ADHA seeks MHR interoperability enabler The Australian Digital Health Agency went to market recently to seek a provider of a FHIR server solution as part of efforts to modernise My Health Record (MHR).  “The aim is to build the internal technical platform capabilities and infrastructure integrations to enable FHIR interoperability capability for the MHR,” it

Siloam collaborates on AI  Siloam Hospitals in Indonesia will be adopting a range of AI solutions from Philips as part of a new partnership. The companies recently signed a memorandum of understanding, which among other things aims to deploy AI technologies across Siloam, particularly in radiology, pathology, interventional cardiology and clinical operations. Through this collaboration

Whakarongorau Aotearoa (New Zealand Telehealth Services) is transferring to a new cloud host by the end of the year. It was announced that the government service will be an anchor tenant of IT giant Microsoft’s upcoming hyper-scale cloud in New Zealand.  Whakarongorau has been delivering free, government-funded, and round-the-clock national telehealth services across seven digital

A new online database from the Digital Medicine Society enables health systems, providers, patients and the general public to learn about which digital health products meet baseline privacy, security and equity standards, and make more informed decisions about which ones they use. Digital health developers can apply for the new Digital Medicine Society Seal online

The Coalition for Health AI this past Friday unveiled news plans for how it would certify independent artificial intelligence assurance labs. The draft frameworks come as the group – comprising health system heavy-hitters such as Mayo Clinic, Penn Medicine and Stanford, along with Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other Big Tech giants – set a timeline

Demonstrating benefits to patients and clinicians will greatly drive interoperability, health information exchange and medical record digitalisation in Asia-Pacific. Dr Mahesh Appannan, Ministry of Health Malaysia’s head of digital health, Seyoung Jung, assistant professor and CIO of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in South Korea, and Gareth Sherlock, chief executive of Turimetta Consulting and former CIO at Cleveland Clinic London and

One of the biggest daily challenges faced by healthcare providers is obtaining accurate diagnostic answers in a timely manner. Clinicians spend years training in physical diagnosis, mastering techniques such as listening to hearts and lungs with a stethoscope, palpating the abdomen, and examining painful joints. THE PROBLEM But even in the most expert hands, these

Making health data more accessible to patients – not to mention doctors and health plans – is a priority for all hospitals and health systems today, as the final Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Interoperability Rule mandates patient access. But patients across the country know getting access to their health information is often challenging.

While clinician burnout is well known, “patient burnout” within the chronic disease population is an equally critical but silent issue. Managing chronic conditions, especially diabetes, is complex and overwhelming. Nonadherence affects 12% of the U.S. population with Type 2 diabetes; 42% of patients with chronic conditions manage at least two or more. Dr. Tejaswi Kompala

Atrium Health announced on its website Friday that it is sending notifications to certain patients and staff who may have been affected by a malicious email sent to some of the health system’s employees on April 29.  The Charlotte, North Carolina-based health system noted that its electronic medical records are separate from its email system and