Discussion around artificial intelligence in healthcare has exploded as the technology looks promising in making healthcare more efficient, but is the discourse around the topic causing fatigue? 

Executive leaders and board members at some of the largest U.S. health systems said that artificial intelligence and new technologies were the top risks they were most concerned about in 2024, according to a Jan. 22 report from Kodiak. 

Money Message ransomware gang is claiming to be responsible for the Dec. 24 hack on Newburyport, Mass.-based Anna Jaques Hospital, The Record reported Jan. 19. 

A physician with Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is suing to allow clinicians to treat patients in other states remotely, according to a Wall Street Journal article.

Hackers are increasingly attempting to extort patients directly as health systems bolster their cyber defenses, Bloomberg Law reported Jan. 22.

CIOs told Becker's the recent rash of IT layoffs at health systems isn't surprising given the financial challenges in healthcare, but that cutting on the tech side can be short-sighted.

Hackers pilfered about $7.5 million from HHS last year using a technique called "spearfishing," illustrating the continued cybersecurity threat facing healthcare, Bloomberg reported.

Academic hospitals and technology firms are a part of a nonprofit that is setting out to establish a network of laboratories across the country to test healthcare artificial intelligence tools. 

AI will revolutionize every aspect of healthcare, including drug, medical device, and medical software regulation; clinical education and more, according to three panelists at a Jan. 12 forum hosted by Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health is creating a telehealth clinic that will focus on medically underserved communities all over the world.