Lack of AI governance poses threat to data security, new HIMSS research shows

Healthcare organizations are making progress in strengthening their security postures, but increased focus on governance and further investments in healthcare security workforces are still needed, according to the latest Healthcare Information Management Systems Society analysis.  For the 2024 Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey Report, HIMSS asked healthcare cybersecurity professionals with daily cybersecurity responsibilities about current cybersecurity practices … Read more

Sheba Medical Center is using its data in new ways – and getting big wins

As Israel’s first virtual hospital, Sheba Beyond has quickly established itself as a provider of medical services that offer human-centered healthcare in the comfort of the patient’s home. Beyond has embraced an innovative virtual care model and technologies that are improving standards of care. Beyond supports dozens of virtual clinics, staffed by more than 100 … Read more

Epic to go ‘beyond AI’ at HIMSS25

What will be showcased this year at Epic’s booth (#3832) at HIMSS25 in Las Vegas? If years past are any indication, there will be no shortage of creatively whimsical sculptures, cozy sofas and meeting nooks and a steady stream of foot traffic from curious conference-goers. There will also be lots of discussion about (you guessed … Read more

Governance Of ESG: From Silos To Shared Expertise

Businesses around the world are slowly recognising the long-term benefits of incorporating social factors into decision-making. Image: Shutterstock What the S! Environmental, social and governance are the three major aspects of the current responsible business landscape. For a long time, these discussions were dominated by environmental aspects of the topic. However, increasingly social aspects—like diversity, … Read more

From Pure-play Engineering We’re Now End-to-End: Roche India’s Raja Jamalamadaka

Raja Jamalamadaka, Managing Director, Roche Digital Centre Of Excellence, India Image: Madhu Kapparath The history of Roche’s GCC in India, which includes a digital centre of excellence, traces back to a startup, Raja Jamalamadaka, managing director, Roche Digital Centre of Excellence, India, tells Forbes India.  Roche had acquired a San Francisco startup which was doing … Read more

AI Can Turbocharge Digital Public Infrastructure And Unleash Benefits At Scale: Nandan Nilekani

Being global leaders in artificial intelligence (AI) is strategic to India, Nilekani said, in a recent conversation at a conference organised by the All India Management Association, in Delhi. Even as large language models (LLMs) are becoming commoditised, India should not take its eye off the real national objective, which is to find ways to … Read more

Made In India: Can Domestic AI Startups Challenge OpenAI And DeepSeek’s Dominance

The emergence of China’s DeepSeek, which is said to have been built at a small fraction of the cost compared to OpenAI’s GPT large language models (LLMs), has sparked excitement among India’s artificial intelligence (AI) scientists and engineers to build a home-grown LLM from scratch. India is entirely reliant on models such as OpenAI’s proprietary … Read more