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16 Apr 2025
KLAS: Top data analytics platforms for payers
Payer organizations are increasingly relying on data analytics platforms to drive better member outcomes.
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16 Apr 2025
Elevate Wholesale taking steps to improve diversity
Industry player Elevate Wholesale launches a community to encourage and support women to enter and work in the channel
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16 Apr 2025
AI chip restrictions limit Nvidia H20 China exports
The US government’s export controls have come into effect, limiting Nvidia’s ability to sell its H20 chip in China
Health IT News from the past 365 days
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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.
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14 Nov 2024
Back surgeries: Low-value care swells Medicare spending
According to new research from the Lown Institute, unnecessary back surgeries led to an estimated $2 billion in Medicare spending over a three-year period.
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14 Nov 2024
Virtual wards to digital feedback: the Nordic approach to post-pandemic healthcare
Post-pandemic healthcare is benefitting from Nordic tech foresight, with the country bringing digital change to the world’s health sector to allow for more remote care
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13 Nov 2024
Telehealth does not raise rates of low-value primary care
New research shows telehealth use in primary care doesn't increase low-value services, like unnecessary tests, addressing concerns about wasteful healthcare practices.
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12 Nov 2024
Microsoft fixes 89 CVEs on penultimate Patch Tuesday of 2024
High-profile vulns in NTLM, Windows Task Scheduler, Active Directory Certificate Services and Microsoft Exchange Server should be prioritised from November’s Patch Tuesday update
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12 Nov 2024
U.S. calls out Russia for enabling healthcare cyberattacks
At a U.N. Security Council briefing, Anne Neuberger, U.S. deputy national security advisor, called out Russia for allowing threat actors to carry out healthcare cyberattacks.
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12 Nov 2024
Zero-day exploits increasingly sought out by attackers
Threat actors increasingly favour zero-day exploits to attack their victims before patches become available, according to the NCSC and CISA, which have just published a list of the most widely used vulnerabilities of 2023
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12 Nov 2024
Physician compensation totals 84% of medical group expenses
Medical groups might rethink operations in light of new Kaufman Hall data about physician compensation and overall employee investment/subsidy.
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11 Nov 2024
Fresh concerns over NHS England registries procurement
Clinicians and technologists behind a number of medical devices registries being brought together by NHS England on a new common platform have accused the health service of flouting public sector procurement regulations
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08 Nov 2024
VA finds medical transportation fix with Uber Health
VA said the Uber Health partnership reduced missed appointments stemming from medical transportation barriers.
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08 Nov 2024
CDC estimates a national diabetes prevalence of nearly 16%
A data brief from the CDC focused on the national diabetes prevalence across the U.S. estimates that 16% of adults in the U.S. have diabetes, with approximately 4.5% being undiagnosed.
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07 Nov 2024
Medical testing inequities contribute to racial bias in AI
Inequitable lab testing to diagnose severe disease can create racial biases in the data used to train healthcare AI, potentially perpetuating care disparities.
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07 Nov 2024
Kaiser Permanente reports email data breach
Recent healthcare cybersecurity incidents include an email data breach that affected Kaiser Permanente and a ransomware attack against a small rural healthcare provider.
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07 Nov 2024
Digital patient engagement tool cut early childhood obesity
The digital patient engagement tool reduced early childhood obesity prevalence among kids at the highest end of BMI scales.
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07 Nov 2024
Google Cloud MFA enforcement meets with approval
Latest Google Cloud policy to enforce multifactor authentication across its user base is welcomed by security professionals
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07 Nov 2024
AI a force multiplier for the bad guys, say cyber pros
CIISec’s annual report on the security profession finds evidence of growing concern that artificial intelligence will ultimately prove more useful to threat actors than defenders
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06 Nov 2024
Pushing ADHD telehealth prescriptions costs Cerebral millions
Telemental healthcare provider Cerebral agreed to pay more than $3.6 million for encouraging unauthorized telehealth prescriptions of controlled substances, like Adderall.
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06 Nov 2024
Effects of nurse burnout on patient safety, satisfaction
Patient safety is significantly harmed by nurse burnout, while patient safety scores take a moderate hit from high clinician burnout rates.
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06 Nov 2024
LLMs might not significantly augment diagnostic reasoning
The use of GPT-4 did not necessarily enhance clinicians' diagnostic reasoning performance compared to those relying solely on conventional clinical resources.