Tuesday, August 1, 2023: Health IT

The sensitive personal and health information of approximately 612,000 Medicare beneficiaries was exposed as part of the MoveIT transfer service breaches, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Maximus, which contracts with the government...

Thursday, July 27, 2023: Health IT

On Wednesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a new AI-powered service for health care software providers that will help clinicians with paperwork. AWS HealthScribe uses generative AI and speech recognition to help doctors transcribe and analyze their...

Thursday, July 20, 2023: Health IT

An effort to get the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pull a widely used prescription drug monitoring software package off the market is stoking a broader debate over how much technology is influencing opioid prescribing. The Center for U.S. Policy says Bamboo...

Tuesday, July 18, 2023: Health IT

Teladoc is tapping into its two-year partnership with tech giant Microsoft to integrate AI and ambient clinical documentation tech into its Solo virtual care platform, the two companies announced Tuesday. Teladoc and Microsoft teamed up in 2021, during the height of...

Wednesday, June 28, 2023: Health IT

Nuance Communications, Microsoft’s speech recognition subsidiary, is building on its long-standing partnership with Epic to broaden the availability of generative AI tools for medical note-taking. Nuance is integrating its Dragon Ambient eXperience Express into...

Wednesday, June 14, 2023: Health IT

The American Medical Association’s House of Delegates is taking a harder look at artificial and augmented intelligence and its impact on patient care. Delegates voted Monday to study A.I.’s benefits and unforeseen circumstances, including large language...