Private providers in Thailand, Russia sign telehealth collab Two large private healthcare providers in Thailand and Russia have partnered to cooperate in such areas as telehealth and medical tourism.  Bangkok Dusit Medical Services, a network of 58 hospitals in Thailand, and Medsi Group, which runs 148 medical clinics including a digital clinic in Russia, formalised

The Department of Health and Aged Care and the Australian Digital Health Agency have released a set of minimum software requirement standards for clinical information systems and electronic medication management systems used in residential aged care. The Aged Care Clinical Information System (ACCIS) Standards set the foundation for information sharing and interoperability in residential aged care. 

New Zealand’s unused contingency funds for digital health projects have been diverted to resolve issues in healthcare payroll systems. Based on recently disclosed government documents, the government decided early this year to tap the contingency funds under the “Data and Digital Foundations and Innovation” initiative to pay for “roster to payroll stabilisation.” “[S]tabilising payroll systems has

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

For Dr. Kate Sowerwine, chief medical officer at Recuro Health, a telemedicine technology and services company, her journey into medicine was deeply influenced by the challenges her mother faced while managing her diabetes. Witnessing her struggle to navigate a complex and often overwhelming healthcare system left a lasting impression on Sowerwine. Her mother encountered multiple

A specific group of Iranian cyber actors has conducted a high volume of computer network intrusion attempts against U.S. organizations since 2017, and as recently as August, according to a new advisory from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center. The group – known

Patient engagement that doesn’t require manual outreach can promote staff efficiency and could improve clinical outcomes at safety-net organizations nationwide, according to CareMessage, which has announced the initial release of a new mobile messaging tool designed toward those aims. WHY IT MATTERS The nonprofit says the integration feature of its Health Equity Engine patient activation

CommonWell Health Alliance this past week touted some news and new features following the launch of its new platform – with enhanced capabilities and new member companies going live with the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. WHY IT MATTERS CommonWell, one of TEFCA’s seven qualified health information networks, says alliance members athenahealth, ModuleMD and

In less than 24 hours this week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services filed an appeal in American Hospital Association v. Becerra – a lawsuit that sought to bar enforcement of an Office for Civil Rights rule governing use of online tracking tools – and then promptly withdrew it. The American Hospital Association

Creating new opportunities for patients in their day-to-day lives can help improve health outcomes, says Brian Pieninck, president and chief executive officer of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of the Mid-Atlantic. To address the “inextricable link” between economy, environment, community and people’s health trajectories – social determinants of health or, Pieninck’s preferred terminology, social drivers of health