Is emotional support part of AI's future in healthcare?
MIT’s Cynthia Breazeal is developing “social robots” that could help care for patient’s emotional wellbeing. Powered by WPeMatico
Proposed privacy bill mirrors GDPR, adds jail time for lying CEOs
Introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden, the Consumer Data Protection Act overhauls internet privacy protections and gives FTC the authority to create standards and penalize law-breakers. Powered by WPeMatico
Telemedicine reduces hospitalizations from 154 per six months to 85 at skilled nursing facility
Central Island Healthcare now is able to regularly treat common ailments among residents such as hypertension, fever, chest pain and COPD in place, rather than sending patients to an emergency room. Powered by WPeMatico
Top blockchain career opportunities in healthcare
There are a lot more blockchain jobs today than there were at this time last year and plenty of those are coming to healthcare, according to Glassdoor. Powered by WPeMatico
OCR Releases “Here to Serve You” Educational Video in Spanish
En Español The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has released an educational video in Spanish to raise awareness within the Hispanic community about the work of OCR and to highlight important conscience and religious freedom rights protected by our federal laws. “Because respect for the conscience and religious ...
La OCR publica video educativo en español titulado “Estamos aquí para servirle”
In English La Oficina de Derechos Civiles (OCR) del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos ha publicado un video educativo en español para informar la comunidad hispanohablante sobre el trabajo de la OCR y para destacar los derechos de conciencia y libertad religiosa protegidos por nuestra Constitución y leyes federales. “Respetar ...
Timeline of NYC Health + Hospitals' $1 billion Epic EHR rollout
The multi-year project involved the abrupt departure of a CMIO, at least one delay, and new IT leadership. Powered by WPeMatico
Portable telemedicine tech keeps kids in school, and quadruples visits
The Center for Rural Health Innovation switched from telehealth carts to portable tech and now treats 26 schools compared with six prior. The implementation offers lessons for rural hospitals and clinics. Powered by WPeMatico
NHS Scotland to strengthen cyber resilience with new Microsoft partnership
NHS Scotland has signed a new agreement with Microsoft to deploy Office 365 and migrate all systems to Windows 10 E5 during the next three years in an effort to boost cyber resilience and mitigate any potential threats. Powered by WPeMatico
AMIA to Trump: Stay the course on AI investment
The government should build on existing artificial intelligence R&D plans, instead of starting over from scratch, the health informatics group said. Powered by WPeMatico