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The merger of American Telemedicine Association's advocacy arm with DTA will create the Advancing Digital Health Coalition, a combined policy and advocacy platform focused on advancing new technologies with the potential to transform patient care.

The EHDS promises to advance access to large data sets for research and public health decisions – and ideally enable personalised patient care. AIDAVA was launched to make the latter possible by helping curate and publish individual health data using AI.

Researchers and developers have announced artificial intelligence tools that aim to shrink the time mental health providers spend on administrative tasks, provide faster triage, support clinical decision-making and improve patient access. 

After yet another temporary extension of pandemic-era virtual care flexibilities, a partner at healthcare consulting firm Chartis offers a vision for a sustainable future for these promising care models.

One breach is said to have impacted legacy Oracle Health servers; another has allegedly affected millions of records accessed via Oracle Cloud.

Now operating as ransomware-as-a-service, affiliates employ a double or triple extortion where they encrypt victim data, threaten to publicly release exfiltrated data if a ransom is not paid and may request an additional ransom.

How industry-specific partnerships enhance security against cyberattacks.

Dr. Eve Cunningham, chief medical officer at telehealth and remote patient monitoring firm Cadence  and former virtual care and digital health chief at Providence, sees a way to create a more sustainable and patient-centered healthcare system.

A petition to save a 120-year-old NIST lab relied upon for spectroscopic endeavors that advance many fields, including medical imaging and diagnostics, is circulating under a new online campaign opposing impending Trump administration layoffs.

Also, a private Cambodian hospital partnered with a commercial bank to enable mobile, automated payments.