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Diabetes WA discloses data breach Diabetes WA, the peak body for diabetes in Western Australia, has reported unauthorised access to the personal information of some of their contacts. Based on its initial investigation, the following information may have been accessed by hackers: name, address, birth date, email, telephone number, marital status, Aboriginal status, Medicare number, referring doctor, and type of diabetes.
As artificial intelligence rapidly advances in healthcare, the industry is grappling with how to evaluate AI models for accuracy and performance and monitor the technology for any downstream advers | The healthcare industry is grappling with how to evaluate AI models for accuracy and performance and monitor the technology for any downstream adverse outcomes.
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As artificial intelligence rapidly advances in healthcare, the industry is grappling with how to evaluate AI models for accuracy and performance and monitor the technology for any downstream advers | The healthcare industry is grappling with how to evaluate AI models for accuracy and performance and monitor the technology for any downstream adverse outcomes.
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Current solutions for remote health monitoring can be seen as invasive by patients and mostly do single variant intermittent tracking. FDA clearance brings one of Europe’s most advanced real-time continuous remote monitoring systems to the US market for the first time. A patient-friendly multi-sensor bracelet which helps to address some of the key challenges around the adoption of remote patient monitoring systems (RPM) has been given clearance by the United States Food and Drug Administra
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With the world of healthcare constantly updating and evolving, it’s very easy for topics and technologies to be forgotten and left behind. Though we may forget it in the excitement of something new, these technologies don’t stop being important and effective for our organizations. So for the 137th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are putting a spotlight on some important healthcare technologies that have fallen off the radar.
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