Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS)enterprise image systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

Phishing attack affects 16,000 in Michigan

A phishing attack on an employee's email is the source of a potential data breach affecting 16,000 patients of a Michigan practice. 

Oklahoma's Medicaid MU payments over by $800K

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority has made incorrect Medicaid Meaningful Use incentive payments to healthcare professionals totaling $888,250, according to a report from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General.

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Shocking news on diagnostic errors

This week, the Institute of Medicine issued a new report that delivered the shocking news that most patients will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime.  

55K affected by employee's data theft

It's another inside job. In July, a former CVS Health employee inappropriately accessed the data of a California healthcare organization, compromising the information of 54,203 patients.

Optical imaging, informatics and more featured in Top 10 medical technologies list

Market research firm Frost & Sullivan has released its list of the top 10 medical device and imaging technologies that will help manage the increasing frequency of chronic diseases around the globe.

Vt. theft affects 2K patients

The health data of about 2,000 patients has been compromised after burglers broke into the medical offices of a family medicine physician in Vermont.

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Sen. Alexander calls for MU delay

Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has called for a delay until Jan. 1, 2017, of making final rules for Meaningful Use Stage 3. 

Societies band together seeking pause in Meaningful Use

A group of 42 medical societies have banded together to urge a delay in the Meaningful Use program. 

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The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks. 

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met.