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AI misdiagnoses raise new liability questions for health systems

A Florida lawsuit alleging artificial intelligence contributed to a patient's delayed cancer diagnosis is forcing renewed scrutiny of liability as AI is integrated into...

National University Hospital adds smartwatches to inpatient checks

The National University Hospital (NUH) in Singapore is deploying smartwatches to continuously monitor inpatients' vital signs after a month-long pilot that showed the devices...

Ambient AI helps rural hospitals do more with less

Healthcare IT News reports that rural hospitals are adopting ambient AI to capture clinician-patient conversations, auto-generate clinical notes and streamline administrative tasks. Vendors and...
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Health systems should prepare now for increasing enforcement around AI use

Regulatory enforcement around healthcare AI is nascent but will intensify, warns Jeff Wurzburg, healthcare partner at Norton Rose Fulbright. He predicts that oversight will...

South Korea to fund medical AI device rollout and more briefs

South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare said it will fund the commercialisation of AI-based medical devices by backing post-approval market entry activities, including...

Using TEFCA to improve rural costs and care

Federal Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) promises to lower costs and streamline care delivery in rural health systems by enabling standardized, nationwide...

Autonomous coding tech boosts revenue 5.1% at Mercyhealth

Mercyhealth, a 200-location health system in Wisconsin and Illinois, reported a 5.1% revenue increase after deploying autonomous coding technology to handle chart volume and...

DHA offers $300M for health IT deployment support

The Defense Health Agency is soliciting offers for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $300 million to support global deployments of its Defense Healthcare...

HIMSS attendance makes for conversation, collaboration, commitment

Attendance at HIMSS brought health IT leaders, clinicians and vendors together to reinforce conversation, collaboration and commitment around digital transformation — especially AI. Participants...

HIMSSCast: The AI guiding principles of Elevance Health

Elevance Health outlines practical AI guiding principles on a HIMSSCast episode, emphasizing safety, transparency, fairness, and clinical validation. The insurer-provider stresses governance, data quality,...

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