News 12/6/24 – HIStalk
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Apple CEO Tim Cook repeats his previous assertion that health apps will define the company’s legacy.
Cook says in an excellent Wired interview that enabling AirPods as hearing aids for moderate hearing loss…
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Intermountain Health names new chief digital and information officer
After what it called an “extensive nationwide search,” Intermountain Health has chosen a familiar face to be its new chief digital and information officer.WHY IT MATTERSRyan Smith, who had held several senior IT leadership…
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Scores join in Congressional appeals to extend telehealth flexibilities
Once again, organizations across the healthcare industry are appealing to Congressional leaders to extend telehealth flexibilities beyond the December 31 deadline, imploring Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Senate…
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Accountability for all artificial intelligence used by a health system lies with the Chief AI Officer
Editor’s Note: This is the second in our series, Chief AI Officers in Healthcare. To read the first, an interview with Dennis Chornenky at UC Davis Health, click here.Some health systems across the country…
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NHS data leader Ming Tang to deliver keynote at Rewired 2025
Ming Tang, chief data and analytics officer for NHS England, will deliver a keynote speech on the use of healthcare data at Digital Health Rewired 2025.
The NHS 10-year plan is the government’s “once in…
Two more Liverpool hospitals impacted by Alder Hey cyber attack
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has announced that the cyber attack it suffered on 28 November 2024 has also impacted Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
Alder Hey was hit…
Synnovis staff to strike following ‘alarming impact’ of cyber attack
Laboratory staff working for the NHS pathology supplier hit by a cyber attack which disrupted services across south east London, have announced plans to strike for five days.
Trade union Unite said in a press…
Peer Support Platform Fello Secures $10.4M To Combat Loneliness Epidemic – MedCity News
Fello, a peer support platform, announced Tuesday that it has raised $10.4 million to date. The funding will help further build out its product that supports people struggling with loneliness.
The Chicago-based company offers an…
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Why One Investor Still Believes in Retail Health – MedCity News
Retail health has had a rough past couple years, but there are still reasons to believe in the convenient model that retail health offers, according to Annie Lamont, managing partner and co-founder of venture…
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Healthcare AI News 12/4/24 – HIStalk
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Non-profit healthcare safety group ECRI names AI as its top healthcare technology hazard for 2025. Organization President and CEO Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD said in the list’s announcement, “Balancing innovation in AI with privacy…
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