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UHNM Heart and Lung Centre to help develop national AI training

Digital Health - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
AI/ Digital Health/ Frequent Updates

Claire Peacock, clinical exercise physiologist at UHNM (second left), with members of UHNM’s Heart Support Group (Credit: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust)

The Heart and Lung Centre at University Hospitals of North…

Healthcare Data Breach Costs Solara $3M Settlement

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
Daily Reads/ DistilINFO Hospital IT

The Security Incident
A phishing attack between April-June 2019 compromised eight employee email accounts at Solara Medical Supplies, exposing sensitive data of 114,000+ individuals.
Impact and Information Exposed

Names
Social Security numbers
Bank details
Patient login credentials
Medical diagnoses
Contact information

Investigation Findings
HHS…

Digital Health Tech Adoption Among Older Americans

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
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Key Demographics Impact Digital Health Usage
Recent research reveals 95.6% of older Americans use digital devices, with 81.4% specifically utilizing digital health technologies. Female respondents show higher adoption rates at 53.4% compared to males at…

Smart Data Challenge Launches £600k Innovation Prize

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
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Overview
The UK government’s £600,000 Smart Data Challenge aims to revolutionize cross-sector data innovation, focusing on financial services, energy, retail, transport, and property markets.
Prize Structure & Timeline

Initial funding: Up to £50,000 for 10 finalists (May…

Preserving information while respecting privacy through an information theoretic framework for synthetic health data generation

npj Digital Medicine - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
AI/ Frequent Updates/ npj Digital Medicine

Generating synthetic data from medical records is a complex task intensified by patient privacy concerns. In recent years, multiple approaches have been reported for the generation of synthetic data, however, limited attention was given…

Cybersecurity Threats Continue to Rise for Healthcare Organizations, Research Shows – MedCity News

MedCity News - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
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Cybercriminals remain a major threat in the healthcare sector — with the vast majority of healthcare organizations reporting spotting a cyberattack and suffering financial consequences as a result in the past 12 months, according…

5 Lessons from Modernizing a Public Health Database System

HealthTech Magazine - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
Frequent Updates/ HealthTech Magazine

A large federal health agency wanted to modernize its complex public health database system to a new cloud-based database, but the IT team faced an uphill battle. Stakeholders on the project told them, “You’re…

Barriers and Facilitators in Implementing a Telemonitoring Application for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Health Professionals: Ancillary Implementation Study of the NeLLY (New Health e-Link in the Lyon Region) Stepped-Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR mHealth and uHealth - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
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Background: The use of telemonitoring to manage renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is recommended by health authorities. However, despite these recommendations, the adoption of telemonitoring by both health care professionals…

Ransomware Groups Increasingly Target Hospitals and Clinics

HIT Consultant - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
Digital Health/ Frequent Updates/ HIT Consultant

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What You Should Know: 

– Black Kite, a provider of third-party cyber risk intelligence, has released new data revealing a disturbing trend: ransomware groups are disproportionately targeting healthcare organizations. 

– The research, conducted by…

GAMEFILM Registry to Study Heart Health in Retired NFL Players

HIT Consultant - (Thursday January 23, 2025)
AI/ Digital Health/ Frequent Updates/ HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: 

– HeartFlow, a global leader in AI-driven heart care solutions, and Boone Heart Institute, a renowned cardiovascular care provider in Denver, today announced the launch of the GAMEFILM Registry. 

– GAMEFILM Registry…


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