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 Nearly Half of Healthcare Organizations Suffered a Third-Party Security Incident in Past Year
HIT Consultant - (Friday February 14, 2025) What You Should Know: – Imprivata, a digital identity company, today released a new global research report conducted in collaboration with the Ponemon Institute. The report, titled “The State of Third-Party Access in Cybersecurity,” reveals…  5 Key Trends Shaping the Future of Rehabilitative Care
HIT Consultant - (Friday February 14, 2025) Jessica Wulke, PT, Clinical Implementation Manager at Academy Medtech Ventures Physical therapy (PT) and rehabilitation care are areas of healthcare delivery prime for the adoption of technology solutions that can augment the reach of clinicians,… |
 IT breach risk ‘very real’ amid job cuts at Te Whatu Ora: union
Healthcare IT news - (Friday February 14, 2025) Te Whatu Ora is being taken to the Employment Relations Authority amid its plan to remove a number of positions across the organisation, including many data and digital jobs. New Zealand’s largest trade union Public Service…  Leveraging large language models for academic conference organization
npj Digital Medicine - (Friday February 14, 2025) We piloted using Large Language Models (LLMs) for organizing AMIA 2024 Informatics Summit. LLMs were prompt engineered to develop algorithms for reviewer assignments, group presentations into sessions, suggest session titles, and provide one-sentence summaries… |
 Improving musculoskeletal care with AI enhanced triage through data driven screening of referral letters
npj Digital Medicine - (Friday February 14, 2025) Musculoskeletal complaints account for 30% of GP consultations, with many referred to rheumatology clinics via letters. This study developed a Machine Learning (ML) pipeline to prioritize referrals by identifying rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia,…  News 2/14/25 – HIStalk
HIStalk - (Friday February 14, 2025) Top News Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, JD, LLM is sworn in as HHS secretary. |
 Proposed legislation paves the way for AI to prescribe drugs
MobiHealthNews - (Friday February 14, 2025) Proposed legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives will allow AI and machine learning technology to prescribe drugs approved by the FDA autonomously. The bill, H.R.238, introduced on Jan. 7, would require amending the…  Knownwell Opens 6 New Clinics in Chicago – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Friday February 14, 2025) The obesity rate has stopped increasing in the U.S., due in part to the growing use of GLP-1s — with one in eight Americans having taken one last year. While it’s certainly good news… |
 Updating Backup and Storage Systems to Prepare for Healthcare’s Future
HealthTech Magazine - (Friday February 14, 2025) St. Joseph’s Health Finds Space to Grow with Modernized StorageIn northern New Jersey, St. Joseph’s Health forecasted its impending needs and replaced its aging storage infrastructure five years ago with a Pure Storage solution…  EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 2/13/25 – HIStalk
HIStalk - (Friday February 14, 2025) California legislators are getting on the AI regulation train. A bill was introduced earlier this week that would prevent AI systems from calling themselves health professionals. Mia Bonta represents California’s 18th Assembly District, which… |
