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.

Industry Watcher’s Digest
Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.
Biden Administration itemizes AI accomplishments to date
Half a year after President Biden officially directed federal agencies in the executive branch’s bailiwick to “seize the promise and manage the risks” of AI, the White House has posted a status report.
Industry Watcher’s Digest
Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.
Large language models, other GenAI options stimulating tech purchasing in healthcare
Budgeting for generative AI in healthcare has skyrocketed, albeit in pockets, by as much as 300% year over year.
Industry Watcher’s Digest
Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

May 2, 2024

Biden Administration itemizes AI accomplishments to date

Half a year after President Biden officially directed federal agencies in the executive branch’s bailiwick to “seize the promise and manage the risks” of AI, the White House has posted a status report.

May 2, 2024

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

April 30, 2024

Large language models, other GenAI options stimulating tech purchasing in healthcare

Budgeting for generative AI in healthcare has skyrocketed, albeit in pockets, by as much as 300% year over year.

April 30, 2024

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

April 25, 2024

Against malpractice for using clinical AI, the best defense is a good offense

If a clinician you care about counts on AI to help make medical decisions, remind them: Tort law principles hold that doing so means risking liability should a patient sue over harm done.

April 25, 2024

artificial intelligence machine learning healthcare

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

April 23, 2024

kaiser permanente nurses protest AI in healthcare

Overheard around the Kaiser nurses’ protest over AI in healthcare

Healthcare leaders around the U.S. might want to take notice of what’s going on in the streets of San Francisco this week.

April 23, 2024

Around the web

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These health systems have the biggest digital health portfolios

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

Health Exec

Toylike robot pleases counseling clients where humanoid counterpart struggles to connect

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

Health Exec

Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.