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14 Aug 2024
Post Office brings in new IT chief as it awaits funding for Horizon replacement
By Bryan GlickIncoming tech leader Andy Nice will be responsible for the troubled programme to replace the Horizon IT system at the heart of the Post Office scandal
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14 Aug 2024
Dawn Project calls out Big Tech for selling AI snake oil
By Cliff SaranA campaigning group focused on safety critical technology has called out the major tech firms for putting people’s lives at risk with flawed AI
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14 Aug 2024
Automated police tech contributes to UK structural racism problem
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonCivil society groups say automated policing technologies are helping to fuel the disparities that people of colour face across the criminal justice sector, as part of wider warning about the UK’s lack of progress in dealing with systemic racism
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14 Aug 2024
Leeds Teaching Hospitals deploys patient records and data sharing on Azure
By Cliff SaranIn-house patient records system has been migrated to the Microsoft public cloud, opening up the potential for greater data sharing
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13 Aug 2024
NIST debuts three quantum-safe encryption algorithms
By Alex ScroxtonNIST has launched the first three quantum-resistant encryption algorithms, and as the threat of quantum-enabled cyber attacks grows greater, organisations are encouraged to adopt them as soon as they can
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13 Aug 2024
Fix for Azure Health Bot vulnerabilities prevents exploitation
By Jill McKeonResearchers disclosed two Azure Health Bot vulnerabilities to Microsoft for which fixes were deployed before the flaws could be exploited.
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13 Aug 2024
VA's SDOH pilot targets transportation barriers to healthcare
By Sara HeathVA patients enrolled in the SDOH pilot rideshare program had fewer transportation barriers to care, more access and fewer no-shows.
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12 Aug 2024
HHS proposed rule seeks to align health IT investments
By Hannah NelsonThe proposed rule, which is available for public comment until October 8, 2024, would require HHS contractors to use certified health IT to promote interoperability.
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12 Aug 2024
EHR vendor MEDITECH launches HIE interoperability network
By Hannah NelsonThe Traverse Exchange interoperability network supports nationwide health information exchange (HIE) for MEDITECH customers, including TEFCA connectivity.
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12 Aug 2024
ICD-10 codes for SDOH, housing instability miss the mark
By Sara HeathMore than 70% of the time, ICD-10 codes for SDOH don't reflect a patient's self-reported housing security.
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12 Aug 2024
Social care must ensure IT systems comply with data standards
By Lis EvenstadAs social care is moving towards meeting its target of 80% of providers having digital records, the Department for Health and Social Care calls on them to ensure the digital systems meet national standards
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09 Aug 2024
CHCs defy staff shortage woes, promote healthcare access
By Sara HeathMost community health centers are bogged down by provider and staff shortages, but they're still able to offer next-day and after-hours patient healthcare access.
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09 Aug 2024
Latest healthcare cyberattacks highlight operational risks
By Jill McKeonRecent cyberattacks against OneBlood and McLaren Health Care shed light on the operational challenges that targeted organizations face.
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08 Aug 2024
Royal ransomware crew puts on a BlackSuit in rebrand
By Alex ScroxtonThe Royal ransomware gang is back, with a new name and refreshed capabilities, including an apparently unique ‘partial encryption’ gambit, according to CISA
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08 Aug 2024
US lawmakers seek to brand ransomware gangs as terrorists
By Alex ScroxtonProposals from legislators in Washington DC could shake up the global ransomware ecosystem and give law enforcement sweeping new powers
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07 Aug 2024
Framework to help detect healthcare AI hallucinations
By Shania KennedyNew research demonstrates the potential of an approach to address faithfulness hallucinations in artificial intelligence-generated medical summaries.
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07 Aug 2024
LOINC update seeks to advance semantic interoperability
By Hannah NelsonLOINC release 2.78 includes nearly 3,000 terminology updates across various domains, including social determinants of health (SDOH), diagnostics and public health reporting.
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07 Aug 2024
Lack of telehealth services hurts rural hospital finances
By Anuja VaidyaRural hospitals are losing patients to urban hospitals that provide telehealth, resulting in negative financial repercussions, a new study shows.
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06 Aug 2024
Advanced faces fine over LockBit attack that crippled NHS 111
By Alex ScroxtonAdvanced Software faces a multimillion pound fine for a series of failings which directly led to a 2022 LockBit ransomware attack that disrupted NHS and social care services across the UK
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06 Aug 2024
2024 seeing more CVEs than ever before, but few are weaponised
By Alex ScroxtonThe number of disclosed CVEs soared by 30% in the first seven-and-a-half months of the year, but a tiny fraction of these have been exploited by threat actors, a reminder of the importance of focused security strategies
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06 Aug 2024
IR35 public sector reforms: Chancellor urged to review departmental costs generated by blanket bans
By Caroline DonnellyChancellor Rachel Reeves urged to review ‘non-essential’ departmental spend since the introduction of IR35 reforms in April 2017 as part of her push to close £22bn public spending gap inherited from the Conservatives
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05 Aug 2024
HHS settles HIPAA right of access case with EMS company
By Jill McKeonHHS imposed a $115K civil monetary penalty against American Medical Response over alleged HIPAA right of access failures.
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05 Aug 2024
Chinese cyber attack sparks alert over six-year-old MS vuln
By Alex ScroxtonAfter a proof-of-concept for a six-year-old Microsoft vulnerability emerged in a Chinese APT attack chain, defenders should be on the look-out for exploitation of CVE-2018-0824
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05 Aug 2024
Community health center access up by 1 million patients
By Sara HeathCommunity health center access rises during the nation's primary care crisis, prompting calls for more funding.
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05 Aug 2024
World’s largest companies at near-universal risk of supply chain breach
By Alex ScroxtonData from SecurityScorecard once again focuses on the interconnected nature of business supply chains and the risk posed to operational resilience by unexpected IT problems and cyber threats
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05 Aug 2024
Hospitals get $2.9B increase in Medicare inpatient pay
By Jacqueline LaPointeHHS finalized a rule that will increase Medicare inpatient payments by 2.9% in FY 2025, among other new payment policies.
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02 Aug 2024
Patient trust in healthcare tanked during COVID-19 pandemic
By Sara HeathPatient trust in healthcare providers declined during the pandemic, a trend some experts posit could threaten public health.
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01 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike shareholders sue, alleging false security claims
By Alex ScroxtonA US pension fund is lining up a lawsuit against CrowdStrike, claiming the cyber company lied about the integrity of its systems, leading to failings that caused a worldwide IT outage
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01 Aug 2024
ChatGPT shows potential for clinical knowledge review
By Shania KennedyChatGPT could help clinicians more effectively review medical literature by prioritizing and summarizing research abstracts from journals related to their specialties.
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01 Aug 2024
Sequoia Project launches pharmacy interoperability workgroup
By Hannah NelsonThe Sequoia Project has launched a workgroup in collaboration with Surescripts that aims to close pharmacy interoperability gaps and drive patient-centered care.
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01 Aug 2024
Community care neglected in national digital transformation efforts
By Lis EvenstadDigital technologies could help the government’s ambition of delivering care at home for longer, but community services suffer from a lack of basic technologies and access to funding, according to the King’s Fund
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01 Aug 2024
Telehealth offsets primary care visit declines but not equally
By Anuja VaidyaTelehealth's ability to offset primary care visit declines varied across patient characteristics, with some groups still experiencing large drops in visit volumes.
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31 Jul 2024
Ransomware attack hits blood donation nonprofit
By Jill McKeonBlood donation nonprofit OneBlood is operating at a "significantly reduced capacity" due to a ransomware attack affecting its software system.
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31 Jul 2024
Private equity hospitals better off than non-investment hospitals
By Jacqueline LaPointeHospitals acquired by private equity firms tend to be more financially stable compared to comparable non-private equity hospitals, according to a new study.
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31 Jul 2024
How to Level Up the Revenue Cycle Management Game Plan
By Greenway HealthHere are four strategies to optimize revenue cycle management for maximized revenue collection.
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30 Jul 2024
Average cost of a healthcare data breach sits at $9.77M
By Jill McKeonHealthcare data breach costs fell by 10.6% in 2024 but remain higher than in any other industry, IBM found in its yearly report.
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30 Jul 2024
Paid medical chatbots better at health literacy than free ones
By Sara HeathBoth paid and free medical chatbots offer middling health literacy, but asking for a lower reading level might help.
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30 Jul 2024
GP digital tools could cause patients harm, says report
By Lis EvenstadInvestigation by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body finds some online tools used in general practices could cause risk to patient safety and impact GP workload
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30 Jul 2024
Providers offer 4 key payment reforms to support practices
By Jacqueline LaPointeAMA and other provider trade groups have urged Congressional leaders to reform physician payment in light of recent Medicare cuts.
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29 Jul 2024
UK government sets up AI action plan unit
New government has ambitious plans to use AI to grow the economy, and has hired a tech entrepreneur to help guide the strategy
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29 Jul 2024
Scam CrowdStrike domains growing in volume
By Alex ScroxtonHundreds of malicious domains exploiting CrowdStrike’s branding are appearing all over the web in the wake of the 19 July outage. Experts from Akamai share some noteworthy examples, along with guidance on how to avoid getting caught out
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29 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike says most Falcon sensors now up and running
By Alex ScroxtonThe vast majority of CrowdStrike Falcon sensors affected by a coding error have now been recovered, with a final resolution expected this week
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29 Jul 2024
NIH study reveals pitfalls of AI in clinical decision-making
By Shania KennedyGPT-4V scored highly on the 'New England Journal of Medicine's' Image Challenge, but made mistakes when tasked with explaining its reasoning and describing medical images.
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29 Jul 2024
UK government invests £106m in five quantum tech hubs
By Cliff SaranFive university hubs are receiving funding to support the development of quantum applications that can support healthcare and businesses
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25 Jul 2024
HHS reorganizes for coordination across health data policy
By Hannah NelsonThe HHS reorganization aims to improve coordination for strategy and policy across health data, cybersecurity, AI and technology as digital health transformation progresses.
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25 Jul 2024
Pharmacy group sues UHG over Change Healthcare data breach
By Jill McKeonThe National Community Pharmacists Association and dozens of providers sued UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries over losses suffered due to the Change Healthcare data breach.
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25 Jul 2024
Cash benefits help cut emergency department utilization
By Sara HeathThe $400 cash benefits cut emergency department overutilization by around 100 visits per 1,000 patients, researchers said.
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25 Jul 2024
AHA cautions against mandatory organ transplant payment model
By Jacqueline LaPointeThe American Hospital Association urged the CMS Innovation Center not to implement the proposed Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model.
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25 Jul 2024
Fortune 500 stands to lose $5bn plus from CrowdStrike incident
By Alex ScroxtonThe largest global organisations hit by the CrowdStrike-Microsoft incident on 19 July will likely be out of pocket to the tune of billions of dollars
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24 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike blames outage on content configuration update
By Alex ScroxtonCrowdStrike publishes the preliminary findings of what will be a lengthy investigation into the root causes of the failed 19 July update that caused Windows computers to crash all over the world
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24 Jul 2024
Mimecast to buy insider threat specialist Code42
By Alex ScroxtonMimecast is to buy fellow human-centred risk experts Code42 for an undisclosed sum to take advantage of its insider threat and data loss protection specialisms
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24 Jul 2024
Wearables linked to ‘pathologic’ heart disease symptom monitoring
By Anuja VaidyaAFib patients using wearable devices are more likely to engage in high rates of symptom monitoring and experience anxiety than non-users, a study shows.
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24 Jul 2024
Empowering Patients Through Early Financial Discussions
By CareCreditProviders should discuss financial responsibility and payment options often and early to empower patients through the financial experience of healthcare.
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23 Jul 2024
Most hospitals face public health data exchange challenges
By Hannah NelsonWhile electronic public health reporting has grown significantly in recent years, hospitals and physicians continue to report barriers to public health data exchange.
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23 Jul 2024
OIG audit: HHS secretary must improve cloud security controls
By Jill McKeonHHS-OIG auditors recommended that the HHS Office of the Secretary address gaps in its cloud security controls to better safeguard its cloud information systems.
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23 Jul 2024
How ACO models can improve to support patient engagement
By Sara HeathGreater ACO success will come with more flexible beneficiary communication policies governing the models.
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23 Jul 2024
Digital apps effective stopgap for mental healthcare access challenges
By Anuja VaidyaDigital mental health apps can improve depression and anxiety symptoms among patients who are waiting to receive mental healthcare services, new research reveals.
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22 Jul 2024
ChatGPT demonstrates promise for digital pathology
By Shania KennedyA private, domain-specific version of ChatGPT can accurately respond to digital pathology questions and help clinicians utilize complex histopathology software.
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22 Jul 2024
NCSC: Beware of criminal CrowdStrike opportunists
By Alex ScroxtonFinancially motivated cyber criminals are already conducting opportunistic attacks on organisations that leverage the CrowdStrike incident, and more targeted attacks are sure to follow
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22 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike chaos shows risks of concentrated ‘big IT’
By Alex ScroxtonThe concentration of so much mission-critical technology in the hands of a few large suppliers makes incidents like the Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage all the more dangerous
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22 Jul 2024
AMA updates CPT code set for avian influenza vaccines
By Jacqueline LaPointeThe update to the CPT code set includes codes for vaccines protecting patients from the H5N8 strain of avian influenza.
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19 Jul 2024
Global IT outage forces hospitals to cancel appointments
By Jill McKeonA global IT outage resulting from a faulty update to CrowdStrike's threat detection platform forced hospitals to cancel non-urgent appointments and surgeries.
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19 Jul 2024
Global Microsoft outage hits NHS GP IT system
By Lis EvenstadThe Emis Web IT system used by more than half of GP practices in the UK is down, following the worldwide Microsoft outage
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18 Jul 2024
Over 60% of hospitals plan to participate in TEFCA
By Hannah NelsonWhile awareness of TEFCA is rising nationwide, gaps exist across smaller, critical access and independent hospitals, according to an ONC data brief.
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18 Jul 2024
ONC releases USCDI Version 5 to drive interoperability
By Hannah NelsonUnited States Core Data for Interoperability Version 5 (USCDI v5) introduces new data classes and data elements to enhance health data interoperability and patient care.
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18 Jul 2024
Machine learning flags nAMD drug-related eye inflammation
By Shania KennedyA machine learning tool could bolster early detection of vision-threatening inflammation associated with drugs used to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
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18 Jul 2024
What's the state of women's health, care access in the U.S.?
By Sara HeathA patchwork of insurance provisions and preventive healthcare access leaves much to be desired in terms of U.S. women's health.
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18 Jul 2024
Health information exchange barriers hamper telehealth adoption
By Anuja VaidyaUS hospitals cited numerous IT challenges, including interoperability issues, that are curbing telehealth’s full potential in care delivery, new research shows.
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17 Jul 2024
UK Cyber Bill teases mandatory ransomware reporting
By Alex ScroxtonIn the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill introduced in the King's Speech, the UK's new government pledges to give regulators more teeth to ensure compliance with security best practice and to mandate incident reporting
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17 Jul 2024
Telehealth referrals boost OUD treatment initiation, retention
By Anuja VaidyaCompared to referrals originating during in-person ED visits, telehealth-based referrals were more effective in facilitating OUD treatment initiation and retention.
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16 Jul 2024
Public health messaging aids 988 mental health line awareness
By Sara HeathPublic health messaging campaigns were successful at boosting 988 mental health crisis line awareness to 67%.
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16 Jul 2024
Telehealth use rose 2.7% nationally in April but fell in 3 US regions
By Anuja VaidyaEven as telehealth use fluctuates, telemental healthcare remains popular, with mental health conditions encompassing 69 percent of telehealth claim lines nationally.
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16 Jul 2024
Labour government begins to dish out digital responsibilities
By Lis EvenstadAs the new government begins to settle in, ministers with technology remits begin to emerge as DHSC and others declare which ministers will have digital responsibilities
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16 Jul 2024
Out-of-pocket payment deters telemental healthcare use
By Anuja VaidyaNew study results imply that if the HDHP exemption enabling predeductible telehealth coverage expires at the end of the year, telemental health use may decline.
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15 Jul 2024
NIH grant to fund depression chatbot for Black patients
By Shania KennedyLearn how an existing AI chatbot for antidepressant recommendation will be validated for use in Black patients with funding from the NIH's AIM-AHEAD program.
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15 Jul 2024
NHS Trusts cancelled over 6,000 appointments after Qilin cyber attack
By Alex ScroxtonThe two NHS Trusts most heavily impacted by the Qilin ransomware attack on pathology services provider Synnovis have cancelled over 6,000 appointments and procedures in the past five weeks
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15 Jul 2024
WHO launches digital health collaboration network
By Lis EvenstadThe World Health Organisation’s network, which includes 53 member states alongside data and digital health partners, will tackle digital transformation issues in healthcare
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12 Jul 2024
Out-of-pocket drug costs rise when patients join Medicare
By Sara HeathOut-of-pocket drug costs for diabetes medications go up when patients join Medicare, adversely affecting medication adherence.
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12 Jul 2024
Industry groups express concern over proposed CIRCIA reporting requirements
By Jill McKeonIndustry groups such as the AHA and MGMA suggested that CISA’s proposed CIRCIA reporting requirements are redundant and burdensome for healthcare entities.
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11 Jul 2024
Life sciences, medtech and the NHS must marry, says health secretary
By Lis EvenstadHealth secretary Wes Streeting wants the UK to be an international powerhouse for life sciences and medtech, and plans to turn the Department for Health and Social Care into a ‘public growth department’
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11 Jul 2024
HHS releases HTI-2 proposed rule for interoperability
By Hannah NelsonHHS's HTI-2 proposed rule aims to improve health data interoperability with new certification criteria and updates to information blocking regulations.
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11 Jul 2024
Dutch research firm TNO pictures the SOC of the future
By Kim LoohiusIn only a few years, security operations centres will have a different design and layout, and far fewer will remain
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11 Jul 2024
CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule rule seeks a 2.8% payment cut
By Jacqueline LaPointeCMS proposed the CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule to update payment policies and expand access to behavioral health and value-based care.
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10 Jul 2024
CMS proposes CY 2025 OPPS, ASC payment system rule
By Jacqueline LaPointeThe CY 2025 OPPS and ASC payment system rule looks to grow Medicare payments to facilities, health equity and access to behavioral health.
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10 Jul 2024
Change Healthcare publishes data breach notice
By Jill McKeonChange Healthcare has begun mailing data breach notification letters to affected individuals.
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10 Jul 2024
State AGs urge consumers to use free credit monitoring from Change Healthcare
By Jill McKeonState attorneys general across the country are urging consumers to enroll in free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services in the wake of the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
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10 Jul 2024
Telemental health service availability declined post-PHE
By Anuja VaidyaAfter the public health emergency ended in May 2023, the proportion of mental health facilities offering telehealth services fell, new research reveals.
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09 Jul 2024
Hyper-V zero-day stands out on a busy Patch Tuesday
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft has fixed almost 140 vulnerabilities in its latest monthly update, with a Hyper-V zero-day singled out for urgent attention
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09 Jul 2024
Pandemic policies shrank cost-related barriers to healthcare
By Sara HeathThe number of adults reporting cost-related barriers to healthcare went down by 4.75 million people, new data shows.
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09 Jul 2024
Chinese spies target vulnerable home office kit to run cyber attacks
By Alex ScroxtonChina’s APT40 is ramping up targeting of victims using vulnerable small and home office networking kit as command and control infrastructure, according to an international alert
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09 Jul 2024
Room to grow in UK for Tata Consultancy Services after half a century
By Karl FlindersIndian-headquartered IT giant has built a large UK footprint as part of its global network, a commitment which is helping it increase its business in the UK’s public sector
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09 Jul 2024
Text-based remote monitoring app cuts high-cost breast cancer visits
By Anuja VaidyaA study shows that a remote symptom monitoring app providing tailored text messages reduced high-cost healthcare encounters among early-stage breast cancer patients.
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09 Jul 2024
HSA administrator discloses healthcare data breach
By Jill McKeonIn an SEC filing, HealthEquity disclosed a healthcare data breach that stemmed from unauthorized access to a business partner’s user account.
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09 Jul 2024
DoJ catches over $2.7B in healthcare fraud schemes
By Jacqueline LaPointeThe Department of Justice has charged nearly 200 people, including doctors, in over $2.7B in healthcare fraud schemes.
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09 Jul 2024
Americans embrace hospital-at-home care & associated caregiving tasks
By Anuja VaidyaSurvey results show that more than half of US adults find hospital-at-home care effective and safe, and most said they can perform the caregiving tasks required.
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08 Jul 2024
Synnovis attack highlights degraded, outdated state of NHS IT
By Alex ScroxtonMore cyber attacks against the health service are likely, and will succeed if something isn’t done to address the increasingly elderly NHS IT estate, experts are warning
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08 Jul 2024
CMS proposes CY 2025 ESRD Prospective Payment System rule
By Jacqueline LaPointeThe CY 2025 ESRD Prospective Payment System rule would increase Medicare payments to facilities by 2.2%, among other policies.
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08 Jul 2024
HC3 warns sector of critical MOVEit cybersecurity vulnerabilities
By Jill McKeonHealthcare organizations should prioritize patching two critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities found in Progress Software’s MOVEit managed file transfer platform.
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03 Jul 2024
NCA’s Operation Morpheus targets illicit Cobalt Strike use
By Alex ScroxtonInternational law enforcement operation targets cyber criminals using the Cobalt Strike penetration testing framework for dodgy purposes
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03 Jul 2024
Personalized medicine Biohealth Tech Hub awarded $49M
By Shania KennedyThe Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub will use $49 million in federal funding to drive innovation, manufacturing and workforce development in the realm of precision medicine.
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03 Jul 2024
UK must push forward greater use of open tech
By Cliff SaranOpenUK is calling on policymakers to put more effort into building the UK’s open source capabilities
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03 Jul 2024
6M affected by data breach at life insurance software vendor
By Jill McKeonThe data of more than six million individuals was jeopardized when Infosys McCamish Systems suffered a ransomware attack last Fall.
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03 Jul 2024
Telehealth abortions without in-person ultrasound is safe, effective
By Anuja VaidyaResearch highlights the safety and efficacy of telehealth abortions, where patients do not receive an in-person ultrasound and get their medications via the mail.