– Hospitals and health systems nationwide saw a sizable increase in delayed or missing payments in the first quarter, due in part to a recent, large-scale disruption to payment processing services, according to a…
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Unification of Content Will Unlock the Next Phase of Healthcare InnovationBy Greg Samios
Greg Samios, MBA is president and CEO of clinical effectiveness of Wolters Kluwer Health.
The pressures and challenges in the…
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The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center issued a threat alert Friday about the Russia-backed ransomware group Black Basta, warning of its accelerated attempted attacks against the healthcare sector.Prompted by H-ISAC, the American Hospital Association also…
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Cybercriminals don’t seem like they will stop using healthcare institutions as target practice anytime soon, as another major organization fell victim to a cyberattack this week.
Ascension, a St. Louis-based health system with 140 hospitals…
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The ongoing impact of the February 21 Change Healthcare cyberattack and subsequent system outage threatens the sustainability of physician practices across the country, possibly resulting in closures, which could destabilize patient care in some…
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What You Should Know: – Particle Health, a healthcare data platform company, is addressing concerns about a reported data access disruption with electronic health record (EHR) giant Epic. – Particle Health emphasizes that the…
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We’re at a fascinating time in healthcare as it relates to patient access and flow. Healthcare is coming out of that period of change and disruption from the pandemic, which made us realize we…
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An Optum dashboard shows that 115 of the 137 Change Healthcare applications remain down 37 days after the company was hit by a cyberattack.
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From Former Epic: “Re: Epic. There has always been…
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By Victoria Bailey
March 20, 2024 – The majority of hospitals say the Change Healthcare cyberattack is negatively affecting their finances and hindering patient care access, according to a survey from the American Hospital Association (AHA).
Change…
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By Victoria Bailey
March 19, 2024 – The Change Healthcare cyberattack is costing Massachusetts hospitals at least $24 million per day, according to the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association (MHA).
After Change Healthcare’s network was interrupted by…
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