The Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Technology finalizes health IT certification rules. The Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates rule implements provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, improving interoperability, transparency and access to electronic health information. Health IT developers must report metrics giving insight into certified IT support for care delivery. AI transparency requirements are addressed while info-blocking definitions and exceptions are revised. The rule also includes a new Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement exception. HIMSS favors the rule and the EHRA expresses timing concerns for implementation of new requirements.

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AI regulations in healthcare coming in 2024. Increased transparency required in clinical settings for fair, appropriate, safe and effective AI use. Rule also includes software developers providing information on AI technology mechanisms and development details. 2024 expected to be a significant year for AI in healthcare according to the report from KLAS Research.

It’s official: AI rules are coming in 2024 Politico

Google unveiled MedLM, a suite of generatively-trained AI models for healthcare. Tuned on broad datasets, MedLM is designed for tasks like medical documentation, pre-clinical drug development research and improving chatbot experiences for health plan members. Available to U.S. Google Cloud users via Vertex AI, Google intends to expand the range. MedLM builds on the success of Google's Med-PaLM 2 large language model for medical information. Competition in the healthcare generative AI sector includes Microsoft, Oracle and Amazon. A Klas Research survey indicates a growing interest among healthcare executives in AI adoption.

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Cigna drops Humana acquisition due to price disagreement; plans $10B share buyback. Potential $140B Cigna-Humana merger faces antitrust concerns. Cigna explores Medicare Advantage business sale, despite sector expansion.

Cigna abandons pursuit of Humana, plans $10 billion share buyback | Reuters Reuters

The Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Technology finalizes health IT certification rules. The Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates rule implements provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, improving interoperability, transparency and access to electronic health information. Health IT developers must report metrics giving insight into certified IT support for care delivery. AI transparency requirements are addressed while info-blocking definitions and exceptions are revised. The rule also includes a new Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement exception. HIMSS favors the rule and the EHRA expresses timing concerns for implementation of new requirements.

ONC inks final health IT certification rule Healthcare IT News

AI regulations in healthcare coming in 2024. Increased transparency required in clinical settings for fair, appropriate, safe and effective AI use. Rule also includes software developers providing information on AI technology mechanisms and development details. 2024 expected to be a significant year for AI in healthcare according to the report from KLAS Research.

It’s official: AI rules are coming in 2024 Politico

Google unveiled MedLM, a suite of generatively-trained AI models for healthcare. Tuned on broad datasets, MedLM is designed for tasks like medical documentation, pre-clinical drug development research and improving chatbot experiences for health plan members. Available to U.S. Google Cloud users via Vertex AI, Google intends to expand the range. MedLM builds on the success of Google's Med-PaLM 2 large language model for medical information. Competition in the healthcare generative AI sector includes Microsoft, Oracle and Amazon. A Klas Research survey indicates a growing interest among healthcare executives in AI adoption.

Google reveals new generative AI models for healthcare Healthcare Dive

Cigna drops Humana acquisition due to price disagreement; plans $10B share buyback. Potential $140B Cigna-Humana merger faces antitrust concerns. Cigna explores Medicare Advantage business sale, despite sector expansion.

Cigna abandons pursuit of Humana, plans $10 billion share buyback | Reuters Reuters