While technology innovators look to artificial intelligence to improve patient outcomes and experiences, they are also finding ways to cut the red tape that generally slows healthcare down, according to many announcements this week.  Northwestern Medicine, the Nevada Health Link, Cohere Health and Kyruus Health are partnering withDell Technologies, Google Cloud Marketplace and others to

Yesterday, in part one of our in-depth interview with Dr. Brian Hasselfeld of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the senior medical director of digital health and innovation and associate director of Johns Hopkins inHealth, discussed the role of artificial intelligence in healthcare overall. Today, Hasselfeld, who also is a primary care physician in internal medicine and pediatrics

If there’s one thing CISOs and CIOs can count on, it’s that there are always more cybersecurity challenges headed their way. Tiffany Gallagher, partner and health industries leader, and Prakash Venkata, partner and principal, in PricewaterhouseCooper’s Cyber, Risk and Regulatory Practice, say heightened regulatory scrutiny, the growing number of professionals with access to systems and

Diabetes WA discloses data breach Diabetes WA, the peak body for diabetes in Western Australia, has reported unauthorised access to the personal information of some of their contacts. Based on its initial investigation, the following information may have been accessed by hackers: name, address, birth date, email, telephone number, marital status, Aboriginal status, Medicare number

Dr. Brian Hasselfeld has a little Wall Street in his background and likes to talk about the potential benefits of artificial intelligence to healthcare in economic terms – the law of supply and demand. Everyone knows how healthcare works. A patient sees their primary care physician, who then issues a referral. That physician then issues

The World Health Organization said it has expanded its generative artificial intelligence assistant, first launched during the COVID-19 pandemic as Florence, to help people everywhere live healthier lives. S.A.R.A.H, or Sarah, was created using an AI training approach based on modeling interactive human systems to deliver more personalized and engaging messages. WHY IT MATTERS WHO

China Medical University Hospital through its AI Center has developed a medical speech AI engine powered by Microsoft.  In a statement, the Taiwanese hospital described its Generative Healthcare Intelligent (gHi) system as the Mandarin version of Nuance AI – and possibly the first of its kind in the Chinese language. HOW IT WORKS Built using Microsoft

Hospital patients with conditions like pneumonia, dehydration and heart failure have been shown to experience shorter recovery times with fewer complications when they receive more cost-effective healthcare at home – and many health systems have been preparing for this future. Boston Medical Center is making a new high-acuity, hospital-at-home service available to help patients recover in

Not too long ago, Rush Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Indiana, did not have the capability to staff an ICU 24/7. Physicians and nurses were only able to provide ICU care on a part-time basis. THE PROBLEM This was something staff was looking into even before COVID, as they were thinking about what was best for

Rush University System for Health announced on Wednesday that it will partner with Suki to add a range of artificial intelligence capabilities, including ambient note generation, seamless coding and dictate and command modes. WHY IT MATTERS Rush clinicians can pre-chart in Epic electronic health records and finish their notes in Suki, or start a note