"Artificial intelligence has arrived in the field of mental health. Large health systems and independent therapists alike have begun to adopt different AI tools to manage the delivery of mental health treatment.

The speed of the adoption — alongside disturbing incidents of individuals using general-use AI chatbots with catastrophic consequences — is causing some concern among practitioners and researchers."

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/07/nx-s1-5771707/mental-health-care-workforce-artificial-intelligence-ai

#healthcare #MentalHealth #AI #telehealth #HealthIT

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NEW: ASTP/ONC is going back to just "ONC." The name change also comes with a re-organization.

More on what that means for the nation's health IT:

https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/31/hhs-reorganizes-health-it-regulation-office-astp-onc/

#health #healthcare #medicine #healthIT #ASTP #ONC #HIE #healthdata #interoperability

HHS changes the U.S. health IT office’s name, and its purview

The Trump administration is changing the name of the federal health IT office back to the Office of the National Coordinator.

STAT
Toot 2 (The Problem): The numbers: 281 non-compliant contracts inherited in 2021. Still 53 operating outside regulations in late 2025. December 2025: a £15k contract discovered to have bypassed procurement rules.
Before you can modernize, you have to clean up. That takes time. It explains why the Manx Care Record is moving glacially.
#Governance #PublicProcurement #HealthIT (2/4)

RE: https://mstdn.social/@tobru/116264022175606815

#HealthIT die sich selbst den Boden entzieht und das Vertrauen, dass wir für notwendige #Digitalisierung brauchen, untergräbt.

🚨 CVE-2026-33875 (CRITICAL, CVSS 9.3): gematik app-Authenticator <4.16.0 is vulnerable to authentication hijack via malicious deep links. No workarounds — update to 4.16.0+ urgently! https://radar.offseq.com/threat/cve-2026-33875-cwe-940-improper-verification-of-so-189b5f61 #OffSeq #CVE202633875 #HealthIT #VulnAlert
"Im Auftrag des @bsi wurde die IT-Sicherheit von Informations- bzw. Verwaltungssystemen in ambulanten #Pflegeeinrichtungen getestet. Für die sichere Verwendung von #Gesundheitsdaten, bedarf es einer hohen Sicherheit. Sei es das #Krankenhausinformationssystem, das Praxisverwaltungssystem oder das #Pflegedokumentationssystem, Nutzerauthentifizierung und -autorisierung stellen weiterhin eine Herausforderung dar."
#HealthIT
#Langzeitpflege
#Pflegepolitik
https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Service-Navi/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/Presse2026/260317_Software-Produkte_Gesundheitswesen.html
BSI bemängelt IT-Sicherheit von Software-Produkten des Gesundheitswesens

Für den Schutz sensibler Gesundheitsdaten ist die Verwendung sicherer Software-Produkte notwendig. Die IT-Sicherheit von Software-Produkten im Gesundheitswesen ist allerdings ausbaufähig. Das stellt das BSI nach der Testung der Standardkonfiguration unterschiedlicher Software-Produkte im Gesundheitswesen fest.

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik

AI transcription in healthcare sounds amazing…

But here’s something most hospitals don’t realize until it’s too late.

👉 Read the full article here:
https://www.itranscript360.com/web/BlogDetails.aspx?data=beyond-the-hype:-navigating-ai-transcription-security-risks-in-healthcare

#healthcare #HealthTech #HIPAA #MedicalTranscription #HealthIT

Beyond the Hype: Navigating AI Transcription Security Risks in Healthcare

AI transcription risks in healthcare: Learn 5 critical security threats, HIPAA compliance tips, and how to protect patient data in 2026.

⚠️ AI transcription in healthcare sounds amazing…

But here’s something most hospitals don’t realize until it’s too late.

Many AI transcription tools today are not designed for healthcare security.

👉 Read the full article here:
https://www.itranscript360.com/web/BlogDetails.aspx?data=beyond-the-hype:-navigating-ai-transcription-security-risks-in-healthcare

#healthcare #HealthTech #HIPAA #MedicalTranscription #HealthIT

Beyond the Hype: Navigating AI Transcription Security Risks in Healthcare

AI transcription risks in healthcare: Learn 5 critical security threats, HIPAA compliance tips, and how to protect patient data in 2026.