Today's Top 20 Health IT Articles
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Florida and Texas are becoming the new tech hubs
Net tech employment in Texas and Florida grew twice as fast as it did in California in 2021, signaling a shift in the national tech landscape, reported The Wall Street Journal March 30.
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Washington VA goes live with Cerner
Walla Walla, Wash.-based Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center's Cerner EHR system went live March 26, the VA reported March 28.
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Johnson & Johnson CEO betting on AI to transform patient care
Johnson & Johnson CEO Joaquin Duato is betting on technology and artificial intelligence to transform patient care, CNBC reported March 30. -
California hospital to bear late politician's name
Oakland, Calif.-based Alameda Health System is renaming its flagship hospital after Wilma Chan, a member of the Alameda County board of supervisors who was struck and killed by a vehicle in November, The Mercury News reported March 30.
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Ransomware group claims to have stolen 850,000 patient records from California insurer
The Hive ransomware group posted on its darkweb site that it has stolen 850,000 patient records from the Partnership HealthPlan of California, VentureBeat reported March 29.
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How EHRs can strengthen suicide prevention
Incorporating suicide screening and assement tools into EHR systems could make suicide screening a standard practice in the U.S., Pew Research reported March 29.
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Google, Boston Children's + others join $105M funding round for children's mental health platform
A children's virtual behavioral health platform has received funding from GV (formerly Google Ventures), Optum Ventures, Boston Children's Hospital, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and others. -
Blessing Health System launches 'hospital-at-home' for rural patients
Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System partnered with virtual care provider Biofourmis to provide acute-level hospital care inside patients' homes. -
Amazon Web Services using AI to automate clinical trial data
Amazon Web Services announced a collaboration with Thread Research intended to decrease clinical trial costs while improving research access and data quality. -
Cerner in the news: 11 March updates
From integrating new tools into its platform to its pending Oracle acquisition, here are 11 updates on Cerner's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in March.
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UPMC begins payments to 66,000 employees affected by 2014 data breach
On March 31, UPMC will begin making payments to 66,000 employees who were victims of a 2014 data breach, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.
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7 big ideas in healthcare innovation
From how to eliminate obstacles preventing digital transformation at health systems to how to pick the right digital health companies as partners, here are seven quotes about the role of innovation in healthcare hospital executives have shared with Becker's since March 9. -
Physicians spending nearly 2 hours a day on EHR tasks outside work
U.S. physicians who use EHRs spend an average of 1.84 hours a day completing documentation outside work hours, according to a research published March 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Can explainable AI defeat the black box problem in medicine?
A key issue with artificial intelligence uptake in hospitals is the black box problem, in which AI algorithms make decisions in a way that is unexplained to physicians. Some argue though that the black box problem may be partially solved by explainable AI, according to a commentary in The Lancet. -
Tensions rise between cyber experts, government officials over federal reporting policies
A call between the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and 13,000 private cybersecurity workers revealed frustrations and confusion regarding federal cyberattack reporting policies, reported The Washington Post March 28.
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Google's healthcare ambitions: 8 recent moves
From intense efforts to invest in digital health technology to plans that scale AI for at-home health screenings, Google continues to establish a presence in the healthcare industry. Here are eight most recent healthcare moves from the company as reported by Becker's. -
Failures of traditional healthcare mean health apps for racial minorities are on the rise
Difficulties accessing treatment and poor understanding of cultural differences has spurred the proliferation of health apps designed for and by racial minorities, according to an April 2022 Lancet report. -
President's budget proposal includes $1.8B for VA EHR project
President Joe Biden's proposed $5.6 trillion budget for fiscal year 2023, would include $1.8 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs' EHR modernization efforts.
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Cardiologist sues Epic over copyright dispute
A cardiologist at Kansas City, Mo.,-based Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute has filed a lawsuit against Epic Systems, alleging that the company has been reproducing and distributing some of his copyrighted materials without a license.
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The technology powering the new Cleveland Clinic London Hospital
Cleveland Clinic opened its 184-bed hospital March 29 in London and equipped it with advanced medical and surgical technologies.