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U.S. hospitals brace for potential Russian cybersecurity attacks
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has the potential for trickle-down impacts on U.S. hospitals in the form of cybersecurity attacks. While…
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Artificial intelligence: a savior for overwhelmed health care personnel?
During the past two years and counting, hospital and health care staff have been overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic with…
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Cybersecurity attacks top list of health technology hazards for 2022
In January, nonprofit patient-safety organization ECRI released a report of the top 10 health technology hazards for 2022. Health IT concerns…
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One journalist explores concerns surrounding teletherapy for psychedelic mental health treatment
Shayla Love, a senior staff writer at Motherboard (the tech arm of Vice.com), has written several articles about psychedelic drugs used as mental…
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Understanding the FDA’s views on use of digital health technologies in clinical trials
In December 2021, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released draft guidance for industry and investigators about best practices for acquiring data…
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Journalist explores health inequities in medical photography
Medical photographs are crucial to documenting disease in textbooks, journals and training medical students. But if inaccurate, physicians won’t get…
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Upcoming webinar to showcase 2022 health tech forecast
Since taking over the health IT core topic for AHCJ last spring, I’ve spent a lot of time reading about…
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Video games evaluated as possible treatment for COVID ‘brain fog’, other conditions
Digital tech company Akili Interactive’s recent collaboration with two academic medical centers to evaluate a video game developed for children…
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Telehealth studies reveal a wide variety of usage, opinions among Americans
In case you missed it, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in November released its findings of Medicare…
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How to cover virtual reality applications in health care
Image courtesy of Douglas Holt, M.D. Physicians use various strategies to explain tests or new procedures to patients. Beyond verbal…