Mike Miliard
The goal of the partnership, which also includes UC Berkeley and DLA Piper, is to build a baseline understanding and confidence in a wild-west software market and allow for safer, more responsible deployment of AI and machine learning algorithms.
"It's not about ultimate security. It's about doing what's right for the organization, and it should be business-driven," said one expert at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.
A researcher from CISA describes the results of a report, which finds the U.S. healthcare infrastructure in "critical condition," thanks to COVID-19 and the disruption of ransomware and other security threats.
"What's measured is managed," as the saying goes, but the questions of what to measure, how to report it and how dashboards should be customized are just as important, says the CISO of Highmark Health.
The new data science and AI center aims to "establish appropriate AI governance, set validation and documentation standards, detect inherent bias, ensure data integrity and promote AI literacy among caregivers."
Dr. Nasim Afsar will be in charge of the company's efforts around patient care, which are focused on quality and safety, regulatory compliance, government and policy, and continuous improvement.
2021 Year in Review
The health information network's executive director, Jay Nakashima, sees big progress with 21st century Cures Act compliance, TEFCA, data quality, FHIR adoption and information exchange among providers, public health agencies and labs.
Artificial intelligence is the "transformative technology of our time" and demands strong, smart regulation to enable its potential, says Brookings scholar Darrell M. West ahead of his appearance at HIMSS Machine Learning & AI for Healthcare.
The new document, published this past week, takes stock of a fast-changing technology environment – and would replace the agency's previous medical device guidance, first issued more than 16 years ago.
Former Microsoft exec Kurt DelBene, who helped right the course for Healthcare.gov eight years ago, could be tasked with enabling a bigger turnaround job at Veterans Affairs.