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10:23 AM

Business school professor Joe Peppard penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed recently, making the case that many companies shouldn't necessarily be investing in AI – because many aren't well-positioned to succeed with it. What about healthcare providers?

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01:52 AM

Also, Victoria is piloting digital health training for public health workers. 

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09:46 AM

Surescripts becomes a QHIN while Redox joins CommonWell. Also, the Sequoia Project releases a payer-to-payer FHIR API Compliance Readiness Checklist 20 months ahead of a key CMS data exchange compliance deadline.

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06:00 AM

Evvy is expanding into fertility care by analyzing the vaginal microbiome’s composition to uncover predictive insights into potential fertility outcomes, explains Priyanka Jain, the company's cofounder and CEO.

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02:29 PM

The initial expiration of MITRE's contract for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program was a shock to many cybersecurity experts. But the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency quickly pledged that there would be no lapse in service.

Rush University Medical Center on genAI
11:28 AM

In the test, 74% of clinicians said the ambient and genAI technology reduced their levels of burnout and 95% wanted to continue using the technology. Further, clinicians used 25 non-English languages.

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09:49 AM

Healthcare security incidents in 2024 highlighted third-party vendor risk and the need to prepare business continuity plans and tabletop exercises in case of attack, says Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS.

Sameer Sethi of Hackensack Meridian Health on AI
01:15 PM

The CAIO should not just understand both of those disciplines, but intuit what AI is good and bad, what's scalable and whether it's the right fit, says Sameer Sethi, the New Jersey health system's chief AI and insights officer.

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10:55 AM

ASTP has released the 2025 SAFER Guides, which aim to improve health systems' adherence to electronic health record best practices. They were updated by clinicians with informatics training and informaticians with clinical experience.

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09:45 AM

Sameer Sethi, SVP and chief AI and insights officer at Hackensack Meridian Health, offers tips for IT execs looking to become a Chief AI Officer and ways a CAIO can work with the C-suite to ensure AI gets done right.