The Petya cyberattack which has disrupted hospitals, radiology services and pharmaceutical companies is a forcing one West Virginia facility to scrap its entire computer network.

According to survey released by the Pistoria Alliance, 83 percent of executives in life sciences and pharmaceutical companies believe there will be widespread adoption of healthcare blockchain tools within the next five years.

Availity, the nation’s largest real-time health information network, announced the launch of its automated prior authorization platform, which eliminates the cost, time, and administrative burdens associated with manual authorization processes.

The “internet of things,” or IoT, is in its infancy everywhere in healthcare, according to Warren Averett security services director Paul Perry. For those on the finance side of hospitals and health systems, he says this connected technology offers great opportunity to those who realize its potential.

The largest telemedicine provider in the U.S., Teladoc, has announced a $440 million deal to acquire virtual consultation company Best Doctors in a move that could further consolidate its hold on the telehealth market.

A donation of a high performance computing (HPC) system to Marshfield Clinic Research Institute (MCRI) from Milwaukee Institute, Inc., will advance health care research and innovative treatment options at Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS). 

Out of the $6 billion CMS made in Medicare electronic health records (EHR) incentive payments by June 2014, the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) estimated $729 million was paid to professionals who didn’t meet meaningful use requirements.

Apple has brought on Sumbul Desai, MD, for an undefined senior role which CNBC said “demonstrates that Apple is taking its health ambitions seriously.”