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Biased algorithms are bad for patients – but with more awareness of potential AI disparities, experts say there's reason for optimism.

COVID-19 has caused more than a million deaths, but disruption has caused many more. Saudi Arabian and UK experts have told the HIMSS Middle East Digital Health Conference that accelerating digital implementation can reduce the care backlog.   

At the HIMSS Machine Learning and AI for Healthcare Digital Summit, experts said effective data governance requires visibility and clear ownership.

The Cerner technology has helped decrease patient transfers to other locations and reduce average transfer time. It also helps track COVID-19 metrics for individual facilities across the health system.

The solution offers organisations on-site testing and a digital pass platform.

Panellists answer attendee questions on how the digital workplace is supporting the delivery of the Kingdom's digital transformation and impart key benefits of the digitalisation of healthcare at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 Middle East Digital Event.

There is a need to transform the healthcare experience for patients and healthcare workers, so that organisations can thrive under the new normal. Eight critical capabilities must be hardwired into organisations to achieve this goal, says KPMG Saudi Arabia.

Its Healthcare Interoperability Readiness Program aims to help healthcare organizations understand and prep for the new rules, assess their own interoperability maturity and build new API-based exchange capabilities. 

Using FCC funding, the agency has transformed its telemedicine offering – and has since seen decreases in no-show rates for individual counseling and evaluation and management appointments.

A new Science report highlights inconsistencies between HHS Protect's information and that from other sources, such as state public health agencies.