Despite decades of investment in privacy programs, unauthorized access to patient records remains a persistent and costly challenge for healthcare organizations.
Patient privacy breaches cost an average of $9.8 million per incident and include snooping on friends, coworkers and family members and looking into the charts of celebrities.
Clearly, the stakes are high, yet current efforts to discourage, detect, and address violations still leave room for improvement.
Here are 10 ways
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The Hidden Threat: Why Client-Side Security is the Next Frontier for Healthcare
For healthcare organizations, addressing cybersecurity risks is paramount. In 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported a record-breaking 677 major healthcare data breaches, affecting over 182 million individuals. Hacking incidents dominated these breaches, with many emphasizing the critical need to secure client-side environments where attackers exploit end-user devices and web interfaces. Despite the growing sophistication of healthcare cybersecurity measures, client-side
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Survey: 50% Open to AI-Enabled Triage for Faster Mental Health Treatment
What You Should Know:
- The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in mental health is a rapidly growing field, but a new national survey from Iris Telehealth reveals that consumer trust hinges on one critical factor: human oversight.
- The 2025 AI & Mental Health Emergencies Survey suggest that while respondents recognize AI's potential to expedite the detection of behavioral health crises, they overwhelmingly oppose any model in which AI makes final care decisions without
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SonderMind Launches AI Notes to Cut Clinician Documentation Time by 80%
What You Should Know:
- SonderMind, a leader in mental healthcare, has commercially launched AI Notes, a new tool designed to significantly reduce the administrative burden on clinicians.
- The tool, which has already been used to generate over 100,000 notes for insurance claim submission, is saving providers up to 90 minutes per day. This allows therapists and psychiatry providers to dedicate more time to their patients and less to administrative tasks.
Reducing Burnout and
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Qventus Launches AI Solution Factory to Co-Develop AI Assistants for Hospitals
What You Should Know:
- Qventus, a provider of AI-powered solutions for hospitals, has announced the AI Solution Factory at its inaugural client conference, QLive.
- The new initiative allows health system partners to co-develop custom AI Operational Assistants designed to solve pressing hospital challenges and deliver a sustained return on investment (ROI).
Optimizing Operational Efficiency
Hospitals today are facing immense financial pressure due to thinning margins,
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Evidently Launches EHR-Embedded AI Chat Interface for Clinicians
What You Should Know:
- Evidently, a clinical data intelligence platform, has launched Ask Evidently, an AI chat interface that embeds directly into any electronic health record (EHR).
- The new tool is designed to provide clinicians with a comprehensive understanding of the patient record through a verifiable and intuitive user experience. It's the first product of its kind to be deployed at scale in collaboration with clinicians and AI Governance Committees at major health
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Elevating Patient Trust: Why Automated Reputation Management Is Essential for Healthcare Organizations
In today’s digital-first healthcare landscape, trust is often built long before a patient walks through a clinic’s doors. For many, the decision to choose a provider hinges on a simple Google search. In fact, more than 70% of recruiters check candidates’ online reputations before hiring. Rely on online reviews as a primary decision-making tool when selecting healthcare providers. In this environment, an organization’s digital reputation has become a critical part of the patient experience and a
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MEDITECH Adds New Workflow Enhancements to Interoperability Network
What You Should Know:
- MEDITECH has announced new workflow advancements to its Traverse Exchange interoperability solution, which are already live at 112 health systems.
- These enhancements feature a consolidated patient summary that improves clinician efficiency by providing a streamlined view of patient data from multiple sources within the native EHR workflow. The system intelligently filters out redundant information, organizing key data in a searchable format to enable
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Sutter Health to Deploy Hyro’s AI Agents, Optimizing Patient Experience
What You Should Know:
- Sutter Health, a large integrated health systems in California, is teaming up with Hyro to roll out responsible AI agents across its system, transforming how more than 3.5 million Californians interact with their care.
- The partnership aims to redefine the modern patient experience by incorporating Hyro's suite of AI skills to manage calls and messages related to a variety of patient services. These services include appointment management, scheduling,
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University Hospitals Launches Whole-Hospital Virtual Nursing Program
What You Should Know:
- University Hospitals (UH) has launched its Connected Care Team initiative at UH Lake West, making it one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to implement a whole-hospital virtual nursing program.
- The initiative uses Vitalchat’s AI-driven audio and video platform to extend the reach of nurses through secure, high-definition communication. This expansion follows a successful initial phase that demonstrated significant benefits for patients, caregivers,
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