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Hospitals improve on infection control after COVID-19 spike: Leapfrog

Hospitals improve on infection control after COVID-19 spike: Leapfrog

However, patient experience scores declined again, which could be the result of ongoing labor shortages, according to CEO Leah Binder....

Tracking Healthcare Data Breaches

Tracking Healthcare Data Breaches

Cybercriminals are increasingly breaching healthcare systems, exposing patient information and threatening access to medical care. Article By: Emily Olsen and Susanna Vogel...

White House orders HHS to collect reports on healthcare AI safety

White House orders HHS to collect reports on healthcare AI safety

President Joe Biden outlined the planned program as part of an executive order on “safe, secure, and trustworthy” artificial intelligence....

AI, machine learning top health CIO priorities in 2023, survey finds

AI, machine learning top health CIO priorities in 2023, survey finds

Artificial intelligence and virtual care technologies are increasingly being adopted by hospitals to ease resource strain, but managing these new...

Senators urge CMS to withhold staffing mandate, citing negative impact on veteran care

Senators urge CMS to withhold staffing mandate, citing negative impact on veteran care

Members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee urged the CMS to rescind or revise its staffing proposal for nursing facilities...

Google Cloud tunes generative AI for medical search capabilities

Google Cloud tunes generative AI for medical search capabilities

The search capabilities work alongside Google’s healthcare-focused large language model, Med-PaLM 2, connecting to outside sources and the patient’s medical...

Telehealth satisfaction higher among younger patients, survey finds

Telehealth satisfaction higher among younger patients, survey finds

Older generations may be struggling to easily access and use telehealth providers’ digital interfaces, a JD Power survey suggests. Article...

Ochsner Health launches generative AI pilot for patient messaging.

Ochsner Health launches generative AI pilot for patient messaging.

The New Orleans-based health system will use generative artificial intelligence to draft messages to patients, which will be reviewed and...

Oracle to launch generative AI tools integrated with EHR

Oracle to launch generative AI tools integrated with EHR

The clinical digital assistant, which will be available in the next year, will automate notetaking and suggest next steps, like...

BCBSA finds wide variety in medical cost by site

BCBSA finds wide variety in medical cost by site

Researchers said their data supports site-neutral proposals to make care cost the same regardless of where it’s provided. Article By: Rebecca...