Today's Top 20 Health IT Articles
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Lyft, Uber requesting larger role in government COVID-19 vaccine rollout: WSJ report
Lyft and Uber are in talks with the incoming Biden administration as the rideshare companies look to ramp up services for individuals in need of transportation to get COVID-19 vaccinated, according to a Jan. 12 Wall Street Journal report.
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Parkland Health System launches virtual platform to train staff during pandemic
Dallas-based Parkland Health & Hospital System has tapped Orasi, a Kennesaw, Ga.-based software development company, to help virtually provide medical technology training for its thousands of hospital employees during the pandemic, Orasi said.
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MUSC uses AI tool to predict patients' risks for COVID-19 complications
A student at the Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina used an artificial intelligence model this past spring to find thousands of adults at high risk of serious complications if they contracted COVID-19, reported The Post and Courier.
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MedStar Health hospital transitions to new EHR
MedStar St. Mary's Hospital will go live on Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health's EHR system Jan. 13.
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Athenahealth and Humana partner: 4 things to know
Athenahealth and Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana inked a multiyear agreement to combine the Watertown, Mass.-based EHR vendor's software with health plan data, according to a Jan. 12 news release.
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20 healthcare moves from Amazon, Google, Microsoft & Apple in 2020
Big tech companies launched several partnerships last year with providers of healthcare-specific products.
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Jefferson Healthcare email hack put info of 2,500 patients at risk: 4 details
A phishing attack on the employee email account of a worker for Port Townsend, Wash.-based Jefferson Healthcare may have exposed the personal information of thousands of patients late last year, according to a statement from the health system.
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Missouri county health department missing 2 months of flu data
Missouri's Jefferson County Health Department has not received the flu data it needs for its state reporting system since November, according to a Jan. 10 Leader report.
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Apple, Biogen to research cognitive health monitoring on Apple Watch and iPhone
Apple and Cambridge, Mass.-based neurological therapies company Biogen will research how the Apple Watch and iPhone could help monitor cognitive health, Biogen said.
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Indiana taps Zotec for statewide COVID-19 vaccine management system
The Indiana Department of Health partnered with Zotec Partners to deploy a statewide COVID-19 vaccine information management system, the healthcare revenue cycle management company announced Jan. 11.
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VA and Fitbit roll out digital health services to 10,000 patients, staff
The Department of Veterans Affairs launched a new initiative with Fitbit Jan. 11 to provide 10,000 veterans, caregivers and VA staff with free memberships to Fitbit's digital health services.
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Hackers get patients' PHI after inflicting malware on Florida hospital's computer network
Leon Medical Centers was hit by a malware attack in November that exposed patients' protected health information, the Doral, Fla.-based hospital announced Jan. 8.
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COVID-19 vaccines are just the beginning for mRNA technology, researchers say
Dozens of therapeutics based on the mRNA technology used to make the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines could emerge over the next 10 years, Moderna co-founder Derrick Rossi, PhD, told WBUR, an NPR affiliate.
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Verily, Microsoft partner on medical research cloud service: 4 things to know
Google sister company Verily inked an agreement with Microsoft to run its biomedical research platform on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.
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Software issues hampering California's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, officials say
Technical issues with California's COVID-19 vaccine sign-up software are hindering people's ability to sign up for and receive customer service guidance for vaccines, Los Angeles Times reports.
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LSU Health discovers September cyberattack extended to partner hospital
LSU Health Care Services Division began notifying patients Jan. 8 that a September cyberattack extended beyond the Baton Rouge, La.-based health system and also affected its partner hospital, University Medical Center-New Orleans.
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'This discovery is a little disturbing': Centura Health data reports miss 2,500 COVID-19 hospitalizations since April
Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health failed to report almost 2,500 COVID-19 hospitalizations dating back to last April because of a system coding issue, according to a Jan. 8 The Journal report.
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Jefferson, Geisinger partner on discreet staff safety alert system
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health has partnered with Geisinger in Danville, Pa., on a system to discreetly alert security when staff may be in danger.
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Google's 6 latest health-related job openings
Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business.
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Beaumont's patient portal crashes amid heavy influx of COVID-19 vaccine sign-ups
Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health's online patient portal crashed Jan. 8 after a high volume of patients flooded the website to sign up for COVID-19 vaccines, Detroit Free Press reports.