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Overheard around the Kaiser nurses’ protest over AI in healthcare

Healthcare leaders around the U.S. might want to take notice of what’s going on in the streets of San Francisco this week.

Gunman kills 4, including his former doctor, in Oklahoma hospital shooting.
Healthcare worker sentenced to 10 years for abusing disabled patients

Tyler Smith and co-defendant Zachary Dinell confessed to assaulting more than a dozen patients, expressing hatred for them simply because they’re disabled.

A cardiology practice in Florida and several of its cardiologists have agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and committed fraud. As a part of the agreement, there has been no determination of liability.
Health system employees win $200M lawsuit over unpaid wages

In a complaint first filed in 2021, the plaintiffs said not-for-profit Providence Health & Services used an illegal time-clock policy to steal owed pay of more than $98 million from workers over the course of several years.

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Nurses gather at Kaiser hospital to protest rapid adoption of AI

The California Nurses Association said AI is largely unregulated, untested and poses a serious threat to patient safety.

Cardiologist loses medical license for allegedly ‘fondling and groping’ multiple patients

“The alleged conduct of this physician is so egregious, only the permanent revocation of his license could adequately protect the public from the risks posed by his return to practice," one official said.

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House to hold hearing on new patient data rights legislation

The bipartisan American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) would allow consumers to access and delete much of their personal data being held by private companies.

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Doctors sue over negative Google reviews

The class action lawsuit was filed in Japan to raise public awareness about the state of Google reviews, many of which the plaintiffs claim are fake.

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Mobile medical units bring healthcare to homeless veterans, ‘meeting them where they are’

The latest clinic on wheels was unveiled in Cleveland, marking the VA’s 25th unit to be launched nationwide. 

Julius Bogdan, vice president and general manager of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Digital Health Advisory Team for North America, explains considerations for healthcare system information technology (IT) management teams on the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI). He also discusses ideally how AI should be integrated into medical IT systems, and some of the issues AI presents in the complex environment of real-world patient care." #AI #HIMSS
VIDEO: How hospital IT teams should manage implementation of AI algorithms

Julius Bogdan, vice president and general manager of the HIMSS Digital Health Advisory Team for North America, explains considerations for healthcare IT teams on the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI).

As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption expands in radiology, there is growing concern that AI algorithms needs to undergo quality assurance (QA) reviews. How to validate radiology AI? How can you validate medical imaging AI?
Concerns raised over how hospitals can validate radiology AI algorithms

As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption expands in radiology, there is growing concern that AI algorithms need to undergo quality assurance (QA) reviews.

Researchers examined data from more than 900 patients, presenting their findings in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Money and healthcare spending and econimics.
Americans are facing a prescription drug debt spiral

More than 4 in 10 prescription drug medicine users are concerned that drug spending will lead to bankruptcy or debt.

Bibb Allen, MD, FACR, chief medical officer of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute, and former ACR president, explains how hospitals or radiology departments can conduct quality assurance (QA) assessments on artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms they adopt to ensure they are accurate. The ACR established the Assess-AI Registry and AI-Lab to help with validating and tracking AI QA for FDA-cleared algorithms.
VIDEO: Validation monitoring for radiology AI to ensure accuracy

Bibb Allen, MD, FACR, Chief Medical Officer of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute, and former ACR president, explains how hospitals or radiology departments can conduct quality assurance assessments on artificial intelligence algorithms they adopt to ensure they are accurate. 

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AI in Healthcare
Overheard around the Kaiser nurses’ protest over AI in healthcare

Healthcare leaders around the U.S. might want to take notice of what’s going on in the streets of San Francisco this week.

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Cardiologist loses medical license for allegedly ‘fondling and groping’ multiple patients

“The alleged conduct of this physician is so egregious, only the permanent revocation of his license could adequately protect the public from the risks posed by his return to practice," one official said.

AI in Healthcare
10 things you may have suspected about AI but didn’t know for sure till now

All around the world, people are increasingly wise to the advance of AI. More than a few are growing ever more uneasy about it. And yet workers equipped with AI are both more productive and better at their jobs.

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