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20 Dec 2024
Trump's stance on E-Verify checks shifting over time
Employers remain cautious about how immigration policies will change under Trump, given his waffling over E-Verify checks and the potential for a DACA repeal.
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20 Dec 2024
Post Office creates CTO role to support ‘extensive and complex’ plans
Post Office bolsters its IT leadership team as it grapples with massive tech transformation with the nation looking on
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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.
Health IT News from the past 365 days
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24 Jan 2024
HHS Unveils Healthcare Cybersecurity Performance Goals
The voluntary cybersecurity performance goals follow HHS’ recently released healthcare cybersecurity concept paper and provide a roadmap for improving security across the sector.
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24 Jan 2024
NYC Partners with Non-Profit to Relieve $2B in Medical Debt for Residents
New York City residents with low incomes and substantial medical debt will experience one-time debt relief through the partnership.
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24 Jan 2024
Mississippi Health System Suffers Ransomware Attack, 253K Individuals Impacted
Ransomware attacks, theft, and unauthorized access were the causes of several recent data breaches reported to HHS recently.
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24 Jan 2024
UnitedHealth Group Saw Revenue and Enrollment Growth in 2023
UnitedHealth Group’s revenue increased by more than $47 billion, with UnitedHealthcare and Optum both seeing growth.
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24 Jan 2024
Precision Medicine Tool May Enhance Pancreatic Cancer Outcome Prediction
Cedars-Sinai’s Molecular Twin Precision Oncology Platform has outperformed the only FDA-approved test to predict pancreatic cancer survival.
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24 Jan 2024
CDC States JN.1 Accounts for Nearly 90% of Circulating COVID Variants
A recent CDC update on respiratory viruses, including influenza and COVID-19, revealed that JN.1 is the most prevalent COVID variant.
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24 Jan 2024
55% of Rural Orgs Lack Labor & Delivery, Cause Maternity Deserts
Experts may consider staffing and reimbursement policies to alleviate the nation’s growing maternity desert and care access problems.
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23 Jan 2024
Treat cyber risk like financial or legal issue, says UK government
UK government and NCSC launch proposed code of practice on cyber security governance to help directors and business leaders toughen their defences
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23 Jan 2024
Leak of 26 billion records may prove to be ‘mother of all breaches’
The discovery of a dataset comprising 26 billion stolen records may prove to be record-breaking in both its size and the danger it poses to ordinary people
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23 Jan 2024
OOP Costs Greater for Cancer Patients in High-Deductible Health Plans
After switching to a high-deductible health plan, out-of-pocket costs increased by 68.1 percent for patients with cancer relative to those in traditional plans.
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23 Jan 2024
UCLA Releases Public-Access Surgical Outcomes Database for AI Training
The new Medical Informatics Operating Room Vitals and Events Repository is set to advance the development of AI algorithms to predict surgical outcomes.
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23 Jan 2024
Threat Actors Abuse ScreenConnect Access to Target Healthcare
HC3 issued a sector alert warning healthcare organizations of potential unauthorized access to systems as a result of threat actors abusing the remote access tool ScreenConnect.
- 23 Jan 2024
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23 Jan 2024
Patient Boarding in the ED Soars by A Third at MGH, Harms Experience
Mass General Hospital is building out inpatient capacity to reduce the practice of boarding patients in the emergency department, which harms experience.
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22 Jan 2024
KLAS: Improved EHR Efficiency Can Mitigate Early-Stage Clinician Burnout
To help address clinician burnout in its early stages, organizations can focus on EHR efficiency by providing additional EHR training, KLAS authors said.
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22 Jan 2024
WHO Releases Governance Guidelines for Generative Artificial Intelligence
New guidance from the World Health Organization outlines how stakeholders can ensure the appropriate use of large multi-modal AI models in healthcare.
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22 Jan 2024
New Reality of Medicare Physician Payments, Future with MIPS
Medicare physician payments have always been a source of debate, leading to several changes in its payment model as it continues its shift to value-based care.
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22 Jan 2024
Steward Health Care Faces Financial Troubles, Possible Closures
Steward Health Care may have to close some facilities as the for-profit health system navigates financial distress.
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22 Jan 2024
Healthcare Data Breaches Continue to Impact Patients in New Year
Several healthcare data breaches have been reported to HHS so far in 2024, all of which occurred in 2023 or earlier.
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22 Jan 2024
Financial Distress Drove 2023 Merger and Acquisition Activity
Financial distress was cited as a factor in 28 percent of the 65 announced healthcare mergers and acquisitions in 2023.
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22 Jan 2024
UnitedHealthcare Platform Improves Member Access to Well-being Programs
The platform can connect members with well-being programs that are specific to their healthcare needs.
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19 Jan 2024
FDA Expands Approval of CASGEVY for Beta Thalassemia
Following its revolutionary approval as the first CRISPR-based gene therapy, the FDA expanded the indications for CASGEVY, approving it for beta thalassemia.
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19 Jan 2024
NIH-Developed Antibodies Neutralize HIV in Animal Studies
A proof-of-concept animal study on rhesus macaques proved that an NIH-developed antibody can protect against various strains of HIV.
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19 Jan 2024
AHA Warns Hospitals of IT Help Desk Social Engineering Scheme
Threat actors have been using the stolen identities of revenue cycle employees to launch social engineering schemes against hospital IT help desks.
- 19 Jan 2024
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19 Jan 2024
Provider Groups Say Final Rule Will Relieve Prior Authorization Burdens
Provider groups, including the American Medical Association and the Medical Group Management Association, said the final rule will help streamline prior authorization processes.
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19 Jan 2024
Predictive Models for Personalized Medicine Have Limited Generalizability
New study reveals that the predictive algorithms used to tailor individual treatments have limited effectiveness and may not generalize well across populations.
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19 Jan 2024
ONC Publishes Draft USCDI v5 to Drive Health Data Interoperability
ONC added 13 new data elements to United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) Draft Version 5, including “Sex Parameter for Clinical Use.”
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18 Jan 2024
Tribal Healthcare System Selects MEDITECH Cloud-Based EHR
Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System and 36 other healthcare organizations tapped the MEDITECH cloud-based EHR platform in 2023.
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18 Jan 2024
New Medicaid Payment Model Targets Behavioral Health Integration
CMS announced an 8-year Medicaid payment model that will incent behavioral health integration for people with Medicare and Medicaid.
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18 Jan 2024
Four States Identify Measles Outbreak This Year
Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia reported measles cases in the past month, indicating concerns about vaccination uptake.
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18 Jan 2024
Massachusetts Fertility Test Center Reaches $1.25M Data Breach Settlement
Class members alleged that ReproSource Fertility Diagnostics failed to protect patient data and delayed notification following a data breach.
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18 Jan 2024
Underserved MA Beneficiaries Opt for Plans with Supplemental Benefits
Black individuals were 11.2 percentage points more likely to enroll in a plan with a comprehensive dental benefit, highlighting the attraction of supplemental benefits for underserved beneficiaries.
- 18 Jan 2024
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18 Jan 2024
AI-Driven Eye Exams May Increase Screening Rates Among Diabetic Youth
Diabetic eye exams that leverage artificial intelligence may increase exam completion rates and improve patient outcomes among children and adolescents.
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18 Jan 2024
CVS Report Predicts 2024 Trends in Community Pharmacy
The Rx Report published by CVS Health evaluated multiple trends in community pharmacy and predicted their future changes.
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17 Jan 2024
Deep Learning Tool May Help Detect Pediatric Rheumatic Heart Disease
A new deep learning model can detect rheumatic heart disease in children with high accuracy, which could improve screening in areas lacking cardiologists.
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17 Jan 2024
A Third of Older Adults Using DTC mHealth Services Do Not Tell PCPs
Most older adults use direct-to-consumer services for prescriptions, but survey results show that a third do not inform their regular PCPs of the new medications.
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17 Jan 2024
Medication Errors in Kids Cut in Half with Better Caregiver Education
A more in-depth caregiver education process during hospital discharge cut medication errors in kids from 54% to 30%.
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17 Jan 2024
CMS Finalizes Payer Requirements to Streamline Prior Authorization
Payers must send prior authorization decisions within 72 hours for urgent requests and seven calendar days for standard requests, CMS finalized.
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17 Jan 2024
CMS Releases Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule
The CMS final rule requires impacted payers to implement an HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) API to automate the prior authorization process between providers and payers.
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17 Jan 2024
States Leverage Waivers To Support Medicaid Redetermination
CMS has categorized the waivers for Medicaid redetermination into four buckets, of which ex parte renewals had the highest adoption rate among states.
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17 Jan 2024
University of Massachusetts DL Model to Predict Alzheimer’s Onset
New NIH-funded project aims to spur the development of a deep learning tool for predicting Alzheimer's two or more years before symptom onset.
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17 Jan 2024
Mayo Clinic Launches Weight Loss Prescription Program
Mayo Clinic is establishing the Mayo Clinic Diet Medical Weight Loss Rx Program to help patients on weight loss drugs manage symptoms and enforce other lifestyle changes.
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16 Jan 2024
Healthcare Consumers Want Hospital Price Transparency, Survey Finds
A third of healthcare consumers believe Congress should prioritize hospital price transparency.
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16 Jan 2024
Testosterone Replacement Therapy Linked to 7.9% Greater CVD Risk
An epic research study evaluating men with low testosterone on hormone replacement therapy links this treatment to an increased CVD risk.
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16 Jan 2024
CommonWell Health Alliance Adds Health IT Vendor to HIE Network
Health IT vendor ModuleMD has joined the CommonWell Health Alliance to drive health information exchange (HIE) across its network of over 75,000 referral providers.
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16 Jan 2024
AI Medical Scribe Deepens Epic EHR Integration to Enhance Workflows
Improvements to the EHR integration include tools to customize AI medical scribe notes and compatibility with Epic SmartData elements.
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16 Jan 2024
Novant Health Reaches $6.6M Settlement Over Improper PHI Disclosures
In August 2022, Novant Health notified 1.3 million patients that its use of Meta pixel code had potentially led to unauthorized PHI disclosures.
- 16 Jan 2024
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15 Jan 2024
IT failure caused weekend chaos at Sussex hospitals
The critical incident at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, caused by IT issues on Sunday night, has now been resolved
- 12 Jan 2024
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12 Jan 2024
Generative AI May Help Flag Social Determinants of Health in EHR Data
Fine-tuned large language models were able to accurately identify 93.8 percent of patients with adverse SDOH who could benefit from additional support.
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12 Jan 2024
FDA Investigates the Safety of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs
A recent update published by the FDA revealed that the ongoing investigation into GLP-1 drugs has not identified a causal link between their use and suicidal thoughts.
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12 Jan 2024
Hospital Finances Show Signs of Recovery as Revenues Rise
Revenue per adjusted discharge increased, while total expenses per adjusted discharge decreased in November 2023, signifying hospital finances may be improving.
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12 Jan 2024
Almost 10% of Adolescents Use Non-Prescription Weight Loss Products
A meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open revealed that nearly 10% of adolescents, with a higher rate among girls, use non-prescribed weight loss products.
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12 Jan 2024
SDOH, Transportation Access a Problem for 5.7% of Patients
Like other SDOH, transportation access affects different racial/ethnic, age, and geographic groups differently, CDC data showed.
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11 Jan 2024
YouTube Unveils Public Health & First Aid Education Videos
YouTube created the public health and first aid education videos as part of its overarching efforts to combat medical misinformation online.
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11 Jan 2024
FDA Updates Medical Device Sterility Guidelines
The FDA released a final guidance for medical devices that are labeled as sterile, identifying vaporized hydrogen peroxide as an effective sterilization method.
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11 Jan 2024
MHRA launches roadmap for medtech regulations
The roadmap covers plans for regulations on medical technologies, including implantable devices, artificial intelligence and healthcare software, with core elements of a new framework to be in place by 2025
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11 Jan 2024
Cisco fixes high-impact flaw in unified comms platform
Cisco unified comms customers are urged to patch a critical vulnerability in Unity Connection, a messaging and voicemail product
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11 Jan 2024
FDA Recalls 3 IV Drugs from Leiters Health for Potential Superpotency
Last week, the FDA announced a voluntary recall of 33 lots of intravenous drug bags, including vancomycin, phenylephrine, and fentanyl IV bags.
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11 Jan 2024
NY Medicaid Section 1115 Waiver Amendment Improves Access to Care
The Medicaid section 1115 waiver allows New York to invest nearly $6 billion in its healthcare system to improve the workforce and access to care.
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11 Jan 2024
Primary Care Model Did Not Reduce Healthcare Spending or Improve Care
Healthcare spending growth was lower among practices participating in the primary care model and the Medicare Shared Savings Program simultaneously.
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11 Jan 2024
Machine Learning Model Predicts Individual Risk for Multiple Myeloma
A new computational model can forecast an individual’s personalized multiple myeloma prognosis based on their tumor genomics and treatment regimen.
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11 Jan 2024
HHS Finalizes Religious Rights Rules Protecting Patient Care Access
The final rule rescinds a 2019 statute that HHS said impeded patient care access under the guise of conscience and religious rights.
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10 Jan 2024
Windows Kerberos, Hyper-V vulns among January Patch Tuesday bugs
Microsoft starts 2024 right with another slimline Patch Tuesday drop, but there are some critical vulns to be alert to, including a number of man-in-the-middle attack vectors
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10 Jan 2024
NY AG: Refuah Health Must Invest $1.2M In Security Following Ransomware Attack
New York Attorney General Letitia James also secured $450K in penalties from Refuah Health, which suffered a ransomware attack after it allegedly failed to safeguard patient information.
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10 Jan 2024
Risk Prediction Model Forecasts Intensive Care Unit Admission, Survival
A population-level risk model may help researchers and clinicians better flag patients at risk of intensive care unit admission and adverse outcomes.
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10 Jan 2024
New Research Links Hospital-at-Home Care to Positive Patient Outcomes
A new study reveals that hospital-at-home programs established under the CMS waiver have low mortality and skilled nursing facility use rates.
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10 Jan 2024
American Red Cross Tackles National Blood Shortage with Technology
Amid an unprecedented blood shortage, the American Red Cross leverages technology to streamline donations.
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10 Jan 2024
Online Pharmacies Under Scrutiny for Lax Safety Checks, Endangering Patients
An investigation into the online pharmaceutical industry reveals lax regulations, endangering patient safety.
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09 Jan 2024
Babuk Tortilla ransomware decryptor made available
A joint effort between Cisco Talos, Avast and the Dutch police will bring relief to many victims of a variant of the Babuk ransomware known as Tortilla
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09 Jan 2024
Wales makes headway with electronic prescriptions roll-out
Electronic prescribing will be deployed in both primary and secondary care, while a shared medicines record will be live by the end of March 2024
- 09 Jan 2024
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09 Jan 2024
LockBit Ransomware Claims Capital Health Cyberattack
LockBit ransomware claimed responsibility for a November 2023 attack on Capital Health that resulted in system downtime.
- 09 Jan 2024
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09 Jan 2024
Elevance Health Lawsuit Slams Medicare Advantage Star Ratings Calculation
Elevance Health said the new Medicare Advantage star rating methodology led to inaccurate and lower scores for 2024.
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09 Jan 2024
Does Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Exacerbate Racial Care Disparities?
Black adults with pneumonia faced widening gaps in mortality at hospitals participating in the Value-Based Purchasing Program, highlighting racial care disparities.
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09 Jan 2024
AI-Driven ECG Analysis Accurately Predicts Right-Side Heart Issues
A deep learning-based electrocardiogram model may enhance clinical evaluations of the heart’s right ventricle, providing a potential alternative to complex imaging.
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09 Jan 2024
Care Coordination Model Increases Primary Care Follow-Up Access
A new study gives further updates to Camden Coalition’s model for care coordination, marking quality improvement.
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08 Jan 2024
Government to push NHS roll-out of digital pathology
Department for Health and Social Care wants to increase use of digital pathology in cancer screening, following a recommendation by the UK National Screening Committee
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08 Jan 2024
Precision Pathology Artificial Intelligence May Improve Cancer Treatment
A new artificial intelligence tool designed to interpret gene activity within medical images may provide insights into the pathology of diseases like cancer.
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08 Jan 2024
Uber Health’s Health IT Deal to Ease Transportation, SDOH Referral
The integration will make it easier for Uber Health users to identify patients with SDOH and transportation needs and check their benefit eligibility.
- 08 Jan 2024
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08 Jan 2024
Medical Billing Quality Lacking According to Leapfrog Measures
Most hospitals don’t meet new medical billing measures added to the Leapfrog Group’s 2022 survey, a recent study shows.
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08 Jan 2024
North Kansas City Hospital Impacted By PJ&A Data Breach
The PJ&A data breach was one of the largest healthcare data breaches reported to HHS last year, and notifications continue to roll in.
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08 Jan 2024
Elevance Health Plans to Acquire TX-Based Infusion Therapy Provider
Elevance Health aims to expand the infusion therapy provider’s geographical footprint and improve therapeutic coverage.
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08 Jan 2024
More Patients Visit NPs & PAs as Usual Source of Care, Primary Care
The number of patients reporting a usual source of care is overall lower than years previous, but more patients are opting to pick an NP or PA for the job.
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05 Jan 2024
Researchers Identify Potential Cause of SIDS: Convulsive Seizures
A study analyzing videos from nanny cams and baby monitors reveals that convulsive seizures may contribute to SIDS.
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05 Jan 2024
Hospital Costs for Inpatient COVID-19 Treatment Rose 26% During Pandemic
Hospital costs for inpatient COVID-19 treatment increased more than five times the rate of medical inflation during the pandemic.
- 05 Jan 2024
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05 Jan 2024
Lilly Launches Digital Obesity, Migraine, Diabetes Management Platform
Eli Lilly and Company is launching LillyDirect, a digital healthcare platform used to manage obesity, migraine, and diabetes for patients in the US.
- 05 Jan 2024
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05 Jan 2024
Case Western Reserve University to Develop Enhanced Medical Imaging AI
New four-year, $1.1 million project aims to build an AI alternative to traditional medical imaging processes that rely on chemical “contrast agents.”
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05 Jan 2024
US Drug Prices Are 8x the Cost in Peer Countries for Some Drugs
For nine out of ten Medicare-negotiated drug prices, the US still faced higher costs than peer countries even with rebates.
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05 Jan 2024
Data Reveals How Health Outcomes Link to Structural Racism
Neighborhood-level data showed a connection between common chronic illnesses and indicators of structural racism.
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04 Jan 2024
Reckitt Recalls Nutramigen Infant Formula for Bacterial Contamination
Another type of infant formula, Nutramigen Powder, is being recalled due to potential bacterial contamination with Cronobacter sakazakii.
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04 Jan 2024
Ingestible Obesity Treatment Device Creates Illusion of Fullness
MIT engineers developed an ingestible device that activates receptors in the stomach indicating satiety, making it a new minimally invasive obesity treatment.
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04 Jan 2024
Centene Pays South Carolina $25M to Settle Overcharging Allegations
The settlement resolved allegations that Centene overcharged for and misrepresented costs of pharmacy services.