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Proceeding with Caution: The Impact of (Generative) AI on Healthcare and Life Sciences

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Steven Lazer, Global Healthcare & Life Sciences CTO, Alex Long, Head of Life Sciences Sales Strategy, and Michael Giannopoulos, Healthcare Global CISO and CTO for the Americas at Dell Technologies. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for a long time.

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News In a blog post, ONC highlighted trends in patient access to electronic health information.

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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

For example, in the healthcare industry, we have to abide by HIPAA — a law that helps protect the privacy and security of people’s health information. We can’t serve our patients if we don’t ensure that protected health information (PHI) is kept private.

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So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Healthcare IT Today

Non-health insurers and life sciences companies also recognize the value of clinical data and are requiring greater levels of access to power their applications and processes. But the administrative costs for providers to share this information keep escalating. Therein lies the rub.

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2024 SPM Update from Board Chair Mary Hennings

Society for Participatory Medicine

While developing these CLEs, we secured sponsorships from multiple organizations, including NRC Health, Evidation, Massachusetts Blue Cross Blue Shield, Phreesia Life Sciences, ZS, BEME, Oregon Health and Science University, and the Boston Public Health Commission.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S.

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Healthcare: The Path of Least Resistance for Cybercriminals

Healthcare IT Today

This is mainly due to misuse, such as unintentionally compromising consumer credentials, Personal Identifiable Information (PII), and Personal Health Information (PHI). Internal actors are the second-leading cause of breaches in healthcare.