The past year saw India work towards establishing the foundations of its digital health ecosystem through the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. This has provided a springboard for health institutions, research organisations, and even small practices and individual consumers to catch up with the rest of the world in testing new technologies. Health IT developers have
Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize the way healthcare is delivered. And many healthcare professionals are exploring exactly what AI can do and deploying systems to help health systems manage care and patients manage their health. Dr. Renee Dua is founder of Heal, which provides physician house calls in New York City, and founder
A government-funded initiative to seamlessly connect hospitals, government, insurers, and medical device manufacturers in the whole care process based on digital therapeutics and big data has commenced at Yonsei University Health System. Yonsei’s Severance Hospital recently started prescribing the insomnia DTx Somzz through the integrated platform called Connect-DTx. HOW IT WORKS Connect-DTx can collect health data
On Thursday, St Vincent’s Health Australia disclosed findings from a forensic investigation following a breach in its IT system on 19 December. The not-for-profit health and aged care provider said, citing a report from CyberCX, that hackers were not able to pilfer sensitive personal information from their network. “In particular, there is no evidence that
Amazon Web Services said it hopes to further address health equity and improve healthcare access with $20 million in additional funding for its ongoing global health equity program focused on underserved communities. AWS said it has now distributed more than $30 million to organizations that have leveraged cloud technology to provide care to historically underserved populations
Singapore is one of the major adopters of AI in healthcare in the world, particularly in areas such as disease detection and improving patient outcomes. What drives this significant feat is an effective collaboration among healthcare stakeholders, especially between providers and the Ministry of Health, whose vision of an interconnected health system predicated by digital
Voluntary cybersecurity performance goals can help healthcare organizations establish layered protection and are adaptable, according to U.S. Health and Human Services. The agency’s next steps include architecting investments and incentives for healthcare organizations to implement the goals and enforcement standards. WHY IT MATTERS HHS published the CPGs to help healthcare organizations prioritize implementing high-impact cybersecurity practices. Comprised
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Oak Orchard Health, based in Brockport, New York, was growing. In July 2020, it acquired a private practice that consisted of three offices, which were using a different EHR (Medent) then Oak Orchard’s eClinicalWorks platform. To enable the quick transition after the acquisition, Oak Orchard kept the practice on Medent and
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General will begin enforcing information blocking penalties today, which include potential compliance violations for “acts and omissions” and penalties up to $1 million. Info blocking, info sharing and consumer education Healthcare IT vendors have been getting ready for two years to make patient electronic health information available
Artificial intelligence faces many challenges in the healthcare industry. This week’s guest will address three: AI’s data problem, AI and the right to health, and what executives and clinicians need to know about AI right now. This week’s guest is Ryan Sousa, vice president of data and analytics/AI at Pivot Point Consulting, a Vaco Company