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Senators introduce bill to set healthcare cybersecurity standards
The legislation, sponsored by Sens. Ron Wyden and Mark Warner, would direct the HHS to develop minimum cybersecurity standards for providers, health plans, claims clearinghouses and business associates.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 26, 2024 -
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Q&A‘Seconds matter’: Canopy CEO Shan Sinha on healthcare violence and protecting workers
Shan Sinha, CEO and founder of safety company Canopy, discusses healthcare workplace violence and technology’s potential to help protect workers.
By Brian T. Horowitz • Sept. 26, 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.
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Remote patient monitoring in Medicare needs more oversight: OIG
Regulators say Medicare needs more data and oversight to avoid fraud and misuse. Digital health advocates argue the service is still crucial for managing chronic conditions.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 25, 2024 -
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Epic hit with antitrust lawsuit by data startup Particle Health
Particle alleges electronic health record vendor Epic used its position as a “monopolist” to prevent competition in the payer market.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 23, 2024 -
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Texas attorney general, generative AI company settle over accuracy allegations
The agreement resolves allegations that Pieces Technologies made deceptive claims about the accuracy of its documentation products. Pieces denied any wrongdoing.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 23, 2024 -
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Deep Dive4 steps to minimize the threat of legacy medical devices
Older medical devices with unsupported software pose cybersecurity threats that regulators and industry are struggling to solve. Here are four steps experts say can help mitigate risks.
By Ricky Zipp • Sept. 23, 2024 -
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Sponsored by eClinicalWorksPlacing AI at the heart of healthcare
AI’s role in healthcare is to give back time while still ensuring that day-to-day tasks are efficiently completed. It is not just about trying out the newest tech; it’s about bringing the heart back to healthcare and putting people first.
By Sameer Bhat, Vice President of Sales and Co-Founder at eClinicalWorks • Sept. 23, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Fabasoft XpublisherHow to tame the chaos of managing digital assets in healthcare
Communicating is easy, right? By age 4 or 5, children can express their feelings, use adult grammar and tell stories that stay on topic.
By Florian Kirschner, Managing Director and Markus Däubler, Lead Marketing Manager, Fabasoft Xpublisher • Sept. 23, 2024 -
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House committee passes telehealth flexibility extension
The bill would extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities in Medicare for another two years, averting a looming year-end deadline.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 20, 2024 -
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Supply chain cyberattacks threaten healthcare. Here’s how the industry can work together to limit disruption.
At a Google Cloud panel last week, information security officers from major health systems said the sector needs to assess vendor risks to prevent disruptive cyberattacks.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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Johns Hopkins appoints cybersecurity chief
Janet Rathod, who joins the system from Citigroup, will succeed long-time chief information security officer Darren Lacey.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 17, 2024 -
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Where healthcare AI startups are raising venture capital funding
Just over 5% of companies selling AI to health systems have matured beyond seed and early-stage funding rounds, according to an analysis by Flare Capital Partners.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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Sponsored by UHINThe power of resilient and redundant healthcare technology systems
How resilient and redundant systems keep health data flowing during a crisis (like cyber-attacks).
By Brian Chin, CEO • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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OpinionCalifornia’s data exchange framework proves government can do big things
The secretary of California HHS argues the state’s new data exchange improves health equity and streamlines information.
By Mark Ghaly • Sept. 12, 2024 -
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Q&AAHA’s new deputy cyber adviser: Hospitals need to think regionally about cyberattacks
Hospitals are prepared for natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes, but many haven’t thought about the domino effect cyberattacks can have locally, said Scott Gee, who joined AHA last month.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 12, 2024 -
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Telehealth groups urge Congress, White House to extend controlled substance virtual prescribing
More than 300 telehealth and provider organizations say time is running out for regulators to propose a rule before pandemic-era flexibilities expire at the end of the year.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 11, 2024 -
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CMS says data breach at contractor could affect more than 946,000 Medicare beneficiaries
The incident was related to a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer software, which was linked to data breaches at thousands of organizations last year.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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Sponsored by EnliticThe importance of data quality in realizing value from medical imaging data
Realize the potential of medical imaging data: how Enlitic's data quality solutions drive optimization.
By Dave Wilson • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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Sponsored by PearsonThe release of the WAIS-5 provides richer detail and more nuanced information while retaining historic reliability
Explore the new WAIS-5’s advanced features and applications across various settings.
Sept. 9, 2024 -
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New Mountain merges Rawlings, Varis, Apixio assets to form payment accuracy firm
The new company, which doesn’t yet have a formal name, will be led by David Pierre, previously the chief operating officer of home healthcare company Signify Health.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 6, 2024 -
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Female, nonrural physicians deliver more telehealth care: study
The study offers insight into which physicians and practices would be impacted by telehealth policy changes as a deadline for extending pandemic-era Medicare flexibilities looms.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 5, 2024 -
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ARPA-H program to focus on AI degradation in medical tools
The agency will fund work to identify and auto-correct AI-enabled tools that are misaligned with their underlying training data.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 3, 2024 -
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AI still the most exciting emerging technology for healthcare: survey
AI was the most compelling new technology for the fourth year in a row, with leaders also saying the technology had shown the most improvement, according to the Center for Connected Medicine.
By Emily Olsen • Aug. 29, 2024 -
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HHS withdraws appeal in online tracking lawsuit
The dismissal is a win for providers, who argued federal regulators’ guidance on online trackers would limit their ability to share health information with their patients.
By Emily Olsen • Updated Aug. 30, 2024 -
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McLaren Health Care restores network weeks after ransomware attack
Still, it may take several weeks to input patient information manually collected during the outage into its electronic health record, the Michigan-based health system said. McLaren was also hit by a ransomware attack last year.
By Emily Olsen • Aug. 28, 2024
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