Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Regulatory Considerations for Emerging Technologies in Healthcare IT. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to weigh in on their concerns about generative AI, IoT devices, and other rapidly evolving technologies. Advice included aiming to reduce the impact of bias, ensuring patient consent is obtained, and targeting solutions that address burnout and health equity. Read more…
Making Health Information More Accessible for Patients. John Lynn spoke to Aaron Patzer at Vital about the benefits of using generative AI to “translate” medical information into easy-to-understand English – and to provide patients with information in an easy-to-use interface. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: What to Expect at HIMSS24. With the HIMSS conference now part of Informa, John and Colin Hung discussed what might change at HIMSS24 and what should stay the same. They also debated what’s been causing a lack of M&A activity in healthcare IT recently. Read more…
Pharmacies Help Pave the Way Forward for Community Health. As self-testing is becoming the norm for diagnosing and managing communicable diseases, it’s critical to engage pharmacies as care partners, Paul Christie at Tachmed said. That’s because patients often have better access to pharmacists – and pharmacies have shown flexibility in adapting to community needs. Read more…
Mobile Devices Increase Healthcare’s Cybersecurity Concerns. Though effective and affordable for managing patient care, mobile devices are uniquely susceptible to ransomware and man-in-the-middle attacks, Kern Smith at Zimperium said. Organizations can protect themselves by maintaining visibility over mobile assets and their risk levels – and filling the most critical gaps right away. Read more…
The Case for a Hybrid Cloud/Colocation Strategy. There’s value to combining on-premises and colocated cloud computing, noted Dale Quayle at RF Code. By deploying the right resources in the right places, this combination allows healthcare organizations to achieve cost savings, maximize efficiency, and improve security. Read more…
Healthcare IT Is Changing Fast – and That Puts Pressure on Developers. Today’s clinical applications are built on large codebases and are struggling to adapt to changing market forces, according to Tim Bowe at Full Spectrum. Engineering strategies need to evolve to deliver scalable, secure, and stable software that can work in a dynamic cloud ecosystem. Read more…
Featured Health IT Job: Epic Application Analyst/Coordinator at Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, which operates in Oregon and Washington, posted to Healthcare IT Central.
Bonus Features for September 3, 2023: 60% of cybersecurity incidents impact patient care, plus the average medical device has six or more security vulnerabilities. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Virtual women’s health clinic Visana Health raised a $10.1 million seed round.
- AI-powered data security company Tausight raised $6 million in financing.
- Workflow automation vendor Orbita acquired the assets of Wellbe, which provides patient navigation for specialty care.
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