(MedPage Today) — In place of our usual “What We Heard This Week” feature, and as part of our year-end wrap-ups, we’ve selected some of the best quotes our reporters heard in 2024. “It’s not just some little fever or some little rash. It’s much… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — In early 2024, Mark Spencer, MD, co-authored an op-ed on the inadequate healthcare provided in jails and prisons nationwide, as well as the mistreatment of ill incarcerated individuals, even after they arrive in the hospital… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — In July 2024, Joseph Zucchi, PA-C, MPAS, wrote about how stigma and misconceptions were creating barriers to GLP-1 obesity medication uptake, on top of systemic barriers like high costs and inadequate insurance coverage. As part… Powered by WPeMatico
HHS, through OCR, issued a NPRM to modify the HIPAA Security Rule to strengthen cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI). Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — In the last year, Claire Panosian Dunavan, MD, wrote two op-eds for MedPage Today pertaining to dangerous foodborne disease outbreaks. As part of our review of the past year’s biggest events, Panosian Dunavan revisited this topic… Powered by WPeMatico
A health IT CEO offers his view of the next year in healthcare and technology, pointing to AI’s true transformative power operating quietly in the background and mounting pressure for providers to reassess their digital investments. Powered by WPeMatico
Because we’re still in the early days of artificial intelligence transforming the patient care environment, it’s imperative to watch its impacts closely, says Oriana Beaudet, VP of nursing innovation at the American Nurses Association. Powered by WPeMatico
“The usage of AI and automatic vulnerability scanning performed by the attackers allows them to find an exposed IoT device and conduct an attack on it much quicker than they used to be able to,” says one security researcher in a new report. Powered by WPeMatico
The success the health system has had with its real-time analytics monitoring platform, RAMP, is the focus of an artificial intelligence-themed session at HIMSS25 in March. Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — In November, the British Parliament advanced a bill that would be making assisted dying legal under certain circumstances. As part of our review of the past year’s biggest events, Joel Zivot, MD, MA, JM, analyzes this development… Powered by WPeMatico
