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FDA gets granular with draft medical device premarket approval update

FDA gets granular with draft medical device premarket approval update

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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration issued select updates to premarket cybersecurity guidance including who is required to comply, the types of devices that fall under certain agency requirements and recommendations on how to document related compliance in premarket submissions. WHY IT MATTERS FDA said in theFederal Register Wednesday that the proposed update to its final

A Gartner expert points to AI and hospital-at-home as the biggest emerging technologies at HIMSS24

A Gartner expert points to AI and hospital-at-home as the biggest emerging technologies at HIMSS24

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It’s been a long week at HIMSS24, filled with educational sessions and an exhibit hall packed with the latest and greatest in healthcare information technology. Needless to say, artificial intelligence has dominated conversations. Veronica Walk is senior director analyst, healthcare and life sciences, at consulting firm Gartner, where she specializes in emerging clinical technologies. On

Gleneagles Hospital zeroes in on radiology AI and more briefs

Gleneagles Hospital zeroes in on radiology AI and more briefs

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Gleneagles Hospital, part of the international private hospital group IHH Healthcare, has partnered with medical AI providers to bolster its diagnostics capability in Singapore and Hong Kong.  On one hand, the radiology department at Gleneagles Hong Kong will be adopting Australian company Annalise.ai’s AI solution for analysing chest X-rays and CT brain scans Gleneagles Singapore, on the

New Zealand targets National Health Data Platform deployment by June and more briefs

New Zealand targets National Health Data Platform deployment by June and more briefs

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NZ National Data Platform expected in June The third stage of Te Whatu Ora’s National Data Platform (NDP) project, which involves its build and deployment, is expected to be completed by June 2024. This stage will also involve the migration of priority data sets (seven of which are already in development), planning for complex data

HIMSS24 vendor news roundup: From AI to imaging to RTLS

HIMSS24 vendor news roundup: From AI to imaging to RTLS

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The HIMSS24 exhibit hall has been loaded this week with vendors from across the healthcare information technology spectrum. Many have made announcements on new systems, upgrades and partnerships to advance their technology offerings. Following is a selection of these announcements from a diverse group of health IT vendors. Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Konica Minolta Healthcare

OCR launches HIPAA investigation into Change Healthcare breach

OCR launches HIPAA investigation into Change Healthcare breach

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The Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is opening an investigation into the cyberattack that targeted UnitedHealthcare Group’s Change Healthcare subsidiary and has sent ripples of disruption across the healthcare ecosystem for the past month. “The cyberattack is disrupting health care and billing information operations

How to enable digital health transformation projects at a lower cost and higher quality

How to enable digital health transformation projects at a lower cost and higher quality

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Rhapsody, vendor of a digital health enablement platform, recently earned quite an achievement – its 15th consecutive Best in KLAS Integration Engine award. The company, in Booth 1933 at HIMSS24, works with more than 1,700 provider groups, health systems, digital health companies and public health agencies across 22 countries. Healthcare IT News talked with Rhapsody CEO

Samsung focuses on intuitive mobile tech and wearables at HIMSS24

Samsung focuses on intuitive mobile tech and wearables at HIMSS24

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Digital innovation has led to improved patient care within and beyond hospitals. But there remains frustration among providers and patients feeling overloaded with too many technologies that do not effectively flow from one aspect of care to the next. Cherry Drulis, RN, is director of healthcare mobile B2B at Samsung Electronics America. She’s been at Samsung’s

HOPPR demonstrating AI-powered multimodal foundation model for medical imaging

HOPPR demonstrating AI-powered multimodal foundation model for medical imaging

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HOPPR is a technology company developing a multimodal foundation model for medical imaging. The company is backed by Health2047, the Silicon Valley venture studio powered by the American Medical Association. Today at HIMSS24, HOPPR will be demonstrating this artificial intelligence-fueled model – which can provide diagnostic, clinical and operational insights from medical imaging data –

CDC and ONC work together to strengthen public health data infrastructure

CDC and ONC work together to strengthen public health data infrastructure

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ORLANDO – Since its inception, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has “defied physics to a certain degree,” moving both “fast and slow at the same time,” said Steve Posnack, deputy national coordinator for health IT, as he opened a thought leadership session Tuesday at HIMSS24 that featured Dr. Mandy Cohen, director