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21 Nov 2024
WasmCloud makes strides with Wasm component model
After a stall in 2023, this year's WASI Preview 2 pushed server-side WebAssembly forward, turning heads at companies such as American Express -- but it's far from mainstream use.
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21 Nov 2024
BianLian cyber gang drops encryption-based ransomware
The Australian and American cyber authorities have published updated intelligence on the BianLian ransomware gang, which has undergone a rapid evolution in tactics
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21 Nov 2024
Microsoft slaps down Egyptian-run rent-a-phish operation
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit has conducted a successful takedown of almost 250 malicious websites used in the cyber criminal ONNX phishing-as-a-service operation
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21 Nov 2024
FDA investigates E. coli outbreak in organic carrots
The FDA is investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to several brands of organic carrots that were recalled by Grimmway Farms for contamination with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.
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21 Nov 2024
For-profit hospices linked to poor care quality
Researchers discovered that hospices owned by private equity firms and publicly traded companies were linked to poorer care quality.
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20 Nov 2024
Study reveals cost-efficiency strategy for LLM deployment
Efficient deployment of large language models at scale in healthcare settings could streamline clinical workflows and reduce costs up to 17-fold without sacrificing reliability.
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20 Nov 2024
HHS has not adopted all GAO cybersecurity recommendations
GAO said that it is still waiting on HHS to implement several cybersecurity recommendations laid out for the department in various GAO reports.
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20 Nov 2024
Apple addresses two iPhone, Mac zero-days
Two zero-day vulnerabilities uncovered in Apple’s operating systems could have allowed for arbitrary code execution and cross-site scripting attacks
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20 Nov 2024
Over half of Americans won't get the new COVID-19 vaccine
Although over half of Americans do not plan to get the new COVID-19 vaccine for a range of reasons, perceptions vary based on political affiliation, age and race.
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19 Nov 2024
Digital Health Most Wired: Health IT budgets doubled in 2024
The 2024 Digital Health Most Wired survey revealed significant increases in health IT budgets, adoption of patient engagement tools and a stronger emphasis on cybersecurity.
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18 Nov 2024
Telehealth prescribing flexibility extended through 2025
The DEA and HHS have extended telehealth prescribing flexibility for controlled substances, like Adderall, through 2025 amid calls for the flexibility to be made permanent.
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18 Nov 2024
AWS widening scope of MFA programme after early success
AWS reports strong take-up of multi-factor authentication among customers since making it compulsory for root users earlier this year, and plans to expand the scope of its IAM programme in spring 2025
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15 Nov 2024
HC3 warns healthcare of Godzilla web shell backdoor
Cyberthreat actors have used Godzilla web shell to execute commands, manipulate files and avoid detection.
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15 Nov 2024
WHO, CDC report a 20% rise in global measles cases
The WHO and CDC emphasize the need for greater measles surveillance and targeted vaccination efforts to address the 20% rise in global measles cases from 2022 to 2023.
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15 Nov 2024
Patient safety improves as HAIs, medication errors go down
Despite a nationwide boost in patient safety, The Leapfrog Group reports state-by-state variation that needs addressing.
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14 Nov 2024
Back surgeries: Low-value care swells Medicare spending
According to new research from the Lown Institute, unnecessary back surgeries led to an estimated $2 billion in Medicare spending over a three-year period.
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14 Nov 2024
Virtual wards to digital feedback: the Nordic approach to post-pandemic healthcare
Post-pandemic healthcare is benefitting from Nordic tech foresight, with the country bringing digital change to the world’s health sector to allow for more remote care
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13 Nov 2024
Telehealth does not raise rates of low-value primary care
New research shows telehealth use in primary care doesn't increase low-value services, like unnecessary tests, addressing concerns about wasteful healthcare practices.
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12 Nov 2024
Microsoft fixes 89 CVEs on penultimate Patch Tuesday of 2024
High-profile vulns in NTLM, Windows Task Scheduler, Active Directory Certificate Services and Microsoft Exchange Server should be prioritised from November’s Patch Tuesday update
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12 Nov 2024
U.S. calls out Russia for enabling healthcare cyberattacks
At a U.N. Security Council briefing, Anne Neuberger, U.S. deputy national security advisor, called out Russia for allowing threat actors to carry out healthcare cyberattacks.
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12 Nov 2024
Zero-day exploits increasingly sought out by attackers
Threat actors increasingly favour zero-day exploits to attack their victims before patches become available, according to the NCSC and CISA, which have just published a list of the most widely used vulnerabilities of 2023
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12 Nov 2024
Physician compensation totals 84% of medical group expenses
Medical groups might rethink operations in light of new Kaufman Hall data about physician compensation and overall employee investment/subsidy.
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11 Nov 2024
Fresh concerns over NHS England registries procurement
Clinicians and technologists behind a number of medical devices registries being brought together by NHS England on a new common platform have accused the health service of flouting public sector procurement regulations
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08 Nov 2024
VA finds medical transportation fix with Uber Health
VA said the Uber Health partnership reduced missed appointments stemming from medical transportation barriers.
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08 Nov 2024
CDC estimates a national diabetes prevalence of nearly 16%
A data brief from the CDC focused on the national diabetes prevalence across the U.S. estimates that 16% of adults in the U.S. have diabetes, with approximately 4.5% being undiagnosed.
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07 Nov 2024
Medical testing inequities contribute to racial bias in AI
Inequitable lab testing to diagnose severe disease can create racial biases in the data used to train healthcare AI, potentially perpetuating care disparities.
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07 Nov 2024
Kaiser Permanente reports email data breach
Recent healthcare cybersecurity incidents include an email data breach that affected Kaiser Permanente and a ransomware attack against a small rural healthcare provider.
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07 Nov 2024
Digital patient engagement tool cut early childhood obesity
The digital patient engagement tool reduced early childhood obesity prevalence among kids at the highest end of BMI scales.
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07 Nov 2024
Google Cloud MFA enforcement meets with approval
Latest Google Cloud policy to enforce multifactor authentication across its user base is welcomed by security professionals
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07 Nov 2024
AI a force multiplier for the bad guys, say cyber pros
CIISec’s annual report on the security profession finds evidence of growing concern that artificial intelligence will ultimately prove more useful to threat actors than defenders
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06 Nov 2024
Pushing ADHD telehealth prescriptions costs Cerebral millions
Telemental healthcare provider Cerebral agreed to pay more than $3.6 million for encouraging unauthorized telehealth prescriptions of controlled substances, like Adderall.
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06 Nov 2024
Effects of nurse burnout on patient safety, satisfaction
Patient safety is significantly harmed by nurse burnout, while patient safety scores take a moderate hit from high clinician burnout rates.
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06 Nov 2024
LLMs might not significantly augment diagnostic reasoning
The use of GPT-4 did not necessarily enhance clinicians' diagnostic reasoning performance compared to those relying solely on conventional clinical resources.
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05 Nov 2024
Using psychology to defend against phishing attacks
A healthy dose of judicious skepticism is crucial to preventing phishing attacks, said David Fine, supervisory special agent at the FBI, during a presentation at a HIMSS event.
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04 Nov 2024
CMS highlights maternal care in CY 2025 OPPS, ASC final rule
The CMS CY 2025 OPPS, ASC final rule aims to reduce maternal mortality, remove barriers to care for formerly incarcerated individuals and enhance health equity.
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04 Nov 2024
CMS finalizes CY 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule rule
CMS issued the CY 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule final rule, which included updates to payment policies and average payment rate reductions.
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01 Nov 2024
ACA open enrollment for 2025: What you need to know
CMS pursued proven outreach strategies for ACA open enrollment 2025, sought to lower costs for consumers, and announced that the number of ACA plans had increased.
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01 Nov 2024
CISA looks to global collaboration as fraught US election begins
The US' CISA cyber agency has unveiled a two-year International Strategic Plan to advance collaboration and improve resilience against shared risks and threats
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01 Nov 2024
CMS, CFPB take on improper medical collections in Medicare
CMS and CFPB have issued a joint statement outlining prohibitions against medical debt collection for Medicare members exempt from cost-sharing.
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01 Nov 2024
Patient outcomes top measure of digital health solutions' ROI
A survey reveals that over half of hospital leaders view improved patient outcomes as the top ROI metric for digital health solutions, with many skeptical of vendor claims.
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01 Nov 2024
Healthcare CISOs discuss the role's challenges at HIMSS event
During a panel session at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, healthcare CISOs discussed top challenges and strategies for success in the role.
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31 Oct 2024
Vaccines are key in cutting antimicrobial resistance, costs
WHO's report emphasizes vaccines in fighting antimicrobial resistance. Broader vaccine access could save thousands of lives, reduce antibiotic use and cut global healthcare costs.
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31 Oct 2024
AI-enabled wearable helps detect medication errors
A wearable, deep learning-driven camera could help healthcare providers proactively identify potential errors prior to medication delivery with 99% accuracy.
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31 Oct 2024
Autumn Budget: Employment agencies to take on PAYE processing from umbrella firms from April 2026
The government has pledged legislation to make employment agencies and end-hirers responsible for making sure contractors pay the right amount of tax, in a clampdown on non-compliant umbrella companies
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30 Oct 2024
Autumn Budget 2024: Chancellor emphasises importance of tech for UK growth
In her first budget, Rachel Reeves reiterated the vital role of technology in delivering economic growth and improving productivity and efficiency in public services
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30 Oct 2024
Interview: James Fleming, CIO, Francis Crick Institute
Helping to cure cancer with computers puts digital leadership on another level – and the world-leading research institute is turning to data science and artificial intelligence to achieve its groundbreaking goals
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30 Oct 2024
Medicare Shared Savings Program saves $2.1 billion in 2023
Accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program earned performance payments totaling $3.1 billion in 2023, the highest since the program's establishment.
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30 Oct 2024
PHTI: Some digital hypertension tools effective in reducing BP
A report by PHTI finds that digital hypertension tools using a medication management approach effectively reduced blood pressure and offset initial care costs.
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30 Oct 2024
Oracle Health to release next-generation EHR in 2025
The next-generation Oracle Health EHR, which incorporates AI across 'the entire clinical workflow,' will be available to early adopters in calendar year 2025.
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30 Oct 2024
AI chatbots show promise for HIV prevention
Artificial intelligence-based chatbots could serve as valuable tools for community-based and public health organizations to improve HIV prevention and care services.
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29 Oct 2024
HC3: Scattered Spider hits healthcare with social engineering
Scattered Spider cyberthreat actors leverage legitimate tools and social engineering tactics to target healthcare, HC3 warned.
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29 Oct 2024
EMEA businesses siphoning budgets to hit NIS2 goals
With NIS2 now in effect, European business leaders are having to divert budget from elsewhere to achieve compliance
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29 Oct 2024
Oracle Health unveils patient portal tool for care management
The Oracle Health Patient Portal and Oracle Health Patient Administration tools aim to streamline care management and patient intake, the company says.
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29 Oct 2024
Iowa resident dies of suspected Lassa fever after travel
The investigation into the death of an Iowa resident suspected to have contracted Lassa fever in West Africa might identify the ninth case of Lassa virus in the U.S. since 1969.
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29 Oct 2024
EHR integration drives ambient speech purchasing decisions
Healthcare organizations are prioritizing EHR integration and usability when selecting ambient speech technology, with top picks including Nuance and Abridge.
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29 Oct 2024
Out-of-pocket healthcare costs tarnish patient experience
High out-of-pocket healthcare costs, plus poor health plan navigability, harm the patient experience and care access.
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25 Oct 2024
TreeHouse Foods expands recall of waffles, pancakes
TreeHouse Foods expands its recall of waffles and pancakes from major retailers, like Walmart, Target, Aldi, Dollar General, Kroger, Publix, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and more.
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25 Oct 2024
HHS, NIST conference: OCR identifies top priority areas
Updating the HIPAA Security Rule is one of OCR's current top priorities, OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer said during an HHS/NIST conference on safeguarding health information.
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25 Oct 2024
Has hospital price transparency affected healthcare costs?
Data indicates that hospital price transparency laws have caused healthcare costs to level off.
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24 Oct 2024
Data bill will boost NHS and police access to data, says government
The Data Use and Access Bill will pave the way for sharing medical records across the NHS and give police the ability to access databases without having to manually log the reasons for their use
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24 Oct 2024
ASTP highlights ongoing issues with information blocking
Despite prohibition of information blocking in April 2021, issues with the access, exchange and use of electronic health information (EHI) persist across the care continuum.
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23 Oct 2024
HHS, NIST conference: Collaboration is key in healthcare cyber
HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm emphasized the role of collaboration in tackling healthcare cybersecurity challenges at a conference held in Washington.
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23 Oct 2024
OCR issues 50th HIPAA right of access enforcement action
OCR resolved a HIPAA right of access case involving Gums Dental Care following a complaint that the practice had failed to provide a patient with timely access to their records.
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23 Oct 2024
Digital health buyers prioritize diabetes, mental health tools
A survey reveals healthcare providers, payers and employers plan to boost spending on digital health solutions over the next year, prioritizing diabetes and mental health tools.
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23 Oct 2024
LLMs show potential for hospital quality measure reporting
Large language models can process Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Management Bundle quality measures in agreement with manual reporting in 90% of cases.
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22 Oct 2024
Danish government reboots cyber security council amid AI expansion
Denmark’s government relaunches digital security initiative to protect business sectors and society at large
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22 Oct 2024
Healthgrades: Clinical outcomes key for hospital rankings
Data from Healthgrades' outpatient hospital rankings indicate a steep disparity in patient outcomes between high- and low-performing hospitals.
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22 Oct 2024
Labour’s 10-year health service plan will open up data sharing
To save the health service, Labour is focusing on bolstering the NHS app and enabling greater sharing of patient records in England
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21 Oct 2024
HHS seeks to secure PrEP, birth control coverage
A proposed rule supports birth control coverage for FDA-approved therapies and devices with no prescriptions or cost-sharing and clarifies the exceptions process for enrollees.
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21 Oct 2024
90% of medical coding staff worry about upcoding, fraud
Healthcare fraud, such as upcoding and unbundling, has medical coding and billing professionals worried about the industry.
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18 Oct 2024
Epic asks court to dismiss Particle Health antitrust lawsuit
Epic has requested dismissal of Particle Health's antitrust lawsuit, noting multiple legal deficiencies and asserting it distracts from Particle's customer data misuse.
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18 Oct 2024
Hurricane Helene triggers dialysis and IV fluid shortage
Following Hurricane Helene, damages to a manufacturing plant in North Carolina and subsequent nationwide IV fluid shortages have forced manufacturers to mobilize global networks.
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18 Oct 2024
Affordability, GenAI top-of-mind for healthcare consumers
GenAI holds promise for ameliorating patient navigation and affordability issues that get in the way of patient care access, healthcare consumers say.
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17 Oct 2024
BianLian cyberattack hits Boston Children's Health Physicians
BianLian cyberthreat actors claimed responsibility for a cyberattack and data breach that affected Boston Children's Health Physicians through its IT vendor.
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17 Oct 2024
How healthcare leaders can mitigate concentration risk
Healthcare organizations are especially susceptible to concentration risk, creating a single point of failure that can jeopardize operations, Forrester researchers suggested.
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17 Oct 2024
Medicare drug price negotiations impact non-chain pharmacies
Although Medicare drug price negotiations intend to expand medication access, independent pharmacies are facing challenges associated with reimbursement and PBM strategies.
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17 Oct 2024
Iranian cyberactors use brute force to target healthcare
U.S. and Australian cybersecurity authorities issued a joint advisory about Iranian cyberactors, who have been using brute force to gain access to critical infrastructure entities.
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17 Oct 2024
Google: Providers see GenAI's potential for administrative tasks
A new report from Google Cloud and The Harris Poll revealed that 89% of providers and 98% of payers have a positive view of GenAI use to streamline administrative tasks.
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17 Oct 2024
Medicare Advantage growth persists ahead of open enrollment
Medicare Advantage growth continues, spurred on by high quality of care, lower costs and better access to care.
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16 Oct 2024
Willingness to use virtual care exceeds service offerings
A new survey reveals strong consumer interest in virtual care, with 94% willing to use it again, but half of health systems haven't increased offerings since 2022.
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16 Oct 2024
AI reveals sex-specific brain cancer risk factors
A deep learning-enabled precision medicine approach could help predict sex-specific patterns of glioblastoma growth, which might improve risk stratification and treatment planning.
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16 Oct 2024
Most HIEs routinely use HL7 v2 and CDA health data standards
While the use of health data standards like HL7 v2 and CDA are popular across HIE organizations, adoption of HL7 FHIR APIs lags, a national survey found.
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15 Oct 2024
Axis Health System suffers cyberattack
Rhysida ransomware actors claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Axis Health System, which has 13 locations in Colorado.
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11 Oct 2024
Microsoft expands healthcare AI, analytics capabilities
New Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare offerings will focus on multimodal foundation models, data integration, healthcare agent services and nursing workflow improvements.
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10 Oct 2024
Carequality releases resolution for Epic and Particle dispute
Following Particle Health's antitrust lawsuit against Epic, Carequality has released a dispute resolution that addresses issues of query purposes and customer diligence.
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10 Oct 2024
PBMs call for FTC commissioners' recusal from antitrust case
Cigna, UnitedHealth and CVS Caremark are requesting FTC commissioners step down from a PBM lawsuit, alleging prejudgment and bias in the agency's review process.
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10 Oct 2024
CFPB warns medical debt collectors of consumer rights laws
Medical debt collectors may not attempt to collect on debts that are inaccurate or inflated, according to the CFPB.
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10 Oct 2024
How Recorded Future finds ransomware victims before they get hit
Threat intel specialists at Recorded Future have shared details of newly developed techniques they are using to disrupt Rhysida ransomware attacks before the gang even has a chance to execute them
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10 Oct 2024
Report explores effects of cyberattacks on patient care
Surveyed healthcare security practitioners reported several negative effects of cyberattacks on patient care, including patient safety and care delivery risks.
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10 Oct 2024
Palliative care via telehealth on par with in-person care
A study found that early palliative care via telehealth for advanced lung cancer patients received quality-of-life scores similar to in-person care, which could expand care access.
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10 Oct 2024
Tripathi: Behavior is biggest health data exchange barrier
With hundreds of information blocking complaints reported to ASTP/ONC, the agency is ramping up oversight and enforcement efforts to address health data exchange barriers.
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09 Oct 2024
Patients trust social media over docs for health information
More than half of patients trust social media and online resources for health information over advice from their doctors and providers.
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09 Oct 2024
CMS hospital-at-home waiver linked to high-quality care
A federal report on CMS' Acute Hospital Care at Home program shows high-quality outcomes and positive patient experiences, as well as demographic differences.
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09 Oct 2024
Five zero-days to be fixed on October Patch Tuesday
Stand-out vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday drop include problems in Microsoft Management Console and the Windows MSHTML Platform
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08 Oct 2024
Secureworks: Ransomware takedowns didn’t put off cyber criminals
The number of active cyber criminal ransomware gangs has surged by almost a third in the space of 12 months, according to the latest intelligence from Secureworks
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08 Oct 2024
HHS settles 2 investigations under HIPAA Security Rule
HHS imposed civil monetary penalties against two healthcare organizations following ransomware investigations and potential HIPAA Security Rule violations.
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08 Oct 2024
FDA authorizes combined at-home flu, COVID-19 tests outside EUA
The Healgen Rapid Check COVID-19/Flu A&B Antigen Test is the first combined at-home flu and COVID tests to be authorized by the FDA through traditional premarket review.
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08 Oct 2024
UK’s cyber incident reporting law to move forward in 2025
The UK government says that enforced cyber incident and ransomware reporting for critical sectors of the economy will help to build a better picture of the threat landscape and enable more proactive and preventative responses
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08 Oct 2024
Quarter of patients miss preventive screenings, primary care
Three in four patients support scope of practice laws that would let nurse practitioners fill in gaps in preventive screenings and primary care access.
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07 Oct 2024
Labour sets up new office to coordinate tech innovation regulations
The newly formed Regulatory Innovation Office has been set up to ensure existing regulations do not become barriers to emerging tech innovations
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04 Oct 2024
NCSC celebrates eight years as Horne blows in
Outgoing NCSC interim leader Felicity Oswald shares her thoughts on the body’s work over the past eight years as she hands over the reins to incoming CEO Richard Horne
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04 Oct 2024
Healthcare M&A revenue reaches $13.3 billion in Q3 2024
Healthcare M&A surged in Q3 2024, driven by portfolio realignments and health system expansion into new markets, according to Kaufman Hall.
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04 Oct 2024
WHO clears in vitro diagnostic mpox testing for emergency use
After declaring a global health emergency for mpox, the WHO has issued an Emergency Use Listing for an in vitro diagnostic test for early mpox diagnosis and treatment.