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14 Oct 2025
NetApp adds cyber resilience to primary storage
NetApp's new Ransomware Resilience service and expanded partnerships with public cloud providers further highlight its widening focus beyond data storage.
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14 Oct 2025
Oracle launches new platform to streamline AI development
The suite, which combines capabilities from OCI and other platforms, will help Oracle compete with rivals providing similar feature sets for building agents and other AI tools.
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14 Oct 2025
DBT Labs targets costs with data engine, adds AI agents
The new capabilities, revealed amid news that the vendor is merging with Fivetran, include an updated engine that lowers data transformation expenses and task-specific agents.
Health IT News from the past 365 days
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07 Nov 2024
Digital patient engagement tool cut early childhood obesity
The digital patient engagement tool reduced early childhood obesity prevalence among kids at the highest end of BMI scales.
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07 Nov 2024
Google Cloud MFA enforcement meets with approval
Latest Google Cloud policy to enforce multifactor authentication across its user base is welcomed by security professionals
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07 Nov 2024
AI a force multiplier for the bad guys, say cyber pros
CIISec’s annual report on the security profession finds evidence of growing concern that artificial intelligence will ultimately prove more useful to threat actors than defenders
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06 Nov 2024
Pushing ADHD telehealth prescriptions costs Cerebral millions
Telemental healthcare provider Cerebral agreed to pay more than $3.6 million for encouraging unauthorized telehealth prescriptions of controlled substances, like Adderall.
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06 Nov 2024
Effects of nurse burnout on patient safety, satisfaction
Patient safety is significantly harmed by nurse burnout, while patient safety scores take a moderate hit from high clinician burnout rates.
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06 Nov 2024
LLMs might not significantly augment diagnostic reasoning
The use of GPT-4 did not necessarily enhance clinicians' diagnostic reasoning performance compared to those relying solely on conventional clinical resources.
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05 Nov 2024
Using psychology to defend against phishing attacks
A healthy dose of judicious skepticism is crucial to preventing phishing attacks, said David Fine, supervisory special agent at the FBI, during a presentation at a HIMSS event.
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04 Nov 2024
CMS highlights maternal care in CY 2025 OPPS, ASC final rule
The CMS CY 2025 OPPS, ASC final rule aims to reduce maternal mortality, remove barriers to care for formerly incarcerated individuals and enhance health equity.
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04 Nov 2024
CMS finalizes CY 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule rule
CMS issued the CY 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule final rule, which included updates to payment policies and average payment rate reductions.
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04 Nov 2024
CMS finalizes CY 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule rule
CMS issued the CY 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule final rule, which included updates to payment policies and average payment rate reductions.
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01 Nov 2024
ACA open enrollment for 2025: What you need to know
CMS pursued proven outreach strategies for ACA open enrollment 2025, sought to lower costs for consumers, and announced that the number of ACA plans had increased.
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01 Nov 2024
CISA looks to global collaboration as fraught US election begins
The US' CISA cyber agency has unveiled a two-year International Strategic Plan to advance collaboration and improve resilience against shared risks and threats
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01 Nov 2024
CMS, CFPB take on improper medical collections in Medicare
CMS and CFPB have issued a joint statement outlining prohibitions against medical debt collection for Medicare members exempt from cost-sharing.
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01 Nov 2024
Patient outcomes top measure of digital health solutions' ROI
A survey reveals that over half of hospital leaders view improved patient outcomes as the top ROI metric for digital health solutions, with many skeptical of vendor claims.
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01 Nov 2024
Healthcare CISOs discuss the role's challenges at HIMSS event
During a panel session at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, healthcare CISOs discussed top challenges and strategies for success in the role.
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31 Oct 2024
Vaccines are key in cutting antimicrobial resistance, costs
WHO's report emphasizes vaccines in fighting antimicrobial resistance. Broader vaccine access could save thousands of lives, reduce antibiotic use and cut global healthcare costs.
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31 Oct 2024
AI-enabled wearable helps detect medication errors
A wearable, deep learning-driven camera could help healthcare providers proactively identify potential errors prior to medication delivery with 99% accuracy.
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31 Oct 2024
Autumn Budget: Employment agencies to take on PAYE processing from umbrella firms from April 2026
The government has pledged legislation to make employment agencies and end-hirers responsible for making sure contractors pay the right amount of tax, in a clampdown on non-compliant umbrella companies
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30 Oct 2024
Autumn Budget 2024: Chancellor emphasises importance of tech for UK growth
In her first budget, Rachel Reeves reiterated the vital role of technology in delivering economic growth and improving productivity and efficiency in public services
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30 Oct 2024
Interview: James Fleming, CIO, Francis Crick Institute
Helping to cure cancer with computers puts digital leadership on another level – and the world-leading research institute is turning to data science and artificial intelligence to achieve its groundbreaking goals
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30 Oct 2024
Medicare Shared Savings Program saves $2.1 billion in 2023
Accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program earned performance payments totaling $3.1 billion in 2023, the highest since the program's establishment.
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30 Oct 2024
PHTI: Some digital hypertension tools effective in reducing BP
A report by PHTI finds that digital hypertension tools using a medication management approach effectively reduced blood pressure and offset initial care costs.
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30 Oct 2024
Oracle Health to release next-generation EHR in 2025
The next-generation Oracle Health EHR, which incorporates AI across 'the entire clinical workflow,' will be available to early adopters in calendar year 2025.
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30 Oct 2024
AI chatbots show promise for HIV prevention
Artificial intelligence-based chatbots could serve as valuable tools for community-based and public health organizations to improve HIV prevention and care services.
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29 Oct 2024
HC3: Scattered Spider hits healthcare with social engineering
Scattered Spider cyberthreat actors leverage legitimate tools and social engineering tactics to target healthcare, HC3 warned.
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29 Oct 2024
EMEA businesses siphoning budgets to hit NIS2 goals
With NIS2 now in effect, European business leaders are having to divert budget from elsewhere to achieve compliance
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29 Oct 2024
Oracle Health unveils patient portal tool for care management
The Oracle Health Patient Portal and Oracle Health Patient Administration tools aim to streamline care management and patient intake, the company says.
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29 Oct 2024
Iowa resident dies of suspected Lassa fever after travel
The investigation into the death of an Iowa resident suspected to have contracted Lassa fever in West Africa might identify the ninth case of Lassa virus in the U.S. since 1969.
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29 Oct 2024
EHR integration drives ambient speech purchasing decisions
Healthcare organizations are prioritizing EHR integration and usability when selecting ambient speech technology, with top picks including Nuance and Abridge.
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29 Oct 2024
Out-of-pocket healthcare costs tarnish patient experience
High out-of-pocket healthcare costs, plus poor health plan navigability, harm the patient experience and care access.
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25 Oct 2024
TreeHouse Foods expands recall of waffles, pancakes
TreeHouse Foods expands its recall of waffles and pancakes from major retailers, like Walmart, Target, Aldi, Dollar General, Kroger, Publix, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and more.
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25 Oct 2024
HHS, NIST conference: OCR identifies top priority areas
Updating the HIPAA Security Rule is one of OCR's current top priorities, OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer said during an HHS/NIST conference on safeguarding health information.
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25 Oct 2024
Has hospital price transparency affected healthcare costs?
Data indicates that hospital price transparency laws have caused healthcare costs to level off.
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24 Oct 2024
Data bill will boost NHS and police access to data, says government
The Data Use and Access Bill will pave the way for sharing medical records across the NHS and give police the ability to access databases without having to manually log the reasons for their use
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24 Oct 2024
ASTP highlights ongoing issues with information blocking
Despite prohibition of information blocking in April 2021, issues with the access, exchange and use of electronic health information (EHI) persist across the care continuum.
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23 Oct 2024
HHS, NIST conference: Collaboration is key in healthcare cyber
HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm emphasized the role of collaboration in tackling healthcare cybersecurity challenges at a conference held in Washington.
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23 Oct 2024
OCR issues 50th HIPAA right of access enforcement action
OCR resolved a HIPAA right of access case involving Gums Dental Care following a complaint that the practice had failed to provide a patient with timely access to their records.
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23 Oct 2024
Digital health buyers prioritize diabetes, mental health tools
A survey reveals healthcare providers, payers and employers plan to boost spending on digital health solutions over the next year, prioritizing diabetes and mental health tools.
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23 Oct 2024
LLMs show potential for hospital quality measure reporting
Large language models can process Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Management Bundle quality measures in agreement with manual reporting in 90% of cases.
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22 Oct 2024
Danish government reboots cyber security council amid AI expansion
Denmark’s government relaunches digital security initiative to protect business sectors and society at large
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22 Oct 2024
Healthgrades: Clinical outcomes key for hospital rankings
Data from Healthgrades' outpatient hospital rankings indicate a steep disparity in patient outcomes between high- and low-performing hospitals.
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22 Oct 2024
Labour’s 10-year health service plan will open up data sharing
To save the health service, Labour is focusing on bolstering the NHS app and enabling greater sharing of patient records in England
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21 Oct 2024
HHS seeks to secure PrEP, birth control coverage
A proposed rule supports birth control coverage for FDA-approved therapies and devices with no prescriptions or cost-sharing and clarifies the exceptions process for enrollees.
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21 Oct 2024
90% of medical coding staff worry about upcoding, fraud
Healthcare fraud, such as upcoding and unbundling, has medical coding and billing professionals worried about the industry.
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18 Oct 2024
Epic asks court to dismiss Particle Health antitrust lawsuit
Epic has requested dismissal of Particle Health's antitrust lawsuit, noting multiple legal deficiencies and asserting it distracts from Particle's customer data misuse.
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18 Oct 2024
Hurricane Helene triggers dialysis and IV fluid shortage
Following Hurricane Helene, damages to a manufacturing plant in North Carolina and subsequent nationwide IV fluid shortages have forced manufacturers to mobilize global networks.
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18 Oct 2024
Affordability, GenAI top-of-mind for healthcare consumers
GenAI holds promise for ameliorating patient navigation and affordability issues that get in the way of patient care access, healthcare consumers say.
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17 Oct 2024
BianLian cyberattack hits Boston Children's Health Physicians
BianLian cyberthreat actors claimed responsibility for a cyberattack and data breach that affected Boston Children's Health Physicians through its IT vendor.
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17 Oct 2024
How healthcare leaders can mitigate concentration risk
Healthcare organizations are especially susceptible to concentration risk, creating a single point of failure that can jeopardize operations, Forrester researchers suggested.
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17 Oct 2024
Medicare drug price negotiations impact non-chain pharmacies
Although Medicare drug price negotiations intend to expand medication access, independent pharmacies are facing challenges associated with reimbursement and PBM strategies.
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17 Oct 2024
Iranian cyberactors use brute force to target healthcare
U.S. and Australian cybersecurity authorities issued a joint advisory about Iranian cyberactors, who have been using brute force to gain access to critical infrastructure entities.
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17 Oct 2024
Google: Providers see GenAI's potential for administrative tasks
A new report from Google Cloud and The Harris Poll revealed that 89% of providers and 98% of payers have a positive view of GenAI use to streamline administrative tasks.
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17 Oct 2024
Medicare Advantage growth persists ahead of open enrollment
Medicare Advantage growth continues, spurred on by high quality of care, lower costs and better access to care.
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16 Oct 2024
Willingness to use virtual care exceeds service offerings
A new survey reveals strong consumer interest in virtual care, with 94% willing to use it again, but half of health systems haven't increased offerings since 2022.
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16 Oct 2024
AI reveals sex-specific brain cancer risk factors
A deep learning-enabled precision medicine approach could help predict sex-specific patterns of glioblastoma growth, which might improve risk stratification and treatment planning.
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16 Oct 2024
Most HIEs routinely use HL7 v2 and CDA health data standards
While the use of health data standards like HL7 v2 and CDA are popular across HIE organizations, adoption of HL7 FHIR APIs lags, a national survey found.
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15 Oct 2024
Axis Health System suffers cyberattack
Rhysida ransomware actors claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Axis Health System, which has 13 locations in Colorado.