Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending September 13: AI boosterism, Italian telehealth post-pandemic, China's digital health start-ups, telehealth and quality of care, Thai ransomware attack, TraceTogether in Singapore, NHS app lessons, AI beyond the buzz, Withings' medical ScanWatch, reducing clicks in Cerner, Abu Dhabi HIE platform, Palantir's NHS data store
Whistleblowers charge CEO of NJ firm with inflating AI capability
MedCity News ~ Arundhati Parmar ~ 07/09/2020
They allege that ElectrifAi is touting an improperly-developed healthcare AI tool amidst a pandemic and accuses the CEO of racism, a charge that finds corroboration in an employment lawsuit.
The post COVID Italian telehealth experience
MobiHealthNews ~ Tammy Lovell ~ 04/09/2020
However, a major barrier was that telemedicine had not been formally recognised in Italy. Certified platforms were expensive and not immediately available, and a clear procedure was needed to write and deliver clinical records to patients.