Government & Policy

"The AHA cannot support proposals for mandatory cybersecurity requirements being levied on hospitals as if they were at fault for the success of hackers in perpetrating a crime," says Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association.

AI can improve health equity, according to Dr. Michael Howell, chief clinical officer at Google, who will discuss the evolution of the company's medically tuned LLM and make regulatory recommendations for the use of AI in healthcare.  

According to court documents and public reporting, Vladimir Dunaev provided specialized services and technical abilities in furtherance of the Trickbot scheme.

American Medical Association President Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld is a keynote speaker at the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum.

Thanks to a $2.4 million grant from the DoD, Rion is collaborating with the Mayo Clinic and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute to study the company’s Exosome Product for service members. Dr. Atta Behfar, Rion CEO and cofounder, explains.  

"When we see a vulnerability or intrusion campaign that could have been reasonably avoided if the software manufacturer had aligned to secure by design principles, we’ll call it out," writes CISA cybersecurity leaders Eric Goldstein and Bob Lord.

The Australian Alliance for AI in Healthcare has just updated its national policy roadmap for AI in healthcare.

Data security protections also remain weak.

OCR investigated Saint Joseph’s Medical Center for alleged violations of HIPAA when it disclosed three patients’ PHI to the Associated Press without written authorization. 

The initiative, extended through 2024, includes waivers and flexibilities for routine services, telehealth and physical home requirements.