Digital Transformation

This evolution of healthcare involves using technology to improve diagnosis, treatments, monitor patients, enhance hospital operations and culture, and bolster consumer-focused care. This includes virtual reality tools, wearable devices, workflow software, health apps and other digital health tools.

Healthcare cybersecurity has never been so complicated—or so plannable
AI technologies have changed daily life for provider organizations and industry partners alike. Arguably the biggest single difficulty to emerge from the complex transformation is the risk of cybersecurity breaches.
Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI to speed development of new weight loss drugs
The maker of popular GLP-1 agonists Wegovy and Ozempic said technology from OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, will allow it to sift through and make sense of massive datasets to identify potential new uses for its diabetes and obesity treatments.
Nuanced clinical reasoning remains beyond the ken of frontier LLMs
Harvard researchers put 21 state-of-the-art large language models through their paces. The results are in.
Patients feeling less sure about medical AI these days
Consumer affinity for AI in healthcare has plummeted over the past two years, a new survey report shows.
Cybersecurity experts believe AI is changing their work at a ‘fundamental’ level
Is the edge with the cybercriminals looking for weak points in firewalls? Or the security professionals trying to stop the bad guys from finding any?

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Congress is swamped with AI bills.

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UN effort afoot to address the world’s ‘governance deficit with respect to AI’

The AI advisory board of the United Nations is calling for the creation of a global AI data framework.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

The use of clinical AI could have some unintended consequences for patient safety.

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Providers trail payers in healthcare AI action

If putting an AI plan in place were a team sport, the Payers would be outpacing the Providers quite handily.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

CIOs are commanding bigger paychecks than ever before.

View from the C-suite: AI, automation key to getting, staying ahead of RCM issues

Healthcare executives have big plans for technology in their revenue cycle management operations.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

The U.S. Commerce Department wants proof of strong safety and security measures from AI developers and cloud suppliers.

AI technical trends to watch for (and not just in healthcare)

Many gen AI end users are finding that large language models (LLMs) defy easy infrastructure setup and affordable management costs. One budding option may be to go with small language models (SMLs) instead.

Digital Transformation

Healthcare cybersecurity has never been so complicated—or so plannable

Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI to speed development of new weight loss drugs

Nuanced clinical reasoning remains beyond the ken of frontier LLMs

Patients feeling less sure about medical AI these days

Cybersecurity experts believe AI is changing their work at a ‘fundamental’ level