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Consumers believe ultra-processed foods are damaging to their health and the environment

Consumers believe ultra-processed foods are damaging to their health and the environment

  • Food

A new study titled, ‘Consumer perceptions unwrapped: ultra-processed foods’, has found that consumers believe ultra-processed foods (UPF) are damaging to both their health and the environment. The study was conducted in response to the fact that although ultra-processed foods make up a large part of consumer diets across Europe, there is still widespread confusion and

How generative AI can help address the critical nursing shortage

How generative AI can help address the critical nursing shortage

  • Health

As the nursing shortage continues to stretch hospitals and health systems thin, some IT leaders have begun working with generative AI to see whether it can help reduce administrative burden on nurses, free them up to spend more time with patients and help ease the nursing shortage. Jill M. Lashay is a healthcare attorney at

Most vendors now using APIs to expand EHR functionality, says ONC

Most vendors now using APIs to expand EHR functionality, says ONC

  • Health

The University of California San Francisco, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the California Health Care Foundation and ScaleHealth developed a survey to learn about application programming interface integrations, barriers faced during API integration and API-relevant policy efforts. WHY IT MATTERS ONC indicated in a HealthIT Buzz blog on Thursday that the study published in JAMIA last month

Te Toka Tumai Auckland rolling out FHIR-ed-up PAS and more briefs

Te Toka Tumai Auckland rolling out FHIR-ed-up PAS and more briefs

  • Health

Te Toka Tumai Auckland launching FHIR-driven PAS Te Toka Tumai Auckland, formerly Auckland District Health Board, will be launching a new patient administration system that runs on the new FHIR-based National Health Index API. InterSystems, who is delivering the PAS, is reportedly an early user of the NHI API being developed through Te Whatu Ora’s Hira programme. 

AIIMS Delhi unveils new oncology AI for early cancer detection more AI briefs from India

AIIMS Delhi unveils new oncology AI for early cancer detection more AI briefs from India

  • Health

The All India Institute Of Medical Science in New Delhi recently unveiled its new AI solution that assists with the early detection of cancer.  Developed with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the AI system runs on deep learning models capable of analysing complex medical data with “unprecedented

New York redistricting commission approves new congressional map

New York redistricting commission approves new congressional map

  • Politics

New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission on Thursday approved a new congressional map, modifying three competitive districts but leaving the rest of the state’s boundaries unchanged.The plan is likely to complicate the re-election prospects of freshman Republican Rep. Brandon Williams, whose Syracuse-centric district has taken on significantly bluer terrain.Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan and Republican Rep. Marc

Senate voted in favor of $95 billion international spending bill, there may be another around the corner

Senate voted in favor of $95 billion international spending bill, there may be another around the corner

  • Politics

Members of the House and Senate usually like to gab.But word of a cryptic, major national security threat against the U.S. cast a pall on Congress this week.Loggorrheic lawmakers suddenly turned mute when they were sworn to secrecy considering the gravity of Russia potentially deploying a weapon in outer space.”I can’t discuss this. I’m sorry,”