This week, Will explores how AI is transforming family practice from diagnostic decision support to workflow automation.

You’ll hear how tools like smart symptom checkers and portable image-analysis apps catch disease earlier, and how AI scribes and coding assistants can shave 20–30 percent off documentation time.

We also address ethical and HIPAA considerations, including bias, data privacy, and liability, and share a step-by-step playbook for piloting AI in your clinic.

Listen in to learn how to kickstart your own AI pilot and measure real outcomes.

Episode #03 Links to Sources

1. AI & ML in Sofrware as a Medical Device (FDA): https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/software-medical-device-samd/artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-software-medical-device

2. Interaction Time with EHRs: A Systematic Review (PubMed): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8387128/

MedTech Minute Stories

1. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/boston-scientific-not-seek-us-approval-heart-device-amid-regulatory-challenges-2025-05-28/

2. https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/kettering-health-says-radiation-oncology-back-online-after-ransomware-attack

3. https://www.bioworld.com/articles/720418-fda-greenlights-distalmotions-dexter-for-gallbladder-removal?v=preview

In this week's episode, Will walks you through the anatomy of a ransomware strike and shares hands-on response steps every healthcare organization needs. You'll learn:

• Attack Breakdown: How attackers gain entry via phishing, exposed remote access, or third-party compromise, then move laterally to deploy the ransom payload and steal data.

• Real-World Case Study: A community hospital’s month-long shutdown after the LockBit gang hit Fairfield Memorial Hospital—what went wrong, how they recovered, and the impact on patients and regional EMS.

• Response & Recovery Playbook: Immediate actions to detect, contain, notify, and communicate; best practices for restoring from trusted backups; and long-term hardening measures like network segmentation, MFA, and continuous monitoring.

Episode #02 Links to Sources

1. US Healthcare at risk: Strengthening resiliency against ransomware attacks (Microsoft) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/security-insider/emerging-threats/us-healthcare-at-risk-strengthening-resiliency-against-ransomware-attacks

2. The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2024 (Sophos) https://getmediguard.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/sophos-state-of-ransomware-healthcare-2024.pdf

3. Ransomware Attack Associated With Disruptions At Adjacent Emergency Departments in the US (JAMA Network) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2804585

MedTech Minute Stories

1. https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/griffin-health-ai-helps-point-out-patients-clinicians-should-screen-cancer

2. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/medtronic-separate-diabetes-business-wsj-reports-2025-05-21/

3. https://www.philips.com/a-w/about/news/archive/standard/news/articles/2025/philips-collaborates-with-nvidia-to-improve-patient-care-in-mr-with-latest-ai-advances.htm

In our inaugural MedTech Monitor episode, Will covers in detail the HIPAA Security Rule Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the changes that have been proposed to the Security Rule, and how to prepare.

The changes are the most comprehensive overhaul to HIPAA since the HITECH Act and Omnibus Rule in 2013.

HIPAA Security Rule NPRM Fact Sheet: https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/security/hipaa-security-rule-nprm/factsheet/index.html

Federal Register - Full Text of NPRM: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30983/hipaa-security-rule-to-strengthen-the-cybersecurity-of-electronic-protected-health-information

Security Rule Changes Spreadsheet: https://getmediguard.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MTM-E01-Security-Rule-NPRM.xlsx

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MedTech Minute Stories

1. https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/rev-cycle-ai-tools-are-delivering-measurable-roi

2. https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/dukes-chief-nurse-shows-how-vr-and-ai-are-changing-nursing-health-system