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By year's end, staff expect to see a reduction in time spent on manual tasks and a reduction in duplicative research data generation leading to an overall reduction in ongoing operational costs.

The American Hospital Association is applauding the Office for Civil Rights for opting not to appeal a district court decision that vacated its recent rule regulating online tracking technologies.

Also, a new framework guides Australian home aged care providers in delivering technology-driven services.

HHS has said the revised March bulletin was consistent with HIPAA's definition of individually identifiable health information.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health says new funding to advance capabilities that detect and auto-correct misalignments with training data could help users of medical devices integrated with artificial intelligence ensure peak performance.

Many healthcare providers are missing opportunities by believing digital transformation isn't for them. But with cost and margin pressures rising, health systems should reevaluate the long-term value proposition, one consultant says.

With just 125 days on the clock, the group is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend telehealth flexibilities in the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule – and wants the White House and Congress to make it permanent.

Also: Pfizer says it is partnering with healthcare organizations to develop a new digital health platform that provides access to same-day care, prescriptions and vaccines for COVID-19 or the flu.

Healthcare leaders must demand ethical artificial intelligence and ensure their RFPs list requirements for safeguards, says Sarah M. Worthy of DoorSpace. This will take time, which would mean pulling back from investing in the majority of AI tools.