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04 Oct 2024
Dockworkers' fight a warning about the future of work
By Patrick ThibodeauDockworkers are fighting for the future of work, fearing automation will take their jobs. Even those who stay employed worry that the tech will strip their work of its worth.
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04 Oct 2024
UK telcos including BT at risk from DrayTek router vulnerabilities
By Alex ScroxtonA series of vulnerabilities in DrayTek's Vigor router product lines affects multiple comms service providers in the UK, according to new analysis
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04 Oct 2024
Companies invest in climate technology to reduce emissions
By Makenzie HollandAnalyst firm GlobalData identified four major climate tech investments businesses are making now to reach 2030 carbon emission reduction goals.
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21 Dec 2023
Top 10 storage stories of 2023
By Antony AdsheadIn this 2023 review, we consider if flash will thrash disk, what the Toyota outage shows about capacity planning, how to achieve green storage, the backup and compliance risks of AI, the lowdown on DPUs, and more
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21 Dec 2023
Top 10 storage supplier strategy stories of 2023
By Antony AdsheadIn 2023, we looked at the top storage suppliers, their market share and how they set themselves for a future of hybrid cloud, containerisation and consumption models of purchasing
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21 Dec 2023
Kaiser Permanente Awards Funding for Healthcare AI, ML Research
By Shania KennedyKaiser Permanente’s AIM-HI has awarded funding to five healthcare organizations researching how AI and ML tools can improve diagnostic decision-making.
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21 Dec 2023
Lawmakers Push For Increased Patient Privacy Regarding Prescription Records
By Jill McKeonIn a letter to HHS, lawmakers addressed patient privacy concerns following instances of pharmacies handing prescription records over to law enforcement without a warrant.
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21 Dec 2023
ACA Marketplace Enrollment Up By 33%, Surpassing 19M Enrollees
By Victoria BaileyAround 15 million enrollees have selected an ACA marketplace plan through the HealthCare.gov platform.
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21 Dec 2023
Psilocybin-Assisted Group Therapy Manages MDD in Cancer Patients
By Veronica SalibA phase 2 open-label clinical trial on cancer patients with MDD determined that psilocybin-assisted group therapy is a safe, feasible, and effective treatment.
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21 Dec 2023
Few Providers Use Z-Codes to Document Social Determinants of Health
By Sara HeathUse of Z-codes to document social determinants of health is low, and there are differences in which patients get a Z-code documented, two unrelated studies showed.
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20 Dec 2023
Qlik's Mozaic acquisition adds decentralized data management
By Eric AvidonThe longtime analytics vendor continues to expand into data management, now adding capabilities that enable a decentralized approach and an emphasis on data products.
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20 Dec 2023
Agencies support regulating commercial space industry
By Makenzie HollandThe White House wants to divide regulatory authority for new commercial space industry activities between the DOC and DOT, a move that has federal agency support.
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20 Dec 2023
UltiHash compresses, deduplicates data on a binary level
By Adam ArmstrongIn this Q&A, the CEO of UltiHash talks about the continuous compression and deduplication it aims to provide primary storage while reducing storage needs.
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20 Dec 2023
Mercy Ships network transformation nears completion
By John MooreThe tech upgrade brings expanded network capabilities to the NGO's hospital ships, with improved remote consultation and dockside medical services among the expected benefits.
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20 Dec 2023
Abandoning Figma merger will cost Adobe $1 billion
By Don FluckingerEU and U.K. regulators' concerns about 'future competition,' a fairly new antitrust argument, spurs Adobe to cancel $20 billion deal to acquire Figma.
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20 Dec 2023
Compound natural disasters emerge as new HR risk
By Patrick ThibodeauCompounding natural disasters is something businesses will need to plan for. Employees face physical recovery and mental health issues, affecting work performance.
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20 Dec 2023
Server-side Wasm to-do list lengthens for 2024
By Beth PariseauServer-side WebAssembly hype peaked in late 2022, but a year later, its path to general availability for key features remains long and cloud portability alternatives are emerging.
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20 Dec 2023
Post Office gets government handout as Horizon replacement costs increase ‘significantly’
By Karl FlindersThe increasing costs associated with replacing the Post Office’s controversial IT system have forced the government to hand it over £100m extra
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20 Dec 2023
Giacom picks up Microsoft-focused intY
By Simon QuickeMove to bolster managed services proposition will add greater cloud depth and enhance UK market position
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20 Dec 2023
Orange Business boosts digital ambitions with Expertime acquisition
By Joe O’HalloranAcquisition of consulting company by business services division of global telco becomes latest part of strategic ambition to accelerate growth in digital services and support growth in digital, public cloud, AI and data
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20 Dec 2023
Nokia drones-as-a-service business gains altitude in North America
By Joe O’HalloranTech provider and partners make drone network backed by 4G/LTE and 5G connectivity available for purchase, lease or one-off flight hire, bundled with services so more enterprises can take advantage of industrial drones
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20 Dec 2023
GAO Appoints New Members to Health IT Advisory Committee
By Hannah NelsonGAO added five new health IT leaders to the committee, including Lee Fleisher, MD, former chief medical officer and director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at CMS.
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20 Dec 2023
'No hiding place' for those responsible for Post Office Horizon scandal
By Karl FlindersMPs want individuals to be held to account for their roles in causing the Post Office Horizon scandal, which destroyed thousands of lives
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20 Dec 2023
ALPHV/BlackCat operation down, but maybe not out
By Alex ScroxtonMultinational law enforcement has targeted the operations of the notorious ALPHV/BlackCat cyber extortion gang, but the group’s members appear to remain defiant
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20 Dec 2023
AMRC North West showcases Industry 4.0 smart factory, smart building demonstrator
By Joe O’HalloranUK university’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre announces internet of things deployment powered by telco’s IoT.nxt management platforming showcase of low carbon smart building demonstrator and smart factory
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20 Dec 2023
Medical Groups Faced High Expenses, Staffing Challenges in 2023
By Victoria BaileyFrom 2020 to 2023, medical groups’ revenue grew by 9.1 percent, while expenses increased by 26.5 percent.
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20 Dec 2023
Most Employers Offering Retiree Health Plans Use Medicare Advantage
By Kelsey WaddillFor many retirees, a Medicare Advantage plan may be the only option they have for receiving retiree health benefits.
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20 Dec 2023
Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2023
By Lis EvenstadIn the year we said goodbye to NHS Digital, the NHS has made some serious strides in digitising the health service, but many challenges remain. We look back at the stories that made the headlines in 2023
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20 Dec 2023
Top 10 Benelux stories of 2023
By Karl FlindersThe Benelux region is researching some of the latest digital technologies of the future with efforts to ensure the region keeps pace in quantum computing and artificial intelligence
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20 Dec 2023
Inside Zoom’s generative AI strategy
By Aaron TanZoom’s federated approach towards generative AI allows it to use a combination of models that are most suitable for the task on hand while lowering costs for itself and customers
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20 Dec 2023
Which Healthcare Players Yield the Highest Patient Satisfaction?
By Sara HeathGallup polling found that 82 percent of patients think their nurses provide excellent or good medical care, while 69 percent said the same about doctors.
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20 Dec 2023
CISA’s Healthcare Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Reveals Sector-Wide Improvement Areas
By Jill McKeonCISA urged the healthcare sector to use phishing-resistant MFA, implement network segmentation, and verify the implementation of appropriate hardening measures to mitigate cyber risk.
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20 Dec 2023
Top 10 IT leadership interviews of 2023
By Computer Weekly staffThe top technology executives – whether their job title is CIO, CDIO, CDO or something completely different – talk to Computer Weekly and share their plans and strategies for delivering digital success
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20 Dec 2023
Top 10 cloud stories of 2023
By Caroline DonnellyHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud stories of 2023
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20 Dec 2023
Apple Watch Can Detect Irregular Heartbeats in Children
By Anuja VaidyaResearch shows that the Apple Watch can accurately record arrhythmia events in children, correctly characterizing a majority of the most common type.
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20 Dec 2023
FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Using RWD in Medical Device Regulation
By Veronica SalibThe guidance outlines multiple factors of RWD, including appropriate use, data relevance and reliability, data collection and analysis, and documentation.
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19 Dec 2023
U.S.-China relations will affect businesses in 2024
By Makenzie HollandU.S.-China relations will affect U.S. businesses in 2024, whether it's through more export controls or building alliances with other countries on technology.
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19 Dec 2023
Snowflake acquisition of Samooha adds data clean room tools
By Eric AvidonThe data cloud vendor's purchase aims to give users a way to share data with partners and collaborate on decisions without compromising data privacy and security.
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19 Dec 2023
FBI leads Alphv/BlackCat takedown, decrypts victims' data
By Arielle WaldmanThe latest law enforcement effort to halt the surge of ransomware attacks was successful in disrupting one of the most active ransomware-as-a-service groups.
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19 Dec 2023
DevSecOps pros prep for GenAI upheavals in 2024
By Beth PariseauGenerative AI models have been a hot topic of discussion in 2023, but their real-world impact on each of the major IT disciplines is just beginning.
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19 Dec 2023
Digital Ethics Summit 2023: The year in AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonAt trade association TechUK’s seventh annual Digital Ethics Summit, public officials, industry figures and civil society groups met to discuss the state of AI regulation and the direction of travel set for 2024
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19 Dec 2023
5G continues momentum growth and drives spectrum demand
By Joe O’HalloranSurvey from mobile trade association finds 1.6 billion global 5G connections by the end of third quarter of 2023, growing 71% annually
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19 Dec 2023
More than 17 million UK homes gain full-fibre broadband access
By Joe O’HalloranOfcom report into state of UK fixed and wireless communications shows surge in full-fibre uptake over the past 12 months and 5G mobile coverage continuing to grow rapidly
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19 Dec 2023
Government reveals its own slow progress in compensating Post Office scandal victims
By Karl FlindersFew of the subpostmasters who unearthed the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history have been compensated so far, four years after their court victory
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19 Dec 2023
Minimizing the Impact of Bias in Healthcare Algorithms
By Veronica SalibA special communication in JAMA Network Open outlines strategies for minimizing racial and ethnic bias impacts in healthcare algorithms.
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19 Dec 2023
Virgin Media O2 network traffic rises 13% over 2023
By Joe O’HalloranLeading UK operator’s year in review reveals connectivity, digital and TV habits of 2023, with continuation of working from home, online gaming, and streaming live sport, films and TV shows seeing usage on broadband network increase
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19 Dec 2023
DOJ Disrupts BlackCat Ransomware Variant, Offers Decryption Key to Victims
By Jill McKeonBlackCat ransomware group, also known as ALPHV or Noberus, has been known to target the healthcare sector.
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19 Dec 2023
Nokia and HellasQCI complete quantum-safe networks proof of concept
By Joe O’HalloranTrial showcase by leading networking tech firm and communication infrastructure consortium shows hybrid approach with both classic and quantum physics key to reach goal of quantum-safe networks
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19 Dec 2023
Top 10 software development stories of 2023
By Cliff SaranThere have been two main trends driving software development this year: artificial intelligence and low-code/no-code tooling
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19 Dec 2023
Top 10 telecoms stories of 2023
By Joe O’HalloranOver the past 12 months, the telecoms market has been defined by the three Fs – fibre, 5G and flying objects. Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 telecoms stories from 2023
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19 Dec 2023
Top 10 cyber security stories of 2023
By Alex ScroxtonThe past 12 months have seen the security agenda dominated by the usual round of vulnerabilities, concerns over supply chain security and more besides, but it was the chaotic state of global geopolitics that really made an impact
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19 Dec 2023
Top 10 information management stories of 2023
By Brian McKennaGenerative AI was inescapable as the leading theme of the information management stories of 2023 gathered here. But also selected are pieces about data and healthcare, and the inexorable rise of the CDO
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19 Dec 2023
Feds Finalizes $115 Participation, Other Fees for IDR Process
By Jacqueline LaPointeThe new fees come after a court ruling vacated previous guidance used to set the administrative payment amount for the federal IDR process.
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19 Dec 2023
Top 10 Nordic stories of 2023
By Karl FlindersKnown for its advances in digital technology, the Nordic region continues to pioneer the startup sector while making serious waves in Quantum computing and artificial intelligence
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19 Dec 2023
Audio-Only Telehealth Frequently Used for Behavioral Healthcare
By Anuja VaidyaThough the uptake of audio-only telehealth claims modifiers has been low, analysis reveals the care modality is primarily used for behavioral healthcare.
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19 Dec 2023
Deep Learning Model Predicts Mortality Following Medical Procedures
By Shania KennedyPatients classified as high risk for postoperative mortality by a new deep learning tool were nearly nine times more likely to die than their low-risk counterparts.
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19 Dec 2023
OCR Settles Multiple HIPAA Right of Access Complaints With Optum Medical Care
By Jill McKeonOptum Medical Care agreed to pay $160,000 to resolve OCR’s investigation, marking the 46th enforcement action under its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative.
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19 Dec 2023
HHS Urges States to Reduce Medicaid, CHIP Child Disenrollments
By Victoria BaileyStates that have not expanded Medicaid have higher child disenrollment rates than expansion states combined, new data indicated.
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19 Dec 2023
Patient-Provider Communication Ranks High While Doc Face Time Lags
By Sara HeathDoctors are good at answering patient questions, but the limited amount of in-person time with doctors mars the patient experience.
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18 Dec 2023
Alteryx to be acquired by private equity firms for $4.4 billion
By Eric AvidonFollowing slow revenue growth in recent quarters, the data management vendor will become a private company and be afforded time to restructure.
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18 Dec 2023
Veeam exec illustrates how AI fits into backup, recovery
By Paul CrocettiVeeam CTO Danny Allan details the impact of AI on backup and how his company uses the tech. He also discusses what he's heard from users about Broadcom's VMware acquisition.
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18 Dec 2023
Cloud consulting deals revolve around ServiceNow, Google
By John MooreCognizant's pending purchase of Thirdera and Insight Enterprises' acquisition of SADA reveal the global systems integrators' preference for pure-play cloud consulting firms.
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18 Dec 2023
Cathay takes off with global SASE deployment
By Joe O’HalloranUnified secure access service edge services provider replaces legacy MPLS network for improved performance and observability, and unified end user security, access and application performance across global sites
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18 Dec 2023
Qualcomm allies with Airties for 5G fixed wireless, home Wi-Fi
By Joe O’HalloranMobile tech giant teams with wireless connectivity technology provider to further enhance FWA offers, driving user experiences and managed network optimisations
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18 Dec 2023
Akamai discloses zero-click exploit for Microsoft Outlook
By Arielle WaldmanDuring research into an older Microsoft Outlook privilege escalation vulnerability, Akamai discovered two new flaws that can be chained for a zero-click RCE exploit.
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18 Dec 2023
Global mobile trade body hails agreement on future mobile spectrum ranges
By Joe O’HalloranITU’s World Radiocommunication Conference concludes with consensus on roadmap for mobile services using designated low-band and mid-band frequencies
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18 Dec 2023
UK gigabit broadband furthers reach
By Joe O’HalloranDSIT releases figures showing 2023 state-funded investment of more than £500m in gigabit connectivity, boosting broadband for over 330,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across the country
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18 Dec 2023
Large Language Models May Improve Clinician Diagnostic Performance
By Shania KennedyProbabilistic recommendations from AI chatbots may improve human diagnostic performance through collective intelligence, potentially curbing overtreatment.
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18 Dec 2023
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2023
By Caroline DonnellyHere are Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2023
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18 Dec 2023
32% of Academic Physicians Plan to Leave Workforce, Fueled by Burnout
By Victoria BaileyEach one-point increase in burnout among academic physicians was associated with 52 percent higher odds of intention to leave.
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18 Dec 2023
Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeThe last personnel moves update of the year includes a fresh batch of executives looking to help deliver growth at their latest employers
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18 Dec 2023
Top 10 end user computing stories of 2023
By Cliff SaranWhile the humble personal computer remains core to business productivity, IT admins now need to support a flexible and hybrid workforce
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18 Dec 2023
Top 10 artificial intelligence stories of 2023
By Cliff SaranIt has been a busy year for the IT sector, building out AI-based software and hardware acceleration to meet customer requirements
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18 Dec 2023
Leveraging Social Determinants for Medicare, Medicaid Engagement
By ZelisSocial determinants of health are a top barrier for Medicare and Medicaid populations, but health plans can tap into the data to optimize member engagement and outcomes.
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18 Dec 2023
How threat intelligence is applied in DNS security
By Aaron TanInfoblox’s director of security architecture explains how the company leverages its threat intelligence capabilities to help organisations stay ahead of DNS security threats
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18 Dec 2023
Delta Dental of California MOVEit Hack Impacts 7M Individuals
By Jill McKeonDelta Dental of California notified nearly 7 million individuals that their information had been impacted by the MOVEit hack in May.
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18 Dec 2023
NC Attorney General Sues HCA After Quality of Care Complaints
By Jacqueline LaPointeAG Josh Stein alleges HCA Healthcare has not provided quality, consistent emergency and cancer care following Mission’s purchase.
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18 Dec 2023
Lawsuit Challenges New Jersey’s Out-of-State Telehealth Licensing Law
By Anuja VaidyaThe suit claims that mandating out-of-state telehealth providers to maintain a New Jersey medical license is burdensome and limits patients’ access to care.
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18 Dec 2023
NYC Health Dept. Expands Work to Address Racism in Clinical Algorithms
By Shania KennedyThe Coalition to End Racism in Clinical Algorithms, which examines race adjustment in clinical decision support tools, will expand its focus to include hypertension.
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18 Dec 2023
AllianceRx Walgreens Selected to Distribute XDEMVY
By Alivia Kaylor, MScAlong with BlinkRx, Carepoint, and CVS, AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy was selected to distribute XDEMVY (lotilaner ophthalmic solution) 0.25%.
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15 Dec 2023
Lenovo's new ThinkSystem, ThinkAgile offerings aimed at AI
By Adam ArmstrongLenovo has added the latest generation of Intel CPUs to new ThinkSystem servers and ThinkAgile HCI appliances to better address enterprise AI needs.
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15 Dec 2023
Intel Core Ultra CPUs with neural processing runs AI on PCs
By Don FluckingerIntel's Core Ultra CPUs now contain embedded AI neural processing, which adds options for device manufacturers to divide demand for AI processes among different hardware resources.
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15 Dec 2023
Solix eyes data lakes as it builds out archive platform
By Tim McCarthySolix Technologies' latest Common Data Platform update focuses on archiving, sorting and storing customer data for data lake creation and, ultimately, AI.
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15 Dec 2023
Small language models an emerging GenAI force
By Antone GonsalvesEnterprises are unwilling to pay for large language models to accomplish simple business tasks with generative AI. They're looking at cheaper small language models.
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15 Dec 2023
DOJ's long-term goals in Google antitrust case unclear
By Makenzie HollandThe DOJ faced off against Google this year in an antitrust trial, claiming that Google maintained an illegal monopoly over the online search and search advertising markets.
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15 Dec 2023
Police defend facial recognition target selection to Lords
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonSenior police officers confirm to Lords committee that facial recognition watchlist image selection is based on crime categories attached to people’s photos, rather than a context-specific assessment of the threat presented by a given individual
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15 Dec 2023
Jaguar Land Rover taps Tata Communications to drive production
By Joe O’HalloranCar maker's new technology and connectivity framework is designed to power next-generation vehicle production by improving line performance and vehicle quality using AI and real-time data insights
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15 Dec 2023
CMS Model Aims to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes, Access to Care
By Victoria BaileyCMS will select up to 15 state Medicaid agencies that will receive technical and financial assistance to improve maternal health outcomes.
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15 Dec 2023
Government advised to overturn all Post Office scandal convictions
By Bryan GlickAn independent board set up to advise the government on compensation for innocent subpostmasters has recommended that all the Post Office scandal convictions are ‘unsafe’ and should be overturned
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15 Dec 2023
Warwickshire Search and Rescue takes flight with Virgin Media O2 5G connected drone
By Joe O’HalloranVirgin Media O2 delivers search and rescue team ‘signal from the sky’ with mobile base station small enough to be flown on a drone, bringing reliable 5G signal to remote areas to assist with rescue missions
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15 Dec 2023
2022 National Healthcare Spending Growth Slowed to Pre-COVID Levels
By Kelsey WaddillNational healthcare spending grew 4.1 percent in 2022 and Medicare and private payers experienced a slightly slower growth rate than the previous year.
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15 Dec 2023
Harrisburg Medical Center Data Breach Impacts 147K Individuals
By Jill McKeonHarrisburg Medical Center recently disclosed a year-old data breach in which a threat actor potentially gained access to sensitive documents.
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15 Dec 2023
Medication Access for OUD Abysmal for Medicare Enrollees
By Sara HeathWhile the number of Medicare enrollees with medication access for OUD still remains low, OIG reported a promising increase in naloxone access.
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15 Dec 2023
NIH-Funded Study to Assess Telehealth Use in Predicting Autism
By Anuja VaidyaUC Davis researchers will use a $3.2 million NIH grant to assess telehealth’s potential in determining the likelihood of autism diagnoses among infants.
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15 Dec 2023
Providers, Payers Sign Pledge for Ethical, Responsible AI in Healthcare
By Shania KennedyOver 25 health systems and payers have made voluntary commitments to ensure that health AI leads to fair, appropriate, valid, effective, and safe outcomes.
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15 Dec 2023
Researchers Identify the Cause of Morning Sickness
By Veronica SalibResearchers in Nature identified a hormonal basis for morning sickness, providing a potential way to assess risk.
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15 Dec 2023
Alibaba debuts LLMs for Southeast Asia
By Aaron TanAlibaba’s SeaLLMs are built to address the linguistic diversity and nuances in Southeast Asia, enabling businesses to deploy localised chatbots and translation applications
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14 Dec 2023
SUSE Rancher Kubernetes regroups amid platform trend
By Beth PariseauIt's been a year of seismic shifts for SUSE's Rancher Kubernetes management products as market buzz shifts to platform engineering, forcing changes in strategy heading into 2024.
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14 Dec 2023
Russian APT exploiting JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability
By Arielle WaldmanThe Russian hackers behind the SolarWinds attacks are the latest nation-state group to exploit a critical TeamCity vulnerability to gain initial access to victims' servers.
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14 Dec 2023
Lightning AI's new platform is a one-stop shop for developers
By Esther AjaoThe platform enables developers to build, train and develop models on the cloud under one web interface without having to switch between different tools and applications.
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14 Dec 2023
Technology inflation rate edges up for storage, IT services
By John MoorePrice hikes persist for professional services and cloud, while an increase in storage costs could reflect a return toward more typical pricing levels after a period of decline.
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14 Dec 2023
Government plans to regulate to tackle datacentre threats
By Alex ScroxtonDSIT outlines a range of proposals designed to protect data storage facilities from cyber attacks, as well as physical threats and the effects of climate breakdown
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14 Dec 2023
Splunk: AI isn't making spear phishing more effective
By Arielle WaldmanWhile new research shows AI tools won't make it easier for adversaries to conduct successful phishing attacks, social engineering awareness should remain a priority.