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Overcoming Health AI Roadblocks

HIMSS - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
HIMSS/ Videos

The roadblocks to health AI are clear: prioritization, trust, and collaboration. HIMSS members Shreya Shah, Betty Jo Rocchio, and Brian Anderson share how addressing these challenges requires collective effort and leadership.Be part of the…

Battling Ransomware: How Healthcare Organizations Can Strengthen Cybersecurity to Protect Patient Data – MedCity News

MedCity News - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
Frequent Updates/ MedCity News

Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations continue to soar. According to IT Governance USA, the healthcare sector reported 280 cyber incidents as of June 2024. At the halfway point of 2024, that figure represented 24% of…

Synnovis cyber attack caused two cases of severe patient harm

Digital Health - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
Digital Health/ Frequent Updates

At least two patients have suffered long-term or permanent damage to their health as a result of the cyber attack on NHS pathology provider Synnovis, latest figures have revealed. 
The ransomware attack on 4 June…

Vin Diwakar to keynote on Digital Transformation Stage at Rewired

Digital Health - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
Daily Reads/ Digital Health

Dr Vin Diwakar, national director of transformation at NHS England, will open day two of Digital Health Rewired 2025 with a keynote address on the nation’s priorities and funding. He will speak on the Digital…

EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 1/23/25 – HIStalk

HIStalk - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
Daily Reads/ HIStalk

I had a bittersweet moment today. I watched one of my favorite pieces of healthcare software fade into the sunset. The health system where I spent the majority of my career finally retired the…

UHNM Heart and Lung Centre to help develop national AI training

Digital Health - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
AI/ Digital Health/ Frequent Updates

Claire Peacock, clinical exercise physiologist at UHNM (second left), with members of UHNM’s Heart Support Group (Credit: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust)

The Heart and Lung Centre at University Hospitals of North…

Healthcare Data Breach Costs Solara $3M Settlement

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
Daily Reads/ DistilINFO Hospital IT

The Security Incident
A phishing attack between April-June 2019 compromised eight employee email accounts at Solara Medical Supplies, exposing sensitive data of 114,000+ individuals.
Impact and Information Exposed

Names
Social Security numbers
Bank details
Patient login credentials
Medical diagnoses
Contact information

Investigation Findings
HHS…

Digital Health Tech Adoption Among Older Americans

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
Daily Reads/ DistilINFO Hospital IT

Key Demographics Impact Digital Health Usage
Recent research reveals 95.6% of older Americans use digital devices, with 81.4% specifically utilizing digital health technologies. Female respondents show higher adoption rates at 53.4% compared to males at…

Smart Data Challenge Launches £600k Innovation Prize

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
Daily Reads/ DistilINFO Hospital IT

Overview
The UK government’s £600,000 Smart Data Challenge aims to revolutionize cross-sector data innovation, focusing on financial services, energy, retail, transport, and property markets.
Prize Structure & Timeline

Initial funding: Up to £50,000 for 10 finalists (May…

Preserving information while respecting privacy through an information theoretic framework for synthetic health data generation

npj Digital Medicine - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
AI/ Frequent Updates/ npj Digital Medicine

Generating synthetic data from medical records is a complex task intensified by patient privacy concerns. In recent years, multiple approaches have been reported for the generation of synthetic data, however, limited attention was given…


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