Today's Top 20 Health IT Articles
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2 men charged with Cedars-Sinai cyberattack
A federal grand jury indicted two Sudanese nationals for cyberattacks including a 2024 hack of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai. -
Oracle Health to simplify healthcare billing
Oracle has launched a new service designed to simplify the payment process for healthcare organizations and their patients. -
Florida health system rolls out virtual nursing tech to 1K rooms
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health is expanding virtual nursing technology to nearly 1,000 patient rooms, representing about half its beds. -
South Dakota system affiliates with Sanford to implement Epic EHR
Watertown, S.D.-based Prairie Lakes Healthcare System has affiliated with Sanford Health to implement Epic as its new EHR system. -
Lifespan rebrands as Brown University Health
Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan has rebranded as Brown University Health. -
Why an Oklahoma health system picked Epic
Talihina, Okla.-based Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority is one of 19 new health systems switching to an Epic EHR. -
Mayo's new initiative to bring Japanese health tech to US market
Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate has forged a new partnership with the Japan External Trade Organization to roll out a two-phase initiative aimed at expanding opportunities for Japanese health tech companies to engage with the U.S. healthcare market. -
Duke Health's Microsoft pilot puts nurses at forefront
Duke University Health System has been an early adopter of a new tool from Microsoft and Epic that aims to streamline nursing documentation, Kay Lytle, DNP, RN, chief nursing information officer at the health system, told Becker's. -
Hackers using 'password spraying' to target healthcare: Report
Iranian hackers are increasingly targeting healthcare organizations, using "brute force" and password spraying attacks to compromise user accounts and gain unauthorized access to sensitive systems. -
How Cleveland Clinic nurses innovate
Cleveland Clinic allows nurses to submit innovative tech ideas and helps them develop the tools. -
Change Healthcare cyberattack costs to reach $2.87B
The costs of the Change Healthcare cyberattack continue to grow for parent company UnitedHealth Group. -
How conversational and ambient AI can relieve physicians from the burden of manual clinical documentation
Clinical documentation is an essential component of the patient-physician visit, but manual documentation is an onerous, time-consuming task. It takes a physician's focus away from the patient in front of them and is a major driver of physicians' cognitive burden and burnout. -
Defeating Downtime with the Power of Cloud Hosting
In today’s healthcare environment, “downtime” is a dreaded word. Whether it’s due to an unexpected outage, a cyberattack or planned maintenance, any interruption in your health IT systems can severely impact hospital operations. For healthcare organizations, the stakes are high: the average cost of a one-hour EHR outage is approximately $1.7 million for a medium-sized hospital and for larger facilities that figure can jump to $3.2 million. Even more critical than the financial hit is the potential risk to patient safety. When systems are down, providers cannot access vital patient information, leading to delays in care, medication errors and increased workload as staff scramble to record notes manually—only to later input them into the system once it is back online. -
CliniComp Recognized for Electronic Health Record Innovation in 8th Annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program
International Annual Awards Program Honors Standout Digital Health & Medical Technology Products and Companies SAN DIEGO – May 9, 2024 – MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global digital health and medical technology market, today announced that CliniComp, the pioneer in high-performing, reliable electronic health record (EHR) solution suite, has been selected as winner of the “Best Electronic Health Record Service” award in the 8th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program, recognizing the breakthrough technology innovation of CliniComp’s System as a Service (SYaaS) unique and superior model. -
Epic deterioration index falls short: Study
A study conducted across seven hospitals within the Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System found that Epic's Deterioration Index underperformed compared to other early warning scores in detecting clinical deterioration. -
Abridge raising $250M: Report
Abridge, a startup that provides artificial intelligence-powered clinical documentation to several health systems, is raising $250 million to up the company's valuation to $2.5 billion, The Information reported. -
Why nurses like AI for MyChart messages
Nurses at a large academic health system like using artificial intelligence-generated MyChart messages more than their peers do, a new study found. -
Health systems find marketing power in sports sponsorships
Health systems are increasingly turning to sports partnerships as a marketing strategy to boost brand visibility. -
Healthcare leaders to ramp up budgets for patient experience: 4 notes
Healthcare leaders are increasing their budgets for patient experience technologies, according to a Oct. 15 survey from Gozio Health, a mobile engagement platform. -
Optum's Q3 earnings hits $4.5B, up 14%: 5 notes
Optum reported significant growth in the third quarter despite continued ramifications from the Change Healthcare data breach earlier this year.
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