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Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. Preventive care delivery platform Fullscript has joined the athenahealth Marketplace app store.

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Philips will buy remote patient monitoring company BioTelemetry

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2021. "BioTelemetry’s leadership in the large and fast growing ambulatory cardiac diagnostics and monitoring market complements our leading position in the hospital. Capper in a statement. THE LARGER TREND.

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Ransomware Preparedness in Healthcare – Are you Doing the Basics?

Healthcare IT Today

In fact, a recent JAMA Health Forum report indicates that from 2016 to 2021, the annual number of ransomware attacks on the healthcare sector more than doubled. He has his Masters in Information Security and holds CCISSP, CISA, CHC, CRISC, and ITIL-F certifications.

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The Federal Trade Commission Accuses GoodRx Of Multiple Data Sharing Fails, Demands It Pay $1.5 Million Fine and Make Reforms

Healthcare IT Today

According to the FTC, GoodRx has been funneling personal health information from these consumers to advertising companies and platforms such as Facebook, Google and Criteo, along with other third parties such as Branch and Twilio. More than 55 million consumers have visited or used GoodRx’s website or mobile apps since 2017.

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A Look at HIEs and 2 Perspectives for Data Exchange

Healthcare IT Today

In response to this tweet by Kristen Valdes during the SHIEC 2021 conference happening this week in Arizona, Brendan Keeler offered this really important look into healthcare data exchange and HIEs.

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World Economic Forum 2024: What were the key Healthcare Technology talking points?

Lloyd Price

Building resilient healthcare systems: Lessons from the pandemic: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of strong health information systems, robust data infrastructure, and coordinated global response mechanisms. Shared best practices: To accelerate progress towards health equity.

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Maimonides Medical Center completes massive digital health initiative in two years

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It was an early adopter of electronic health records and sponsored one of New York State's first health information exchanges. In 2018, Maimonides' leadership established digital health as a strategic priority for the medical center. THE PROBLEM.