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AI’s Executive Order and Its Key Healthcare Implications 

Sheppard Health Law

In addition, Veterans Affairs must host, within one year of the order, two three-month nationwide AI Tech Sprint competitions to advance AI systems that improve veterans’ healthcare quality and support small businesses’ innovative capacity. Protect Privacy.

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Cybersecurity for the Clinician

Briggs Healthcare

It is increasingly understood that threats to healthcare cybersecurity present a shared challenge and therefore a shared responsibility, including among those whose principal responsibility is patient care and healthcare quality.

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Clarify Health Secures $150M for Value-Based Payments Platform

HIT Consultant

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the round and was joined by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock and Memorial Hermann Health System , along with existing investors Insight Partners , Spark Capital , KKR , Aspenwood Ventures , Rivas Capital , and Sigmas Group.

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Professional Development: The Overlooked Solution to Nurse Burnout & Turnover

HIT Consultant

Despite having relatively good health overall, American seniors account for one in four doctors’ visits , and many are currently living with chronic health conditions (31% with at least one; 18% with six or more).

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FemTech: 5 Tips to Protect Reproductive Health Information

HIT Consultant

If they have, they may want to deactivate their proxy access or the portal account to ensure their information remains confidential. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provides patients with the right to request a restriction on how a provider or hospital uses or discloses protected health information.

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The Common Denominators of Sustainability in Healthcare: Measurement and Transparency

HIT Consultant

Michael Byczkowski, Global VP, Head of Healthcare Industry at SAP. The global healthcare industry accounts for roughly 5% of greenhouse gas emissions. carbon emissions emerge from healthcare. In the United States, the number is even higher : roughly 8.5% Do no harm. There are reasons for this.

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Wayne UNC Health Care: Enhancing a Positive Culture

Wisconsin Healthcare Leadership

Exceptional healthcare quality, top patient experience scores, sound financial performance and long-term success are all associated with organizations that exude a positive culture. It Starts With Me ensures every teammate takes ownership of, and is accountable for, doing the right thing, every time.