The health technology landscape is a rapidly evolving ecosystem where innovation and risk coexist. Developers and manufacturers must balance technological advancements with a rigorous approach to risk management. This entails navigating complex regulatory frameworks, ensuring supply chain security, and prioritizing cybersecurity. By adopting a holistic perspective and proactively mitigating potential risks, health technology companies can drive innovation while safeguarding patient safety and
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Mayo Clinic Launches Digital Pathology Platform
What You Should Know:
- Mayo Clinic launches Mayo Clinic Digital Pathology, a platform designed to leverage the power of its vast digital slide archive to transform pathology and accelerate medical advancements.
- The initiative, powered by a collaboration with NVIDIA and Aignostics, aims to unlock the potential of digital pathology and drive innovation in diagnostics and treatment.
Addressing the Challenges of Analog Pathology
Traditional pathology practices often rely on
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Hyperautomation in Healthcare: Transforming IT with Benefits and Risks
Healthcare is navigating an era of unprecedented technological evolution while contending with rising cybersecurity threats and increasing demands on IT systems. Amid these challenges, hyperautomation emerges as a transformative strategy capable to revolutionize operations, enhance security, and drivie efficiency. However, achieving its full potential requires thoughtful implementation and a proactive risk management.
This article explores hyperautomation’s transformative
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Baylor Genetics Integrates with Epic’s Aura to Streamline Genetic Testing
What You Should Know:
- Baylor Genetics, a clinical diagnostic laboratory specializing in genetic testing, announced its integration with Aura, the specialty diagnostics suite from Epic EHR.
- The integration will enable healthcare organizations using Epic to seamlessly order Baylor Genetics' tests and access results directly within the EHR, facilitating faster and more informed treatment decisions.
Enhancing the Provider Experience
This integration streamlines the
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The Role of Multimodal Security in Protecting Critical Healthcare Data
Healthcare organizations face an increasingly sophisticated array of threats, including AI-generated attacks like deepfakes. These attacks target critical healthcare data, putting patient safety and institutional integrity at risk. Traditional identity security measures, such as the use of password authentication, while foundational, are no longer sufficient to address these challenges. As biometrics become more pivotal in digital interactions across industries, concerns about accuracy,
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Veradigm Enhances EHR Database with SDoH and Mortality Data
What You Should Know:
- Veradigm (OTCMKTS: MDRX), a leading provider of healthcare data and technology solutions, announced a significant expansion of its Veradigm Network EHR (VNEHR) Data with the integration of social determinants of health (SDoH) and mortality data.
- The enhancement provides researchers with a more comprehensive view of patient health, enabling deeper insights and driving innovation in life science research, public health, and academic studies.
VNEHR
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Orsini, PicnicHealth Partner to Improve Rare Disease Patient Care
What You Should Know:
- Orsini, a leader in rare disease pharmacy solutions, announced today a new partnership with PicnicHealth, a health technology company dedicated to simplifying observational research.
- This collaboration enables rapid development of drug-specific registries that combine real world drug data, curated electronic medical records (EMR) and patient-reported perspectives. The result is more comprehensive real-world data on approved therapies, providing deeper insights
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HHS Unveils AI Strategic Plan for Healthcare, Human Services and Public Health
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today has released its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategic Plan, outlining a comprehensive vision for how AI can transform healthcare, human services, and public health.
- The HHS AI Strategic Plan serves as a call to action for the healthcare industry, encouraging stakeholders to embrace AI's potential while prioritizing ethical considerations and equitable access.
HHS AI Strategic Plan
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MultiCare VC Arm Invests in AI-Powered Chart Review Platform Layer Health
What You Should Know:
- MultiCare Capital Partners, the venture arm of large health system MultiCare, today is announcing a strategic investment in Layer Health, a healthcare AI company specializing in automating chart review.
- The investment will accelerate Layer Health's growth and expand the reach of its innovative platform across the healthcare industry. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.
AI-Powered Chart Review
Chart review, a critical task
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Atropos Health Collaborates with Merck to Accelerate Real-World Evidence Generation
What You Should Know:
- Atropos Health, a pioneer in real-world evidence (RWE) generation, announced a collaboration with Merck to leverage its innovative platform for rapid insights and analytics from real-world data (RWD).
- The strategic partnership will enable Merck's data science and RWE teams to conduct advanced analyses and generate publication-grade studies in less than 48 hours.
- The collaboration follows Atropos Health's recent launch of ChatRWD™, a groundbreaking
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