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“When I came across recent reports on deep-learning algorithms...I immediately knew that we had to explore these artificial intelligence algorithms for diagnosing melanoma.”

According to the OCR, 21% of breaches impacting greater than 500 individuals were the result of printed pages

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Divisions over the VA’s role and its performance in recent years have started to spawn policy changes, and the process seems to be accelerating.

Tracking a week's worth of hot topics on the health-tech industry's preferred sounding board.

What you need to know to succeed in health IT and beyond.

Artificial intelligence is a field of boom and busts. In this episode of Data Book, we look at what it actually is and what it means for healthcare. Featuring guest Kevin Campbell, MD.

The FDA has permitted marketing of an artificial intelligence-based algorithm for detection of fractures in the wrist.

A disturbing story shows that AI voice assistants have a way to go before they can handle patient data.

"We demonstrated that we can use [EHR] data in combination with other tools to accurately identify people at high risk."

An executive remarked that success in improving interoperability with the VA “was limited by an outdated congressional mandate—until now.”

New social media studies come out daily. A conflicting report from UCSF researchers claims to show that Facebook can be a smoking intervention...maybe.

How these technologies can solve common data problems.

In a new commentary, Penn Medicine experts suggest how they can be taken from static documents and made into intuitive tools.

Another hospital has fallen victim to the crippling ransomware strain, which has targeted high-profile healthcare and government targets all year.

The AI and genetics company has been winning competitions and grants at a steady clip this year.

The Series C round is the latest in a string of successful funding drives for the tech-driven, on-demand doctor home visit company.

Burden of disease is growing, and ophthalmology's people power may not be able to keep up. Healthcare must turn to machine learning to fill the gap.

How a data-driven “diagnostic cockpit” could help health systems.

NCI, the analytics and artificial intelligence solutions company, will dig into the data.

What made Shivom’s secure genome sequencing so tempting to investors?

In a recent shareholder meeting, Zane Burke used the term "fake news" and insinuated that negative stories may have been influenced by the company's competitors.

HIrisPlex-S could become a powerful force in healthcare, law enforcement, and beyond.

In a new JMIR study, a pair of PhDs set out to categorize how some of the country's top hospitals were using the social media platform.

Patients who didn’t wean off opioids were more likely to obtain a prescription after discharge.

The country is committing billions into artificial intelligence research and plans to focus some of its efforts on earlier cancer detection.

From the $30B EMR market to physician burnout, these topics yielded great healthcare opinions and analyses.

The device supplier joins other big names who have had vulnerabilities detected this month.