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316K Anna Jacques Hospital Patients Impacted by December 2023 Ransomware Attack
Anna Jaques Hospital based in Newburyport, Massachusetts recently informed government regulators and patients about a cyberattack and data...
Change Healthcare Sends Notifications on Behalf of Entities Impacted by Ransomware Attack
Change Healthcare reported its progress regarding its analysis of the files stolen during the February ransomware attack. To date,...
Report Finds Healthcare Security Culture Score Remains Consistent at 73
KnowBe4, a leading provider of security awareness training and simulated phishing platforms, has recently published its 2024 Security...
New Legislation Proposed to Aid Providers Affected by Cyberattacks
This week, Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) introduced the Health Care Cybersecurity Improvements Act of 2024, a legislative initiative aimed...
Petersen Health Care Declares Bankruptcy in the Aftermath of Ransomware Attacks
Petersen Health Care, a leading nursing home operator based in Illinois, has initiated bankruptcy proceedings following a series of...
HHS Submits Reports to Congress on HIPAA Compliance and Enforcement
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has advanced transparency and accountability in the...
HHS Settles Insider Cybersecurity Case for $4.75 Million
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has reached a settlement with Montefiore Medical...
Amazon Trims Workforce In One Medical And Pharmacy Divisions
Amazon has confirmed the reduction of hundreds of roles within its One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy divisions, in efforts to simplify...
The Role of E-prescribing In Healthcare
E-prescribing is a system that allows prescribers to send prescriptions directly to a pharmacy electronically. Supported by the Medicare...
HHS And The Ongoing Drug Price Negotiation
The Health and Human Services (HHS) has initiated a move towards negotiating discounted prices for 10 essential drugs under the Medicare...
The Pill That Makes Obese Individuals Full
A team of engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has introduced an innovative approach to the obesity epidemic....
Companies progressing through Epic’s EHR 10 level system
Pikeville Medical Center (PMC), located in Pikeville, Kentucky, has recently been honored with Epic's prestigious 2022 Good Install award,...
2024 Physician Fee Expands on Pandemic Telehealth Flexibilities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have released the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule for 2024,...
Ashley McEvoy’s Departure from Johnson & Johnson’s MedTech Division
Ashley McEvoy, after dedicating nearly thirty years of her professional life to Johnson & Johnson, recently announced her departure...
Important Infant Drug for RSV in Short Supply
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently alerted the public about an increase in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)...
Impressive interoperability features launched by Phillips
Philips has introduced an enhancement in healthcare technology with the integration of the Philips Capsule Medical Device Information...
New Heart Monitor launched with 99% physician approval
The release of the Zio® monitor by iRhythm Technologies, Inc. illustrates a progression in the field of cardiac health technology. With a...
Health Leaders Urge Caution Despite Positive Hospital Financials
Recent insights from Kaufman Hall's August 2023 report indicate signa of financial recovery within the hospital sector. A shift in the...
First Biomarker Blood Test to Detect Alzheimer’s
In a significant development for Alzheimer's disease care, Quest Diagnostics, a leading provider of diagnostic information services, has...
New AI Lab Built by Microsoft and Duke
Microsoft and Duke Health have forged a five-year strategic partnership to embark on an ambitious journey of redefining the healthcare...
Major Cancer Centre To Implement Streamlined Data Integration System
Embracing New Technology for Data Integration Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has undertaken an innovative technological...
Radiological Sector Of FDA Ask For Public Feedback
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken a significant step in advancing health equity by soliciting public input on the...
AHA Expresses Support for CMS Measures Enhancing Medicaid and CHIP Services
The American Hospital Association's Response to New Regulatory Landscape The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently offered their...
Title: New Model to Offer Nursing Homes Vital Support Virtually
Regenstrief Institute researchers have taken a significant step in enhancing clinical support withinnursing homes by initiating a pilot...
Amazon Clinic Expansion Faces Delays Amid Data Privacy Concerns
Amazon's upcoming launch of a major expansion to its Amazon Clinic telemedicine service is being delayed, allegedly due to concerns about...
AI Model By HKU To Revolutionize Gum Disease Detection
Gum inflammation, commonly known as gingivitis, serves as a crucial indicator of periodontal disease and has far-reaching implications for...
IBM Deploys Quantum Computer at Cleveland Clinic for Advanced Research
The Cleveland Clinic will host the world's first quantum computer that was built specifically for medical research, stated in an...
ATA and and Alliance for Connected Care send warning ahead of CAC meeting
A Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting on Remote Physiologic Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) for...
Reported Data Breach by Clop Hits Healthcare Sector
The Russia-affiliated ransomware group Clop have claimed responsibility for a broad attack on more than 130 businesses, including many...
ONC reveals first six entities qualified in TEFCA
The government's framework for a countrywide health information exchange known as TEFCA, has accepted the first six networks to be...
Healthcare industry endangered as Level of Third-Party Data Breach increases by 100% in 2022
A new report carried out by Black Kite's Third-Party Breach has indicated that while the overall number of third-party breaches decreased...
SNOMED releases early version of new Open IPS Terminology to increase levels of Interoperability
To enhance clinical data interoperability for non-SNOMED International members, the data standard organization SNOMED International has...
Teladoc set to release mobile application in 2023
Teladoc is set to release a mobile app in 2023, giving customers access to a variety of services thatare covered by their healthcare...
CommonSpirit Health in class-action legal battle over major data breach
A Washington state resident has initiated a major lawsuit in a federal court in the state of Illinois. The complaint, made by Mr Leeroy...
FBI and other bodies issue guide for Ddos attack prevention
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), and the Cybersecurity and...
November has been designated as Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month by the White House and President Joe Biden
It has been announced that November has been proclaimed Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month by President Biden. The...
Keystone Health sued due to significant data breach, affecting 200,000+
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Pennsylvania-based Keystone Health due to a data breach that occurred in 2022 and affected...
New report designed to assess Medical Device Security Maturity is published by MDIC and will release annually
In the current landscape of the healthcare industry, the development of medical devices is at the forefront of both patient’s and...
New Stanford research shows quality of virtual healthcare is highly comparable to that of standard care in Emergency Department settings
A new case study has been released in NEJM Catalyst, indicating minimal differences in the quality of virtual care given to patients...
New digital treatment to combat ‘lazy eye’ condition approved by FDA
Amblyopia, also known as having a lazy eye, is a form of impeded vision that commonly occurs in one eye, and occasionally both. The...
New paper offers framework for the implementation of AI in mental health settings
A new paper has been published recently that gives clinicians in the mental health industry a greater insight into utilizing AI in their...
Epic to add new feature to EHR to expand clinical trials accessibility
Epic has launched a new EHR program in which they will be given an insight into clinical trials in the hopes of optimizing patient...
New study indicates increase in death from cyber attacks
A new study has found that illegal cyberattacks that are carried out on healthcare providers to access the information of their patients...
Texas based medical center ‘Oakbend’ victims of ransomware attack
A medical center known as Oakbend Medical Center discovered an encrypted file from within their network at the beginning of September this...
‘Practice Resources’, latest organization to experience a ransomware attack
Practices Resources experienced a ransomware assault on April 12, 2022. The service provider started a forensic investigation right away...
Commonwell Health Alliance to unite with TEFCA to become a Qualified Health Information Network.
In January 2022, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that ONC published the Trusted Exchange Framework, Common...
Epic collaborate with Ochsner Health following Tempus partnership
Oschner Health is a healthcare system that specializes in cancer care, cardiology, and transplant operations. The non-profit organization...
New Integration Framework implemented to combat Opioid crisis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT have been collaborating for the...
HHS Clarifies HIPAA Compliance for Audio-Only Telehealth
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released advise regarding both HIPAA Compliance and Telehealth. HHS released...
Funding provided by HHS to improve data collection and healthcare capacity in rural areas
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recently provided 150 million dollars of funding, contributing towards equality of...
Survey Finds Patients Benefiting from Telehealth
A recent survey conducted by ZoDoc found many healthcare patients were satisfied with newly introduced Telehealth services. The survey...
Survey Finds Telehealth Increased Patient Visits for Majority of Healthcare Providers
A recent study conducted by CVS Health has uncovered that over half of healthcare providers have seen an increase in the visits they...
Digital Health Provider Let’s Talk Interactive Announces HIPAA Compliance
On April 13, 2022, Let’s Talk Interactive released a statement announcing they have become officially HIPAA compliant. About HIPAA Law...
House of Representatives Passes Bill to Extend Medicare Telehealth Services
This week, a bill was successfully in The House of Representatives that extended Medicare Telehealth Services to 2024. The act, named...
Cyberattack Reported by Salusive Health and New Creation Counseling Center
Salusive Health, the programmer of the myNurse platform, which aids physician practices to facilitate disease management, has suffered a...
EHR VERSUS EMR
An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a record that outlines the medical history of an individual. The record is stored electronically by...
Majority of Healthcare Organizations Suffer Data Breaches in Past Year
SecureLink has recently issued a report calling for organizations to strengthen their cybersecurity. SecureLink is an organization that...
The Sequoia Project Key Role in TEFCA
The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) is an agreement that was created in 2022, with the aim of achieving a high...
Regional health services pledges to launch community EMR system in 2023
Barwon Health is a regional healthcare provider currently based in Australia, where it was founded in 1988. The entity offers a...
Alarming report from OIG causes delay in Veteran’s Association EHRM Program
Background to Veteran’s Association EHRM program An Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) plan is currently being implemented in...
EHR Association Concerns about Proposed USCDI V2 Standard
Electronic Health Record Association have recently commented on the Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP), a set of regulations...
Health IT developments needed to see an improved level of healthcare equality for members of the LGBTQI+ community
Inequality in healthcare It has recently been proven that transgender individuals suffer from more health conditions than other members of...
VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021 Signed into Law
President Joe Biden, current President of the United States, has signed The VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021. The act...
HSS Issues Guidelines for Increasing Healthcare Systems Security
On June 16, 2022, The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Sector (HC3) of Healthcare Systems Security (HSS) released a set of...
HHS Gives Data on Advanced Persistent Threat Groups Associated with the Russian Intelligence Services
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has released a threat summary...
Ransomware Actors Take Advantage of Unpatched Vulnerabilities as the Most Typical Attack Vector
Ransomware groups are increasingly exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in software programs and operating systems to obtain access to...
Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Launched
The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) has been launched on January 18, 2022, by the Office of the National...
Attorneys General are Also Allowed to Issue HIPAA Violation Fines
Since the HITECH Act (Section 13410(e) (1)) was introduced in February 2009, state attorneys general are authorized to make HIPAA-covered...
Medtronic is the newest player in robotic surgery technology
Medtronic has taken a major step forward in its effort to compete with Intuitive Surgical by enrollingthe first patient in a U.S. clinical...
Roundup of Recent Healthcare Data Breaches
Email Accounts Breach at Summit Behavioral Healthcare Summit Behavioral Healthcare based in Brentwood, TN found out about the breach of...