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National University Hospital testing predictive AI for Alzheimer's diagnosis and more AI briefs

Healthcare It News

National University Hospital testing Alzheimer's predictive AI from Korea Singapore's National University Hospital is collaborating with medical AI company Heuron from South Korea to test the latter's AI solutions for screening and predicting Alzheimer's disease.

Hospitals 266
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ECRI Unveils Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – ECRI , an independent healthcare safety organization, has released its annual Top 10 Health Technology Hazards list for 2024 , highlighting critical safety concerns for healthcare providers and the medical device industry. With each advance in technology, cybercriminals sharpen their tools.

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The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

Health Populi

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. Fast forward to 2023 and ECRI’s latest take on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2023. Here is ECRI’s top issue statement for the pediatric mental health crisis.

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How To Fight Candida Auris/Fungal Infections In Hospitals

HIT Consultant

Hospitals as Primary Lines of Defense Unfortunately, our places of healing also seem to be the most adept at spreading fungal infections. The good news is that a handful of innovative hospitals have demonstrated how even incremental process change can lead to a real impact on patient safety. difficile infections.

Hospitals 101
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Newsletter, February 2024

Patient Safety Movement

” Joe Kiani, Founder Patient Safety Movement Foundation Letter from CEO In many parts of the world, February is the month for celebrating love. We have brutal wars going on where schools and hospitals are destroyed and used to protect combatants. Patients, children, and healthcare workers are killed and injured.

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Generative AI to bring 'transformative change,' says Froedtert/Inception Health CTO

Healthcare It News

It embarked on a journey to foster disruptive innovations by establishing Inception Health as an independent vehicle to drive innovation and digital transformation, focusing on digital health technology. This is something that must be the priority of health systems.

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Philips Appoints New CEO Amid Respiratory Device Recall

HIT Consultant

Roy Jakobs has been successful in turning around businesses in customer-focused growth organizations and has effectively strengthened the company’s Connected Care portfolio through successful acquisitions across hospital and ambulatory care settings.