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View ArticleRx tech helps Cone Health get more accurate meds histories in its Epic EHR
At Cone Health, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, upon admission, at transitions of care within the hospital and at discharge, clinical staff were making numerous phone calls to local pharmacies to...
View ArticleReport: Windows had most security vulnerabilities of any Microsoft product...
An Atlas VPN analysis published this week found that the number of vulnerabilities in Microsoft products reached 1,268 this past year. Windows, the product with the most security issues, had a total...
View ArticleNetwork security vendor COO accused of medical center cyberattack
On June 10, the Department of Justice announced that the chief operating officer of an Atlanta-area network security company had been arrested on charges relating to a 2018 cyberattack on a Georgia...
View ArticleTo fulfill AI's potential, healthcare orgs must enact safeguards
Artificial intelligence and machine learning have the power to spur enormous change in the healthcare industry. At the same time, experts caution that it could pose a threat to the privacy of patient...
View ArticleONC releases draft of address standardization specification
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has partnered with standards development organizations and other experts to release the Project US@ Draft Technical...
View ArticleMore than 1B CVS Health records exposed in online database
Security researchers earlier this spring discovered a database containing more than a billion records, including emails that could be targeted in a phishing attack for social engineering.The database,...
View ArticleHow can health systems ensure their machine learning practices are ethical?
Machine learning has the potential to completely transform the way healthcare is delivered, but unlocking those new approaches can come with risks.Ethical questions should be asked in the design and...
View ArticleHow telemedicine can help everyone have a primary care physician
The National Academy of Medicine recently released a report urging everyone to have a primary care physician. The report went on to recommend that telehealth could have a role to play in this expansion...
View ArticleScripps Health hit with class action suits after ransomware attack
Multiple class-action lawsuits have been filed in state and federal court against Scripps Health following the ransomware attack that took down its network this May.As reported by theSan Diego...
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Hospital for Special Surgery accelerates speed to care for vulnerable patients
At New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery, the process for reporting critical lab results was a prime candidate for modernization.THE PROBLEMA typical workflow involved a message from a lab tech...
View ArticleEye clinic cyberattack may have exposed info from 500K patients
A cybersecurity incident at an Iowa group eye clinic could have exposed the personal information of nearly 500,000 current and former patients. According to a press release this week, back in February...
View ArticleEHR snooping: 7,000+ Ohio health system patients potentially victimized
An Ohio-based health system began notifying patients this past week that a former employee may have inappropriately accessed their private records. Aultman Health Foundation, which is headquartered in...
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