Racial disparities in hospice care are well documented for patients with cancer, but the existence, direction, and extent of disparity findings are contradictory across the literature. Current methods to identify racial disparities aggregate data…
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Oracle has announced new generative AI services for healthcare organisations in the form of a new Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant, enabling providers to leverage the power of generative AI together with voice commands to…
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Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to play a “transformational” role in the evolution of healthcare, helping patients to take responsibility for their own health care and reducing demands on…
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There should be much greater focus on the ‘benefits realisation’ of digital projects in the NHS. But take care to avoid adding to clinicians’ risk of burnout, says associate chief clinical information officer Ben…
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Foxo, a leading provider of secure clinical communication and collaboration, has launched a patient-facing module designed to enhance the patient journey through secure patient engagement.The module empowers patients to interact with healthcare providers, request…
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital released a statement and sent a letter to affected patients on Aug. 4 alerting them that specific research data posted on Tableau’s website in 2018 and in 2023 inadvertently included a publicly accessible…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to NHS Lanarkshire, following the unauthorised use of WhatsApp by staff to share patients’ personal data over a two-year period.Between April 2020 and April 2022,…
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Breaking out of professional silos and establishing connections across organisational boundaries will be crucial to the future of digital transformation, newly appointed National Chief Clinical Information Officer Melanie Iles and National Chief Nursing Information…
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Forget the big bang approach to EPR implementation – the financial constraints on NHS trusts make it risky to rely on the two big suppliers. By Rachael FoxAt Rewired, earlier this year, I was…
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