Healthcare technology experts have confidence that the industry will put the right guardrails up around LLMs as it continues to develop and deploy these AI tools, they said Sunday during a panel discussion at Engage at HLTH.
A group of healthcare researchers and health system leaders recently proposed a new framework to evaluate evidence for digital health products. The framework seeks to provide hospitals, payers and trade organizations with a clear set of steps they can use to determine whether or not a digital health product is evidence-based and therefore suitable for their company to adopt.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
A survey by the Service Employees International Union found that 89% of polled nurses and healthcare workers at HCA Healthcare feel staff shortages at their hospital are hurting patients. Union leaders urged hospital leaders to urgently address the shortage.
Misuse of surgical staplers led the ECRI Institute's Top 10 Technology Hazards report for 2020. Earlier this year, the FDA revealed 11,181 serious injuries related to stapler incidents had been reported in the last decade.
The Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety has unveiled a report that highlights a three-pronged approach for how organizations can make health IT safety a part of their overall safety initiatives.
This week, Consumer Reports called out "12 hospitals you might want to avoid," and named names.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Physicians, hospitals and healthcare systems often are contractually barred from reporting on software glitches and other shortfalls in their EHRs that could lead to harmful or fatal medical errors, according to a newly published investigation.
First, a disclosure. I am Canadian. Well, I’m actually a dual U.S. – Canadian citizen. I was born in Toronto to a U.S. parent and lived there until my family moved to California when I was 15. Among other things, that means that I have two passports and that my kids are also dual citizens. […]