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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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06 Aug 2024
2024 seeing more CVEs than ever before, but few are weaponised
The number of disclosed CVEs soared by 30% in the first seven-and-a-half months of the year, but a tiny fraction of these have been exploited by threat actors, a reminder of the importance of focused security strategies
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06 Aug 2024
Initial cancer screening costs $43 billion annually in the US
The estimated cost of initial breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer screenings across the US is $43 billion.
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06 Aug 2024
IR35 public sector reforms: Chancellor urged to review departmental costs generated by blanket bans
Chancellor Rachel Reeves urged to review ‘non-essential’ departmental spend since the introduction of IR35 reforms in April 2017 as part of her push to close £22bn public spending gap inherited from the Conservatives
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06 Aug 2024
FDA issues warning on oysters from Lewis Bay
The oysters sold across the US may be contaminated with Campylobacter jejuni.
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05 Aug 2024
HHS settles HIPAA right of access case with EMS company
HHS imposed a $115K civil monetary penalty against American Medical Response over alleged HIPAA right of access failures.
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05 Aug 2024
Chinese cyber attack sparks alert over six-year-old MS vuln
After a proof-of-concept for a six-year-old Microsoft vulnerability emerged in a Chinese APT attack chain, defenders should be on the look-out for exploitation of CVE-2018-0824
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05 Aug 2024
Community health center access up by 1 million patients
Community health center access rises during the nation's primary care crisis, prompting calls for more funding.
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05 Aug 2024
World’s largest companies at near-universal risk of supply chain breach
Data from SecurityScorecard once again focuses on the interconnected nature of business supply chains and the risk posed to operational resilience by unexpected IT problems and cyber threats
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05 Aug 2024
HHS announces new policies for underserved communities
The policies are intended to improve access to care for underserved and marginalized communities.
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05 Aug 2024
Hospitals get $2.9B increase in Medicare inpatient pay
HHS finalized a rule that will increase Medicare inpatient payments by 2.9% in FY 2025, among other new payment policies.
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05 Aug 2024
Members rarely challenge coverage denials, surprise billing
Only 45% of individuals who received a surprise bill challenged it and only 43% of those who were denied coverage appealed the decision.
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02 Aug 2024
Patient trust in healthcare tanked during COVID-19 pandemic
Patient trust in healthcare providers declined during the pandemic, a trend some experts posit could threaten public health.
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02 Aug 2024
FDA approves gene therapy for synovial sarcoma
Tecelra gained FDA approval for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic synovial sarcoma.
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02 Aug 2024
AbbVie acquires Cerevel Therapeutics for $45 per share
AbbVie is expanding its neuroscience portfolio through its acquisition of Cerevel Therapeutics.
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01 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike shareholders sue, alleging false security claims
A US pension fund is lining up a lawsuit against CrowdStrike, claiming the cyber company lied about the integrity of its systems, leading to failings that caused a worldwide IT outage
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01 Aug 2024
ChatGPT shows potential for clinical knowledge review
ChatGPT could help clinicians more effectively review medical literature by prioritizing and summarizing research abstracts from journals related to their specialties.
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01 Aug 2024
Sequoia Project launches pharmacy interoperability workgroup
The Sequoia Project has launched a workgroup in collaboration with Surescripts that aims to close pharmacy interoperability gaps and drive patient-centered care.
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01 Aug 2024
Community care neglected in national digital transformation efforts
Digital technologies could help the government’s ambition of delivering care at home for longer, but community services suffer from a lack of basic technologies and access to funding, according to the King’s Fund
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01 Aug 2024
Telehealth offsets primary care visit declines but not equally
Telehealth's ability to offset primary care visit declines varied across patient characteristics, with some groups still experiencing large drops in visit volumes.
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01 Aug 2024
FDA issues public warning on lead levels in cinnamon
The FDA has issued a warning to retailers and consumers regarding elevated lead levels in ground cinnamon.
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01 Aug 2024
Vizient estimates a 3.81% inflation in drug prices in 2025
Vizient's summer 2024 Pharmacy Market Outlook predicts a drug inflation rate of 3.81% in 2025.
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31 Jul 2024
Ransomware attack hits blood donation nonprofit
Blood donation nonprofit OneBlood is operating at a "significantly reduced capacity" due to a ransomware attack affecting its software system.
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31 Jul 2024
FDA accepts NDA for Vertex’s non-opioid pain drug
Vertex Pharmaceuticals revealed that the FDA has accepted its NDA for suzetrigine, a non-opioid pain inhibitor.
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31 Jul 2024
Private equity hospitals better off than non-investment hospitals
Hospitals acquired by private equity firms tend to be more financially stable compared to comparable non-private equity hospitals, according to a new study.
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31 Jul 2024
FDA approves colorectal cancer blood test
Guardant Health Inc. gained FDA approval for its Shield blood test to detect colorectal cancer in adults 45 and older.
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30 Jul 2024
Average cost of a healthcare data breach sits at $9.77M
Healthcare data breach costs fell by 10.6% in 2024 but remain higher than in any other industry, IBM found in its yearly report.
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30 Jul 2024
New mRNA vaccine initiative targets avian influenza (H5N1)
A new initiative led by WHO and MPP aims to develop mRNA vaccines for avian influenza (H5N1), boosting global pandemic preparedness.
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30 Jul 2024
Paid medical chatbots better at health literacy than free ones
Both paid and free medical chatbots offer middling health literacy, but asking for a lower reading level might help.
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30 Jul 2024
GP digital tools could cause patients harm, says report
Investigation by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body finds some online tools used in general practices could cause risk to patient safety and impact GP workload
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30 Jul 2024
Providers offer 4 key payment reforms to support practices
AMA and other provider trade groups have urged Congressional leaders to reform physician payment in light of recent Medicare cuts.
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30 Jul 2024
Wildfire smoke drives premature deaths, urgent innovative response
Wildfire smoke causes thousands of premature deaths annually, necessitating urgent investments in innovations to mitigate its impact.
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29 Jul 2024
UK government sets up AI action plan unit
New government has ambitious plans to use AI to grow the economy, and has hired a tech entrepreneur to help guide the strategy
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29 Jul 2024
Scam CrowdStrike domains growing in volume
Hundreds of malicious domains exploiting CrowdStrike’s branding are appearing all over the web in the wake of the 19 July outage. Experts from Akamai share some noteworthy examples, along with guidance on how to avoid getting caught out
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29 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike says most Falcon sensors now up and running
The vast majority of CrowdStrike Falcon sensors affected by a coding error have now been recovered, with a final resolution expected this week
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29 Jul 2024
Abbott issues urgent correction for FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors
Abbott has identified a defect in certain FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors that may cause incorrect high glucose readings, which could pose health risks for users.
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29 Jul 2024
NIH study reveals pitfalls of AI in clinical decision-making
GPT-4V scored highly on the 'New England Journal of Medicine's' Image Challenge, but made mistakes when tasked with explaining its reasoning and describing medical images.
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29 Jul 2024
UK government invests £106m in five quantum tech hubs
Five university hubs are receiving funding to support the development of quantum applications that can support healthcare and businesses
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26 Jul 2024
Colorado reports rising avian flu cases in human poultry workers
Health officials confirm 10 human cases of avian flu in Colorado, with new infections emerging at a second poultry farm in Weld County.
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26 Jul 2024
Boar's head recalls 200K pounds of deli meat due to Listeria risk
Boar's Head recalls 200,000 pounds of deli meat over potential Listeria contamination linked to a multi-state outbreak.
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25 Jul 2024
HHS reorganizes for coordination across health data policy
The HHS reorganization aims to improve coordination for strategy and policy across health data, cybersecurity, AI and technology as digital health transformation progresses.
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25 Jul 2024
Pharmacy group sues UHG over Change Healthcare data breach
The National Community Pharmacists Association and dozens of providers sued UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries over losses suffered due to the Change Healthcare data breach.
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25 Jul 2024
FTC interim report reveals PBMs' role in rising drug costs
An FTC interim report exposes how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) inflate drug prices, significantly impacting healthcare costs.
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25 Jul 2024
Cash benefits help cut emergency department utilization
The $400 cash benefits cut emergency department overutilization by around 100 visits per 1,000 patients, researchers said.
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25 Jul 2024
AHA cautions against mandatory organ transplant payment model
The American Hospital Association urged the CMS Innovation Center not to implement the proposed Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model.
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25 Jul 2024
Fortune 500 stands to lose $5bn plus from CrowdStrike incident
The largest global organisations hit by the CrowdStrike-Microsoft incident on 19 July will likely be out of pocket to the tune of billions of dollars
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25 Jul 2024
FDA approves first orally disintegrating contraceptive, Femlyv
Femlyv (norethindrone acetate/ethinyl estradiol) has received FDA approval as the first orally disintegrating contraceptive tablet.
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24 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike blames outage on content configuration update
CrowdStrike publishes the preliminary findings of what will be a lengthy investigation into the root causes of the failed 19 July update that caused Windows computers to crash all over the world
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24 Jul 2024
Mimecast to buy insider threat specialist Code42
Mimecast is to buy fellow human-centred risk experts Code42 for an undisclosed sum to take advantage of its insider threat and data loss protection specialisms
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24 Jul 2024
Report reveals a 69% decline in teen birth rates from 2000 to 2022
The National Vital Statistics Reports reveal a 69% drop in teen births from 2000 to 2022, highlighting changes across different racial and ethnic groups.
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24 Jul 2024
Wearables linked to ‘pathologic’ heart disease symptom monitoring
AFib patients using wearable devices are more likely to engage in high rates of symptom monitoring and experience anxiety than non-users, a study shows.
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24 Jul 2024
PBM execs defend role amidst bipartisan drug price scrutiny
PBM executives defended their role in a House hearing as lawmakers criticized their influence on high drug prices.
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23 Jul 2024
Most hospitals face public health data exchange challenges
While electronic public health reporting has grown significantly in recent years, hospitals and physicians continue to report barriers to public health data exchange.
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23 Jul 2024
OIG audit: HHS secretary must improve cloud security controls
HHS-OIG auditors recommended that the HHS Office of the Secretary address gaps in its cloud security controls to better safeguard its cloud information systems.
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23 Jul 2024
How ACO models can improve to support patient engagement
Greater ACO success will come with more flexible beneficiary communication policies governing the models.
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23 Jul 2024
Roche’s weight-loss drug trials yield positive results
Roche's $2.7B investment in Carmot's GLP-1 drugs shows promising early weight-loss results, positioning it as a strong market contender.
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23 Jul 2024
Digital apps effective stopgap for mental healthcare access challenges
Digital mental health apps can improve depression and anxiety symptoms among patients who are waiting to receive mental healthcare services, new research reveals.
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23 Jul 2024
Nationwide Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats
Nationwide Listeria outbreak in deli meats affects 12 states, causing 28 illnesses and 2 deaths. High-risk groups should avoid deli meats or heat them thoroughly.
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22 Jul 2024
ChatGPT demonstrates promise for digital pathology
A private, domain-specific version of ChatGPT can accurately respond to digital pathology questions and help clinicians utilize complex histopathology software.
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22 Jul 2024
NCSC: Beware of criminal CrowdStrike opportunists
Financially motivated cyber criminals are already conducting opportunistic attacks on organisations that leverage the CrowdStrike incident, and more targeted attacks are sure to follow
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22 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike chaos shows risks of concentrated ‘big IT’
The concentration of so much mission-critical technology in the hands of a few large suppliers makes incidents like the Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage all the more dangerous
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22 Jul 2024
AMA updates CPT code set for avian influenza vaccines
The update to the CPT code set includes codes for vaccines protecting patients from the H5N8 strain of avian influenza.
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19 Jul 2024
Global IT outage forces hospitals to cancel appointments
A global IT outage resulting from a faulty update to CrowdStrike's threat detection platform forced hospitals to cancel non-urgent appointments and surgeries.
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19 Jul 2024
Global Microsoft outage hits NHS GP IT system
The Emis Web IT system used by more than half of GP practices in the UK is down, following the worldwide Microsoft outage
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19 Jul 2024
Having endometriosis can increase ovarian cancer risk 4.2-fold
A study found that having endometriosis can increase the risk of ovarian cancer, especially for those with ovarian endometriomas.
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19 Jul 2024
Antimicrobial-resistant hospital-acquired infections increased 20%
New CDC data indicates that bacterial antimicrobial-resistant hospital-acquired infections increased by 20% during the pandemic.
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18 Jul 2024
Over 60% of hospitals plan to participate in TEFCA
While awareness of TEFCA is rising nationwide, gaps exist across smaller, critical access and independent hospitals, according to an ONC data brief.
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18 Jul 2024
ONC releases USCDI Version 5 to drive interoperability
United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 5 (USCDI v5) introduces new data classes and data elements to enhance health data interoperability and patient care.
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18 Jul 2024
Machine learning flags nAMD drug-related eye inflammation
A machine learning tool could bolster early detection of vision-threatening inflammation associated with drugs used to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
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18 Jul 2024
What's the state of women's health, care access in the U.S.?
A patchwork of insurance provisions and preventive healthcare access leaves much to be desired in terms of U.S. women's health.
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18 Jul 2024
CBD cream may protect against UVA-induced skin aging
A small study revealed that nano-encapsulated CBD cream may protect against aging, preventing UVA-induced nuclear and mitochondrial DNA damage.
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18 Jul 2024
CDC reveals that over 25% of adults in the US have a disability
A recent data analysis by the CDC reveals that over 25% of US adults, or over 70 million adults, had a disability in 2022.
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17 Jul 2024
UK Cyber Bill teases mandatory ransomware reporting
In the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill introduced in the King's Speech, the UK's new government pledges to give regulators more teeth to ensure compliance with security best practice and to mandate incident reporting
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17 Jul 2024
FDA, FTC work to protect consumers against copycat food containing THC
In a recent joint news release, the FDA and FTC outlined strategies for protecting consumers from companies illegally selling copycat foods containing THC.
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16 Jul 2024
Public health messaging aids 988 mental health line awareness
Public health messaging campaigns were successful at boosting 988 mental health crisis line awareness to 67%.
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16 Jul 2024
Mediterranean diet improves cardiometabolic health in children
A study analyzing cardiometabolic biomarkers in pediatric patients indicates that Mediterranean diet interventions improve cardiometabolic health.
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16 Jul 2024
Labour government begins to dish out digital responsibilities
As the new government begins to settle in, ministers with technology remits begin to emerge as DHSC and others declare which ministers will have digital responsibilities
- 16 Jul 2024
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16 Jul 2024
Global pediatric immunization rates stall, threatening public health
The WHO revealed that childhood immunization rates stalled in 2023, leaving many infants in countries with low vaccine coverage.
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15 Jul 2024
NIH grant to fund depression chatbot for Black patients
Learn how an existing AI chatbot for antidepressant recommendation will be validated for use in Black patients with funding from the NIH's AIM-AHEAD program.
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15 Jul 2024
NHS Trusts cancelled over 6,000 appointments after Qilin cyber attack
The two NHS Trusts most heavily impacted by the Qilin ransomware attack on pathology services provider Synnovis have cancelled over 6,000 appointments and procedures in the past five weeks
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15 Jul 2024
Reducing screen time improves pediatric mental health
Reducing screen media consumption for just two weeks improved internalizing symptoms and prosocial behavior.
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15 Jul 2024
WHO launches digital health collaboration network
The World Health Organisation’s network, which includes 53 member states alongside data and digital health partners, will tackle digital transformation issues in healthcare
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15 Jul 2024
CMS shares Medicaid, CHIP data on children with ASD, autism
CMS found that half of the children with these conditions in public payer programs were diagnosed early, which could positively impact outcomes.
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12 Jul 2024
Out-of-pocket drug costs rise when patients join Medicare
Out-of-pocket drug costs for diabetes medications go up when patients join Medicare, adversely affecting medication adherence.
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12 Jul 2024
Industry groups express concern over proposed CIRCIA reporting requirements
Industry groups such as the AHA and MGMA suggested that CISA’s proposed CIRCIA reporting requirements are redundant and burdensome for healthcare entities.
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12 Jul 2024
CMS proposes maternal health, safety requirements for hospitals
Under the guidance of the Biden Administration, CMS has issued a proposed rule to address high maternal mortality rates.
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12 Jul 2024
Pfizer advances daily oral GLP-1 research
The company plans to launch dose optimization studies for a once-daily modified-release formulation for danuglipron.
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11 Jul 2024
Life sciences, medtech and the NHS must marry, says health secretary
Health secretary Wes Streeting wants the UK to be an international powerhouse for life sciences and medtech, and plans to turn the Department for Health and Social Care into a ‘public growth department’
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11 Jul 2024
HHS releases HTI-2 proposed rule for interoperability
HHS's HTI-2 proposed rule aims to improve health data interoperability with new certification criteria and updates to information blocking regulations.
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11 Jul 2024
Dutch research firm TNO pictures the SOC of the future
In only a few years, security operations centres will have a different design and layout, and far fewer will remain
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11 Jul 2024
CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule rule seeks a 2.8% payment cut
CMS proposed the CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule to update payment policies and expand access to behavioral health and value-based care.
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11 Jul 2024
Researchers discover toxic metals, contaminants in tampons
A study from the University of California Berkley revealed high levels of toxic metals, including arsenic, lead, and cadmium, in tampons.
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10 Jul 2024
CMS proposes CY 2025 OPPS, ASC payment system rule
The CY 2025 OPPS and ASC payment system rule looks to grow Medicare payments to facilities, health equity and access to behavioral health.
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10 Jul 2024
Change Healthcare publishes data breach notice
Change Healthcare has begun mailing data breach notification letters to affected individuals.
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10 Jul 2024
State AGs urge consumers to use free credit monitoring from Change Healthcare
State attorneys general across the country are urging consumers to enroll in free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services in the wake of the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
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10 Jul 2024
FDA updates guidance for addressing medical misinformation
The updated guidance includes recommendations for industry members willing to address medical misinformation related to their products voluntarily.