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MedStar Health uses $2M AHRQ research grant to enhance telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Raj Ratwani, PhD, vice president of scientific affairs for the MedStar Health Research Institute, and director of the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare. We will study the care continuum tied to outpatient settings more holistically, with special attention to chronic care and health equity.

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Meta Sued over the Scraping of Patient Data from Hospital Websites

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Last week, a report was released by The Markup/STAT on a study on the 100 top hospitals in the United States which found that one-third used the Meta Pixel tool on their websites. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of patient John Doe, who is a user of Facebook and a patient of Medstar Health System in Maryland.

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Advocate Aurora Health and WakeMed Sued Over Meta Pixel Privacy Breaches

HIPAA Journal

Both healthcare providers have admitted to an impermissible disclosure of PHI but said at the time of issuing notifications that they were unaware of any cases of misuse of patient information and that there are no indications that employees of Meta or Facebook viewed the transmitted data.

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Bonus Features – June 18, 2023 – 68% of health systems lack the staff to handle another health crisis, 46% of Americans are using consumer health tech, and more

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This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. But the gains may be short-lived, as labor expenses as well as charity care cases both continue to rise. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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AI: Patients Included

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That is certainly the case for health care’s ambitions, Deloitte noting that 75% of health care companies were already piloting GenAI. Halamka and team point out a JAMA study which overestimated the risk of heart disease in people who had high BMIs. for every $1 invested. million medical records ).

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Health Provider News – May 13, 2022

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Alabama sees bump in COVID-19 cases, state health department monitoring. Colorado’s COVID cases keep rising. These Are the Safest Hospitals in NY, NJ and CT: Study. Behavioral Health Unit Coming to MedStar Hospital in Clinton. COVID-19 case rates rise in DC region. Alaska ASC building sells for $23M.

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2022 Healthcare Data Breach Report

HIPAA Journal

Cyberattacks on healthcare providers often cause IT system outages, which in many cases have lasted several weeks causing considerable disruption to patient care. Multiple studies have identified an increase in mortality rates at hospitals following ransomware attacks and other major cyber incidents. & Associates, P.A.,