Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 4, 2024

No doubt it’s the biggest risk to a healthcare organization and the attackers only need a slight opening in your security defenses to wreak havoc. I’ll admit that I’d almost forgotten how many breaches occured on mobile devices. The speakers shared that 45% of breaches were occuring on mobile devices.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

The healthcare industry learned that, with the right solutions, care can extend outside hospital walls and be conducted anywhere. With the right tools, extending care outside the hospital is not only feasible, but in many cases preferred.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Instead of thinking of patients as "discharged" once they leave the hospital, which implies care is finished, many healthcare professionals believe it's time to treat home as a fundamental care setting that needs to be well integrated into the care continuum. What are the challenges for effective hospital-at-home coordination?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2022

Healthcare organizations each faced an average of 109 cyberattacks per week last year, by far the most of any industry. Patients who are monitored or managed at home using a health system's technology likely do not have such strict safeguards in place. Why are cybercriminals targeting patients at home?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

"Geisinger will be able to accelerate our vision and continue to invest in new and existing capabilities and facilities, while charting a path for the future of American health care, through Risant Health," said Dr. Jaewon Ryu , president and CEO of Geisinger Health, said in Wednesday's announcement.

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Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2022

He had me at the statement, “I believe health data is medicine.”. Ardy and the team call Seqster “the operating system for health care,” a trademarked phrase. Second, add into the mix: Ardy’s parents are both cancer survivors and as he describes himself, he’s the “poster child” for family health issues.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The following is a guest article by Wes Wright , Chief Healthcare Officer at Ordr The number of connected devices in a healthcare facility has increased dramatically in the past few years. Real-time visibility allows organizations to understand potential security risks and address issues before they become problems.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 22, 2022

“Partnerships, including JVs and alliances with other healthcare organizations and with new entrants, are just one way to access new capabilities, unlock speed to market, and achieve capital, scale, and operational efficiencies” in health care transformations. Providers, payers, and pharma comprise the bulk of revenue.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to push patients away from in-person care, many health systems have ramped up their remote patient monitoring ecosystems. " Domas notes that one misconception she often encounters is the idea that patient monitoring devices are below hackers' notice. " Domas said with a laugh.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2024

Telehealth is for everyone, and hospitals and health systems must construct a digital equity strategy to better serve patients in the digital and telehealth space to ensure all persons can use telehealth, contended Alexandra Hunter, virtual care consultant at Henry Ford Health in Detroit.

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Digital Health Global

APRIL 19, 2023

Use of artificial intelligence technology efficiently identifies eligible patient candidates for pivotal clinical trial; program launched at The Christ Health Network SANTA CLARA, Calif. & a medical device company developing a novel transcatheter device-based therapy to address heart failure (HF), and egnite, Inc. ,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 17, 2022

The current cyber environment means that it's often not enough for healthcare delivery organizations to secure their own boundaries – as noted in a Cloud Security Alliance report this week. Health systems must also ensure vendor partners are compliant with privacy and security best practices.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 5, 2023

Initially focused on exercise markers, these devices now include measurements relevant to physiology and healthcare. The public is eager to adopt these devices, believing they can help identify and monitor cardiovascular disease. Consequently, clinicians often encounter health app data accompanied by diverse concerns and queries.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2024

A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association finds significant association between the use of telehealth services and improved healthcare access and outcomes in communities negatively impacted by health disparities. and higher burden of chronic disease?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

Telemedicine in these areas provides chronic patients, for example, with access to medical specialists without traveling an extended distance, and can allow providers to identify particular social determinants of health such as lack of access to food. What is the state of remote patient monitoring in rural settings?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As someone who has written about health IT and EHR for 18 years, I like to think there’s nothing about health IT that I haven’t written about. There’s nothing worse for a nurse or doctor than to have to search for a charged device to be able to help the patient. The Lock Socket can help you save on those costs.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

However, with billions of connected devices, the security of IoT devices in the healthcare industry has become a major concern, as cyber threats like data breaches and ransomware attacks can compromise sensitive medical information. End-users also play an important role in securing their IoT devices.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 12, 2023

The following is a guest article by Narinder Singh , Co-Founder and CEO at LookDeep Health In 2016, attackers gained unauthorized access to Banner Health’s systems through the payment processing system used in the organization’s food and beverage outlets and used it as a gateway to access patient information.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) today announced a collaboration with OSF HealthCare, an integrated health system caring for patients throughout Illinois and Michigan, and Pointcore, Inc., The agreement is the result of extensive collaboration between OSF HealthCare, Pointcore (and its predecessor, St.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 14, 2023

The following is a guest article by Zack Tisch, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Life Sciences at Pivot Point Consulting Medical devices have long existed and added value at points in the healthcare experience. However, it is usually piecemealed. Having prioritized, aligned goals is an important first step to making progress.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Growth-stage funding will power the company’s expansion as demand soars for MIC’s FDA-cleared platform, Sickbay™, which unlocks waveform data from the patient’s bedside to help hospitals rapidly scale bed and staff capacity, stratify risk and deliver patient-centered, data-driven care. . Medical Informatics Corp. CEO and co-founder of MIC.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 19, 2022

United Health Services Hospitals is a health system serving South Central New York and based in Vestal, New York. Britton, system program manager, UHS virtual healthcare and digital transformation. Britton, United Health Services Hospitals. " Dr. John Giannone, United Health Services Hospitals.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Unsurprisingly, a recent Gartner Peer Insights survey – Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Industry – also showed that nearly half of participating healthcare organizations have experienced a data breach in the past two years. Yet, despite the stakes, many healthcare organizations aren’t as well-protected as they could be.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2024

The following is a guest article by Eric Elliott, CEO at Altruix It is an exciting time to be in the behavioral health industry. With all of the strides forward in behavioral health, it is easy to overlook the fact that this is also a challenging time to be in the field. It was a critical situation that required an innovative solution.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Now Available as Commure Engage, Rx.Health Uses AI and Automation to Streamline Clinical Care Coordination for Payors, Providers, and Life Science Organizations Commure, Inc. , Born out of Mount Sinai Health System and serving leading U.S. Born out of Mount Sinai Health System and serving leading U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2023

The following is what they say are the biggest ongoing threats to watch out for in your organization. Matthew Sciberras, CISO and VP of Information Security at Invicti Before the pandemic, the most exploitable security vulnerabilities were built into on-premises systems. How did it start? A key part of education is testing.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2020

Health systems in hard-hit states such as Louisiana, New York and Ohio have been approved for a total of $3.23 Here's how hospitals can apply. The first round of winners are: Grady Memorial Hospital – Atlanta. Mount Sinai Health System – New York City. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

The telemedicine program of the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System was established in 1995 to enhance timely patient access to healthcare services, particularly for patients in rural regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. "In 2019, UVA Health created a multi-stakeholder strategic plan for telemedicine."

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Large volumes of personal information and dated security infrastructure make these organizations targets for cyber criminals. Health care organizations generally use other more sophisticated frameworks (e.g.,

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Xealth

APRIL 3, 2023

David Schoolcraft, General Counsel The healthcare industry’s focus on remote patient monitoring (RPM) to reduce costs and improve patient outcomes raises several legal questions among health systems and vendors. Think of RPM liability as similar to the potential liability for any medical device used to treat patients in the hospital.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The program brings two-way virtual care communications to the hospital bedside to increase nurse assistance, improve patient safety, and advance care model innovation within the regional health system. The virtual nursing program is the latest step in a series of digital health innovation programs at Mary Washington Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Steven Stone, Head of Rubrik Zero Labs at Rubrik In early August, a ransomware attack disrupted operations across its network of 17 hospitals and more than 165 clinics in four states and forced some to rely on paper records. Here we go again. This is what most of us thought when we read this story.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 28, 2022

Many organizations still rely on traditional chronic care models characterized by periodic in-person encounters that can be inconvenient, expensive and insufficiently frequent. The question is: How will hospitals provide more robust, timely and cost-efficient care moving forward? It is estimated that 50% of the U.S. Please explain.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2020

The American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association have teamed up to help healthcare organizations respond to a rise in cyber threats exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance concludes with a section on medical device security precautions. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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David Chou

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations mandate that all medical device vendors tighten their security features with processes to find and mitigate vulnerabilities. Below are three primary reasons that make it difficult for Healthcare CIOs to manage medical devices and the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2024

As the primary provider of inpatient behavioral health services in the Central Alabama region, Baptist Health is depended upon by its community at large to provide high-quality and continuous care without interruption.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2022

Louisville-based ScionHealth system, the combined LifePoint Health and Kindred Healthcare delivery network, and Cadence, a New York-based healthcare technology company, are implementing a remote patient monitoring platform starting with 18 community hospitals in 12 states. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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