Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this in response to a query during his weekly briefing as he fielded questions on India-Canada ties, a day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testified before a Commission of Inquiry. India on Thursday said it had shared with the Canadian government security-related information regarding members … Read more
“While there is some skepticism among nurses, I believe that when applied in the right settings, artificial intelligence is far from a threat,” says Hadassah Backman, CEO of Guardoc, a clinical data integrity company. In particular, she says she’s most hopeful about AI’s power to act as a force multiplier, alleviating digital workloads so nurses … Read more
Washington: An Indian RAW official was involved in a plot to kill a separatist Sikh American national last summer in and around the state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, federal prosecutors alleged on Thursday in a damaging indictment filed in a US court in New York. The official identified as Vikas Yadav, 39, was … Read more
One of the more promising healthcare AI advancements is the development of remote patient monitoring tools such as symptom checkers, symptom assessments and digital self-triage. These tools not only help redefine and enhance patient experiences, they potentially can streamline patient flow, reduce healthcare disparities, and improve health outcomes through more personalized and precise care recommendations. … Read more
Jaishankar travelled to Islamabad on Tuesday for a nearly 24-hour trip to attend the conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), becoming the first Indian foreign minister to visit Pakistan in the last nine years amid continuing strain in ties. India and Pakistan should “bury” the past and look ahead to live like good … Read more
Data collected on providers’ unauthenticated websites and shared with third parties is still a liability from regulatory agencies and a potential cause for class action litigation, says Iliana Peters, an attorney and shareholder at the legal firm Polsinelli. Wide scope of third-party data The battle over hospital online data tracking has been going on for the … Read more
As South Carolina’s largest private, nonprofit health system, Prisma Health grappled with several pressing challenges common to the modern healthcare industry: resource constraints, financial pressures and widespread provider burnout. THE PROBLEM These problems were exacerbated by the scale of the organization – a network of 18 hospitals serving more than 1.5 million patients annually with … Read more
In its third year, healthcare cybersecurity research conducted by Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint aimed to determine whether the healthcare industry saw progress in maintaining care delivery in the face of four types of pervasive cyberattacks – cloud compromise, supply chain, ransomware and business-email compromise. While respondents found that attacks had a direct negative impact on … Read more
Dr. Eve Cunningham is group vice president and chief of virtual care and digital health at health system Providence and founder of MedPearl. And Providence is getting ready to spin off MedPearl. MedPearl is a platform designed to support clinicians at the point of care by providing them with next-best actions and curated patient data. … Read more
The Carequality interoperability framework released the results of an independent resolution in the dispute between Epic and Particle Health on Tuesday, but both parties appear further entrenched in their stated opposition. “The Carequality Steering Committee resolution confirms that Particle Health customers inappropriately accessed people’s medical records by falsely claiming to be treating them as patients,” an Epic … Read more