Healthcare It News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Nearly half of healthcare provider respondents (45%) said ransomware attacks increased complications from medical procedures, according to a new study from the Ponemon Institute. That's up from 36% in 2021. WHY IT MATTERS For the report, " The impact of ransomware on patient safety and the value of cybersecurity benchmarking ," which was sponsored by Censinet, Ponemon researchers surveyed 579 healthcare IT professionals at healthcare-delivery organizations in the fourth quarter of

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 19, 2023

Previously, Adam Kautzner led pharmaceutical and retail network contracting and drug sourcing as vice president of supply chain for the PBM and Accredo Pharmacy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center said in its latest analysis that the Clop ransomware gang has shifted tactics, directly impacting the healthcare and public health sector. New baiting tactics for ransomware gang While Clop ransomware has been around since 2019 and experienced several arrests, the ransomware-as-a-service operation has had difficulties getting victims to pay the ransom.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 19, 2023

Ground ambulances were left out of federal legislation banning surprise billing, but the sector may be ripe for similar regulation given the prevalence of out-of-network rides, according to research in Health Affairs.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 19, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Roy Bejarano, CEO, SCALE Healthcare. As we head into the new year, healthcare organizations will reevaluate their internal processes, procedures, and business plans to ensure they are ready to best serve patients and continue […] The article Top 2023 Healthcare Organizational Adjustments appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 19, 2023

The anticipated loss is a stark contrast to 2021, when Cleveland Clinic reported its strongest financial performance ever with $746 million in operating income.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, Kaiser Family Foundation researchers did stress telehealth’s benefit in expanding access and convenience for consumers.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 19, 2023

UnitedHealthcare launches behavioral health coaching program for commercial plans pminemyer Thu, 01/19/2023 - 15:05

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 19, 2023

Patient safety group ECRI is challenging manufacturers to provide easy-to-follow device registration instructions and write simply worded recall notices.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 19, 2023

The company said patients living in Illinois, Colorado, New Mexico and Maryland can quickly know if they're eligible to receive the medication by mail.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 19, 2023

The role changes come a year after the system’s previous COO, Suam Sutaria, was promoted to CEO following the retirement of Tenet chief executive Ron Rittenmeyer.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2023

One of the biggest pieces of legislation to hit healthcare IT since the HITECH Act is the 21st Century Cures Act. While it doesn’t have the same stimulus money as the HITECH Act, it’s possible that it will have even more impact on healthcare organizations and patients. This is particularly true when it comes to sharing health information between healthcare organizations and with patients.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2023

What You Should Know: – Today, World Economic Forum announced that 39 organizations have signed the Global Health Equity Network Zero Health Gaps Pledge. – The pledge includes 10 key commitments all signatories have made to embed health equity principles throughout their operations, workforce and guiding philosophies. It marks the beginning of an historic journey to making health equity an integral part of business strategies globally and an important step towards a world without hea

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 19, 2023

Infections are a $28.4 billion problem leaving healthcare facilities continually working to do more to address them. Sure, you’ve got a written infection control plan (ICP), but is it doing its job to protect your patients, staff, and facility? In today’s rapidly changing world, it is hard for even the most prepared facilities to manage the emerging risks, shifting regulations, and effects of ongoing staffing challenges.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2023

What You Should Know: – Today, SetPoint Medical announced $80M in Series C equity and $65M led by new investors, Norwest Venture Partners and Viking Global Investors , with debt financing provided by Runway Growth Capital. – The company is developing its novel platform for the treatment of chronic, inflammation-mediated autoimmune diseases and is initially focused on a potentially less immunosuppressive option for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 19, 2023

Microsoft to lay off 10,000 employees to cut costs as it doubles down on artificial intelligence aburky Thu, 01/19/2023 - 16:35

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2023

What You Should Know: – AVIA just announced the launch of AVIA Marketplace , a vendor selection platform available for free. It provides a one-stop shop for hospital and health systems executives to research and select digital health solutions for their transformation journey. The AVIA Marketplace is the first step in a broader suite of offerings to help digital health companies bring the greatest capabilities to market—strengthening both sides of the ecosystem. – The platform stream

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Massachusetts-based medical device company, Insulet Corporation, has recently notified 29,000 of its Omnipod DASH customers about a recent privacy breach. A Medical Device Correction letter was recently sent to customers. Due to the importance of applying the update, a follow-up receipt acknowledgment request was sent via email on December 1, 2022.

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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2023

What Should Know: – Intermountain Healthcare and Story Health , a health technology and services company that provides scalable specialty care beyond the clinic, have entered into a strategic partnership to improve access to specialty care for patients with heart failure. – The partnership combines Intermountain’s leadership in clinical quality improvement and excellence in healthcare delivery with Story Health’s specialty care platform solution to extend access to the hi

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Digital Health News

JANUARY 19, 2023

University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) has announced that the new building on the Royal Bournemouth Hospital site is being constructed using AI technology

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 19, 2023

A Washington therapist, Robert S. Miller LICSW, ACSW (RSM), has recently notified 640 current and former clients about a phishing incident that resulted in the exposure of some of their protected health information. State laws require notifications to be sent to state attorneys general when there has been a breach of the private information of state residents.

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Digital Health News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Victoria Betton, associate at Public Digital and director of PeopleDotCom, looks at how trust leaders can leverage their electronic patient record systems.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 19, 2023

The companies will link their data capabilities to provide life science firms insight into social risk drivers.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 19, 2023

Over 25% of commercially insured ground ambulance trips could come with a surprise bill: study dmuoio Thu, 01/19/2023 - 17:34

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Digital Health News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Newham residents can now access online end-of-life planning support with a localised version of the MyWishes digital platform.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 19, 2023

Avalere: Some beneficiaries could still face drug affordability issues after Part D redesign rking Thu, 01/19/2023 - 15:40

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2023

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Also, a new AI-powered health supplement app has gone live in South Korea.

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Digital Health News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Health data researchers are increasingly required to develop complex analytic code in order to implement sophisticated analyses on large health datasets. While writing analysis scripts for academic projects is distinct from general purpose software development, they share many of the same features. A researcher’s script usually consists of a sequence of commands executed by a computer to extract, reshape, clean, describe and analyse data.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 19, 2023

The company offers in-person and virtual primary care, metabolic health services, nutrition counseling and behavioral healthcare.

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