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21 Jan 2025
How smartphones are transforming global health
Shyam Gollakota, winner of the 2024 Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science, is bringing medical care to underserved communities through with smartphone-based diagnostic tools
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21 Jan 2025
Intel Foundry gains new defense clients for 18A process
Intel Foundry secured defense contracts with Trusted Semiconductor Solutions and Reliable MicroSystems, highlighting confidence in its 18A manufacturing process.
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21 Jan 2025
Threat actors abusing Microsoft Teams in ransomware attacks
Sophos researchers observed two separate threat campaigns in which attackers used Microsoft Teams to pose as IT support personnel and gain access to victims' systems.
Health IT News from the past 365 days
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21 Jan 2025
Trump rescinds Biden's trustworthy AI development order
President Trump has rescinded a 2023 executive order that laid out guiding principles for fair and safe AI development, which has implications for healthcare AI tools.
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21 Jan 2025
Weak supplier management hinders digital government
Procurement, legacy systems, data fragmentation and the changing IT market are among the issues highlighted in a review of digital services
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20 Jan 2025
Labour announces plans to overhaul digital government
The Government Digital Service will be expanded along with changes to the way technology is funded, built and delivered across the public sector, as Labour aims for improvements previous administrations struggled to achieve
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20 Jan 2025
Government plans to revamp digital services to save £45bn
Legacy IT and the use of tech contractors is costing taxpayers billions. The government aims to fix the public sector with AI and new digital services
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17 Jan 2025
CMS releases final ACA marketplace payment notice for 2026
The 2026 updates to the ACA marketplace include calculation updates for risk adjustment, slight changes to cost-sharing reduction loading practices and more.
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17 Jan 2025
Wolf Haldenstein reports data breach affecting 3.4M people
Wolf Haldenstein, a law firm that specializes in complex litigation, disclosed a multimillion-record data breach.
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17 Jan 2025
£150m AI framework agreement set to drive NHS forward
NHS Shared Business Services is looking to deploy artificial intelligence across the NHS
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16 Jan 2025
National One Health Framework tackles global public health
The National One Health Framework is geared to advance public health preparedness in the U.S., integrating human, animal and environmental health to enhance global health security.
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16 Jan 2025
NAO calls for ‘cross-government’ revamp of IT procurement to improve ‘big tech’ project outcomes
The National Audit Office has highlighted a series of shortcomings in the government’s approach to digital procurement
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15 Jan 2025
DEA proposes special registrations for telehealth prescribing
The DEA's new special registrations framework allows telehealth prescribing for controlled substances but also requires checks for patient identity and PDMP monitoring.
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15 Jan 2025
FDA bans Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs
On Jan. 15, 2025, the FDA revoked authorization for Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs under the Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, requiring manufacturers to comply by Jan. 18, 2028.
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15 Jan 2025
HHS reaches HIPAA settlement with Solara Medical Supplies
Solara Medical Supplies agreed to pay $3 million to resolve potential HIPAA violations stemming from a phishing attack.
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15 Jan 2025
Older adults' digital health use varies by race, other factors
New research reveals that older adults use various digital health tools, including patient portals and telehealth platforms, but demographic factors shape utilization.
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15 Jan 2025
Government, Nesta and ODI issue £600k smart data challenge to technologists
Department for Business and Trade, Challenge Works and the Open Data Institute have issued a Smart Data Challenge to app developers and entrepreneurs with a total prize fund of £600,000
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15 Jan 2025
Biggest Patch Tuesday in years sees Microsoft address 159 vulnerabilities
The largest Patch Tuesday of the 2020s so far brings fixes for more than 150 CVEs ranging widely in their scope and severity – including eight zero-day flaws
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14 Jan 2025
HHS releases AI strategic plan, roadmap for AI in healthcare
HHS' AI strategic plan is a roadmap for how the department will tackle AI opportunities and risks in healthcare.
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14 Jan 2025
Healthcare M&A activity signals shaky financial recovery
Healthcare M&A in 2024 saw record distressed transactions (30.6%) and larger sellers, with $8.8 billion in revenue, while megamergers declined, favoring new partnership models.
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14 Jan 2025
FDA launches strategy to strengthen infant formula supply chain
The FDA's latest long-term strategy on the U.S. infant formula market addresses supply chain vulnerabilities with enhanced oversight, collaboration and market diversification.
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14 Jan 2025
Virtual care-enabled cardiac rehab does not improve outcomes
Research reveals that virtual care for home-based cardiac rehab didn't improve functional outcomes in older adults, underscoring the need for age-specific strategies.
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13 Jan 2025
UK government plans to extend ransomware payment ban
A ban on ransomware payments by UK government departments will be extended to cover organisations such as local councils, schools and the NHS should new government proposals move forward
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13 Jan 2025
New rule bans inclusion of medical debt on credit reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau bans medical debt from credit reports, seeking to protect consumers but raising concerns among providers.
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13 Jan 2025
CNI operators should ask these 12 questions of their OT suppliers
The NCSC, CISA and others have set out 12 cyber security considerations CNI organisations and other users of operational technology should incorporate into their buying processes to force their suppliers to do better
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10 Jan 2025
2025 ACA open enrollment breaks records with time to spare
This ACA open enrollment season saw 3.2 million new enrollees enter the marketplace and those numbers could grow before the season ends on Jan. 15, 2025.
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10 Jan 2025
Mandiant: Latest Ivanti vulns exploited by Chinese cyber spooks
Threat actors are once again lining up to exploit vulnerabilities in the widely used Ivanti product suite, with an apparent link to Chinese espionage activity
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08 Jan 2025
HIPAA risk analysis gaps lead to 2 HHS enforcement actions
HHS settled two ransomware investigations concerning HIPAA risk analysis deficiencies, marking OCR's second and third enforcement actions under its risk analysis initiative.
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08 Jan 2025
FDA issues AI-enabled device lifecycle management guidance
New FDA draft guidance provides recommendations for the design, development and maintenance of AI-enabled medical devices to ensure their safety and effectiveness.
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08 Jan 2025
FDA draft guidance targets racial bias in pulse oximeters
On Jan. 6, 2025, the FDA issued a draft guidance to tackle racial bias in pulse oximeters, focusing on improving accuracy and performance to ensure equitable healthcare technology.
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07 Jan 2025
What's driving $4.9T in U.S. healthcare spending?
U.S. healthcare spending hit $4.9 trillion in 2023, growing 7.5%, driven by increased service use, federal aid expirations and rising private insurance costs.
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06 Jan 2025
Respiratory disease statistics show increasing infection rates
Respiratory disease statistics found on the CDC's Respiratory Illness Data Channel have shown rising rates of emergency department visits and wastewater viral activity levels.
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06 Jan 2025
Revised NHS App key to tackling waiting list
The updated app is being positioned as a streamlined approach for patients and NHS providers to communicate and book appointments
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03 Jan 2025
US Treasury incident a clear warning on supply chain security in 2025
A cyber incident at the US Department of the Treasury – blamed on a Chinese state actor – raises fresh warnings about supply chain risk after it was found to have originated via vulnerabilities in a remote tech support product
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03 Jan 2025
Hospital-at-home model effective for heart failure patients
Cleveland Clinic's hospital-at-home program for heart failure was linked to improved guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) use and lower readmission rates.
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02 Jan 2025
HHS proposes HIPAA Security Rule changes
The proposed HIPAA Security Rule updates provide specific instructions for safeguarding ePHI, preventing data breaches and maintaining compliance.
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30 Dec 2024
Top 10 government IT stories of 2024
The past year has provided one of the biggest changes in government for 14 years, with Labour coming to power. With it, the new government has brought plenty of tech promises
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26 Dec 2024
FDA approves Zepbound for obstructive sleep apnea
The FDA has expanded Zepbound's indications, allowing its use beyond weight management to treat moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea in patients with obesity.
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23 Dec 2024
Telehealth, hospital-at-home waivers extended for 90 days
Telehealth and AHCAH waivers have been extended through March 2025, but the lack of a long-term solution has prompted calls for permanent virtual care reforms.
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23 Dec 2024
How to overcome weaknesses in Medicaid postpartum coverage
Medicaid postpartum coverage extensions have been critical, but states face challenges addressing access to care, quality of care and MCO accountability.
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23 Dec 2024
Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2024
The past year has provided a marked change in the approach to technology in the National Health Service, which has struggled to cope under significant pressure. We look back at the stories that made the headlines in 2024
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20 Dec 2024
HTI-3 final rule updates information blocking exceptions
The Health Data, Technology and Interoperability: Protecting Care Access (HTI-3) final rule adds a new information blocking exception to protect access to reproductive healthcare.
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19 Dec 2024
LockBit ransomware gang teases February 2025 return
An individual associated with the LockBit ransomware gang has broken cover to tease details of a new phase of the cyber criminal operation's activity, which they claim is set to begin in February 2025
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19 Dec 2024
Latest attempt to override UK’s outdated hacking law stalls
Amendments to the Data Bill that would have given the UK cyber industry a boost by updating restrictive elements of the Computer Misuse Act have failed to progress beyond a Lords committee
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18 Dec 2024
Nebraska attorney general sues Change Healthcare over breach
The Nebraska attorney general sued Change Healthcare, alleging violations of Nebraska's consumer protection and data security laws.
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18 Dec 2024
Medication management, follow-ups top telehealth use cases
A new survey finds U.S. physicians and patients see value in telehealth access, citing medication management and follow-up visits as the most common reasons for telehealth use.
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18 Dec 2024
AMA's top 10 health recommendations for 2025
As the new year approaches, the AMA has released 10 recommendations aimed at helping individuals achieve meaningful and lasting health improvements in 2025 and beyond.
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18 Dec 2024
The Security Interviews: Martin Lee, Cisco Talos
Threat intel expert and author Martin Lee, EMEA technical lead for security research at Cisco Talos, joins Computer Weekly to mark the 35th anniversary of the first ever ransomware attack
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18 Dec 2024
Top 10 cyber security stories of 2024
Data breaches, data privacy and protection, and the thorny issue of open source security were all hot topics this year. Meanwhile, security companies frequently found themselves hitting the headlines, and not always for good reasons. Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 cyber security stories of 2024
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18 Dec 2024
Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2024
From ransomware targeting the NHS to nation-state-backed intrusions, 2024 was another big year for cyber criminals and cyber spooks alike, but they didn't have it all their own way as the good guys fought back
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17 Dec 2024
Latest list of AI in government decision-making published
The government wants to show it’s being transparent over the use of algorithms that directly impact citizens
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16 Dec 2024
Top 10 IT leadership interviews of 2024
The top technology leaders talk to Computer Weekly to discuss the challenges they face and the strategies, solutions and successes they are delivering
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13 Dec 2024
High health costs force small employers to up cost-sharing
As small businesses struggle to keep up with rising healthcare costs, many have increased cost-sharing for their workers in both single and family coverage.
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13 Dec 2024
Computer Misuse Act reform gains traction in Parliament
An amendment to the proposed Data (Access and Use) Bill that will right a 35-year-old wrong and protect security professionals from criminalisation is to be debated at Westminster
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12 Dec 2024
ASTP releases HTI-2 final rule to drive interoperability
While the HTI-2 proposed rule included a wide range of initiatives, the final rule focuses on a scaled-back set of proposals related to TEFCA and information blocking.
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12 Dec 2024
USPSTF proposes guidelines for cervical cancer screening
With the advent of new self-collection methods for HPV testing, the USPSTF has proposed draft guidelines for cervical cancer screening that include patient-collected HPV tests.
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12 Dec 2024
Emerging Ymir ransomware heralds more coordinated threats in 2025
A newly observed ransomware strain has the community talking about more collaboration, and blurred lines, between threat groups next year, according to NCC’s monthly cyber barometer
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12 Dec 2024
Zocdoc: Timeliness is key patient self-scheduling preference
In addition to timeliness, the location was important to consumers using patient self-scheduling software.
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12 Dec 2024
Lawmakers join calls for extension of telehealth flexibilities
Following calls from industry groups and healthcare organizations, lawmakers are urging Congress to extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities, set to expire on Dec. 31, 2024.
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11 Dec 2024
OCR settles with Inmediata Health over HIPAA violations
Inmediata Health paid $250K to OCR to settle potential HIPAA violations relating to a breach in which PHI was made publicly available online.
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11 Dec 2024
ARPA-H awards startup $3 million for home preeclampsia test
Gravidas Diagnostics received $3 million from ARPA-H to develop a home fingerstick preeclampsia test that detects sFlt‐1 levels in the bloodstream using a colorimetric assay.
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11 Dec 2024
Hospital finances remain stable amid rising supply costs
Hospital finances remained stable in October, according to Kaufman Hall, with increased outpatient revenue and daily discharges helping to offset rising supply costs.
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10 Dec 2024
Dangerous CLFS and LDAP flaws stand out on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has fixed over 70 CVEs in its final Patch Tuesday update of the year, and defenders should prioritise a zero-day in the Common Log File System Driver, and another impactful flaw in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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10 Dec 2024
iOS vuln leaves user data dangerously exposed
Jamf threat researchers detail an exploit chain for a recently patched iOS vulnerability that enables a threat actor to steal sensitive data, warning that many organisations are still neglecting mobile updates
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10 Dec 2024
Government launches £100m innovation fund for public service reform
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster calls on Whitehall to adopt a ‘test-and-learn’ culture and pledges to make government ‘more like a startup’
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09 Dec 2024
Atrium Health notifies 586K of past tracking tech use
Atrium Health reported a healthcare data breach to OCR after discovering that it had used online tracking tech within its patient portal between 2015 and 2019.
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06 Dec 2024
Pharmacy closures pose risk for minority communities
A study analyzing trends in pharmacy closures found that closures exceeded pharmacy openings between 2018 and 2021, disproportionately impacting marginalized communities.
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06 Dec 2024
Lawmakers promote access to direct primary care in Medicaid
While Medicaid programs can use waivers to implement direct primary care, a law that is under consideration in the Senate would make it easier for states to take this approach.
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06 Dec 2024
Virtual acute care at home cuts length of hospital stay
A study shows that an at-home care model incorporating virtual care, remote patient monitoring and urgent care was linked to shorter hospital stays than standard inpatient care.
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05 Dec 2024
High-acuity inpatient stays up 41%, likely result of upcoding
The upward trend in high-acuity hospital stays and upcoding in medical billing have yielded billions in hospital reimbursements.
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04 Dec 2024
Shared digital gateway was source of three NHS ransomware attacks
Alder Hey children’s hospital confirms ransomware operators accessed its systems through a shared digital gateway, but is standing firm in the face of the gang’s demands
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04 Dec 2024
FDA finalizes AI-enabled medical device guidance
New FDA guidelines streamline the process for approving modifications to medical device software that incorporates artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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04 Dec 2024
Zepbound outperforms Wegovy in weight loss clinical trial
Researchers comparing the safety and efficacy of Zepbound and Wegovy in a phase 3b clinical trial find that Zepbound might achieve better weight loss results than Wegovy.
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04 Dec 2024
OCR issues $1.19M HIPAA penalty against Florida provider
OCR imposed a $1.19 million HIPAA penalty against Gulf Coast Pain Consultants after a former contracted employee improperly accessed PHI to submit fraudulent Medicare claims.
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03 Dec 2024
New legislation aims to strengthen healthcare cybersecurity
The Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2024 aims to strengthen healthcare cybersecurity and improve coordination between HHS and CISA.
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02 Dec 2024
NCSC boss calls for ‘sustained vigilance’ in an aggressive world
NCSC CEO Richard Horne is to echo wider warnings about the growing number and severity of cyber threats facing the UK as he launches the security body’s eighth annual report
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02 Dec 2024
EHR documentation of SDOH rising among family physicians
While structured EHR documentation of SDOH is on the rise, future efforts are needed to understand how often structured data elements are mapped to consensus-based standards.
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27 Nov 2024
Cancer patient satisfaction with telehealth differs by race
Though cancer patient satisfaction with telehealth is high, racial disparities in perceptions of telehealth's usefulness and ease of use persist, new studies show.
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27 Nov 2024
OIG: OCR should expand scope of HIPAA audit program
OIG recommended that OCR expand the scope of the HIPAA audit program and define metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of its audits.
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27 Nov 2024
Further disruption expected after latest NHS cyber attack
IT and security teams at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust continue to work around the clock following a major cyber incident, with services disrupted and no timeline for resolution
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26 Nov 2024
CMS suggests public payer weight loss drug coverage changes
Amid suggestions around prior authorizations and AI use, CMS introduces a policy that would expand weight loss drug coverage in Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and Part D plans.
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26 Nov 2024
Russian threat actors poised to cripple power grid, UK warns
UK government escalates cyber rhetoric in a speech at a Nato event, saying Russian advanced persistent threats stand ready to conduct cyber attacks that could ‘turn off the lights for millions’
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25 Nov 2024
KLAS: Security consulting firms step up as threats rise
Clients of several top security consulting firms reported high satisfaction rates amid an uptick in cyberthreats across the healthcare sector.
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25 Nov 2024
Top 5 Medicare Advantage payers by footprint in 2025
The five Medicare Advantage payers with the largest footprint in 2025 made their case to beneficiaries by positioning themselves on affordability, quality and access to care.
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25 Nov 2024
How does virtual primary care affect pediatric care utilization?
Virtual primary care visits for pediatric patients result in fewer medication prescriptions and lab tests but higher rates of in-person follow-up and ED visits.
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25 Nov 2024
Microsoft calls on Trump to ‘push harder’ on cyber threats
Microsoft’s Brad Smith urges president-elect Donald Trump to keep the faith when it comes to fighting back against hostile cyber actors from China, Iran and Russia
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25 Nov 2024
Geopolitical strife drives increased ransomware activity
The lines between financially motivated cyber criminals and nation state APTs are rapidly blurring, as geopolitical influences weigh heavily on the threat landscape, according to data from NCC
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22 Nov 2024
How do FQHCs affect accountable care organizations?
FQHCs help accountable care organizations reach a more diverse patient population and potentially enable better patient access to preventive care.
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22 Nov 2024
NHS Federated Data Platform celebrates first birthday
In its first year, more than 100 NHS organisations have signed up to the controversial platform, aiming to bring together data from different IT systems
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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.