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17 May 2024
MuleSoft integration tackles EDI supply chain data issues
By Don FluckingerSalesforce integrates EDI data into its platform for users who deal with many suppliers -- or distributors -- with MuleSoft in an attempt to solve an age-old integration snafu.
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17 May 2024
Large organizations drove 2023 acute care EHR market energy
By Hannah NelsonWhile acute care EHR purchasing remained high throughout 2023, Epic was the only health IT vendor to achieve a net increase in acute care EHR market share.
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17 May 2024
Why the UK needs to fix its broken IT security market
By Bill GoodwinOllie Whitehouse, CTO of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, says the market for secure software is broken. Are new laws required to make software companies liable for poor security?
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16 May 2024
Athenahealth launches specialty EHR tools to improve care
By Hannah NelsonAthenahealth has introduced new specialty EHR solutions that aim to meet the clinical and operational needs of women's health and urgent care practices.
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15 May 2024
Critical SharePoint, Qakbot-linked flaws focus of May Patch Tuesday
By Alex ScroxtonA critical SharePoint vulnerability warrants attention this month, but it is another flaw that seems to be linked to the infamous Qakbot malware that is drawing attention
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14 May 2024
CyberUK 24: UK insurance industry gets tough on ransomware
By Alex ScroxtonThree of the UK’s largest insurance associations have signed on to a new initiative spearheaded by the NCSC to try to bring down the number of ransomware payments being made
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14 May 2024
NHS trust dismisses governors who questioned allegations of email tampering
By Tommy GreeneTwo NHS trust governors who raised questions in a dispute over allegations of email tampering concerning whistleblower Peter Duffy have been dismissed after an investigation that followed their suspension
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13 May 2024
3 care orgs pursue interoperability with Epic EHR systems
By Hannah NelsonAlbany Medical Center, WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals, and Vanderbilt Home Care have recently announced Epic EHR implementations to support health data interoperability.
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10 May 2024
MHRA launches AI regulatory sandbox
By Lis EvenstadThe Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) hopes the AI Airlock sandbox will help in improving safe development and use of medical devices
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09 May 2024
Cyber attack victims need to speak up, says ICO
By Alex ScroxtonThe Information Commissioner’s Office is urging organisations to be transparent and learn from each other’s mistakes as it reveals most of the cyber attacks it responds to stem from the same core errors
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09 May 2024
What provider traits add up to strong patient loyalty?
By Sara HeathAn Accenture survey showed that patient trust, healthcare access, and ease of doing business are key to patient loyalty.
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08 May 2024
Patient portal use in the ED paves path forward for health IT care gaps
By Sara HeathResearchers said their findings about patient portal use in the ED may mean the care site could bridge health IT care gaps for underserved populations.
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07 May 2024
COVID-era public health programs effective for vaccine access
By Sara HeathResearchers said the public health programs could be fruitful for future preventive care and vaccine access initiatives.
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06 May 2024
CDC: Maternal mortality rates plummet 2021 to 2022
By Sara HeathIn 2021, there were more than 1,200 maternal deaths in the US; by 2022, the maternal mortality rate shrunk to 817 deaths, signaling key improvements.
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02 May 2024
NCSC updates warning over hacktivist threat to CNI
By Alex ScroxtonThe NCSC and CISA have warned about the evolving threat from Russia-backed hacktivist threat actors targeting critical national infrastructure, after a number of American utilities were attacked
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02 May 2024
Consumers value patient-provider relationships in primary care
By Sara HeathTrust and communication are top-of-mind for consumers assessing the patient-provider relationship in primary care.
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01 May 2024
EMEA CISOs must address human factors behind cyber incidents
By Alex ScroxtonThe 17th annual Verizon report on data breaches makes for sobering reading for security pros, urging them to do more to address the human factors involved in cyber incidents, and highlighting ongoing issues with zero-day patching
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01 May 2024
HHS codifies non-discrimination rules, focuses on LGBTQ+ protections
By Sara HeathThe non-discrimination final rules protect various demographics, including LGBTQ+ patients, and apply to telehealth and AI.
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30 Apr 2024
Persistent data breaches deny people with HIV dignity and privacy
By Alex ScroxtonThe ICO has urged charities and healthcare organisations that work with people living with HIV to do better when it comes to protecting their personal data, after the HIV status of more than 100 people was accidentally disclosed by London’s Central YMCA
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30 Apr 2024
Gen AI patient portal messages OK, but need human review
By Sara HeathUsing generative AI to craft patient portal messages can boost patient education, but human review will ensure patient safety.
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30 Apr 2024
How SDOH screening can provide population-level health insights
By Sara HeathVUMC’s ED implemented social determinants of health screening that provided deeper insights into population health initiatives.
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26 Apr 2024
Community Notes effectively targets medical misinformation on X
By Sara HeathNearly every Community Note flagging and fact-checking medical misinformation on X was accurate, but they mostly went after low-hanging fruit.
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25 Apr 2024
Do better outcomes from female docs signal need for more empathy?
By Sara HeathResearchers suggest the better outcomes yielded by female physician-led care are due to the empathy females usually bring to the patient-provider relationship.
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24 Apr 2024
Marginal health equity for Black Californians suggests slow road ahead
By Sara HeathHealth equity and general equity in social issues only saw modest gains in the past two decades, which could spell slow progress in the future.
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23 Apr 2024
ONC releases Common Agreement Version 2.0 for TEFCA
By Hannah NelsonONC has released the TEFCA Common Agreement Version 2.0, as well as Participant and Subparticipant Terms of Participation, to further health data interoperability.
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23 Apr 2024
Poor care access leaves youth mental health crisis in limbo
By Sara HeathLimited workforce, challenges balancing care access with school, and stigma are exacerbating the youth mental health crisis.
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22 Apr 2024
IT leaders hiring CISOs aplenty, but don’t fully understand the role
By Alex ScroxtonMost businesses now have a CISO, but perceptions of what CISOs are supposed to do, and confusion over the value they offer, may be holding back harmonious relations, according to a report
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19 Apr 2024
CEST: Putting HMRC’s IR35 status checker under the microscope
By Caroline DonnellySince its launch in March 2017, HMRC's online IR35 status checker tool has come under fierce criticism and scrutiny, only exacerbated in recent weeks by the disclosure it has not been updated in five years
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19 Apr 2024
How Manipal Hospitals is driving tech innovations in healthcare
By Aaron TanManipal Hospitals’ video consultation services and a nurse rostering app are among the tech innovations it is spurring to improve patient care and ward operations
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18 Apr 2024
With patient trust low, there are few places to turn for medical info
By Sara HeathPatients report low trust in media, NGOs, business, and even their healthcare providers, leaving them with few options as they grow weary of medical misinformation.
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18 Apr 2024
Racial health disparities in premature death pervasive in all US states
By Sara HeathRacial health disparities were steep even in states like Massachusetts, which is among the top-performing in the US.
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17 Apr 2024
Mandiant formally pins Sandworm cyber attacks on APT44 group
By Alex ScroxtonMandiant has formally attributed a long-running campaign of cyber attacks by a Russian state actor known as Sandworm to a newly designated advanced persistent threat group to be called APT44
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16 Apr 2024
CISOs not yet convinced to invest in AI
By Alex ScroxtonCISOs say their eyes are fixed firmly on threats like ransomware and supply chain attacks, and while AI is becoming a threat that needs to be dealt with, it’s not yet an immediate spending priority
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16 Apr 2024
Is clinician empathy the new painkiller for chronic pain patients?
By Sara HeathResearch shows that clinician empathy improves patient-provider communication, which can help clinicians then tailor chronic pain treatments.
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16 Apr 2024
NHS England scouts for national CCIO
By Lis EvenstadThe new national chief clinical informatics officer (CCIO) role comes with a salary offer of up to £146,000 and includes leading NHS England’s Transformation Directorates digital clinical informatics team
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16 Apr 2024
Patient advocates explore a patient bill of rights for AI
By Sara HeathThe patient advocacy document includes seven different patient rights to consider as healthcare adopts AI.
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15 Apr 2024
Top tips for successful patient portal secure messaging
By Sara HeathPatient portal inbox management is key to supporting secure messaging while protecting against administrative burden.
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12 Apr 2024
Kaiser Permanente zeroes in on food is medicine philosophy
By Sara HeathKaiser Permanente will ramp up its food is medicine programming with the Food Is Medicine Center of Excellence, plus increase research into the programs.
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11 Apr 2024
Doc bills for patient portal messages are a rare occurrence
By Sara HeathBilling codes for patient portal messages were just 0.9 percent of E&M services in 2020 and just 0.05 percent for 2021 and 2022.
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10 Apr 2024
IR35: HMRC rushing to restore CEST source code deleted from Github ‘in error’
By Caroline DonnellyHMRC has confirmed online repository containing code underpinning maligned IR35 status-checker tool has been taken down ‘in error’ by team working to decommission legacy platform that used to host platform
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09 Apr 2024
UK plc failing on multiple cyber measures
By Alex ScroxtonGovernment report shows 50% of businesses and 32% of charities reported a cyber attack or breach in the past 12 months and organisations across the UK are failing on multiple cyber measures
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09 Apr 2024
Labour promises digital red book and smartphones for children with diabetes
By Lis EvenstadThe Labour Party has announced plans for children’s health records to be put on parents’ NHS App, while also partnering with Virgin Media O2 to give children with type 1 diabetes smartphones to check their blood sugar
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09 Apr 2024
14% of women say Dobbs decision stalled access to abortion
By Sara HeathIn states with abortion bans, one in five women said they know someone who struggled to access an abortion post-Roe.
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08 Apr 2024
UK vet network CVS hit by cyber attack
By Alex ScroxtonOperations at UK-based veterinary network CVS have been disrupted by a cyber incident of an as-yet undisclosed nature
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05 Apr 2024
UKtech50 2024 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT
By Lis EvenstadComputer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list
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04 Apr 2024
Disrespectful healthcare experience affects 33% of LGBT patients
By Sara HeathDisrespectful healthcare experiences led to LGBT patients being less likely to seek care and more likely to switch providers.
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03 Apr 2024
RDP abused in over 90% of cyber attacks, Sophos finds
By Alex ScroxtonThreat actors continue to see great success using simple, tried and tested methods, and many defenders are failing to do the basics
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03 Apr 2024
Do patients perceive healthcare’s gains in patient safety?
By Sara HeathHospitals have improved on key patient safety metrics, but whether patients perceive those improvements is a matter of receiving inpatient or outpatient care.
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03 Apr 2024
US lags in usual source of care, primary care access
By Sara HeathAdults in the United States are among the least likely to have a usual source of care, like a primary care provider.
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02 Apr 2024
Nursing workforce diversity increases, but room for growth remains
By Sara HeathGrowth in nursing workforce diversity is welcome news for a healthcare industry focused on health equity.
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29 Mar 2024
Organisations getting better at spotting identity fraud
By Alex ScroxtonAs the barriers to committing identity fraud continue to drop, organisations should consider more sophisticated technical measures to successfully up their game, according to a report
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29 Mar 2024
Patient data access speeds up after 21st Century Cures Act
By Sara HeathThe faster pace of patient data access calls into question how providers prepare clinical notes and communicate with laboratory testing sites.
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27 Mar 2024
Ransomware gang leaks data stolen from Scottish NHS board
By Alex ScroxtonData stolen from an earlier attack on NHS Dumfries and Galloway has been leaked by a ransomware gang that claims to be in possession of much more content
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27 Mar 2024
HMRC’s online IR35 status checker tool CEST not updated in five years, FOI confirms
By Caroline DonnellyDespite a previous pledge that HMRC’s IR35 online status checker tool will be continually updated as employment cases and tribunals occur, a freedom of information request confirms CEST has not been updated since October 2019
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27 Mar 2024
Cyber spies, not cyber criminals, behind most zero-day exploitation
By Alex ScroxtonAnalysis from Google has found that zero-day vulnerabilities are much more heavily exploited for espionage purposes than for financially motivated cyber crime
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27 Mar 2024
Chronic care access limits diagnosis & quality for women
By Sara HeathIt takes women more than a year longer to get a diagnosis than men, spelling out an issue with chronic care access and clinical quality.
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27 Mar 2024
Carequality interoperability network celebrates 10 years of HIE
By Hannah NelsonThe Carequality interoperability framework facilitates the exchange of over 745,000,000 documents every month across disparate HIE networks, regions, and technologies.
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27 Mar 2024
Patient satisfaction suffers under poor hospital admission & discharge
By Sara HeathPatient satisfaction scores were lower when patients did not receive good post-discharge notes and communication.
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26 Mar 2024
Shareholders win when businesses do better at cyber
By Alex ScroxtonThe more advanced a company’s cyber security performance, and the more engaged its board is with security issues, the greater the return for shareholders, a report has found
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26 Mar 2024
Retail health clinic utilization climbed by 202% by 2022
By Sara HeathAlthough still one of the least-visited alternative care sites, retail health clinic utilization soared between 2021 and 2022.
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26 Mar 2024
NHS SBS launches digital advisory framework
By Lis EvenstadThe Digital Health Advisory Services framework agreement aims to provide a way for health and care organisations to get help with digital transformation and skills
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26 Mar 2024
Limited EHR integration impacts use of clinical communication tools
By Hannah NelsonInterviewed customers of clinical communication vendors PerfectServe, TigerConnect, and Baxter reported the highest levels of EHR integration in a new KLAS report.
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26 Mar 2024
Digital maternal health tools hold promise, but equity question remains
By Sara HeathPatients are using digital maternal health tools to manage care, but racial/ethnic minorities are more likely to point out cultural competence issues.
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22 Mar 2024
Health equity investment slated to continue into 2024
By Sara HeathNearly every organization plans to maintain their current health equity investments, with 73 percent saying they may increase their equity priorities.
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21 Mar 2024
NCSC guidance to help CEOs work through cyber incidents
By Alex ScroxtonThe NCSC has published in-depth guidance on how business leaders should respond to a cyber attack or data breach. Learn about some of the key steps you will need to follow
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21 Mar 2024
IR35 reforms: IT contractors urged to reclaim tax they may have overpaid in off-payroll settlements
By Caroline DonnellyWith the government set to fix the settlements offset issue from 6 April, contractor insurance firm Qdos is urging individuals who worked for non-compliant IR35 organisations to see if they can reclaim any money they have overpaid
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20 Mar 2024
UK’s cyber resilience stagnates as more fall victim to attacks
By Alex ScroxtonThe government is calling on businesses to ramp up their cyber protections as study shows improvements to resilience are stagnating amid an ever-growing volume of attacks
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20 Mar 2024
KLAS: Epic leads EHR mindshare for independent ambulatory care orgs
By Hannah NelsonEpic and athenahealth are dominating EHR mindshare across independent ambulatory care organizations, according to a new KLAS report.
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19 Mar 2024
Patient portal message responses vary by race, ethnicity
By Sara HeathData shows that for Asian, Hispanic, and Black patients, the odds of getting a patient portal message response from a physician are lower.
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19 Mar 2024
Better change management key to patient self-scheduling buy-in
By Sara HeathPatients appear on board for patient self-scheduling technologies, but buy-in from providers is another story.
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18 Mar 2024
The Security Interviews: Alex Yampolskiy, SecurityScorecard
By Alex ScroxtonAlex Yampolskiy conceived the idea for risk management specialist SecurityScorecard after getting stung by a SaaS supplier that was being cavalier with its customer data. He tells his story to Computer Weekly
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18 Mar 2024
Arkansas Heart deploys Oracle Health EHR to enhance interoperability
By Hannah NelsonThe Oracle Health EHR implementation aims to improve patient outcomes by enhancing health data interoperability across Arkansas Heart's network of ambulatory clinics and two hospitals.
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18 Mar 2024
CCS slammed over errors in G-Cloud 14 data protection documents
By Caroline DonnellyThe government’s procurement arm is under fire again, after prospective suppliers to the G-Cloud 14 framework raised complaints about CCS’s quality control procedures
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18 Mar 2024
Liverpool to get AI hub for health and social care
By Lis EvenstadArtificial intelligence platform set to use NHS Integrated Care System Data to make better and decisions for patients in Liverpool, with a focus on mental health services
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17 Mar 2024
UK’s AI ambitions pointless while cyber security is still neglected
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s AI ambitions may be at considerable risk without stronger cyber defences across the private and public sectors
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15 Mar 2024
NHS to extend use of AI to cut waiting times and missed appointments
By Lis EvenstadFollowing a pilot of AI software predicting likely missed appointments at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, 10 further trusts will deploy the system
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15 Mar 2024
EHR vendor MEDITECH integrates generative AI for clinical notes
By Hannah NelsonBuilding on its collaboration with Nuance Communications, EHR vendor MEDITECH has announced the integration of a generative AI tool that drafts clinical notes.
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15 Mar 2024
Are rising US maternal mortality rates inflated?
By Sara HeathResearchers contend that the high maternal mortality rate in the US is overstated due to unclear documenting practices.
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14 Mar 2024
Questions raised over NHS deletion of thousands of emails during whistleblower tribunal
By Tommy GreeneNHS doctor Chris Day has won the right to challenge a tribunal ruling that found no procedural unfairness when an NHS trust deleted thousands of emails. The case that raises wider questions about the use of electronic evidence
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13 Mar 2024
Microsoft AI-powered cyber service to go live in April
By Alex ScroxtonAfter a year being previewed by beta customers, Microsoft’s much vaunted Copilot for Security service is about to go on general release, promising time savings and improved accuracy for hard-pressed security pros
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13 Mar 2024
Using gen AI to translate medical jargon in discharge notes
By Sara HeathDischarge notes riddled with too much complex medical jargon can confuse patients, but generative AI can support health literacy.
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12 Mar 2024
March Patch Tuesday throws up two critical Hyper-V flaws
By Alex ScroxtonTwo critical vulnerabilities in Windows Hyper-V stand out on an otherwise unremarkable Patch Tuesday
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12 Mar 2024
Labour will use AI to grow the economy by 0.5%, says shadow tech secretary Peter Kyle
By Bill GoodwinThe Labour Party plans to promote the use of artificial intelligence in small businesses and across government to grow the economy, but transparency and building trust with the public will be key
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12 Mar 2024
Care orgs tap Microsoft generative AI for clinical documentation
By Hannah NelsonStandford Medicine, WellSpan Health, and Providence are early adopters of DAX Copilot, a generative AI tool for clinical documentation from Microsoft.
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12 Mar 2024
Healthgrades: communication, patient experience sway recommendations
By Sara HeathDoctor and nurse communication are among the top patient experience issues that predict whether a patient will recommend a hospital to others.
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12 Mar 2024
What are the top patient safety concerns for this year?
By Sara HeathECRI listed workforce challenges and patient access to maternal and perinatal care as the leading patient safety concerns for this year.
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11 Mar 2024
Government not facing up to CNI cyber risks, committee warns
By Alex ScroxtonThe Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has accused the government of burying its head in the sand over the cyber threat to UK critical infrastructure
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11 Mar 2024
Surescripts reports increase in patient data sharing across HIE network
By Hannah NelsonIn 2023, Surescripts saw increased utilization of several patient data sharing tools, including its Real-Time Prescription Benefit services.
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11 Mar 2024
VA announces joint EHR deployment with DoD during EHRM program reset
By Hannah NelsonVA is rolling out the federal EHR system at a joint-DoD healthcare facility despite pausing additional go-lives as part of its EHR modernization (EHRM) reset.
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11 Mar 2024
HEALTHeLINK HIE Launches Dashboard for Community Health
By Hannah NelsonCommunity health organizations and providers in Western New York can search the HIE dashboard at a county and zip code level to inform public health initiatives.
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11 Mar 2024
Behavioral healthcare access in community health centers up 40%
By Sara HeathDespite increased mental and behavioral healthcare access in community health centers, further funding is needed to meet growing demand.
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08 Mar 2024
Out-of-pocket costs for patient portal messages reach $25
By Sara HeathAlthough 82 percent of payers fully cover claims for patient portal messages, some patients are left with up to a $25 bill for the exchange.
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06 Mar 2024
Chancellor targets £36bn productivity boost with £4.2bn digital transformation plan
By Bryan GlickIn his 2024 spring budget, Jeremy Hunt announced funding to use tech to improve productivity across the public sector, with most of the cash focused on digital initiatives in the NHS
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06 Mar 2024
Epic, Oracle Adopt USCDI+ Cancer Standard for Interoperability
By Hannah NelsonSix EHR vendors, including Epic and Oracle, have voluntarily committed to adopt the USCDI+ Cancer standard to drive health data interoperability.
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05 Mar 2024
ALPHV/BlackCat gang vanishes amid ransomware ‘turmoil’
By Alex ScroxtonMystery surrounds the apparent disappearance of the ALPHV/BlackCat cyber crime gang amid reports that a prominent US victim paid a $22m ransom
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05 Mar 2024
Banning ransomware payments back on the agenda
By Alex ScroxtonThe idea of banning ransomware payments to cyber criminals is back on the agenda, with former NCSC chief Ciaran Martin arguing that tougher measures need to be taken
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05 Mar 2024
Did COVID-19 Help Close Disparities in Patient Portal Use?
By Sara HeathSex- and age-based disparities in patient portal use were reduced during the pandemic, but racial disparities remain.
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04 Mar 2024
Frederick Health Taps MEDITECH EHR Integration for Precision Medicine
By Hannah NelsonThe MEDITECH EHR integration allows Frederick Health providers to order genetic tests and analyze discrete results directly within the Expanse platform.
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04 Mar 2024
Jeremy Hunt to deliver tech-laden Spring Budget
By Lis EvenstadThe chancellor’s 2024 Budget will cover a £800m funding package to boost public sector productivity through technology, with cash for police tech, the justice system transformation programme and the NHS
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04 Mar 2024
G-Cloud 14 insurance requirements ‘under review’ by CCS after SME supplier backlash
By Caroline DonnellyCCS has confirmed to Computer Weekly the insurance requirements for Lots 1 to 3 of the G-Cloud 14 framework are under review, as SME-focused minister pledges to investigate matter
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04 Mar 2024
OpenNotes Sets Sights on AI in Healthcare with New OpenNotes Lab
By Sara HeathOpenNotes Lab will convene patients, providers, and health IT developers to assess how AI will change clinical documentation and patient communication.
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29 Feb 2024
The Sequoia Project, HL7 Partner to Advance FHIR Adoption Nationwide
By Hannah NelsonThe partnership aims to drive alignment between HL7 FHIR Accelerator projects and The Sequoia Project initiatives to accelerate health data interoperability.
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28 Feb 2024
New version of ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware hits victims
By Alex ScroxtonAn updated version of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware has been spotted in the wild amid a series of attacks on American healthcare providers, prompting a new alert from the authorities