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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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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.
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04 Oct 2024
GAO: CMS failed to ensure price transparency data accuracy
CMS said it does not have the resources or bandwidth to manually monitor accuracy and completeness of hospital price transparency data.
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04 Oct 2024
Cups Linux printing bugs open door to DDoS attacks, says Akamai
The Cups Linux printing vulnerabilities disclosed at the end of September would seem to have a nasty sting in their tail, according to researchers at Akamai
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04 Oct 2024
CMS, HHS update Medicare drug price negotiation process
The next Medicare drug price negotiation cycle might see new parameters around the negotiation platform and more talks around patient experience and pharmacy concerns.
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03 Oct 2024
Weiser Memorial Hospital investigates potential data breach
Idaho-based Weiser Memorial Hospital is investigating a potential data breach after cyberthreat actors claimed to be in possession of the hospital's data.
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03 Oct 2024
Deep learning predicts disease risk from 3D medical images
The SLice Integration by Vision Transformer model accurately predicts disease risk factors by analyzing scans across various volumetric medical imaging modalities.
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03 Oct 2024
SOC teams falling out of love with threat detection tools
Security operations centre practitioners are fed up of being flooded with pointless alerts and many no longer have much confidence in their threat detection tools, according to a report
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03 Oct 2024
Diagnostic errors affect patient safety in 7% of patients
One in 14 hospitalized patients are affected by diagnostic errors and patient safety events, usually due to various process failures.
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02 Oct 2024
FDA announces the Human Foods Program is in effect
The FDA's Human Foods Program is officially in effect as of October 1, 2024, focusing on priorities such as microbiological food safety, food chemical safety and nutrition.
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02 Oct 2024
Hospital consolidation shrinks metro inpatient care market
Just one or two health systems controlled the entire inpatient hospital care market in nearly half of metropolitan areas in 2022, highlighting hospital consolidation trends.
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02 Oct 2024
Patients see potential benefits of AI in mental healthcare
Just under half of a U.S. survey cohort reported seeing AI as beneficial for mental healthcare, but incorrect diagnoses and lack of interaction with providers are major concerns.
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02 Oct 2024
Wearables help boost post-surgery physical activity
A new study shows that wearable devices can help boost physical activity in patients after lung cancer surgery, improving their recovery and quality of life.
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01 Oct 2024
UMC Health System suffers ransomware attack, IT outage
Texas-based UMC Health System diverted ambulances amid a ransomware attack and IT outage that affected its systems.
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01 Oct 2024
Cyber teams say they can’t keep up with attack volumes
Over 60% of European security pros say their teams are understaffed, and over 50% don’t have enough budget, according to data from ISACA
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30 Sep 2024
Inflation Reduction Act cuts costs of 54 prescription drugs
Medicare Part B enrollees will see lower prescription drug costs due to a rebate program under the Inflation Reduction Act.
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30 Sep 2024
Epic calls on Particle Health to release dispute resolution
Epic Systems urges Particle Health to release resolution details on a patient data dispute following Particle Health's antitrust lawsuit against the EHR vendor.
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27 Sep 2024
Top health insurance trends based on quality measures
The 2024 NCQA Health Plan Ratings revealed quality measure performance trends that could guide payers’ decisions on major topics like health equity and diabetes care going forward.
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27 Sep 2024
14M patients affected by healthcare data breaches in 2024
Healthcare organizations remain top targets for cyberthreat actors, according to a SonicWall threat brief that explored trends in healthcare data breaches.
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26 Sep 2024
Proposed bill calls for minimum healthcare cyber standards
The Health Infrastructure Security and Accountability Act would require HHS to establish minimum healthcare cyber standards and remove the cap on fines under HIPAA.
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26 Sep 2024
Remote patient monitoring use raises HHS-OIG concerns
In a new report, HHS-OIG detailed the rise of RPM use among Medicare enrollees and highlighted its concerns around appropriate use and fraud risk.
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26 Sep 2024
Three-quarters of providers say claim denials increasing
The growing rate of claim denials poses a threat to healthcare revenue cycle management.
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25 Sep 2024
CMS rule targets suspect billing in Shared Savings Program
A new CMS rule is addressing "significant, anomalous, and highly suspect" billing activity within the Medicare Shared Savings Program to mitigate financial impacts for ACOs.
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25 Sep 2024
Elitecare Emergency Hospital suffers healthcare data breach
Elitecare Emergency Hospital in Texas suffered a healthcare data breach that affected more than 24,000 individuals.
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25 Sep 2024
AI could improve prostate cancer risk stratification
A deep learning tool could identify intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients more likely to experience rapid disease progression and help inform personalized treatment plans.
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25 Sep 2024
VA EHR has seen 826 major performance incidents since launch
The new VA EHR system, deployed by Oracle Health, has faced over 800 major performance incidents since October 2020, affecting patient care and delaying implementation.
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25 Sep 2024
Improved health equity to add $2.8 trillion to U.S. GDP by 2040?
Health equity improvement could yield $763 billion in corporate profits and prevent 5 million people from leaving the workforce due to health issues.
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25 Sep 2024
Telehealth use associated with physician satisfaction
A recent study reveals that telehealth enhances physician satisfaction and perceived care quality, adding to our understanding of how physicians feel about telehealth.
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24 Sep 2024
Unique malware sample volumes seen surging
BlackBerry’s latest ‘Global threat intelligence’ report details a surge in unique malware samples as threat actors ramp up the pace of targeted attacks
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24 Sep 2024
FDA approves self-administered nasal influenza vaccine
By the 2025-2026 respiratory virus season, FluMist, the nasal influenza vaccine, will be available for home vaccination via self- or caregiver-administration to eligible patients.
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23 Sep 2024
Particle Health sues Epic Systems over antitrust violations
Particle Health has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Epic Systems, accusing the EHR giant of practices that block competition and harm patient care.
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23 Sep 2024
FTC sues PBMs, affiliated GPOs for inflating insulin prices
Caremark Rx, Express Scripts, and OptumRx are facing legal repercussions after the FTC accused them of insulin price inflation in a lawsuit announced on Sept. 20, 2024.
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23 Sep 2024
ML helps tailor AHA-PREVENT risk stratification tool
Using open source machine learning tools, researchers recalibrated the AHA-PREVENT calculator to improve cardiovascular risk assessment in local patient populations.
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23 Sep 2024
Medtech startup brings Oracle AI to bear on cancer drug research
Learn how Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and its cutting-edge AI features are bringing new benefits to cancer care by helping doctors identify better treatment options
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20 Sep 2024
Vice Society hits healthcare with INC ransomware attacks
Microsoft observed cyberthreat actor Vice Society, also known as Vanilla Tempest, targeting U.S. healthcare organizations with INC ransomware for the first time.
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19 Sep 2024
U.S. trails peers in healthcare quality ranking, care access
The nation's healthcare quality ranking is low for outcomes and equity, but the U.S. does excel in preventive care and patient safety.
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18 Sep 2024
Atrium Health alerts patients to phishing scheme, data breach
A phishing scheme used against Atrium Health caused one of several healthcare data breaches reported in September.
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18 Sep 2024
Dreamforce 24: Salesforce taps Nvidia to power Agentforce
At Dreamforce in San Francisco, Salesforce and Nvidia detail some of the tech that will power the software giant's newly launched Agentforce service
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18 Sep 2024
GLP-1 drugs for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
According to a study from Dandelion Health, an estimated 44 million people in the U.S. could benefit from using GLP-1 drugs for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
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18 Sep 2024
New screening tool captures digital health readiness
The new screener measures patients' comfort and ability to use digital health tools, which can support personalized interventions to improve virtual healthcare access.
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18 Sep 2024
LEAP in Health IT awards focus on AI and behavioral health
HHS has awarded $2 million in LEAP in Health IT grants to Columbia University and OHSU to advance the accuracy of AI algorithms and behavioral health IT adoption.
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18 Sep 2024
Do hospital mergers and acquisitions drive physician burnout?
Half of physicians said hospital mergers and acquisitions affect their job satisfaction, contributing to medicine's physician burnout woes.
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18 Sep 2024
Dreamforce 2024: Salesforce calls on customers to flesh out AI vision
A stream of customers helped Salesforce make the case for its Agentforce artificial intelligence offering on the opening day of the annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco
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17 Sep 2024
Tubal sterilization linked to higher risk of pregnancy
UCSF research shows a higher pregnancy risk post-tubal ligation, urging women to consider more effective contraceptives, such as implants or intrauterine devices.
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17 Sep 2024
CMS issues updated rural emergency hospital guidance
Updated CMS guidance walks organizations through the process of becoming a rural emergency hospital provider type.
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17 Sep 2024
Adverse childhood experiences screening key for risk profiles
The pronounced effect adverse childhood experiences have on adult health and well-being indicates a need for better screening and risk profiling.
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17 Sep 2024
Most small practices say core health IT vendors fall short
According to a KLAS report, many small practices report that their core health IT vendors lack key functionalities beyond EHR and practice management, including telehealth.
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16 Sep 2024
GenAI displays no racial, sex bias in opioid treatment plans
Large language models demonstrated no race- or sex-based differences in opioid treatment recommendations, which could help reduce bias and improve health equity.
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13 Sep 2024
Mid and South Essex deploys shared care record
The shared care record is live across the region’s NHS providers, allowing them to share patient information from GPs, hospitals, and mental health and community services
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12 Sep 2024
Hospital patient safety rebounds, surpasses pre-COVID rates
Hospital patient safety improvements range from reductions in hospital-acquired infections to increases in preventive screening access.
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12 Sep 2024
Texas sues HHS over HIPAA rule on reproductive health data
The Texas attorney general alleged that an HHS rule that protects reproductive health data unlawfully prevents states from using their investigative authority.
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12 Sep 2024
Keir Starmer vows to create a ‘digital NHS’ following damning Darzi review
The prime minister promises to move from an analogue to a digital NHS after Lord Darzi’s rapid review of the health service found an NHS in disrepair, with outdated IT and low productivity
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12 Sep 2024
Deep learning tool could improve brain pressure monitoring
A deep learning tool that uses routinely collected data could provide a noninvasive method for clinicians to monitor intracranial hypertension in intensive care patients.