: 97% Of Healthcare Data Isn’t Used
The vast majority of healthcare data isn’t used because it’s difficult to work with, according to Beth Andrews, chief digital health officer of life sciences and healthcare at Dell Technologies. Andrews made these comments during a session at the MedCity News INVEST Digital Health conference.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Health Exec: We Have No Choice But To Embrace AI
Providers who don’t take advantage of AI will get ‘left behind,’ said Dr. Shantanu Gaur, founder and CEO of Allurion Technologies, during a panel discussion at INVEST Digital Health.