Cloud Computing

Out-of-the-box generative artificial intelligence capabilities on Health Cloud, specific to provider operations, will be available in October through a new AI use case library.

At Omaha-based CHI Health, a hybrid cloud platform supported stroke patient care after the worldwide IT disruption knocked out its electronic health records, says one neurologist who recounts the experience.

Also, the private Indian group Narayana Health has transitioned their contact centre to the cloud.

A new private WMware cloud aims to address healthcare's data proliferation while Sanford Health taps Infor for modernization and Qventus launches perioperative artificial intelligence to enhance OR efficiencies.

"Tech CxOs' ability to insert their essential expertise into enterprise decisions will ultimately determine their organizations’ success in the AI era," a new IBM report argues.

The health system is already seeing benefits with reductions in clinician burden, its CIO says, and hopes the AI voice tool can broaden patient access while boosting cost efficiencies.

This has already been a record setting year for cybersecurity, in all the wrong ways. Errol Weiss, chief security officer of Health-ISAC, discusses the cyber risks he's most concerned about and makes the case for cross-sector information sharing.

The breakdown affected some 3,000 patients in a general hospital.

The company announced on Patch Tuesday that among 90 CVEs for August – including six zero-day exploits – the Azure Connected Machine Agent had a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability.

For many healthcare organizations (HCOs) working in a cloud environment, data visibility issues can present a challenge to maintaining regulatory compliance. ClearDATA’s CyberHealth™ Platform provides a real-time overview of an HCO’s data landscape, and its automated safeguards and controls with remediation steps enhance data security and compliance in the cloud.