Digital Transformation

This evolution of healthcare involves using technology to improve diagnosis, treatments, monitor patients, enhance hospital operations and culture, and bolster consumer-focused care. This includes virtual reality tools, wearable devices, workflow software, health apps and other digital health tools.

Industry Watcher’s Digest
Nurses are making their peace with workplace AI.
From Capitol Hill to a hospital near you? 5 federal recommendations for healthcare AI policy
The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks.
Industry Watcher’s Digest
Will the second Trump Administration manage AI’s risks—or ‘unshackle’ AI’s potential?
Healthcare AI regulation needs nuance, balance: Research review
When regulating AI-equipped medical devices, the FDA might take a page from the Department of Transportation’s playbook for overseeing AI-equipped vehicles. These run the gamut from assisting human drivers to fully taking the wheel.
Industry Watcher’s Digest
Healthcare AI proponents say the technology will lower healthcare costs. The assertion has its detractors.

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What the heck? (And what else tech watchers are saying about Google’s glaring fumble with Gemini)

When asked to depict people by various descriptors, the image generator delivered lots of results that were unintentionally hilarious for their wild inaccuracy.

February 27, 2024

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

February 23, 2024

As Nvidia’s worth hits the stratosphere, AI innovators eyeball new orbits

Here’s what people have been saying about Nvidia’s gradual-then-sudden rise to riches—and what it says about expectations around AI in 2024.

February 23, 2024

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

February 21, 2024

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

February 16, 2024

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How are hospitals navigating AI’s complexities? Surveyors ask and tell

Only 16% of almost three dozen healthcare executives report having a policy for AI governance.

February 15, 2024

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

February 13, 2024

5 terms every hospital trustee—and healthcare AI stakeholder—should know

As AI continues infiltrating healthcare at nearly every level, the technology’s potential for good and ill must become—or remain—a preeminent concern for hospital boards of trustees.

February 13, 2024

Around the web

Health Exec

These health systems have the biggest digital health portfolios

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

Health Exec

Toylike robot pleases counseling clients where humanoid counterpart struggles to connect

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

Health Exec

Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.