North Korean nationals seeking illicit remote employment have increasingly targeted the healthcare sector, according to a Sept. 30 report from Okta Threat Intelligence. Here are five things to know:

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is collaborating with ALIGNMT AI to pilot a governance platform for responsible deployment of artificial intelligence in oncology. ALIGNMT AI joined the Memorial Sloan Kettering Innovation Hub to support operationalization of the…

Renton, Wash.-based Providence and Compassus have expanded their joint venture to provide home health, hospice, palliative and personal care services in California, creating a network of 19 locations across the state. The new entity will operate as Providence at Home…

Hospitals are drowning in admin. Nearly one-third of the workforce in U.S. hospitals and physician offices is non-clinical staff, and administrative costs top $450 billion a year. Armies of people spend their days answering phones, calling insurers, and chasing claims.…

The Cancer AI Alliance has launched a collaborative AI platform for cancer research. The platform enables participating cancer centers to train AI models on millions of clinical data points without moving individual data outside institutional firewalls. It is designed to…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic developed an artificial intelligence model using electrocardiogram data that outperformed the current model for end-stage liver disease score in predicting severe liver disease and liver-related death among transplant patients. Findings from the AI-cirrhosis-ECG model, or ACE,…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Sept. 30 to expand the use of artificial intelligence in pediatric cancer research and care, directing federal agencies to build on existing data initiatives and accelerate innovation. Here are six things to…

HHS is doubling its investment in AI-enabled pediatric cancer research, raising the annual budget for the National Cancer Institute’s childhood cancer data initiative from $50 million to $100 million. The increase follows an executive order signed by President Donald Trump.…

Health systems are seeing millions of dollars in financial gains from AI initiatives that streamline clinical work and boost revenue, according to health system IT leaders. Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health has reported measurable returns from several AI applications. CIO…

The next generation of EHRs will be mobile-first, voice-activated — and may not resemble modern medical records systems at all, health system CIOs told Becker’s. As EHRs continue to evolve with more AI and voice functionality, IT leaders say they…