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Study Finds AI is Racist. What?!
Based on an Open Access study published in Lancet Digital Health, AI has an unexplainable ability to discern race from image (MIMIC-CXR, CheXpert, National Lung Cancer Screening Trial, RSNA Pulmonary Embolism CT, and Digital Hand Atlas) datasets while human...
Delivering on the Patient’s Right to Their Medical Records and Promoting a Modern Health App Economy
Patients must have complete transparency into the cost and outcomes of their care. To that end, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is making health data more computable and giving patients more control of their medical record. Putting...
The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs – Shot and Missed, According to a Joint Audit by the Inspectors General of both Departments
May 5, 2022 - The FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), added requirements that the DoD and VA develop EHR systems with the ability to interpret, use, and exchange health care information from medical systems, devices, and applications. As of December...
$90 Million to Support New Data-Driven Approaches for Health Centers to Promote Healthcare Equity
April 21, 2022 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced the availability of nearly $90 million in American Rescue Plan funding to support new data-driven efforts for HRSA...
Patient Generated Health Data – the Great Equalizer in Patient Equity
As Patient Generated Health Data (PGHD) becomes more available from IoT wearables and related fitness and nutritional apps, the practical discussion turns to how to incorporate the data into a patient’s plan of care. Combining PGHD into the overall patient health...
Wearable Tech – Pivotal Information for Health Care Clinicians
The dramatic rise of wearable technology such as fitness trackers like Fitbit and the Apple Watch are hot in the healthcare industry. Popular and widely known healthcare wearables are available for fitness and sports activity tracking. Most smartphones already have...