Today's Top 20 Health IT Articles
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Why Medicare advisory group is going after telehealth, at-home care
Medicare is paying too much for telehealth and at-home care, the executive director of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission told Politico. -
How Stanford's marketing chief helped refresh its brand
Even a brand as strong as Stanford can use a refresh. -
7 hospitals suffering data breaches
A data breach can have a serious impact on a hospital's financial and reputational well-being. -
How Mayo is using AI investments to advance patient care
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is betting big on artificial intelligence and has made investments in various AI-based startups to improve areas of patient care such as heart failure and primary care, according to an April 5 report from CB Insights. -
Top 6 digital health megadeals of '23
In the first quarter, digital health funding exceeded the final two quarters of 2022, but 2023 is still on pace for its slowest year since 2019, according to Rock Health. -
Lurie Children's creates app that screens for possible child abuse
Chicago-based Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital has created an app that can screen for bruises, one of the most overlooked signs of child abuse. -
Cerebral facing lawsuit for using pixel tracking technology on its website, app
Telehealth company Cerebral is facing a lawsuit that accuses the company of installing tracking technologies on its website and app that led to the protected health information of more than 3 million patients to be sent to social media companies. -
Texas hospital notifies patients of third-party vendor breach
Denison, Texas-based Texoma Medical Center is notifying patients that some of their protected health information was compromised when its consulting company Adelanto HealthCare Ventures was targeted by a phishing attack. -
Wisconsin hospitals cannot charge for copies of electronic medical records, court says
On April 4, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a ruling stating that healthcare companies cannot charge patients for electronic copies of their medical records as it goes against state law. -
Top health systems ranked by companies in digital health portfolio
Digital health continues to transform hospitals and health systems, but its adoption varies by organization, according to a new report. -
How Amazon plans to deliver digital healthcare
Nworah Ayogu, MD, general manager and chief medical officer of Amazon Clinic, says the platform aims to be a marketplace that connects consumers to providers, CNBC reported April 4. -
Ransomware gang demands $750K from West Virginia hospital
Montgomery (W.Va.) General Hospital CEO Deborah Hill said the health system was hit with a ransomware attack on March 1, BankInfoSecurity reported April 4. -
Physicians should not be using ChatGPT to practice medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital physician says
Despite the hype around the technology, Marc Succi, MD, a physician at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital, is warning physicians not to use ChatGPT to practice medicine, NPR reported April 5. -
How Oregon health system uses team approach to answer MyChart messages
An Oregon health system took a team approach to answer patient portal messages to cut down the time primary care physicians there spent responding to them. -
Judy Faulkner's No. 1 rule of software
Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner said the most important thing for software from a health system's point of view is accuracy. -
'Shouldn't doctors be a little bit freaked out about ChatGPT?': The AI's answer
ChatGPT may be after some jobs, but it intends to leave patient-facing ones to the pros — at least for now. -
IT job openings at Christus, Sutter and Wellstar
Top healthcare systems across the country are constantly looking to hire new IT talent. -
ChatGPT provides mostly accurate breast cancer screening advice, U of Maryland study says
A new study from the Baltimore-based University of Maryland School of Medicine found that ChatGPT provided correct information about breast cancer screening 88 percent of the time. -
VA works to expand virtual reality care
The Veterans Health Administration is partnering with medtech company Penumbra on a three-year collaboration that will explore virtual reality therapies. -
Providence to use a blood test to detect cancer
Renton, Wash.-based Providence is expanding its partnership with healthcare company Grail to give patients access to a blood test that can detect hard-to-diagnose cancers.
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