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 A new risk atop ECRI’s annual health tech hazards list: AI
Healthcare IT news - (Friday December 6, 2024) For nearly 20 years, the worldwide healthcare safety organization ECRI has published its list of Top 10 Health Technology Hazards. This year’s edition is topped by a fast-changing technology with huge promise for healthcare,…  Transforming Patient Care: The Role of AI-Powered Assistants – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Friday December 6, 2024) The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes. However, one of the most notable benefits the medical… |
 Community pharmacy chain gains access to GM Care Record
Digital Health - (Friday December 6, 2024) Community pharmacy chain Well Pharmacy has signed up for access to the Greater Manchester (GM) Care Record to allow its pharmacists to provide safer and more effective services for patients across the region.  KLAS Report: The High Cost of Clinician Turnover in 2024
HIT Consultant - (Friday December 6, 2024) What You Should Know: – The healthcare industry is facing a growing crisis of clinician turnover, with burnout and EHR frustration driving many professionals to leave their organizations or even the healthcare field entirely. – A… |
 Accurx calls for modern GP access to be spread to all practices
Digital Health - (Friday December 6, 2024) Health tech firm Accurx has published a report calling for NHS England’s modern GP access model to be spread to all practices, to help primary care manage record-level demand with the current GP workforce.  Deep learning biomarker of chronometric and biological ischemic stroke lesion age from unenhanced CT
npj Digital Medicine - (Friday December 6, 2024) Estimating progression of acute ischemic brain lesions – or biological lesion age – holds huge practical importance for hyperacute stroke management. The current best method for determining lesion age from non-contrast computerised tomography (NCCT),… |
 Medical Home Network & Instacart Partner to Address Food Insecurity
HIT Consultant - (Friday December 6, 2024) What You Should Know: – Medical Home Network (MHN), an organization supporting value-based care in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) forms a collaboration with Instacart, the North American grocery technology leader, to integrate Instacart’s SNAP…  Indonesia reports first robotic cardiac surgery and more briefs
Healthcare IT news - (Friday December 6, 2024) Jakarta heart hospital first to perform robotic cardiac surgery in IndonesiaHarapan Kita National Cardiac Hospital in Jakarta has conducted what could be the first cardiac surgery using robotic technology in Indonesia. |
 In the Push to Close Nurse Staffing Gaps, the Math Points to Diversifying Support
HIT Consultant - (Friday December 6, 2024) Curtis Anderson, CEO and founder of Nursa Gaps in the nursing workforce remain elevated, with an 18.4% hospital turnover rate for registered nurses and an RN vacancy rate of 9.9%, a recent report shows. In…  MHRA selects five AI-powered medical devices for regulatory pilot
Digital Health - (Friday December 6, 2024) The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has selected five technologies for its AI Airlock, a pilot scheme launched to better understand how we can regulate AI powered medical devices. |
