Government & Policy
The hospital "failed to handle its patients’ health information with care," said Attorney General Letitia James. It has pledged to update its policies on third-party tools, ensure deletion of PHI gathered by those tools and boost its privacy safeguards.
The HHS 405(d) program has new resources to help small to large healthcare organizations navigate what's important when implementing cyber insurance.
The DOJ announced that the FBI also has decryptor keys for Blackcat ransomware victims and will "prioritize disruptions" as it works to "dismantle the ecosystem fueling cybercrime."
AI & ML Intelligence
One venture capitalist predicts big news for genAI in healthcare next year, but also expects more government intervention to help protect against patient safety risks and provider liability.
AI & ML Intelligence
Leaders at ONC's annual meeting were asked whether they're confident that federal agencies and the private sector can work together to foster innovation while protecting against bias and safety risks. Here's what they had to say.
By creating new definitions and revising others, the proposed rule targets health and wellness technology companies operating outside of HIPAA and qualitatively expands the scope of what constitutes a PHR.
The American Medical Association's principles on the development and deployment of AI highlight members' concerns and consider who should be held liable, says Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, president of AMA, speaking from the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum.
AI & ML Intelligence
Boston Children’s, CVS, Geisinger, UC San Diego and Wellspan are among the 28 providers and payers promising their AI and machine learning models are geared to ensure healthcare outcomes that are "Fair, Appropriate, Valid, Effective and Safe."
The agency said the new strategy is critical to achieving its goal of reducing cancer deaths by 50% and improving the burdens of cancer treatments on patients and families.
Despite broad concern by health IT developers and owners, some deadlines have been pushed out in HTI-1, the new federal rule governing certification, AI transparency and other standards, while those for decision support algorithms have not.