News 8/23/23 – HIStalk
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Waystar is reportedly considering an IPO that could value the healthcare payments business at $8 billion.
The company, formed in 2017 through the merger of Navicure and ZirMed, was valued at $2.7 billion…
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HIMSS Davies Award Laureates Elevate Quality with AI, Telehealth, and More
Recent HIMSS Davies Award winners, including Stanford Medicine, Saint Luke’s, Mackenzie Health, and China Medical University Hospital, are recognized for their innovative use of technology and information to improve healthcare quality. Stanford Medicine employs…
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AWS launches interactive healthcare cloud training
Amazon Web Services worked with customers and partners across Latin America, Canada and the Caribbean to develop and test AWS Industry Quest: Healthcare and to teach them to build cloud solutions that can benefit healthcare…
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CISA, International Partners Identify Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities
By Sarai Rodriguez
August 07, 2023 – A group of international cybersecurity authorities released a list of the top routinely exploited vulnerabilities of 2022, highlighting commonly overlooked vulnerabilities that organizations should prioritize patching immediately.
The alert was…
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CISA Warns of Truebot Activity Infecting US Networks
By Jill McKeon
July 10, 2023 – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS)…
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Influencing Factors to mHealth Uptake With Indigenous Populations: Qualitative Systematic Review
Background: The advancements and abundance of mobile phones and portable health devices have created an opportunity to use mobile health (mHealth) for population health systems. There is increasing evidence for the feasibility and acceptance…
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Despite Preferences for In-Person Care, Patients Are Open to Telehealth
By Mark Melchionna
June 22, 2023 – An EY Global Consumer Health Survey of 2023 provided insight into the overarching preference that patients have for in-person care but also noted relatively high levels of willingness to…
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Huma receives 510(k) Class II clearance for its disease-agnostic platform
UK-based digital health tech company Huma has received FDA 510(k) Class II clearance for its configurable disease-agnostic Software as a Medical Device platform, which includes the company’s cardiovascular risk score algorithm. The company, which received…
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Florida Bans Offshore Storage of Health Records
Florida has implemented new regulations prohibiting healthcare providers from storing electronic health records (EHRs) offshore or relying on third-party vendors outside the US and Canada with access to patient data. The amended laws require…
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Florida bans offshore health record storage
As of July 1, the Florida Electronic Health Records Act requires that the offsite storage of protected health information be physically maintained in the continental U.S., its territories or Canada.WHY IT MATTERS
In addition, Florida’s…
