2024 healthcare anticipates broader AI integration for patient care and diagnostics. Emergence of specialized generative AI tools to provide precise solutions, especially in diagnostics and patient interaction. Rise in AI-based tools designed for overall patient health. Hospitals await arrival of Multimodal Large Language Models (M-LLMs) for improved AI assistance in diagnosis and treatment. Expected growth in FDA-approved AI-based medical devices. Advancements in AI digital twins, creating personalized educational content. A surge in AI tools for patients in areas like wearable data summarization, lab tests analysis, nutritional advice anticipated. Forward-thinking medical universities may start teaching prompt engineering for efficient interactions with generative AI models.

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Massachusetts' Anna Jaques Hospital faces class action lawsuit following a December 2023 cyber attack, differing disclosure on event extent and potential data breach alleged. The Money Message ransomware gang claims responsibility. The lawsuit brought by Salisbury resident Gary Cabozzi, alleges negligence, seeks $5.4 million, and unknown number of victims. The stolen data may include personal health information and personally identifiable information. The FBI investigation is ongoing.

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AHA warns of IT help desk scheme using stolen employee identities for security questions, resetting passwords, enrolling new devices, and bypassing multi-factor authentication. Scheme leads to payments being diverted to fraudulent US accounts and transferred overseas. Strict security protocols, in-person requests, immediate notification to FBI and financial institutions suggested to mitigate risks.

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MyChart message billing by health systems is on the rise; claims swelled in mid-2021 and e-visit billing is becoming a long-term revenue stream, according to a study. The impact on provider's digital workload and effect on patient care, cost, and live visit substituting needs further research.

More health systems bill for MyChart Beckers Hospital Review