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Harmonizing Africa’s Data Governance: Challenges and Solutions

Bill of Health

Consider the following harmonization approach: Every African country should legislate to automatically deem any other African country that ratifies the Malabo Convention as providing adequate data protection, and govern personal data flows to such a country in the same way as domestic transfers of personal data.

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The potential security crisis presented by rapid telehealth rollouts

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But security experts say that rise presents vulnerabilities – and the crisis is "blood in the water" for cybercriminals. "But when you're expecting emails from government agencies outside the organization, that creates an opportunity for hackers to phish accounts and gain access that way."

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COVID-19 presents a new chance to make telehealth accessible to the underserved

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Further, as payer mix shifts in favor of government-funded programs and the strain on already underfunded programs grows, our work has come to encompass efforts to effectively manage risk in these programs," he continued.

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Healthcare should broaden efforts to scale genAI, say IT leaders

Healthcare It News

Their study of those presently working to develop and implement natural language processing, machine learning and other AI-driven technologies into their health systems concluded that: Effective governance is lost among other data priorities. They aren’t paying enough attention to what matters most to patients.

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Seven Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Drug Policing

Bill of Health

By Jon Larsen and Sterling Johnson There is a well-established whole of government response to drug policing centered around the “war on drugs.” Policy changes must be considered to replace acknowledged failures and reimagine the whole of government response to drug policing.

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NIST 2.0: Changes that Impact Cyber Programs and How Health Systems Can Adapt to the New ‘Govern’ Function

Healthcare IT Today

has significant enhancements , including the addition of the ‘govern’ function. The New ‘Govern’ Function NIST 2.0 The New ‘Govern’ Function NIST 2.0 The new ‘govern’ function informs how organizations achieve the other five original functions in the framework: identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover.

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Te Whatu Ora Waikato deploys new attendant solution and more briefs

Healthcare It News

The New South Wales Government has recently expanded statewide its virtual urgent care service for children. The statewide expansion of virtualKIDS, which is part of the current NSW government's commitment to delivering 25 urgent care services by mid-2025, is now expected to support at least 500 NSW children and their families each month.