Health IT: Page 13

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    Health tech startup Fabric acquires Walmart’s telehealth business

    The acquisition comes as Walmart exits the healthcare delivery business.

    By • June 28, 2024
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    Amwell to implement reverse stock split to avoid delisting

    The telehealth vendor’s share price has declined significantly since 2020. It received a warning this spring that its stock was trading below minimum standards, and could be removed from trading.

    By • June 28, 2024
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    Artificial intelligence

    Amid mounting interest and investment in the space, it's clear AI’s applications in healthcare will only continue to grow.

    By Healthcare Dive staff
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    Digital health funding continues to stabilize in Q1: PitchBook

    Startups raised $1.1 billion across 77 deals in the first quarter — far lower than pandemic-era highs, but consistent with recent quarters.

    By • June 27, 2024
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    CHAI releases draft framework for responsible health AI

    The nonprofit’s standards fill a gap left by the federal government as the private sector continues to race ahead on artificial intelligence.

    By • June 26, 2024
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    Novant hires cyber exec from CommonSpirit

    Sanjeev Sah will take on the chief information security officer role at the North Carolina-based health system after more than three years at CommonSpirit Health.

    By • June 25, 2024
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    HHS finalizes info blocking penalties for providers

    Providers pushed back against the disincentives, with the Medical Group Management Association calling them “unnecessarily punitive.”

    By • June 25, 2024
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    Federal judge sides with providers, nixes online tracker guidance

    A federal court in Texas ruled regulators exceeded their authority in limiting providers’ use of online tracking technologies.

    By • June 24, 2024
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    Improving mobile healthcare capabilities: Secure access to ePHI

    Discover how healthcare organizations can bolster cybersecurity, enhance patient care and protect employee privacy while reducing costs through virtual mobility to access ePHI from personal devices.

    June 24, 2024
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    Change Healthcare cyberattack

    Change Healthcare starts sending data breach notifications after cyberattack

    The attack may have exposed data like medical information, payment details and Social Security numbers for a potentially huge swath of Americans.

    By • June 21, 2024
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    ONC’s Micky Tripathi on laying the digital floor for healthcare AI

    The agency head discussed ONC’s accomplishments over the past two decades, improving documentation burden among clinicians and artificial intelligence opportunities.

    By • June 20, 2024
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    Telehealth use declined across groups in 2022: survey

    Telemedicine utilization among adults dipped in 2022, falling from 37% in 2021 to just over 30%.

    By • June 20, 2024
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    Change Healthcare cyberattack

    CMS to end Change Healthcare cyberattack financial relief program

    The Medicare funding program, which launched in March to ease cash flow challenges for providers, will stop accepting applications July 12.

    By • June 18, 2024
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    By the numbers: The impact of the Ascension cyberattack

    The health system, one of the largest nonprofits in the country, lost access to its electronic health record, patient portal and some phone systems after the attack in early May. 

    By • June 17, 2024
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    Why the time is now for building Medicare Advantage networks

    Healthcare payers are leveraging automation and technology to build robust Medicare Advantage networks, overcoming challenges posed by changing deadlines and regulatory complexities.

    June 17, 2024
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    VA extends EHR modernization contract with Oracle

    Despite patient safety and technical concerns plaguing the years-long rollout of the new electronic health record, the Department of Veterans Affairs extended its contract with Oracle for another 11 months.

    By • June 14, 2024
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    Protected health data may have been compromised during Ascension cyberattack

    Hackers gained access to the major nonprofit’s systems early last month after a worker accidentally downloaded a malicious file, Ascension said.

    By • June 13, 2024
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    Complex environments, 24/7 availability: Why cybersecurity poses a unique challenge for hospitals

    Andrew Carney from HHS agency ARPA-H explains why hospitals struggle with cybersecurity and talks about a new program that aims to help them defend their technology environments.

    By • June 13, 2024
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    White House partners with Microsoft, Google on cybersecurity for rural hospitals

    The technology giants will offer free or low-cost cybersecurity tools to rural hospitals, which often have limited resources to combat the rising number of cyberattacks.

    By • June 12, 2024
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    Teladoc Health names former insurance exec as new CEO

    Chuck Divita will take the reins as CEO immediately, about two months after the telehealth vendor’s longtime chief executive abruptly departed following flagging financial performance at the company.

    By • June 10, 2024
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    Sponsored by Vituity

    The need for sustainable healthcare: Beyond private equity

    Read how physician-owned models prioritize patient care over profits in today's healthcare landscape.

    By Theo Koury, MD • June 10, 2024
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    Nearly 75% of health workers say documentation impedes patient care: survey

    Most respondents said they hadn’t seen a decrease in the time or effort needed to document patient care, and they reported working late to finish note-taking.

    By • June 7, 2024
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    Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine’s outgoing CEO on how technology aids student learning

    Before his job as CEO ends this summer, Mark Schuster spoke with Healthcare Dive about the new medical school and how immersive technologies can aid instruction.

    By Brian T. Horowitz • June 6, 2024
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    Wyden urges HHS to require healthcare cybersecurity standards

    Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said the agency’s approach to cybersecurity is inadequate and advocated for mandatory resiliency standards, periodic audits and technical support for providers.

    By • June 5, 2024
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    Uber Health leader departs for General Catalyst

    Caitlin Donovan will join the venture capital firm at the end of June, according to a LinkedIn post.

    By • June 3, 2024
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    Change Healthcare cyberattack

    HHS says providers can tap Change to issue data breach notifications after cyberattack

    The update is a win for provider groups who have urged the agency to clarify which organizations need to report a data breach and notify patients after the cyberattack.

    By • June 3, 2024