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Texas hospital hit by cyberattack that exposed data on 257K patients to hackers
Cost-related medication non-adherence declined after the Inflation Reduction Act
Over 130 hospitals sue HHS over changes to the DSH payment calculation that could cost facilities billions
Oracle cuts thousands of jobs as AI investments fail to pay off
Private equity-backed cardiology practice adding new in-house smart lab powered by AI
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Cybersecurity experts believe AI is changing their work at a ‘fundamental’ level

Is the edge with the cybercriminals looking for weak points in firewalls? Or the security professionals trying to stop the bad guys from finding any? 

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Arizona cardiology practice paying $3.85M to resolve lawsuit after data breach

The 2023 incident potentially gave an attacker access to the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of thousands of heart patients.

Connecticut hospital accused of running ‘fake’ telehealth ICU that led to man’s death

Bridgeport Hospital, part of Yale New Haven Health, is accused in a lawsuit of not staffing an overnight physician in an intensive care unit. It’s alleged that the remote care coordination caused delays that led to the death of 26-year-old Conor Hylton, who was experiencing emergency seizure-like symptoms.

Pausing elective operations cost hospitals $22B in 2020

Hospitals lost out on roughly $22.3 billion over just a three-month period in 2020 after pausing elective surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in Annals of Surgery.

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Telehealth, AI will drive healthcare delivery revolution through 2030

Technology adoption in healthcare is at an all-time high, and the attractiveness of telehealth and other innovative solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to continue driving how healthcare is delivered through the next decade.

 

Biden to undo Trump-era healthcare policies

The Biden-Harris administration is planning to sign two executive orders to provide healthcare relief for those needing insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as undo some Trump administration policies that undermined the Affordable Care Act.

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Largest nurses’ union launches collective action to ‘demand our corporate hospital employers put patients before profits during COVID and beyond’

Registered nurses took to the streets en masse Jan. 27 to “demand hospital execs protect us and our communities with safe staffing.”

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Americans much more wary than South Koreans about sharing whereabouts to help counter COVID

The researchers solicited 306 adults—188 in the U.S. and 118 in South Korea—for their views on contact tracing, quarantine monitoring and public mapping of sites recently visited by COVID-positive individuals.

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AI recognizes cognitive decline in headshots

Researchers have used deep learning software to accurately detect age-related cognitive impairment using only photos of patients’ faces.

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Hologic closing $18B merger deal as CEO announces retirement

The Marlborough, Massachusetts-based breast imaging vendor expects its sale to TPG and Blackstone to officially close on April 7.