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Citing concerns about patient safety risks, the state's medical licensing board asks the Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy to suspend its automated prescription pilot with health AI developer Doctronic. 

Interoperability is improving, but artificial intelligence is exposing the difference between merely exchanging data and actually making data usable, one consultant said.

Emergency medicine, radiology and anesthesiology still lag the overall benchmark across multiple indicators – pointing to ongoing workflow and staffing pressures in acute care environments.

Healthcare organizations can easily access key information about pharmaceutical products thanks to updates in the most widely used radio frequency identification (RFID) global standards.

It is part of a $800 million state government project that aims to modernise patient experience across specialist areas of the newly redeveloped hospital.

Artificial intelligence is becoming so user-friendly that doctors can code custom clinical workflow tools. But AI-driven vulnerability discovery is fast reshaping cybersecurity imperatives for IT leaders.

Dr. Christopher R. Cogle, director of the Florida Health Policy Leadership Academy, says designing systems for the most complex and vulnerable populations has created advances for healthcare information technology.

Also, the University of Queensland is testing aphasia therapy via telehealth.

Korean university hospitals have upgraded digital services, while Hong Kong's Hospital Authority have expanded health-related digital certificates.

"It's coming at them at a very fast pace," says Broward Health CIO Steven Travers, who advises healthcare organizations to ensure new tools fit both what an organization is trying to accomplish and the existing processes of frontline staff.