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ABDM, Tele-mental health care budgets cut Earlier this week, India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the official budget for 2024-25. For healthcare, the government has set aside Rs 90,958.63 crore (USD 10.8 billion), an…

MediSecure hack exposes data of 13 million Australians The medical records of approximately 12.9 million Australians were recently stolen in the MediSecure hack. This according to the beleaguered provider of electronic prescriptions, which…

Ultimately, improving the quality of care that health systems deliver and preventing harm requires a degree of self-reflection. Along with digital transformation, implementing an easy-to-use incident reporting system can help healthcare…

Stanford Health Care, based in Palo Alto, California, is often at the forefront of technological innovation. As a result, healthcare IT leaders at healthcare providers across the country can look to Stanford for lessons learned. That is the…

Stanford Health Care, based in Palo Alto, California, is often at the forefront of technological innovation. As a result, healthcare IT leaders at healthcare providers across the country can look to Stanford for lessons learned. That is the…

Nurses feel “empowered” by integrated patient discharge analytics technology, according to Jean Halpin, director of operations at Grant Medical Center. The technology uses artificial intelligence to analyze administrative tasks such as…

Without high-quality patient data, it is difficult and sometimes impossible for clinicians to treat individuals safely and effectively at the point of care. Similarly, a lack of rapid access to quality data can pose a health risk to entire…

All 43 public hospitals under the Hong Kong Hospital Authority have been validated for Phase 7 of HIMSS Model for the implementation of electronic medical records. EMRAM is a globally validated model that measures an organization's…

From improving efficiency to helping organizations enhance essential face-to-face human interactions, AI holds great promise for healthcare. But it requires strong regulation and clear definitions of the technology’s uses and capabilities.…

A national consumer survey of 2,000 Americans found that 75% of respondents said they were “very” concerned about the financial impact of a health emergency. But 48% were optimistic about the potential of AI in health care to improve the…