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Here's The Latest in Health Care:

•  A recent report published that artificial intelligence is being used to automatically diagnose common childhood conditions after processing the patient's symptoms, history, lab results, and other clinical data. Millions of Americans each year are misdiagnosed as a result of physician bias or overlooked alternatives. The hope is that someday this highly accurate system may assist doctors in diagnosing more complex or rare conditions.  Read More

•  Health care executives agree that some of the top challenges the industry is currently facing includes declining reimbursements and the patient experience, in addition to maintaining and upgrading IT and cybersecurity. Executives also identified that some of the key initiatives to reducing costs and improving the patient experience are to enable interoperability and increase data visibility across the enterprise.  Read More

•  Before you go squashing the next scurrying cockroach you see, consider the fact that insects actually have antimicrobial-producing microorganisms that could one day help cure diseases. As more and more infections become resistant to antibiotics, scientists are turning to insects and the bacteria living inside them as a source for new antibiotics in a time when demand is high but pipeline for new drugs is dwindling.  Read More

•  The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights reported 10 settled cases and one judgement totaling $28.7 million in 2018 in response to HIPAA violations. It is 22% higher than what was reported in 2016 and a record year for settlements.  Read More

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