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22 Nov 2024
Swiss encrypted messaging service, ePost, targets one million postal users
Swiss ePost chief Renato Stalder bets on encrypted communications as demand for letter delivery falls
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22 Nov 2024
Convictions of Post Office Capture system users to be reviewed by statutory body
Statutory body to look at the convictions of subpostmasters who used a pre-Horizon branch accounting system
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22 Nov 2024
Colt expands NaaS platform through Europe
Digital infrastructure company announces new locations served on network-as-a-service platform via dedicated fibre, complementing on-demand platform and extending high-bandwidth connectivity to more enterprises
Health IT News from the past 365 days
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26 Jun 2024
CDC issues health advisory for dengue virus infections across the US
The advisory reports an elevated incidence of dengue virus globally, with record-breaking cases across the Americas.
- 26 Jun 2024
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26 Jun 2024
Klas reports on pharmacy purchasing optimization analytics solutions
The report looked at various digital solutions for pharmacy purchasing optimization analytics solutions, assessing customer satisfaction with vendors.
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26 Jun 2024
5 Ways to Modernize the Healthcare Payments Experience
Modernizing the healthcare payments experience can improve efficiency, compliance and satisfaction among health plans, providers, and members.
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25 Jun 2024
Texas abortion ban linked to increases in infant, neonatal mortality
JAMA study finds Texas abortion ban linked to 13% spike in infant deaths in 2022 vs <2% rise nationwide due to increased mortality.
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25 Jun 2024
Third-party data breaches continue to disproportionately affect healthcare
More than a third of third-party data breaches in 2023 affected healthcare organizations, surpassing all other sectors, SecurityScorecard research shows.
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25 Jun 2024
NHS experts raise warning over patient data breach risk in registries project
Clinicians warn that the NHS England Outcome Registries Platform has poor security and is vulnerable to cyber attack, putting critical patient data at risk of being exposed
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25 Jun 2024
Local economies pay the price when hospitals charge more
A new study shows that hospital price increases lower payroll and employment at companies outside of the healthcare sector.
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25 Jun 2024
CMS ends advance payment program from Change Healthcare cyberattack
On July 12, CMS will stop providing accelerated and advance payments to Medicare providers and suppliers affected by the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
- 25 Jun 2024
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25 Jun 2024
Teva launches authorized generic of Victoza in the US
Teva launches authorized generic of Victoza (liraglutide) in the United States, potentially reducing costs, improving access, and enhancing diabetes care outcomes.
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24 Jun 2024
HHS establishes provider information blocking disincentives
A new HHS final rule outlines information blocking disincentives for healthcare providers across several CMS programs, including the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.
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24 Jun 2024
Risant to add Cone Health to value-based system
The organizations signed a definitive agreement under which Cone Health will become part of Risant Health, a new value-based venture from Kaiser.
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24 Jun 2024
Court deems OCR’s third-party web tech bulletin unlawful
A Texas court ruled that OCR’s third-party web technology bulletin “was promulgated in clear excess of HHS’s authority under HIPAA."
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24 Jun 2024
Prior authorizations often denied, adding to provider burden
The latest prior authorization survey from the AMA shows a high administrative burden associated with the management tool and patient care consequences.
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24 Jun 2024
Deep learning links lung shape differences and COVID-19 severity
A 3D residual convolutional network analysis revealed that COVID-19 patients experienced significant deformities to the mediastinal and basal surfaces of the lungs.
- 24 Jun 2024
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21 Jun 2024
Qilin ransomware gang publishes stolen NHS data online
The ransomware gang behind a major cyber attack on NHS supplier Synnovis has published a 400GB trove of private healthcare data online
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21 Jun 2024
Change Healthcare begins data breach notification process
Change Healthcare is continuing to conduct its data review and will begin mailing breach notifications to individual cyberattack victims in late July.
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21 Jun 2024
FDA clears Roche’s digital pathology solution for diagnostics
The solution includes the VENTANA DP 200 slide scanner, a digital pathology workflow software, and a display for clinical diagnostics.
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21 Jun 2024
Expanding access to hepatitis C treatment would reduce healthcare cost
A report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates that doubling hepatitis C treatment among Medicaid enrollees could save $7 billion.
- 20 Jun 2024
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20 Jun 2024
Chronic hypertension during pregnancy doubled from 2007 to 2021
A study in Hypertension found that while rates doubled, only 60% of pregnant individuals who needed antihypertensives received them.
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20 Jun 2024
Ascension hospitals make progress in ransomware attack recovery
Ascension diverted ambulances and activated downtime procedures in response to a cyberattack that began on May 8.
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20 Jun 2024
Machine learning-driven liquid biopsy identifies lung cancer risk
A machine learning-based approach could flag individuals at high risk for lung cancer by analyzing DNA fragments found in blood, which may improve screening uptake.
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20 Jun 2024
FDA approves Merck’s newest pneumococcal vaccine
The new vaccine is thought to protect against approximately 85% of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults 65 years of age and older.
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19 Jun 2024
Improving LTPAC Management Interventions Using Real-Time Analytics
Real-time analytics improves care management in long-term care by enabling timely interventions and enhancing outcomes under value-based care models.
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18 Jun 2024
Deep brain stimulation atlas, AI may personalize Parkinson’s treatment
Using a newly developed symptom atlas, a deep brain stimulation algorithm could optimize personalized treatments for Parkinson’s disease.
- 18 Jun 2024
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18 Jun 2024
Labcorp Global Trial Connect offers tools for clinical trials
The tool is marketed as a suite of central laboratory solutions for investigator sites, which should accelerate the speed of trials.
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18 Jun 2024
Community-based overdose interventions didn’t prevent opioid deaths
The NIH HEALing Communities Study found that data-driven community-based interventions did not have the desired effect on reducing opioid overdose deaths.
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17 Jun 2024
Patient safety, satisfaction soar with remote care management
In addition to high patient satisfaction and good patient safety performance, telehealth improved access to remote care management.
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17 Jun 2024
VA extends Oracle Health EHR modernization contract
The Department of Veterans Affairs has extended its EHR modernization contract with Oracle Health, focusing on improved system performance accountability.
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17 Jun 2024
3 Tips to Reduce Provider Abrasion and Enhance Payment Integrity
Enhancing payment integrity and reducing provider abrasion require clear communication, human expertise in complex billing, and customized solutions to ensure effective relationships between providers and payers.
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14 Jun 2024
ONC, HRSA modernize UDS reporting with HL7 FHIR
As part of a joint ONC and HRSA initiative, health centers are using HL7 FHIR standards to streamline UDS reporting and improve data accuracy to inform quality initiatives.
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14 Jun 2024
Nurse phone calls enhance home BP telemonitoring for minority groups
Home telemonitoring was more effective in reducing BP among low-income racial minority groups when nurse care management was added, research shows.
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14 Jun 2024
Only 1% of ACA Marketplace plans cover GLP-1 drugs for obesity
Although up to 82% of plans cover GLP-1 medications for diabetes, 1% or less cover GLP-1 drugs for obesity, such as Saxenda, Wegovy, and Zepbound.
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14 Jun 2024
Even plant-based ultra-processed foods are linked to higher CVD risk
A study evaluating the effects of ultra-processed food on CVD outcomes found that even plant-based ultra-processed foods had a negative impact on cardiovascular health.
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13 Jun 2024
General election 2024: Labour promises to boost digital infrastructure
The Labour Party manifesto for the UK general election promises a new industrial strategy and an overhaul of planning rules to help support the digital and tech sector
- 13 Jun 2024
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13 Jun 2024
Black Basta ransomware crew may be exploiting Microsoft zero-day
A Microsoft vulnerability that was addressed without fanfare in March may in fact have been exploited as a zero-day by the notorious Black Basta ransomware gang, threat hunters warn
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13 Jun 2024
SCOTUS votes to uphold FDA’s mifepristone mailing regulations
The ruling upholds access to medication abortions by continuing to allow the FDA’s regulatory approach for distributing the drug without an in-person doctor’s visit.
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13 Jun 2024
Microsoft, Google offer cybersecurity resources for rural hospitals
Microsoft and Google will provide free or discounted cybersecurity services to rural hospitals to bolster prevention efforts.
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13 Jun 2024
National healthcare spending grows 7.5% to nearly $4.8T
National healthcare spending continued to grow in 2023 with more people insured and the higher price of personal healthcare, CMS actuaries report.
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13 Jun 2024
Q&A: Adalbjorn Thorolfsson on IT project management in Iceland
With a small, but very sophisticated population, Iceland has unique ways of keeping up with the rest of the world in the IT sector. Adalbjorn Thorolfsson, president of the Icelandic Project Management Association, describes some lessons for the rest of the world
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13 Jun 2024
84% of US adults would participate in hospital-at-home programs
A new survey shows that most Americans are open to hospital-at-home programs, citing the convenience and comfort of being at home as the reason for participating.
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13 Jun 2024
Machine learning tool accurately predicts spine surgery outcomes
A machine learning approach using wearable data, EHRs and ecological momentary assessment information outperformed existing spine surgery outcome prediction tools.
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13 Jun 2024
Multi-agency task force collaborates to address illegal e-cigarettes
The United States FDA and the Department of Justice will collaborate to fight against the unlawful distribution and sale of e-cigarettes.
- 12 Jun 2024
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12 Jun 2024
Women are underrepresented in medical device clinical trials
A research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that medical device clinical trials had a median female participant rate of 33%.
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12 Jun 2024
Prediabetes linked to social determinants of health, not race
Social determinants of health disproportionately affect racial/ethnic minorities, leading to disparities in prediabetes in teens.
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12 Jun 2024
Supreme Court agrees to review Medicare DSH case
The Supreme Court will accept a case that seeks greater clarity on how HHS calculates Medicare DSH payments to hospitals.
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12 Jun 2024
Synthetic tumor data enhances training for cancer detection AI
An artificial intelligence model trained solely on synthetic liver tumor data performed on par with models trained using images of real tumors.
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12 Jun 2024
FDA advisory panel votes in favor of Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug
On June 10, a panel of FDA advisors unanimously voted in favor of approving Eli Lilly’s new Alzheimer’s disease drug, donanemab.
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11 Jun 2024
Pure Storage hit by Snowflake credential hackers
Pure Storage emerges as the latest victim of a fast-spreading breach of Snowflake customers targeting users with lax credential security measures in place
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11 Jun 2024
Low language access limits patient appointment scheduling
Researchers say low access to cancer care is due to poor language access during the appointment scheduling process.
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11 Jun 2024
More than 160 Snowflake customers hit in targeted data theft spree
Mandiant reports that more than 160 Snowflake customers have been hit in a broad data theft and extortion campaign targeting organisations that have failed to pay proper attention to securing valuable credentials
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11 Jun 2024
A planetary health diet lowers the risk of total mortality
Across the US, a higher planetary health diet index reduces the risk of total and cause-specific mortality while improving environmental health.
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11 Jun 2024
AHA has “strong concerns” about IPPS payment updates
The leading hospital association said proposed payment updates to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System are inadequate considering financial challenges.
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11 Jun 2024
Eye care company suffers 377K-record data breach
Panorama Eyecare notified more than 377,000 individuals of a data breach, more than a year after LockBit posted the company on its leak site.
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11 Jun 2024
Interpretable machine learning helps clinicians classify EEG anomalies
An interpretable machine learning model improved clinicians’ performance in reading electroencephalography charts, boosting accuracy from 47% to 71%.
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11 Jun 2024
Combined COVID-19/influenza vaccine is superior to individual vaccines
Moderna’s mRNA-1083 vaccine combines the company’s seasonal influenza candidate and next-generation COVID-19 vaccines for improved immune response.
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10 Jun 2024
NHS blood stocks running low after ransomware attack
The NHS is appealing for people with O Positive and O Negative blood types to come forward to donate as hospitals in London struggle to keep critical services running after ransomware attack
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10 Jun 2024
South Carolina gains web-based tool for population health surveillance
Six new data dashboards will track cancer, care access and SDOH across South Carolina’s 46 counties in an effort to advance population health.
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10 Jun 2024
FBI urges LockBit ransomware victims to come forward
At a conference in Boston, the FBI Cyber Division’s assistant director urged LockBit ransomware victims to contact IC3 to obtain a decryption key.
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10 Jun 2024
How Inaccurate Provider Data from Payers Impacts Access to Care
When payers’ online provider information is wrong, it may impact not only members’ access to care but also the level of member-payer trust.
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10 Jun 2024
Enhancing Transparency and Trust in Healthcare with Smart Contract Management
Managing health plan provider contracts is complex, but next-generation technological solutions can increase transparency and streamline the process across stakeholders.
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07 Jun 2024
Bitdefender makes MDR services free to NHS bodies hit by Qilin
Bitdefender offers NHS bodies affected by a major cyber incident free access to its product suite, as the health service continues to deal with the impact of the Qilin ransomware attack on partner Synnovis
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07 Jun 2024
NIAID releases H5N1 research agenda with 4 primary objectives
These objectives focus on varying factors, including understanding viral biology and transmission, prevention strategies, advancing treatments, and enhancing detection.
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07 Jun 2024
NIH funds validation of graft-versus-host disease assessment AI
A $4.2 million grant will support the validation of an artificial intelligence tool to measure skin changes in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease.
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07 Jun 2024
Virtual-first cardiometabolic programs improve clinical outcomes
New research reveals that virtual-first programs improved cardiometabolic health metrics, estimating thousands in cost savings if the improvements are sustained.
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07 Jun 2024
NIH launches two clinical trials on long-acting HIV PrEP
Gilead Sciences Inc. is funding two studies on long-acting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) through the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN).
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06 Jun 2024
How docs can build patient trust in generative AI use
Providers and community health partners might be instrumental in building patient trust in generative AI and encouraging use.
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06 Jun 2024
WHO identifies first bird flu death in 59-year-old man
The WHO has confirmed the first bird flu-related death in a 59-year-old man in Mexico City who did not have a history of exposure to poultry or other animals.
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06 Jun 2024
HC3 alerts hospitals of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in blood pressure monitor
The critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities in Baxter Welch Allyn Configuration Tool and Baxter Welch Allyn Connex Spot Monitor are exploitable remotely.
- 06 Jun 2024
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06 Jun 2024
Deloitte: healthcare consumers’ trust in generative AI has room to grow
Deloitte’s 2024 consumer healthcare survey found that adoption of GenAI for health reasons has progressed little in the last year due to consumers’ distrust.
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06 Jun 2024
FDA advisory panel votes against MDMA therapy for PTSD
In a 10 to 1 vote, the FDA advisory panel on MDMA therapy for PTSD decided that the benefits of the treatment do not outweigh the risks.
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06 Jun 2024
Balancing innovation, safety, compliance, risk in life sciences
Because the life sciences sector is evolving rapidly, collaboration, compliance, and proactive risk management are key to patient safety.
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05 Jun 2024
Qilin ransomware gang likely behind crippling NHS attack
Security experts investigating a major cyber attack on an NHS partner that has caused frontline services across South London to grind to a halt say the Qilin ransomware gang appears to be the culprit
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05 Jun 2024
MMR vaccine medical misinformation still prevalent
Medical misinformation about the MMR vaccine comes as measles cases are on the rise in the U.S., experts say.
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05 Jun 2024
Digital engagement approach lowers healthcare worker anxiety, depression
The digital strategy reminded healthcare workers about the availability of a mental health platform, which helped improve depression and anxiety, a study shows.
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05 Jun 2024
RCM vendor Waystar announces IPO launch
Waystar Holding Corp., a revenue cycle management software vendor, launched its initial public offering of 45M shares of its common stock.
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05 Jun 2024
HHS outlines DDoS attack prevention, response tactics for healthcare
Threat actors use DDoS attacks to flood a target network with traffic, making it difficult for defenders to detect and contain the threat.
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05 Jun 2024
A Spotlight on Food Is Medicine: Creating Sustainable Programs
Food-is-medicine programs are popular, but health plans need to overcome challenges related to scalability and ROI to generate sustainable positive outcomes.
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05 Jun 2024
BMS, RayzeBio halt radiotherapy trial due to isotope shortage
A shortage of rare isotopes paused BMS' Phase 3 trial of cancer drug RYZ101, highlighting supply chain challenges for radiopharmaceuticals.
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05 Jun 2024
J&J to settle 99.75% of talc lawsuits with $6.5B reorganization plan
J&J plans a $6.5B reorganization to settle 99.75% of talc lawsuits, despite a recent $260M mesothelioma verdict and ongoing ovarian cancer claims.
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04 Jun 2024
Invasive tracking ‘endemic’ on sensitive support websites
Websites set up by police, charities and universities to help people get support for sensitive issues like addiction and sexual harassment are deploying tracking technologies that harvest information without proper consent
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04 Jun 2024
NHS services at major London hospitals disrupted by cyber attack
A major cyber attack at NHS services provider Synnovis is disrupting frontline care at hospitals across London
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04 Jun 2024
NIH-developed AI tool predicts patients’ response to immunotherapy
Using routine clinical data, NIH researchers have developed an AI tool to predict immunotherapy responses.
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04 Jun 2024
Providers join call to stop FTC’s noncompete ban
About 230 national associations have requested the FTC to stay the noncompete ban slated to take effect this fall, pending legal actions.
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04 Jun 2024
Senator asks FTC, SEC to investigate UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity practices
Sen. Ron Wyden requested that the FTC and SEC chairs investigate UHG’s “numerous cybersecurity and technology failures” to determine whether federal laws were broken.
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04 Jun 2024
Deep learning model personalizes adaptive therapy for prostate cancer
A deep reinforcement learning model designed to tailor adaptive treatment schedules could double the time to progression for prostate cancer patients.
- 04 Jun 2024
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04 Jun 2024
Cardiovascular disease will impact over 61% of the US by 2050
Impacting over 184 million people across the US, cardiovascular disease will contribute to $1.8 trillion in direct and indirect costs by 2050.
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03 Jun 2024
Behavioral health orgs look to EHR vendors for integration
While many behavioral health providers are looking to EHR vendor tools for integrated care, interviewed customers reported functionality and integration challenges.
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03 Jun 2024
VA patient satisfaction and trust reach all-time high
Officials say the surge in patient trust at the Department of Veterans Affairs is due to an increase in health benefits meted out and lower wait times for appointments.
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03 Jun 2024
97 FTSE 100 firms exposed to supply chain breaches
Between March 2023 and March 2024, 97 out of 100 companies on the UK’s FTSE 100 list were put at risk of compromise following supply chain breaches at third-party suppliers
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03 Jun 2024
Researchers demonstrate value of AI in predicting heart disease
A decade-long study using an AI-based risk score of 40,000 people has shown it’s possible to detect the level of inflammation of heart arteries
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03 Jun 2024
AI reveals association between body composition, lung cancer outcomes
New research shows that changes in muscle mass and fat quality during immunotherapy treatment are linked to poor outcomes in metastatic lung cancer.