Decision Support

Healthcare leaders have weighed in on the interim 2024 Health Budget with hopes for investment in tech, particularly AI. 

The National Institutes of Health may seek as much as $200 million to acquire a new electronic health record that does not depend on institutional knowledge to maintain – and can handle continuous machine learning validation. 

The sector has strengths in cybersecurity and communications but lacks innovation, the Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council notes.

ECRI, the patient safety organization, has published its annual list of the 10 health technology hazards it's watching in 2024.

Further guidance is needed to protect patients from "sycophantic" genAI documentation outputs that influence medical decisions, and researchers are asking the FDA "to clarify its oversight before summarization becomes a part of routine patient care."

Despite the hype, this buzzing AI will still have to prove its worth for Asia's cautious hospitals, says one health tech vendor. 

Specialty centres focused on cancer and brain disorders share flagship projects and initiatives in the pipeline to provide more personalised care to individual patients.

Hospital CIOs share their thoughts on what it takes to champion health IT this 2024.

Andy Ta, director of Data Analytics and AI and chief data officer of Synapxe, shares how the national health tech agency empowers public health facilities and the healthcare workforce to be confident using AI and other new technologies.

Aside from clinical decision and diagnosis support, AI technology is also anticipated to assist with personalised treatments, clinical trials, and self health management, says Augnito founder Rustom Lawyer.