San Francisco-based Commure, which develops a suite of software programs designed to help healthcare organizations boost efficiencies, announced recently that it will acquire Augmedix, which makes ambient AI-enabled tools for clinical workflow and documentation.The…
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is unveiling a new department-wide restructuring that it says will “streamline and bolster” strategy and policymaking for information technology, cybersecurity, data and artificial intelligence.The aim is…
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GE HealthCare this past week said it will acquire the clinical artificial intelligence business of Intelligent Ultrasound Group. The price for the software buy is about $51 million, the companies said.WHY IT MATTERSIntelligent Ultrasound…
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We propose a method to estimate the household secondary attack rate (hSAR) of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom based on activity on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Conventional methods of…
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Everyone in healthcare is talking about artificial intelligence, and most health organizations are doing something with it, even in pilots or small-scale use cases. But some hospitals and health systems are truly leading the…
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on Wednesday published its long-awaited Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability proposed rule for public comment.WHY IT…
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The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange this past week offered its comments today in response to the publication of a proposed rule from the Department of Homeland Security regarding cybersecurity reporting requirements.WHY IT MATTERSThe…
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Cleveland Clinic is working with Masimo on a new partnership focused on hospital-based remote patient monitoring and virtual critical care.WHY IT MATTERSThe work will include the integration of Cleveland Clinic’s critical care and non-critical…
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The ACR Recognized Center for Healthcare-AI, launched this past week by the American College of Radiology, is touted as a first-of-its kind quality assurance program for radiology facilities seeking to make use of artificial…
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When the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this past week issued its final rule codifying the financial disincentives to be levied by its Office for Civil Rights against provider organizations found to…
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