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Delivering Actionable Data to Clinicians at the Point of Care
Patient safety, actionable clinical data, point of care technology, health data analysis
Amazon Adds Speech-to-Text and More to HIPAA-Eligible Services
Amazon Web Services is continuing its rapid push into health care by adding three more HIPAA-eligible services to its machine-learning tools, including a speech-to-text offering that that will automatically create transcripts from provider-to-patient calls.
Third-Party, Cyber-Risk Skyrockets for Health Systems
Third-party cyberattacks pose one of the biggest challenges on the health care cyber-risk landscape. Hospitals and health systems are at increasing risk of cyberattacks on third parties — such as business associates, medical device providers and supply chain vendors.
Alexa: ‘Will patients share their information with you?’
Amazon Alexa is now HIPAA compliant. The company recently launched six Alexa voice health tools built by providers, payers, pharmacy benefit managers and digital health coaching companies that allow organizations to securely transmit private patient information. The Alexa Skills Kit enables select covered entities and business associates subject to HIPAA to build Alexa skills so they can transmit and receive protected health information as part of an invite-only program.
Alexa, What Is Your Future in Health Care?
Amazon has a huge desire to disrupt health care, and one of its most powerful weapons in this effort is an unassuming device that has gained unrivaled access to consumers. The Echo smart speaker platform and Alexa artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant now reside in more than 50 million U.S. homes and Amazon says it has about 70% of the voice-assistant market.
New Data: What Execs Need to Know About Digital Transformation
Hospitals and health systems will need to develop a more proactive and innovative mindset and invest more money if they plan to develop and deploy cutting-edge tools such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and voice-based programs that will shape digital transformation. These are some of the key takeaways from a new HIMSS Media survey that illustrate what health care decision-makers need to know, their top innovation priorities and key security concerns around technology innovation.
Share Your Inspiration | Center
It’s Community Health Improvement Week. Share your ideas, hopes and dreams for a nation where all people can enjoy healthy lives.
Theft of Intellectual Property: Threats to Medical Research and Innovation
In this members-only white paper by the AHA Center for Health Innovation, John Riggi, senior adviser for cybersecurity and risk at the AHA, and Edward You, supervisory special agent for weapons of mass destruction at the FBI, outline growing concern among the FBI, Congress and some health care leaders about the theft of U.S. medical research intellectual property by foreign governments. Recently the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on foreign threats to taxpayer-funded research.