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25 Mar 2025
UK internet trade bodies issue best practice guidance for telecoms poles
Trade associations for providers of internet services in the UK offer guidance outlines that encourage a community-conscious approach to telecoms infrastructure deployment
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25 Mar 2025
Pharma R&D returns improve amid rising costs, competition
Deloitte reports pharma R&D returns improved to 5.9% in 2024 driven by new blockbuster drugs, rising costs, trial competition and patent expirations threaten future growth.
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25 Mar 2025
OCR settles HIPAA risk analysis investigation
OCR announced a settlement with a healthcare business associate, citing HIPAA risk analysis deficiencies.
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24 Mar 2025
Leapfrog: Patient safety in maternity care slow to improve
Leapfrog Group data shows key areas for improvement, particularly with C-section rates, to boost patient safety in maternity care.
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24 Mar 2025
When are patients willing to wait to see their own PCP?
Patients are willing to wait longer to visit a primary care doctor for sensitive exams but are open to seeing the soonest provider available for time-sensitive symptoms.
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21 Mar 2025
NCSC, DSIT enlist IBM to spearhead cyber diversity agenda
IBM signs on to a partnership deal in support of the popular NCSC CyberFirst Girls scheme designed to foster gender diversity in the cyber security profession
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21 Mar 2025
Demographic disparities persist in video visit utilization
A UC Davis Health study found demographic characteristics are linked to video visit utilization, with older and Black patients more likely to experience failed video visits.
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21 Mar 2025
Dutch workforce faces radical transformation as AI adoption accelerates
While the Netherlands leads Europe in AI adoption, a deeper analysis of the labour market reveals a more nuanced narrative than the apocalyptic predictions of job losses
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20 Mar 2025
Value-based care leaders share tips for greater progress
Two experts in value-based care provide tips for accelerating the shift away from fee-for-service, such as bolstering primary care and adjusting models that penalize success.
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20 Mar 2025
AHA, Health-ISAC warn hospitals of potential multi-city terror threat
The AHA and Health-ISAC alerted the healthcare sector to a social media post detailing plans for a multi-city terrorist attack on hospitals, though the threat is unconfirmed at this time.
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20 Mar 2025
NCSC proposes three-step plan to move to quantum-safe encryption
The NCSC urges service providers, large organisations and critical sectors to start thinking today about how they will migrate to post-quantum cryptography over the next decade
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19 Mar 2025
Big Pharma's $13.8B DTC ad spend drives drug costs
A CSRxP report reveals Big Pharma spent $13.8B on direct-to-consumer advertising in 2023, prompting renewed calls to eliminate corporate tax deductions worth up to $1.7B annually.
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19 Mar 2025
The Sequoia Project launches pharmacy interoperability group
The Sequoia Project has launched a workgroup to drive pharmacy interoperability, welcoming 40 healthcare organizations as members last month.
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19 Mar 2025
BianLian ransom demand hoax circulates via snail mail
The FBI and AHA warned of a ransom demand hoax in which the sender, who communicates through physical letters, claims to be part of the BianLian ransomware group.
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19 Mar 2025
Clop resurgence drives ransomware attacks in February
The exploitation of two new vulnerabilities in a popular file transfer service saw the Clop ransomware gang soar in February, according to NCC
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19 Mar 2025
Optum RX targets cuts to prior authorization for some meds
The move to scrap reauthorization for 80 prescription drugs will ultimately eliminate 10% of prior authorization requirements.
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19 Mar 2025
5M would lose coverage with national Medicaid work requirements
An analysis shows massive coverage losses if Congress passes national Medicaid work requirement as a way to reduce federal healthcare spending.
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18 Mar 2025
MedPAC proposes tying physician pay to inflation
MedPAC recommended that Congress link the 2026 physician payment update to the Medicare Economic Index minus one percentage point.
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18 Mar 2025
Hospital financial performance stable as volumes rise
Hospital financial performance was offset by rising overall volumes in January 2025 despite increasing hospital expenses, especially drug costs.
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18 Mar 2025
Participation in rural hospital cybersecurity program grows
One-third of all U.S. rural hospitals are now participating in Microsoft's rural hospital cybersecurity program as cyber risks continue to grow.
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17 Mar 2025
Physicians lose the most from provider credentialing delays
With average provider credentialing delays of 90-120 days, healthcare professionals are losing substantial revenue, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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14 Mar 2025
Lawmakers reintroduce MATCH IT Act for patient matching
The bipartisan Match IT Act of 2025 aims to establish patient matching standards to enhance patient safety and reduce healthcare costs associated with duplicate medical records.
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14 Mar 2025
New ML tool enables more equitable genomic research
A new machine learning tool could help reduce ancestral bias in genetic data, improving equity in genomic research and personalizing care across diverse populations.
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14 Mar 2025
Can a future digital NHS survive another change?
Computer Weekly looks at the prime minister’s decision to abolish NHS England and the potential impact on the progress of digitising the NHS
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14 Mar 2025
Will Whitehall withstand Starmer’s AI revolution?
As the prime minister sets out plans for the use of artificial intelligence to take over civil service tasks, Computer Weekly looks at potential challenges and concerns around the decision
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13 Mar 2025
Medical device report delays raise safety concerns
A BMJ study finds nearly one-third of medical device makers submit adverse event reports late, with 54.8% linked to 3 manufacturers and 13 devices, raising safety concerns.
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13 Mar 2025
Study: ML mortality prediction misses 66% of severe injuries
When given test cases with different injury levels, ML mortality prediction models gave inconsistent risk scores, overestimating moderate injuries and underestimating severe ones.
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13 Mar 2025
SuperBlack ransomware may have ties to LockBit
Forescout researchers report on a new ransomware gang that appears to be keeping the legacy of the notorious LockBit crew alive
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13 Mar 2025
Starmer to send AI tech teams into government departments
In his plans to reform the state, the prime minister is pushing for artificial intelligence to take on tasks for civil servants and calling time on NHS England
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13 Mar 2025
IR35 reforms: HMRC’s assessment of private sector impacts called into question
HM Revenue & Customs recently published figures that show it generated £1.8bn more than expected from private sector roll-out of IR35 reforms, but those figures are being called into question
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12 Mar 2025
Providers face $80B losses without Medicaid expansion
If states drop Medicaid expansion following funding cuts, providers could face substantial revenue losses and higher uncompensated care costs in 2026, according to a new analysis.
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12 Mar 2025
Cobalt Strike abuse drops 80% following takedown campaign
Microsoft, H-ISAC and Fortra worked together on takedown efforts over the past two years, resulting in a significant reduction of Cobalt Strike abuse by cybercriminals.
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11 Mar 2025
March Patch Tuesday brings 57 fixes, multiple zero-days
The third Patch Tuesday of 2025 brings fixes for 57 flaws and a hefty number of zero-days
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11 Mar 2025
Perimeter security appliances source of most ransomware hits
Perimeter security appliances and devices, particularly VPNs, prove to be the most popular entry points into victim networks for financially motivated ransomware gangs, according to reports
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11 Mar 2025
Dismissing patient concerns 2025's top patient safety threat
Dismissing patient concerns can have adverse patient safety consequences like dismissed diagnosis and delayed care.
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10 Mar 2025
Physicians decry ongoing Medicare payment cuts
The AMA criticizes Congress for allowing a fifth year of Medicare payment cuts, warning it threatens patient care and forces small practices to close.
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10 Mar 2025
Telehealth prescribing ups SUD risk among some ADHD patients
New research shows that telehealth prescribing of ADHD medications did not increase substance use disorder risks overall, except among 26-to-34-year-olds.
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10 Mar 2025
Goverment overhauls AI funding to drive agility
A startup mindset is at the heart of a Labour’s approach to how it wants to speed up AI innovation in the public sector
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07 Mar 2025
VA EHR rollout expanding to 9 more facilities in 2026
The VA EHR will be implemented at nine additional facilities in 2026 despite persistent performance issues with the system from EHR vendor Oracle Health.
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07 Mar 2025
Top-rated orgs see up to 50% lower patient safety indicators
Patients at top-performing hospitals saw lower risk of key patient safety indicators, including in-hospital fall rates and certain hospital-acquired infections.
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06 Mar 2025
Gender gap is clear in surgeon EHR documentation time, study finds
A new study adds to growing evidence that women physicians face heavier EHR documentation workloads outside of scheduled clinical hours than their male counterparts.
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06 Mar 2025
European cloud providers unite over data sovereignty-focused API
Three of the continent’s cloud providers have joined forces to create an API that will make it easier for users to move apps, data and workloads from one European provider’s platform to another
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06 Mar 2025
NHS chief data officers concerned by FDP roll-out
The Chief Data and Analytical Officers Network has raised concerns over the way the NHS Federated Data Platform is being implemented and NHS England’s approach to its adoption
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06 Mar 2025
CFIT publishes blueprint for digital company business IDs
Plan to increase the use of digital identities by businesses could add billions of pounds to UK economy through compliance savings and reduced fraud
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05 Mar 2025
New analysis estimates $1.1T in Medicaid improper payments
A new analysis estimates $1.1 trillion in Medicaid improper payments over a decade, nearly double CMS's reports, largely due to overlooked eligibility errors.
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05 Mar 2025
Patient collection rate falls by over 3 percentage points
Patient collection rates for commercially insured patients fell in 2024, worsening revenue cycle challenges and requiring providers to adapt their tech and data-driven strategies.
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05 Mar 2025
KLAS: ClosedLoop leads health AI vendors in client satisfaction
In a KLAS report, ClosedLoop clients reported the highest levels of satisfaction across four measured health AI vendors, noting strong partnership.
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05 Mar 2025
Healthcare cybersecurity budgets expected to rise in 2025
Healthcare cybersecurity budgets are projected to rise in 2025, enabling improvements in tools and staffing, according to HIMSS survey respondents.
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05 Mar 2025
NHS investigating how API flaw exposed patient data
NHS patient data was left vulnerable by a flaw in an application programming interface used at online healthcare provider Medefer
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04 Mar 2025
NHS rolls out AI app to predict and prevent falls that could land patients in hospital
Healthtech company Cera's artificial intelligence app can also predict the onset of winter viruses, and is being keenly adopted across the NHS
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04 Mar 2025
Commercial insurance coverage for GLP-1s still limited
Fewer insured people have coverage for GLP-1s, while more are beholden to prior authorization and step therapy before gaining access to the drugs.
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04 Mar 2025
Maternity care out-of-pocket costs higher for Black patients
Disparities in out-of-pocket costs for maternity care are mostly driven by differences in coinsurance and prenatal care costs.
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03 Mar 2025
Medicare Advantage enrollees underuse supplemental benefits
Medicare Advantage beneficiaries find value in supplemental benefits like dental and eye exams, but survey data shows that these benefits are underused.
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03 Mar 2025
How providers can begin billing for patient portal messaging
Organizations need to balance patient expectations and clinic expenses when billing for patient portal messaging.
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28 Feb 2025
Telehealth does not boost low-value care, study finds
Telehealth was linked to lower use and spending on some low-value tests, suggesting it may help reduce unnecessary healthcare spending.
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28 Feb 2025
Salesforce Agentforce AI update targets healthcare
Salesforce customizes Agentforce for clinical care, public health and pharmaceuticals.
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28 Feb 2025
NHS staff lack confidence in health service cyber measures
NHS staff understand their role in protecting the health service from cyber threats and the public backs them in this aim, but legacy tech and a lack of training are hindering efforts, according to BT
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27 Feb 2025
What are the implications of Medicaid per capita caps?
Medicaid per capita caps would decrease federal spending, creating a choice between increased state spending and enrollee coverage.
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27 Feb 2025
Private equity exits lead to physician turnover at practices
Private equity exits drive higher physician turnover, impacting retention, care access and market stability, as doctors shift to larger practices post-exit.
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27 Feb 2025
CVE volumes head towards 50,000 in 2025, analysts claim
Many trends, notably a big shift to open source tools, are behind an expected boom in the number of disclosed vulnerabilities
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26 Feb 2025
Trump to expand, enforce healthcare price transparency
A new executive order aims to strengthen healthcare price transparency requirements issued during President Trump's first term and increase enforcement of noncompliance.
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26 Feb 2025
CISOs spending more on insider risk
Insider risk management budgets have more than doubled in the past 12 months and look set to grow further still in 2025, according to a report
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25 Feb 2025
PCPs seek additional training to fully trust healthcare AI
New survey data show that while using healthcare AI is common in primary care, clinicians desire additional training to fully trust AI tools.
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25 Feb 2025
MGMA, CHIME ask Trump to rescind proposed HIPAA Security Rule
Several industry groups signed a letter to the Trump administration asking it to rescind the proposed HIPAA Security Rule updates, citing high costs and regulatory burden.
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24 Feb 2025
AI prior authorization denials threaten patient care
AMA survey warns that 61% of physicians are alarmed by AI-driven prior authorization, with denials delaying care and contributing to serious patient harm.
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24 Feb 2025
Oracle Health applies for TEFCA QHIN designation
If approved, Oracle Health will be the ninth TEFCA qualified health information network (QHIN), joining Epic, Health Gorilla, eHealth Exchange and others.
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21 Feb 2025
Electronic frailty index predicts risk of adverse outcomes
Mass General Brigham's electronic frailty index analyzes EHR data to assess patient frailty, helping predict adverse outcomes and improve care for older adults.
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21 Feb 2025
Non-English speakers face multiple barriers to video visits
Patients primarily speaking Spanish or Cantonese were less likely to participate in video visits due to various technical and communication challenges.
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21 Feb 2025
A landscape forever altered? The LockBit takedown one year on
The NCA-led takedown of the LockBit ransomware gang in February 2024 heralded a transformative year in the fight against cyber crime. One year on, we look back at Operation Cronos and its impact
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20 Feb 2025
OCR: Warby Parker to pay $1.5M penalty for violating HIPAA
Warby Parker faces a $1.5 million penalty for violating HIPAA, OCR determined after launching an investigation into a 2018 credential stuffing cyberattack against the eyewear retailer.
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20 Feb 2025
FDA approves Merilog, first NovoLog biosimilar for diabetes
The FDA approved Merilog (insulin-aspart-szjj), the first biosimilar to NovoLog, enhancing insulin accessibility and competition while potentially lowering costs.
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20 Feb 2025
Ambient scribing reduces cognitive burden of documentation
While ambient scribing shows promise for clinical documentation efficiency, the technology may be more suitable for certain specialties or workflows than others.
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20 Feb 2025
State of U.S. rural hospitals: No margin, no mission
Highlighting financial struggles, a new study reveals nearly half of U.S. rural hospitals face closures, service cuts and declining healthcare access for communities.
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19 Feb 2025
Healthcare cyberattacks continue to escalate in 2025
Healthcare cyberattacks, third-party data breaches and supply chain attacks remain top concerns for healthcare security professionals in 2025, Health-ISAC found.
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19 Feb 2025
Most patients do not trust health systems to use AI responsibly
Trust in health systems to use AI responsibility and protect them from AI harm is low among patients, indicating the need to improve health system trustworthiness.
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19 Feb 2025
Abortion bans affect access in states without restrictions
A new study showed that a Texas abortion ban led to care delays for everyone accessing the procedure in Colorado, a state without restrictions.
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18 Feb 2025
U.S. healthcare spending soars on diabetes, heart diseases
Cardiovascular diseases were the costliest conditions, while U.S. healthcare spending on type 2 diabetes beat out other single conditions, according to a new study.
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18 Feb 2025
EY: Industrial companies worldwide stunted in emerging technology use
Businesses globally are spending more on emerging technologies year-on-year, but struggle to expand experimental use cases, finds EY’s sixth annual Reimagining Industry Futures study
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18 Feb 2025
Meta’s planned subsea cable will exceed circumference of Earth and support AI innovation
Meta’s planned 50,000 km subsea cable will be the world’s longest and connect the five major continents
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14 Feb 2025
NHS launches breast cancer AI trial
The trial will see 700,000 women taking part in artificial intelligence-based screening for breast cancer, looking at whether use of technology can help identify signs of cancer earlier
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14 Feb 2025
Gartner: CISOs struggling to balance security, business objectives
Only 14% of security leaders can ‘effectively secure organisational data assets while also enabling the use of data to achieve business objectives’, according to Gartner
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14 Feb 2025
Government launches consultation on plan to streamline business through e-invoicing
Government announces 12-week consultation on electronic invoicing as part of its plan for change
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13 Feb 2025
Brightline to pay $7M to resolve Fortra hack lawsuit
A judge approved a $7M settlement to be paid by virtual mental health provider Brightline over the 2023 Fortra hack claimed by Clop ransomware actors.
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13 Feb 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed as HHS Secretary
The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary in a controversial vote, despite criticism over his anti-vaccine views and opposition from many physicians.
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13 Feb 2025
Exploring healthcare's third-party risk management gaps
Health IT practitioners understand the scope of third-party risks, but barriers to employing effective third-party risk management strategies persist.
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12 Feb 2025
Physician enthusiasm for healthcare AI rises, concerns linger
While 68% of physicians report advantages to healthcare AI, many physicians have lingering concerns regarding privacy risks, EHR integration and a lack of oversight.
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12 Feb 2025
Emerging vision risks linked to semaglutide, tirzepatide
Recent data points to potential ophthalmic complications, including optic neuropathy and maculopathy, in patients treated with semaglutide and tirzepatide.
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12 Feb 2025
Private equity behind large healthcare bankruptcies in 2024
Private equity played a major role in 2024 healthcare bankruptcies, accounting for 21% of cases, with critics blaming cost-cutting and short-term profit strategies.
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12 Feb 2025
Preventive care access among women low amid info desert
Preventive care access among women was low in the past 12 months amid issues with information access and affordability.
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12 Feb 2025
Cisco Live EMEA: Network supplier tightens AI embrace
At its annual EMEA show, Cisco tech leadership unveiled a raft of new products, services and features designed to help customers do more with artificial intelligence
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11 Feb 2025
OUD patients on Medicaid face telehealth barriers
Medicaid patients with opioid use disorder were less likely to use telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic than those with private insurance, highlighting access barriers.
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11 Feb 2025
AI projects get £85m funding to improve NHS diagnostics and drugs
The funding pot is being distributed between three projects, aiming to establish new ways of researching how artificial intelligence can be used to target hard-to-treat diseases and develop medicines
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10 Feb 2025
Disparities remain as U.S. maternal mortality rate declines
Despite a drop in the overall maternal mortality rate, new CDC data showed continued Black maternal health disparities.
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07 Feb 2025
US lawmakers move to ban DeepSeek AI tool
US politicians have introduced a bill seeking to ban the use of the DeepSeek AI tool on government-owned devices, citing national security concerns due to its alleged links to the Chinese state
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07 Feb 2025
Ransomware payment value fell over 30% in 2024
Several factors, including the impact of law enforcement operations disrupting cyber criminal gangs and better preparedness among users, may be behind a significant drop in the total value of ransomware payments
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06 Feb 2025
2025 Best in KLAS highlights ClosedLoop for healthcare AI
The 2025 'Best in KLAS: Software and Services' report ranked health IT vendor ClosedLoop first for overall performance in the Healthcare AI: Data Science Solutions category.
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06 Feb 2025
KLAS names top revenue cycle management vendors in 2025
The 2025 Best in KLAS report ranks top revenue cycle management vendors based on customer reviews, with Waystar, Availity and FinThrive leading key markets, like claims management.
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06 Feb 2025
UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre begins incident classification work
The Cyber Monitoring Centre will work to categorise major incidents against a newly developed scale to help organisations better understand the nature of systemic cyber attacks and learn from their impact
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05 Feb 2025
KLAS: Elation Health, Lightbeam among top virtual care tools
The 2025 Best in KLAS awardees include Elation Health, Lightbeam Health Solutions and EVisit virtual care tools, taking top spots among telehealth and RPM categories.
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05 Feb 2025
Top healthcare cybersecurity vendors win Best in KLAS awards
The Best in KLAS report highlights software and services companies that help organizations deliver better care, including a handful of healthcare cybersecurity vendors.
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05 Feb 2025
Epic leads 2025 Best in KLAS for MyChart patient portal
Epic Systems has now won the Best in KLAS designation for its MyChart patient portal eight times.
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05 Feb 2025
Epic, Athenahealth win 2025 overall Best in KLAS awards
EHR vendors Epic and Athenahealth led the 2025 Best in KLAS awards for overall software suites, while Evergreen Healthcare Partners was named the top implementation services firm.
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05 Feb 2025
FDA approves Journavx, a safer painkiller alternative
The FDA's approval of Journavx, a first-in-class non-opioid analgesic for acute pain, marks a breakthrough that could reshape pain management and reduce reliance on opioids.