Population Health

The new artificial intelligence enhancements for healthcare promise to unlock conversational data for clinical insights and support app development, reporting, imaging and other use cases while enhancing trustworthiness.

Also, Western Australia is seeking vendors to deliver its statewide EMR.

The modernized, outcomes-focused AMAM is meant to help health systems keep pace with the rapid evolution of analytics technologies and artificial intelligence and "support equitable, data-driven decision-making at scale."

Dr. Waheed Arian, NHS physician and Arian Wellbeing's founder, discusses how his experiences as an Afghan refugee helped shape the company’s adaptable, trauma-informed approach to behavioral healthcare.

Josh Wymer, chief health information and data strategy officer at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, discusses a genAI chatbot the state uses and the value of both trust and data transparency in public and community health.

Most health systems experienced a cyberattack in the last year, the new Ponemon Institute report shows, with 69% of victims citing poor patient outcomes. Business-email compromise and ransomware were reported to be the biggest culprits in care impacts.

While there's been progress across government and industry, the agency said the new technology strategy emphasizes health equity, public health, AI and cybersecurity to better connect the health system with health data "for all health IT users."

Cancer treatment research can now rely less on Western datasets.

The lower MA premiums are expected to drive enrollment to 35.7 million by 2025 - about 51% of all Medicare beneficiaries.

Also, Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand is set to launch a national programme ensuring cancer therapy adherence.