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By Andrea Fox 03:40 pm February 28, 2024
Developed over eighteen months by the Cybersecurity Working Group and government partners, the plan is a five-year health industry roadmap for addressing frequent and sophisticated cyber incidents aimed at the sector.
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By Nathan Eddy 01:22 pm February 28, 2024
Public health, payment reform, enhanced delivery models and, yes, generative AI are just some of the topics to explore in these high-level sessions at HIMSS24.
Yusuf Tamer of the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation on AI
By Bill Siwicki 12:38 pm February 28, 2024
Yusuf Tamer, principal data and applied scientist at the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation, offers a sneak preview of his HIMSS24 session, which offers a detailed look at one of artificial intelligence's most promising use cases.
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By Mike Miliard 09:59 pm February 27, 2024
Billed as the first major overhaul in a decade for the National Institute of Standards and Technology's foundational risk management approach, CSF 2.0 has new resources to help organizations better position themselves to mitigate cyber threats.
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By 07:18 pm February 27, 2024
A new eBook describes the way South Korea’s hospitals are using CDSS to reduce medication errors while highlighting the advances that stakeholders would like to see as CDSS becomes more integrated with hospital systems.
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By Adam Ang 06:17 pm February 27, 2024
It emphasises strong digital health literacy among consumers and carers as well as having secure connected digital solutions.
By Bill Siwicki 11:19 am February 27, 2024
Dr. Melek Somai describes the Wisconsin health system's efforts to expand its integration of artificial intelligence into workflows and care processes – from streamlining patient scheduling to providing personalized preventive care recommendations.
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By Andrea Fox 10:28 am February 27, 2024
The watchdog agency has reached an agreement with a behavioral health practice for potential HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule violations leading up to and at the time of the 2019 breach.
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By Andrea Fox 09:55 am February 27, 2024
"More organizations will be compromised," said the info sharing group as it urged updates to ScreenConnect software. The AHA said health systems should assess the effects of staying disconnected from nonimpacted Optum and United Health network services.
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By 09:46 am February 27, 2024
Digital transformation in healthcare requires more than the latest medical technology; to mitigate risks — and reduce clinical burnout — hospitals also need connectivity and interoperability.