Healthcare executives see AI potential but lack governance. Only 16% have systemwide policies, with many creating oversight committees. AI benefits include improved efficiency, increased clinical decision visibility, and task automation. 73% plan AI adoption via EHR vendors for integration ease. However, attention and calibration required, per UPMC Enterprises' Jeffrey Jones. Most organizations using cross-functional teams for AI deployment, often led by CIOs and data officers. Trust in large companies for AI integration with HIPAA compliance, lesser faith in startups. Adoption focus post-deployment on clinician and team member education, proven benefits aid buy-in.

Hackers Try to Extort $50 From Child; 2 Million More at Risk

Feb 17, 2024BankInfoSecurity

Oklahoma's Integris Health faces numerous privacy lawsuits from the 2023 breach affecting 2.4M people. Cybercriminals extorted ransom from patients, including a child, M.J., using stolen data. M.J.'s mother, Teresa Johnston, argues that the exposure of personal information has caused enduring anxiety and risk of identity theft. Many lawsuits against Integris seek improved data security practices and financial compensation, accusing Integris of insufficient data security leading to easy cyber infiltration. Hackers directly demanding ransoms from patients in data breaches is an alarming trend; experts advise healthcare entities to prepare strategies for such incidents.

How Health Systems are Navigating the Complexities of AI

Feb 17, 2024ConnectedMed

AI use in health systems lacks formal policies, with AI focusing on easing clinicians' documentation burden and automating functions. Survey shows interest in AI but concerns over data and privacy risks. Systems establish AI governance committees with only 16% having system-wide policy. CCM and KLAS Research surveyed health execs on AI use and risks. Generative AI seen beneficial in improving system efficiencies, enhancing decision visibility, and automating tasks, with 70% looking to integrate AI via EHR vendors.

Leaders keep kicking the same healthcare cans down the road

Feb 16, 2024Beckers Hospital Review

Lack of substantive action on healthcare issues results in repeat problems such as hospital closures, staff safety concerns, workforce shortages, and cyberattacks. Delayed attention to hospital financial issues often overlooks patient safety and care, with Steward Healthcare's recent financial crisis highlighting this issue. Ongoing violence against healthcare workers reflected by legislation like the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act, shows increased risk and requires deterrent measures. Data gaps weaken responses to persistent healthcare staff shortages, affecting care availability. Lastly, increasing, yet insufficiently addressed, cyber attacks on hospitals pose a growing threat.

HIPAA protects health data privacy, but not in the ways most people think

Feb 16, 2024Engadget

"P" in HIPAA denotes portability, not privacy, allowing health data transfer between providers. Misunderstandings impair recognizing its actual scope. HIPAA devised primarily for providers and insurance companies' operations doesn't cover all assumed aspects. Limited scope covers specific entities and data, not including, for example, a fitness app's information. Originally, HIPAA designed for medical record health data now struggles to match current data exchanging state. Personal data becoming health identifiers has resulted in state-specific laws surpassing HIPAA's coverage to protect wider health data footprint. Washington State's My Health My Data Act shields personal health data beyond HIPAA's scope, including forbid data sales without consent and enabling health data deletion upon request. Law's effectiveness and influence remain unseen.

Chicago Children’s Hospital Confirms Cyber Threat Activity

Feb 16, 2024HealthITSecurity

Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago suffers cyberattack, causing downtime of phone, email, and electronic systems for nearly three weeks. No timeline provided for recovery. Outages persist but hospital continues patient care. Cyber threats against healthcare facilities increasing, despite potential for heightened law enforcement attention. Ransomware groups predicted to continually target critical infrastructure sectors.

EY Health Pulse Survey: Digital Health Solutions Boost Efficiencies and Automation, but ROI has Yet to Come

Feb 16, 2024EY

COVID-19 has spurred digital transformations in healthcare with majority executives seeing tech investments worthwhile despite high initial costs. EY US's Health Pulse Survey reveals adaptation towards digital health tech enhancing operational efficiency and reducing patient care costs. 90% report more time for provider needs post-digital administrative shift. AI is emerging as transformative with 60% investing and 96% seeing time and cost reductions. Yet paradoxically, 70% haven't seen ROI on digital health investments due to difficult tech cost-value tracking. Reskilling for new tech is being prioritized, with digital knowledge boosting provider credibility. Future value in digital health tech lies in modernization and connectivity for better data access.

Microsoft says US rivals are beginning to use generative AI in offensive cyber operations

Feb 16, 2024AP News

Microsoft and OpenAI disrupted adversaries' AI technology misuse in cyber operations, mainly from Iran, North Korea, lesser from Russia, China. Detected AI techniques were early-stage, not unique, but public disclosure vital as enemies use large-language models to expand network breach ability, conduct influence operations. Large-language models escalate offensive hacking, propelled by ChatGPT—OpenAI's product. Liabilities from generative AI indicated by Microsoft include enhanced malicious social engineering, sophisticated deepfake production, threatening democracy. These adversaries were cited using AI for espionage, academic research, spear-phishing campaigns, social engineering, software troubleshooting, invisible network intrusions, sensitive and geopolitical information acquisition. Critics argue AI models' release was hasty since security was usually an afterthought. AI use and large language models could develop into potent cyber weapons.

Mark Cuban drug company unveils new offering for hospitals

Feb 16, 2024Beckers Hospital Review

Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Co. provides critical shortage drugs. Healthcare companies register on drug marketplace. Stocks on amoxicillin-potassium clavulanate, cefdinir, etoposide... $11 million drug plant under construction in Dallas. Over 4,000 medications for hospitals, retail pharmacies, clinics, post-acute care facilities, and surgery centers.

Prioritizing AI? Don't shortchange IT fundamentals

Feb 16, 2024CIO

IoT software security employs TLS certificates for trust and data encryption. Protecting machine identities is crucial, needs automation, auto-enrolment, and deprovisioning due to regulatory changes and rapid certificate turnover. Managing machine identities for secure data transit is essential in increasing AI projects. Cloud project security is foundational for AI projects success. Balance and discipline in AI projects execution and cost management is necessary for organizational benefits. Increase in budgets for IT teams likely for Windows 11 migration, hardware refresh cycles and data centre enhancements. Planning for AI hardware infrastructure and data handling important for seamless operation. By 2027, 40% organizations likely to have data storage management solutions.

CISO and CIO Convergence: Ready or Not, Here It Comes

Feb 15, 2024DarkReading

Digital transformation intensifies overlap between CIO and CISO roles, highlighting integral role of cybersecurity in businesses. Changes in IT requirements shifted CIO's focus from managing infrastructure to harnessing innovation via IT services, while heightened cybersecurity threats enhanced the role and visibility of CISOs in business. Digital transformation brings increased collaboration between CISOs and CIOs, although ultimate roles may depend on company factors. Regardless, alignment between these roles is key to successful digital transformation.

Is OpenAI the next challenger trying to take on Google Search?

Feb 15, 2024The Verge

OpenAI, backed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella who previously added AI tools to Bing, is allegedly developing a web search product to compete with Google. It's uncertain if it will stand alone or be part of ChatGPT.

Requests for Startups | Y Combinator

Feb 15, 2024Y Combinator

Y Combinator shares its latest startup request list, discussing areas like robotics, AI models, defense technology, American manufacturing, climate tech, spatial computing, open source companies, enterprise resource planning software, and more. The company emphasizes their interest in funding startups focusing on these promising areas and emphasizes the importance of technology and innovation in shaping the future of various sectors including B2B applications, simulations, healthcare, enterprise software, and blockchain technologies.

OpenAI Dethroned? AI Giant Is Falling Behind As New Startup Takes the Top Spot Using The Same Strategy As Meta And Elon Musk's Grok

Feb 15, 2024Yahoo Finance

OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, faces competition from emerging AI firms like Abacus.AI. Abacus's Smaug-72B outperforms OpenAI's GPT-3.5 by 7%, leading the LLM leaderboard on Hugging Face. Openness in AI development promotes competition, as supported by Meta Platforms and Elon Musk's open-source AI bot, Grok. OpenAI's dominance is threatened in an increasingly open-source AI landscape.

CISA Pre-Ransomware Alerts Helped 154 Healthcare Organizations Save Millions in Costs

Feb 15, 2024HIPAA Journal

CISA's Pre-Ransomware Notification Initiative helped 150+ healthcare organizations avoid ransomware attacks and save considerable costs. Alerts notified of exploitable vulnerabilities, enabling pre-attack actions. Early alerts facilitated attack blocking before data theft and file encryption. CISA sent 1,200+ notifications, aiding 154 healthcare organizations against early-stage ransomware activity. Identified exfiltrated data and detailed intrusion information supported investigation and remediation. A $60 million ransomware attack on a Fortune 500 organization saw guidance from CISA bolster IT infrastructure and security controls against future attacks.

Children’s Hospital LA launches AI-driven ER patient app

Feb 15, 2024Healthcare IT News

Children's Hospital Los Angeles partners with Vital, using ERAdvisor AI tool to enhance patient-family experience with clear, predictable processes. This platform, accessed via the MyVisit portal, provides real-time updates on child's status and care changes. Vital’s ERAdvisor, employs machine learning to simplify medical notes, offering patient education, surveys, service requests, and more. Such AI tools may also improve emergency care when integrated with clinical decision-making support.

ChatGPT now has a digital memory to remember conversations

Feb 14, 2024Axios

OpenAI introduces memory feature to ChatGPT for personalizing responses and storing user preferences. Rolling out to limited GPT Plus customers, users can ask the bot to remember specific information. Memory contents are manageable by users, with safety steps against sensitive information storage. An incognito mode, optional memory feature usage, and feedback training options provided.

What to expect from medtech in 2024 | McKinsey

Feb 14, 2024McKinsey & Company

2024 medtech predicted to stabilise growth above prepandemic average, focus on profitability and cash flow, continue pace in technological innovation, experience fluctuating growth across geographies, see gen AI adopters gain productivity benefits, maintain M&A deal volumes, and perceive minimal impact on industry growth by GLP-1 drugs. Insights inspired by dialogues with 200 leaders and McKinsey's decade-front medtech research.

Open-source AI model covering more than 100 languages released

Feb 14, 2024Axios

Cohere for AI's open-source multilingual large language model (LLM) Aya supports instructions in over 100 languages, addressing language representation gaps. Developed by 3000 researchers, this project used a high-quality dataset of prompt and completion pairs. The model, twice as linguistically encompassing as current models and proficient even in underrepresented languages, also captures cultural subtleties. Aya aims to boost language research, preserve lesser-known languages and cultures, and inspire collaborations. Model evaluation and adoption challenges persist.

Mile Bluff Medical Center now live with MEDITECH Expanse search and summarization powered by Google Health

Feb 14, 2024Meditech

Mile Bluff Medical Center employs MEDITECH's AI-powered Expanse powered by Google Health to improve workflow, efficiency for over 150 users across care network. Incorporated into Mile Bluff's Expanse EHR, the tool utilizes natural language processing to extract info from structured/unstructured data, providing clinicians with timely, comprehensive view of patients. It also minimizes time spent on patient data cleaning, resonates across all departments, enables quick search for discrete data, and proves effective for chart preparation and abstracting. This radical collaboration highlights AI's potential in patient care efficiency.

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