Bill Siwicki

Ben Wolf, partner in Alston & Bird's Health Care Group, told MobiHealthNews how FDA staffing cuts could slow device approvals and what companies can do to stay ahead.

The group is advocating for digital healthcare initiatives such as expanded access to virtual care and telehealth.

The University of California at San Francisco's overarching goal was not to replace human judgment but to enhance it – allowing oncologists to focus on personalized treatment rather than spending valuable time retrieving and verifying information.

Almost 20% of healthcare workers polled recently said they spend more than 20 hours per month correcting billing errors. Artificial intelligence can help, but adding automation to billing systems is no easy task.

Its newest report tracking rates of artificial intelligence adoption shows significant maturity in large acute care providers. Key use cases include clinical decision support, documentation automation and workflow efficiency.

Also, the Australian government awarded $4 million in funding to a project building the country's first registry of atrial fibrillation ablations.

A hacker accessed some sensitive data of regional staff in October.

It is part of projects fulfilling the five-year Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy.