Sunday, September 8, 2024
In Canada, The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) has announced that it is piloting a Microsoft solution that uses AI to draft clinical notes for clinicians during patient appointments, with hopes that the solution may assist in saving up to 10 hours per week of clinician time. The DAX Copilot solution harnesses […]
A Digital Health Collaborative has been launched in the US, supported by the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) and bringing together provider groups, purchasers and end users with the intention to “raise the bar on evidence and value for digital health solutions”. A total of 14 organisations, including the American […]
Emory Healthcare has announced its deployment of the Epic electronic health record (EHR), with MacBook Airs made available to “thousands of clinicians” to support accessing of patient records via the platform. The organisation reports savings of “$300 per device per year in software licensing and support costs, adding up to […]
In the United States, the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have announced the launch of a shared electronic health record system at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Lovell FHCC) in North Chicago, “completing the military’s adoption of the system and moving the VA a […]
Florida-based surgical robotics company Medical Microinstruments, Inc. (MMI) has raised $110 million in Series C funding for microsurgery innovation, which is to be used to support the commercialisation of the company’s Symani® Surgical System and to accelerate “advanced technology capabilities” across the globe. Mark Toland, CEO, said that the support […]
In the US, Salesforce has announced the launch of new AI and data innovations for CRM, to “help make healthcare operations more efficient and personalized”, with innovations including a conversational AI assistant capable of triggering workflows to send referrals, book appointments, manage care plans, and more. The Einstein Copilot, powered […]
The Whitehouse has issued a statement declaring its commitment to improving cancer care by ensuring electronic health records (EHRs) contain all of the information required for doctors to provide excellent patient care. The adoption of the United States Core Data for Interoperability Plus Cancer (USCDI+ Cancer) will see the introduction […]
Researchers from Northwestern University and Washington University at St. Louis (WashU) have developed a “sticker” with the ability to change in shape in response to the body’s changing pH levels, in the hopes that clinicians viewing shape changes in real time through ultrasound imaging could identify earlier warnings for post-surgery […]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly (Illinois) and Congressman Troy Balderson (Ohio) have announced the establishment of a Congressional Digital Health Caucus to “serve as a platform for dialogue and collaboration” between government experts and representatives from the healthcare industry and private sector, with the aim of shaping policies to support integration of […]
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, USA, reported last week that it had taken its systems offline on 31 January, to protect the organisation, its patients and staff “based on evidence of suspicious activity”. In a further update, the hospital has confirmed that its network “was accessed by a known criminal […]
