Morning Headlines 11/14/23
Governor Hochul Announces Proposed Cybersecurity Regulations for Hospitals Throughout New York State
New York State will require hospitals to establish a cybersecurity program, implement protective measures, assign a chief information security officer role, and implement two-factor authentication for external access, with the plan including $500 million in available grants to help fund compliance.
Dutch hospital uses AI to answer patients’ questions
Groningen University’s teaching hospital UMCG rolls out chatbot to help answer patient questions, which scans their records and providers a clinician-reviewed response in what the hospital says is the first such use in Europe.
How Generative AI Could Help Us Predict the Next Pandemic
Harvard researchers develop an AI tool that can predict the emergence of concerning variants of COVID-19 and other viruses.
A majority of Americans are optimistic that AI will improve healthcare in 2024
A survey of randomly sampled Americans find that half expect AI to create major advancements in healthcare next year, especially in diagnosis and access, although few of them would prefer to work with a doctor who uses AI extensively.
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