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14 Aug 2024
Major players ‘less than impressive’ as altnets rise in UK broadband
By Joe O’HalloranA range of surveys identify independent sector as the driving force in UK’s growing gigabit broadband industry and caution of slowdown in subscribers by major providers
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14 Aug 2024
Newcastle City Council swaps out Oracle Java for Azul
By Cliff SaranChanges to Oracle’s Java licensing meant the council no longer received free security patches
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14 Aug 2024
Microsoft corrects six zero-days for August Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatAdmins can address most of the zero-days with a cumulative update, but of more concern is the lack of patches for two vulnerabilities demonstrated at the Black Hat conference.
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07 Dec 2023
HHS Unveils Healthcare Cybersecurity Strategy
By Jill McKeonThe new concept paper outlines HHS’s plans for strengthening healthcare cybersecurity, including future updates to HIPAA and the establishment of voluntary performance goals.
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07 Dec 2023
Veteran's Lawsuit Alleges VA EHR Defects Delayed Cancer Diagnosis
By Hannah NelsonA veteran is seeking unspecified monetary damages from the federal government and the vendors behind the VA EHR system due to alleged system flaws.
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07 Dec 2023
Predictive Models Flag Need for Nursing Home Care in Dementia Patients
By Shania KennedyNew models to predict need for nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia may help enhance care management.
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07 Dec 2023
Health Equity Key 2024 Priority, But Challenges Lie Ahead
By Sara HeathStaffing and the insurgence of artificial intelligence could imperil healthcare and life science work on health equity in 2024.
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07 Dec 2023
Video Telehealth Quality Largely on Par with In-Person Care
By Anuja VaidyaA literature review on telehealth modalities reveals that live video telehealth and in-person care quality were similar across health outcomes and utilization.
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06 Dec 2023
New Tools From EHR Vendor athenahealth Harness Generative AI
By Hannah NelsonNew generative AI tools from EHR vendor athenahealth include a care plan summarization feature, as well as a tool to draft patient case documents.
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06 Dec 2023
AI-Aided Colonoscopy May Improve Colorectal Neoplasia Detection
By Shania KennedyArtificial intelligence may enhance colorectal neoplasia detection, but more research is needed to evaluate the long-term benefits of AI-aided colonoscopy.
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06 Dec 2023
Discrimination in Healthcare Affects Patient Experience, Outcomes
By Sara HeathMore data from KFF showed that discrimination in healthcare is common and that it affects healthcare access and clinical outcomes.
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06 Dec 2023
ONC-Funded Project Taps FHIR for Clinical Research EHR Data Access
By Hannah NelsonAn ONC-funded research team has developed two new platforms that leverage FHIR to support standardized EHR data access for clinical research scalability.
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06 Dec 2023
Large Language Model May Help Better Identify Postpartum Hemorrhage
By Shania KennedyThe large language model Flan-T5 was 95 percent accurate in identifying patients with postpartum hemorrhage, which may help predict those most likely to develop it.
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06 Dec 2023
Joint Commission Launches Certification Program For Responsible Health Data Use
By Jill McKeonThe voluntary Responsible Use of Health Data (RUHD) Certification program aims to ensure that participating hospitals have policies in place for the secondary use of data.
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06 Dec 2023
Care Quality, Physician Autonomy Lower at Corporate-Owned Practices
By Victoria BaileyNearly 60 percent of physicians at corporate-owned practices said reduced autonomy led to lower patient care quality.
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05 Dec 2023
Epic EHR Integration Aims to Boost Patient Experience, Personalized Care
By Hannah NelsonBy providing access to patient experience data within health records, the Epic EHR integration aims to drive a more personal care experience.
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05 Dec 2023
Majority of GPs now give patients online access to records
By Lis EvenstadNHS England is close to reaching its target of having nine in 10 GPs offering patients access to their primary care records online
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05 Dec 2023
Hospitals Concerned About Medicaid State-Directed Payment Changes
By Jacqueline LaPointeSeveral hospital associations urge CMS not to finalize proposed restrictions on provider-based Medicaid funding for state-directed payments.
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05 Dec 2023
23andMe Data Breach Impacts 6.9M Users
By Jill McKeonAn updated SEC filing shed additional light on the scope of the 23andMe data breach, in which threat actors used credential stuffing to gain access to user accounts.
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05 Dec 2023
Deep Learning Model Flags Non-Smokers at Increased Risk for Lung Cancer
By Shania KennedyA new model has shown that among non-smokers, there is a 2.1 times greater risk of developing lung cancer for those in high-risk groups compared to their peers.
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04 Dec 2023
Rhysida ransomware gang hits hospital holding royal family’s data
By Alex ScroxtonRansomware gang boasts of having stolen data on the royal family in an attack on a private London hospital
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04 Dec 2023
Hospitals Urged to Secure Systems Against Citrix Bleed Cybersecurity Vulnerability
By Jill McKeonThe LockBit 3.0 ransomware gang has been exploiting the Citrix Bleed cybersecurity vulnerability to evade password requirements and multi-factor authentication.
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04 Dec 2023
AI-Based Voice Assistants Poised to Support Chronic Disease Management
By Sara HeathNew data showed that conversational AI and voice assistants helped patient engagement in chronic disease management.
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04 Dec 2023
Shorter Treatment Length Make mHealth App Interventions More Effective
By Anuja VaidyaResearch supports the efficacy of mHealth apps in treating depression, but certain intervention components, like treatment length, can impact efficacy.
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01 Dec 2023
The Security Interviews: Mark McClain, SailPoint Technologies
By Alex ScroxtonSailPoint founder and CEO Mark McClain reflects on how the concept of identity has evolved over the past 20 years, and points to rapid evolution still to come
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01 Dec 2023
Capital Health Experiencing Network Outages Amid Potential Cyberattack
By Jill McKeonCapital Health in New Jersey is continuing to care for patients amid network outages that are believed to be caused by a cyberattack.
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01 Dec 2023
Fewer Than 1 in 3 Consumers Pay Medical Bills Immediately
By Jacqueline LaPointeA recent survey shows most consumers— 72% — don’t or can’t pay their medical bills in full right away, with affordability being a top barrier.
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01 Dec 2023
How Workflow Factors Sway Social Determinants of Health Screening Rates
By Sara HeathResearchers found links between provider type, survey length, payer type, and social determinants of health screening rates.
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01 Dec 2023
New Healthcare AI Framework Incorporates Medical Knowledge, Values
By Shania KennedyA newly published artificial intelligence framework advocates for a “sociotechnical” approach to advance the technology’s integration into healthcare.
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01 Dec 2023
Telehealth Use Remains High in Mental Health, Infectious Disease Care
By Anuja VaidyaThough the overall share of telehealth visits has dropped, it accounts for 37 percent of mental health and 11 percent of infectious disease visits, new data shows.
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30 Nov 2023
Health System Selects MEDITECH EHR Implementation for Interoperability
By Hannah NelsonA health system in Savannah, Georgia, has opted for a MEDITECH EHR implementation to drive health data interoperability across care settings.
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30 Nov 2023
NY AG Issues Consumer Alert Regarding PJ&A Healthcare Data Breach
By Jill McKeonNew York Attorney General Letitia James encouraged New Yorkers to take action to prevent identity theft following a healthcare data breach at a medical transcription company.
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30 Nov 2023
Hospitals See Margins Above Pandemic Levels in October
By Jacqueline LaPointeHospitals are building financial resilience as performance improved in October, with margins above pandemic levels.
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30 Nov 2023
Kroger Faces Lawsuits For Sharing Health Data With Meta Via Tracking Pixel Use
By Jill McKeonThe two proposed class action lawsuits alleged that Kroger unlawfully used tracking technologies to collect sensitive health data which was then transmitted to Meta.
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30 Nov 2023
Patients Say Costs, Access Drive Maternal Health Crisis in GA
By Sara HeathA survey of Georgia residents showed that the maternal health crisis is a salient issue for folks who cite high costs and poor care access.
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30 Nov 2023
AI Tool May Help Breast Cancer Patients Avoid Unnecessary Chemotherapy
By Shania KennedyA Northwestern University artificial intelligence tool can combine cancerous and non-cancerous cell patterns to predict the course of invasive breast cancer.
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30 Nov 2023
$2M Grant to Support Telehealth Implementation in Rural Alabama
By Anuja VaidyaThe grant will fund an initiative to expand healthcare access in rural areas by implementing telehealth stations across the state.
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29 Nov 2023
8.5M Records Impacted By Welltok Data Breach Stemming From MOVEit Hack
By Jill McKeonHealthcare software company Welltok notified health plans across the country about the MOVEit hack, which impacted 8.5 million individuals.
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29 Nov 2023
Optum Faces Allegations of Anti-Competitive Practices from CA Health System
By Victoria BaileyEmanate Health alleged that Optum engaged in anti-competitive practices and tried to monopolize the primary care physician market the two organizations share.
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29 Nov 2023
AMA Establishes New Principles for AI Development, Deployment and Use
By Shania KennedyThe American Medical Association has issued seven principles to support the development of equitable and responsible healthcare AI.
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28 Nov 2023
Black Women Bear the Brunt of Racism’s Effect on Hypertension Risk
By Sara HeathRacism increases hypertension risk, data shows, a phenomenon more keenly felt by Black women with higher educational attainment.
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28 Nov 2023
Few Deaths, Complications Among CMS Hospital-at-Home Waiver Patients
By Anuja VaidyaCMS found that its Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative is linked to low mortality and complication rates, providing promising evidence for the program.
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28 Nov 2023
Thanksgiving Day Healthcare Cyberattack Impacts Hospitals Across Multiple States
By Jill McKeonAmbulances are being diverted from several hospitals owned by Ardent Health Services following a healthcare cyberattack that impacted facilities across multiple states.
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28 Nov 2023
AI Tool Uses Epigenetic Factors to Predict Cancer Survival Outcomes
By Shania KennedyBy assessing gene expression patterns of epigenetic factors, an artificial intelligence model can predict patient outcomes across multiple cancer types.
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28 Nov 2023
Flagging Disparities Helps Locate Best Places for Cancer Screening Sites
By Sara HeathAfter identifying both geographic and racial health disparities in breast cancer screening, researchers used USPSTF guidelines to locate new places for care sites.
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28 Nov 2023
New Ingestible Device Can Remotely Monitor Vital Signs with Accuracy
By Anuja VaidyaThe capsule-sized device can provide accurate measures of respiratory and heart rate, enabling sleep apnea monitoring, a human trial shows.
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28 Nov 2023
Most Surgeons Earned MIPS Bonus Payments in 2021, Study Finds
By Victoria BaileyMost surgeons earned MIPS bonus payments and the median increase in Part B payments was $1,341.
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27 Nov 2023
NIH Funding to Advance “All of Us” Research Program Dataset Use
By Shania Kennedy$9.7 million in awards will fund 26 projects supporting high-priority analyses and tool development using data from the NIH’s "All of Us" Research Program.
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27 Nov 2023
India's Hexaware creates hundreds of jobs in UK
By Karl FlindersHexaware opens IT services operation in Birmingham, with a plan to recruit 250 people in the region by 2025
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27 Nov 2023
Community Health Center PCPs Spend Less Time on EHR, Electronic Inbox
By Hannah NelsonA study revealed that primary care physicians (PCPs) practicing in community health centers spend 5.40 fewer minutes on the EHR than PCPs working in other settings.
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27 Nov 2023
HC3 Warns Healthcare Sector of Persisting Emotet Malware Threats
By Jill McKeonEmotet has been described as the “world’s most dangerous malware” and it frequently targets the healthcare sector, HC3 warned.
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27 Nov 2023
How Many Medicare Part D Claims Are Subject to 340B Discounts?
By Victoria BaileyThe growth of Medicare Part D claims subject to 340B discounts was driven by increases in claims written by 340B-affiliated clinicians and prescribed by 340B pharmacies.
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23 Nov 2023
Microsoft bans SME partners from selling its services via government's Cloud Compute 2 framework
By Caroline DonnellyMicrosoft is under fire after documents leaked to Computer Weekly revealed it has banned reseller partners from selling its services via the government’s soon-to-be launched Cloud Compute 2 framework
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22 Nov 2023
Palantir awarded NHS FDP data contract
By Alex ScroxtonNHS England has awarded a £330m, seven-year contract to US data specialist Palantir, prompting concerns from data privacy practitioners
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22 Nov 2023
NHS England renews FutureNHS cloud-based collaboration hosting deal via G-Cloud for £1.67m
By Caroline DonnellyNHS England has renewed its long-standing hosting and support contract for the FutureNHS platform with SME cloud provider Kahootz
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22 Nov 2023
CISA Releases Healthcare Cybersecurity Vulnerability Mitigation Guide
By Jill McKeonCISA issued a cybersecurity vulnerability mitigation guide to help the healthcare sector address encryption weaknesses, web application vulnerabilities, and other threats to security.
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22 Nov 2023
Patient-Reported Symptom Data May Hinder Telehealth-Based Flu Diagnosis
By Shania KennedyThe accuracy of existing clinical decision rules for flu in a telehealth setting can be negatively impacted by using only patient-reported symptom data.
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22 Nov 2023
How Do Income & SDOH Affect Cardiovascular Healthcare?
By Sara HeathHaving low income increased the odds of hypertension and reduced the odds of physician engagement during hospitalization for heart failure, two studies show.
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22 Nov 2023
Visit Volumes Decline When Out-of-State Telehealth Waivers Expire
By Anuja VaidyaAfter waivers enabling out-of-state telehealth expired, patients were less likely to engage in telehealth or in-person care, new research reveals.
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22 Nov 2023
WA Non-Profit Health System Will Reimburse Patients in Charity Care Agreement
By Victoria BaileyThe non-profit health system must also improve how it screens patients for charity care eligibility.
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21 Nov 2023
EHR Usability Outshines AI as Top Health IT Priority of Healthcare Execs
By Hannah NelsonAn MGMA poll found that improving EHR usability was the top health IT priority for healthcare leaders, followed by patient communications, revenue cycle management, and AI.
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21 Nov 2023
HHS Settles HIPAA Investigation With St. Joseph’s Over PHI Disclosure to Media
By Jill McKeonHHS launched a HIPAA investigation into St. Joseph’s Medical Center and determined that the organization had disclosed three patients’ protected health information to the Associated Press.
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21 Nov 2023
Can Gen AI Improve Access to Care, Affordability? Patients Think So
By Sara HeathPatients are increasingly using generative AI to explore access to care options, which industry leaders indicate could improve healthcare affordability.
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21 Nov 2023
Machine Learning Methods May Improve Brain Tumor Characterization
By Shania KennedyResearchers combining mass spectrometry with machine learning to assess meningioma tumors found that the tools were 87% accurate in classifying tumor grade.
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21 Nov 2023
With Digital Access, Telemental Health Benefits Youth on Medicaid
By Anuja VaidyaInterviews with therapists revealed that telehealth expands access to mental healthcare for youth enrolled in Medicaid, but only if digital barriers are addressed.
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21 Nov 2023
Medicare Advantage Denials Jump 56%, Commercial Denials 20%
By Jacqueline LaPointeClaim denials are on the rise as hospitals also see diminishing cash reserves, according to a new AHA report.
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20 Nov 2023
NHS England hits 90% target for electronic patient records
By Scarlet CharlesSome 90% of trusts in NHS England have adopted electronic patient records in hospitals, ahead of government schedule
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20 Nov 2023
$31M Awards to Support Medical AI Innovation at UTHealth Houston
By Shania KennedyMcWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics faculty received 16 grants to fund projects focused on advancing artificial intelligence in healthcare and medicine.
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20 Nov 2023
Healthcare Affordability Woes Affect High- and Low-Income Patients Alike
By Sara HeathFor some metrics, healthcare affordability is more challenging for high-income Americans than low-income folks in similarly developed nations.
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20 Nov 2023
Telehealth Patients Less Likely to Complete Ordered Tests, Referrals
By Anuja VaidyaNew research shows that patients are less likely to complete tests and referrals ordered during telehealth visits than those placed during in-person visits.
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20 Nov 2023
Generative AI Appeals to Healthcare Orgs for Revenue Cycle Operations
By Victoria BaileyNearly 60 percent of surveyed healthcare organizations are considering using generative AI for revenue cycle operations.
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17 Nov 2023
Despite Value-Based Care Growth, Room for Improvement Remains
By Victoria BaileyStandardizing program benchmarks and providing incentives for non-clinical staff could help improve value-based care models.
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17 Nov 2023
VA Reports Improved Oracle Health EHR Performance, But Snags Remain
By Hannah NelsonWhile there has not been a total outage of the VA Oracle Health EHR for six months, frontline healthcare workers continue to experience pauses in the system.
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17 Nov 2023
eHealth Exchange HIE Launches Program to Boost HL7 FHIR Adoption
By Hannah NelsonThe incentive program from eHealth Exchange will reward HIE participants who exchange patient data with payers using the HL7 FHIR data standard as outlined in the HL7 Da Vinci Project.
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17 Nov 2023
Consumers Believe Generative AI May Make Healthcare More Affordable
By Shania KennedyDeloitte’s 2023 Health Care Consumer Survey shows that over 70 percent of consumers who use generative AI believe the tech could revolutionize healthcare delivery.
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17 Nov 2023
Health Orgs Look for Consolidated Patient Engagement Tech Footprint
By Sara HeathPatient engagement technology vendors will need to respond to a growing push for consumer-centered solutions for healthcare organizations.
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17 Nov 2023
Telehealth Effective in Treating OUD Patients with Hepatitis C Virus
By Anuja VaidyaNew research shows opioid use disorder patients with hepatitis C virus treated via telehealth were twice as likely to be cured than those receiving in-person care.
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16 Nov 2023
HHS Unveils Updated Language Access Plan for Health Equity
By Sara HeathThe Updated Language Access Plan builds on previous legal provisions prohibiting discrimination and requiring adequate language supports for patients.
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16 Nov 2023
Community Hospitals Select Oracle Health EHR to Streamline Workflows
By Hannah NelsonCommunity hospitals in Iowa, Kentucky, and Tennessee have implemented the Oracle Health CommunityWorks EHR to optimize clinical workflows and drive interoperability.
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16 Nov 2023
BlackSuit Ransomware Is Credible Threat to Healthcare Cybersecurity, HC3 Says
By Jill McKeonBlackSuit ransomware shares many traits with Royal ransomware and the now defunct Conti ransomware group, both of which targeted the healthcare sector.
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16 Nov 2023
Digital Health Most Wired: Healthcare Orgs Focusing on Health Data Usage
By Hannah NelsonWith widespread EHR adoption, healthcare organizations are looking toward health data usage to improve outcomes, according to the Digital Health Most Wired 2023 survey.
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16 Nov 2023
MD Anderson Cancer Center Launches Institute for Data Science in Oncology
By Shania KennedyThe new MD Anderson Institute for Data Science in Oncology is set to combine advanced computational approaches with clinical expertise to transform cancer care.
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16 Nov 2023
How Did Commercial Payments for COVID-19 Inpatient Stays Vary in 2020?
By Victoria BaileyCommercial payments for COVID-19 inpatient stays were highest at hospitals affiliated with a health system, at $3,562.
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16 Nov 2023
Stakeholders Urge Senators to Avert ‘Fast and Slow’ Death of Telehealth
By Anuja VaidyaIn a Senate subcommittee hearing, healthcare stakeholders doubled down on the critical need to make permanent pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities.
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15 Nov 2023
Regulatory Burdens in Healthcare Take Away from Patient Care
By Jacqueline LaPointePractice leaders overwhelmingly agree reducing prior auths and other regulatory burdens would allow resource reallocation, MGMA says.
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15 Nov 2023
FBI, CISA Urge Immediate Action to Mitigate Rhysida Ransomware Risks
By Jill McKeonThe federal government urged organizations to prioritize remediate known vulnerabilities, segment networks, and enable multifactor authentication to lower the risk of Rhysida ransomware.
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14 Nov 2023
Racism Key Social Determinant of Health Linked to 38% Risk of Stroke
By Sara HeathThe chronic stress incurred due to experiences of racism led to poorer health outcomes, including increased risk of stroke.
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14 Nov 2023
Medical Transcription Service Data Breach Impacts Multiple Health Systems
By Jill McKeonNorthwell Health and Cook County Health both notified patients of a third-party data breach that originated at Perry Johnson & Associates, a medical transcription vendor.
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14 Nov 2023
HPSA Program Did Not Affect Physician Shortages or Health Outcomes
By Victoria BaileyCounties saw no significant changes in mortality rates or physician density in the years following HPSA designation.
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14 Nov 2023
Large Language Model Diagnoses, Triages Without Introducing Biases
By Shania KennedyUCLA Health researchers determined that Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 can accurately diagnose and triage patients without introducing racial and ethnic biases.
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14 Nov 2023
How to Achieve Patient Portal ‘Techquity’ & Digital Health Equity
By Sara HeathMeasuring patient portal use by demographic will be the first step toward achieving digital health equity.
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14 Nov 2023
American Heart Association Unveils Telehealth Resource Center
By Anuja VaidyaThe new center will provide education, offer telehealth certification, and create an evidence base for virtual cardiovascular care, including quality standards.
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13 Nov 2023
Rogue state-aligned actors are most critical cyber threat to UK
By Alex ScroxtonThe prospect of rogue nation-state-aligned attackers bringing down the UK’s critical infrastructure is keeping the NCSC up at night
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13 Nov 2023
NY Proposes Tightened Cybersecurity Regulations For Hospitals
By Jill McKeonIn addition to the proposed cybersecurity regulations, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced $500 million in funding dedicated to upgrading hospital technology systems.
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13 Nov 2023
Surescripts Applies for TEFCA QHIN Role to Drive Interoperability
By Hannah NelsonSurescripts Health Information Network LLC, which supports nationwide healthcare interoperability for ePrescribing, has applied to become a TEFCA QHIN.
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13 Nov 2023
State AGs Urge FDA Action on Race-Related Pulse Oximeter Inaccuracies
By Anuja VaidyaIn a letter, state AGs highlighted research showing that pulse oximeter readings are often inaccurate for populations of color, urging the FDA to take action.
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13 Nov 2023
Vanderbilt, Duke Awarded $1.25M to Improve Health Systems’ AI Oversight
By Shania KennedyA new project is set to outline the essential capabilities that health systems need to effectively select, deploy, and monitor artificial intelligence tools.
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13 Nov 2023
Indian Health Service Taps Oracle Health EHR Implementation for HIE
By Hannah NelsonThe enterprise platform from EHR vendor Oracle Health is set to drive care coordination and patient safety through enhanced health information exchange (HIE).
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13 Nov 2023
NY AG Secures $450K From US Radiology Over Data Security Failures
By Jill McKeonUS Radiology agreed to update its IT infrastructure and data security policies following a ransomware attack and subsequent investigation by the New York Attorney General’s Office.
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13 Nov 2023
Emory University Establishes Empathetic AI for Health Institute
By Shania KennedyThe Emory Empathetic AI for Health Institute aims to support the development of equitable, accessible, and cost-effective artificial intelligence tools.
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09 Nov 2023
KY Hospital Receives Epic Award for EHR Implementation Success
By Hannah NelsonEHR vendor Epic gives its annual Good Install award to one new customer who stands out above others in terms of EHR implementation success.
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09 Nov 2023
Henry Schein Hit By BlackCat Ransomware Gang
By Jill McKeonBlackCat ransomware claimed responsibility for an October cyberattack on Henry Schein, a major distributor of healthcare products.
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09 Nov 2023
Adopting Patient-Centered Care Stymied by Limited Patient-Centered Metrics
By Sara HeathOnly around half of hospitals and health systems are looking at patient-centered metrics, which is getting in the way of broad adoption of patient-centered care models.