Today's Top 20 Health IT Articles
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When ransomware strikes, who to call?
Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations have cost the U.S. economy nearly $80 billion in downtime. There's another expense that doesn't come with a price tag: The sense of stress and helplessness outages cause. -
Health systems to test gen AI 'healthcare provider'
More than 40 provider groups, health systems and digital health companies will begin internal testing of a generative AI-powered "healthcare provider" developed by Hippocratic AI. -
Why 2024 is Northwell's 'year of action'
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health's CIO, Sophy Lu, said 2024 will be the "year of action" for the health system. -
Oracle Health in the last 30 days
Here are 14 times Becker's reported on Oracle Health, the EHR vendor formerly known as Cerner, in the past month. -
Surge of EHR messages a good thing, researchers say
Researchers say the increase in secure messaging among healthcare providers could be a good thing, allowing them to trace EHR "breadcrumbs" to improve both care and communication, the American Medical Association reported. -
Change Healthcare confirms ransomware attack, hackers claim massive data haul
Optum's Change Healthcare confirmed Feb. 29 that it was hacked by a ransomware gang after the group claimed to have stolen massive amounts of data. -
How personalized alarm management improves patient care and reduces alarm overload
While alarms play an important role in notifying healthcare professionals of critical patient needs, having too many notifications can cause alarm fatigue for already overworked nurses and may put some patients at risk. -
Community Healthcare System rebranding to Powers Health
Munster, Ind.-based Community Healthcare System is changing its name to Powers Health effective July 1. -
The main concern for hospitals amid Change Healthcare outage
What is the main concern for hospitals and health systems when it comes to the Change Healthcare attack? The potential impact to patient care and safety, John Riggi, the American Hospital Association's national adviser for cybersecurity and risk, told Becker's. -
Epic install affects NCH Healthcare's operating performance
Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System's operating performance weakened mainly because of challenges with labor, rising prices, longer hospital stays and the introduction of a new EHR system, according to a Feb. 28 Fitch report. -
35% of 3rd-party breaches affect healthcare
Healthcare organizations experienced 35% of third-party breaches, according to a Feb. 28 report from Security Scorecard. -
'Be skeptical … but don't be cynical': How 4 hospitals use AI
Many hospital CEOs are finding new ways to use AI and encouraging colleagues to embrace positive changes. -
75% of healthcare professional foresee widespread AI adoption
Seventy-five percent of healthcare professionals say widespread AI adoption will happen within the next three years, a Feb. 27 report from Berkeley Research Group found. -
Where Epic ranks in home health, per KLAS
Epic secured the title of Best in KLAS for health system-owned home health agencies in 2024, according to a Feb. 27 report from KLAS. -
Hospital financial performance linked to analytics, AI strategy
Technology has become one of the dividing lines between financially successful and struggling hospitals, according to Kaufman Hall's National Hospital Flash Report, released Feb. 28. -
One Medical CEO: Layoffs not related to Amazon acquisition
Amazon recently announced that it would lay off a few hundred employees at One Medical as well as switch up a leadership position, but One Medical CEO Trent Green told The Washington Post that the moves are not related to the acquisition by Amazon. -
Epic in the last 30 days
From adding more hospitals and health systems to its EHR system to diving into spatial computing with Apple, here are 11 updates on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships reported on by Becker's Hospital Review in February: -
Ascension settles fingerprint scanning case for $2.6M
St. Louis-based Ascension has agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by former employees who alleged that scanning their fingerprints violated their privacy. -
Ransomware group leader told hackers to attack hospitals, FBI, HHS say
The ransomware group linked to the cyberattack on Change Healthcare is also targeting hospitals, the FBI and HHS warned Feb. 27. -
30 health system execs helping define what a 'smart hospital' is
Thirty health system leaders are advising the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives on its new "smart hospital" maturity model.
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