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.

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Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.
Physicians are embracing clinical GenAI—in theory, at least
More than two-thirds of U.S. physicians have changed their minds about generative AI over the past year. In doing so, the re-thinkers have raised their level of trust in the technology to help improve healthcare.
Industry Watcher’s Digest
Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.
Submitted for consideration by all healthcare AI stakeholders: 10 principles, 6 commitments, 1 direction
Key collaborators across the healthcare AI life cycle now have a common set of principles to which they can hold each other. And that means everyone from developers and researchers to providers, regulators and even patients.
Industry Watcher’s Digest
Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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Overheard in Africa: AI may be just what the doctor ordered for better healthcare, stronger society

Technology leaders and academic researchers joined with healthcare professionals in Nigeria Nov. 13 to sketch out the future of African healthcare.

November 15, 2023

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

November 8, 2023

ChatGPT neurology interview with neurologist

Experienced neurologist interviews generative AI, comes away impressed but not intimidated

ChatGPT can be a little sneaky. Recently asked if it’s ever messed up when helping physicians make clinical decisions, it only came clean with examples of stumbles after being pressed on the matter.

November 8, 2023

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

November 1, 2023

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

October 25, 2023

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3 healthcare jobs at very low risk of replacement by AI

This past summer McKinsey Global Institute projected almost one-third of workplace activities in the U.S. will be automated by 2030, driving something like 12 million “occupational transitions.”

October 24, 2023

4 ways to usher in ‘smooth scaling’ of generative AI

What does it take to scale the technology from a toe in the water to a full-on swim?

October 19, 2023

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

October 11, 2023

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Health Exec

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.