Providence Healthcare revamped its network for digital transformation by adopting Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), boosting performance and reliability across its 51 hospitals and 829 clinics. The SD-WAN solution provides dynamic remediation, transport and routing separation, simplified management, and standardized configuration and design. VMware emerged as their chosen SD-WAN vendor following extensive testing. The updated network enables Providence to swiftly accommodate new opportunities and demands, expanding healthcare delivery beyond hospitals to its network of clinics.

How Providence Healthcare Redesigned its WAN for Digital Transformation | eWEEK eWeek

Medical expert Daniel Kraft discusses the potential of Spatial Computing in healthcare. From immersive experiences with high-resolution and intuitive interfaces to its application in medical education, surgery, and mental health, Spatial Computing marks significant strides in digital health. Using devices like Apple's VisionPro, the technology can transform learning anatomies to performing surgical simulations, providing AR-guided surgery, and supporting mental health. Despite limitations, the prospects of the technology highlight the future in healthcare.

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Excitement and concern surround AI's rapid growth in healthcare; ChatGPT offers automation, data analysis, and complex chatbot comms. However, trained biases, information security, and accuracy remain risks. Health systems struggle with implementing AI solutions, balancing automation and medical decision-making enhancement with potential dependence dangers. The ECRI announced "insufficient AI medical tech governance" as a top 2024 health tech hazard, emphasizing continuous accuracy and appropriateness monitoring. Further, a UPMC and KLAS survey revealed 65% of health systems lack a governance policy for AI use, while a paltry 55% of systems with policies updated them in the past year. Experts anticipate technology and automation will drive significant healthcare transformations within the next three years, with AI expected to revolutionize operations, scheduling, and patient access.

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TechCrunch highlights AI-contributing women, countering gender gap indication from The New York Times. Just 16% AI faculty women per Stanford study; World Economic Forum states 26% analytics or AI positions are women-held. With AI field hurt by lack of women, promoting stronger mentorships and diverse workplace policies may instigate change.

The women in AI making a difference | TechCrunch TechCrunch