Digital Transformation

This evolution of healthcare involves using technology to improve diagnosis, treatments, monitor patients, enhance hospital operations and culture, and bolster consumer-focused care. This includes virtual reality tools, wearable devices, workflow software, health apps and other digital health tools.

AdvaMed itemizes AI imperatives for ‘the entire healthcare ecosystem’
If you work with healthcare AI, you owe it to patients, families and communities to keep certain principles top of mind in everything you do.
6 things high-achieving orgs do to wring real value from AI
What makes an organization an AI leader? Demonstrating success in one of two pursuits.
A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan
As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”
4 points crucial to the nimble regulation of GenAI
With generative AI coming into its own, AI regulators must avoid relying too much on principles of risk management—and not enough on those of uncertainty management.
5 tips to learn AI from scratch and for free
There’s no shortage of resources for healthcare workers who wish they knew AI well enough to talk shop with the technology pros who develop the models. The problem is weeding through the offerings to get to what will really work for you.

eHealth Innovation: HIT leaders ponder needs for population, economic health

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.A panel of healthcare technology leaders discussed innovation for population and economic health during the inaugural eHealth Innovation conference.

March 16, 2012

eHealth Innovation: ONC exec notes private sector woes for technology development

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.--Speaking at the inaugural eHealth Innovation Conference on March 15, Wil Yu, special assistant of innovations and research for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), explained that promoting private sector innovation is one of his responsibilities.

March 16, 2012

Class 1 recall: Acclarent airway catheter

Acclarent is recalling its Inspira AIR, a balloon catheter system used to dilate blocked airways and restore breathing in patients with airway stenosis.

March 15, 2012

Agfa to employ DataFirst data migration, archiving tools

Agfa Healthcare has signed a new agreement with DataFirst, a software engineering firm based in Raleigh, N.C., to provide data migration service capabilities and archival storage technologies for healthcare facilities.

March 13, 2012

San Diego gets telemedicine for its tiniest patients

Tri-City Medical Center of Oceanside, Calif., is teaming with UC San Diego Medical Center to offer telemedicine services for premature babies in greater San Diego.

March 8, 2012

Indiana Tech launches health IT program

The Indiana Institute of Technology (Indiana Tech) in Fort Wayne will begin offering an online associates program in health IT in July.

March 8, 2012

Mostashari: Health Affairs study flawed, misleading

Writing on the Health IT Buzz blog, National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, eviscerated the study published this week in Health Affairs that concluded that electronic access to medical imaging and lab results led doctors to order more imaging and blood tests.

March 8, 2012

ONC seeks public comment on mobile device usage

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) issued a request for public comment on privacy and security issues and best practices related to the use of mobile devices by providers and other healthcare professionals to access, store and transmit health information.

March 6, 2012

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Cardiovascular Business

Payment cuts and beyond: Key takeaways for cardiologists from the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals.

AI in Healthcare

A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

Cardiovascular Business

FDA commissioner urges clinicians to join fight against medical misinformation

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."