AI needs to be explainable as to its decision-making and healthcare organizations need to develop the framework for validation standards, says Mika Newton, CEO of xCures.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ plan to reduce its workforce by 10,000 and to implement agency restructuring that will raise that number to 20,000 brought swift reaction from two healthcare organizations that work with senior citizens who have Medicare.
The organization brings a power to people’s voices and development and introduces them to dialog they wouldn’t otherwise be exposed to, says Changemaker Award recipient Nelita Iuppa, Cleveland Clinic’s executive director of informatics.
Ochsner Children’s in New Orleans and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, an organization that focuses on preventing medication errors, have started a joint fellowship focused on medication safety, with the goal of educating pharmacists on preventing errors to improve patient safety and outcomes.
Blue x Blue CEO and founder Julia Zarb says her company uses AI agents to identify information executives really need, then brings data into play so decision-makers can access it in a safe way and talk to their data and have their data talk back.
The FBI has said a public social media post alleging the planning of a coordinated, multi-city terrorist attack targeting hospitals does not represent a credible threat, according to the American Hospital Association.
Joshua Wymer, with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, talks about the digital health indicator and the opportunity to advance interoperability in the state during the HIMSS25 Public Health Data Modernization Forum.
Deep cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could have devastating economic consequences across all 50 states, according to a report from the Commonwealth Fund and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.
Democratic state treasurers of four states warned of the consequences of Republican-proposed Medicaid cuts, not just to their budgets and state beneficiaries but to hospitals. Most people who would lose Medicaid coverage would not get other health insurance due to the cost, such as through plans available on the Affordable Care Act marketplace, they said.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is getting involved in negotiations over a $1 billion academic medicine deal between the University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services and Essentia Health, with the entities agreeing to renewed discussions with a strategic facilitator to chart a path forward.