News 5/12/23 – HIStalk
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London-based, digital-first primary care operator Babylon Health will take itself private, 18 months after it went public in a SPAC merger that the CEO says was a “big mistake.”
The company just reported…
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EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 5/11/23 – HIStalk
I’ve been in Wisconsin this week attending the first week of Epic’s annual XGM, or Xpert Group Meeting. Although there’s always a lot of chatter about the fabled User Group Meeting in late…
Healthcare AI News 5/10/23
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AI-powered drug discovery could represent a $50 billion opportunity for big pharma according to a Bloomberg article, which notes that one drug company paid $4 billion for drug that was developed by a startup…
Readers Write: Rural Hospitals Need Federal Assistance to Strengthen IT Security Posture
Rural Hospitals Need Federal Assistance to Strengthen IT Security Posture By Kate Pierce
Kate Pierce, MSMIITA is senior virtual information security officer and executive director of the Subsidy program of Fortified Health Security of Franklin,…
Readers Write: Turning Data into Action to Address Social Determinants of Health
Turning Data into Action to Address Social Determinants of HealthBy George Dealy
George Dealy, MS is VP of healthcare applications of Dimensional Insight of Burlington, MA.
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are widely recognized as critical…
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News 5/10/23
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Hackers breach the systems of NextGen Healthcare and access the information of one million patients, according to a filed breach report.
The company says that its cloud-based NextGen Office EHR/PM was accessed using…
Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 5/8/23
I’m back in the air this week with some weekend travel, which I don’t usually do. My flight was nearly all vacation travelers. The boarding process started with someone spilling his coffee all over…
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Monday Morning Update 5/8/23
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UC San Diego Health will use a $22 million donation to create a mission control center for digital medical data.
The health system notes that many systems issue constant streams of potentially useful data,…
News 5/5/23
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The Drug Enforcement Administration, reacting to the record 38,000 comments it received about its intention to reinstate pre-COVID telehealth prescribing limitations for controlled drugs with the end of the public health emergency, will…
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EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 5/4/23
I was back in the patient trenches this week, having my regular trip through the scanner to determine whether the next six months will be smooth sailing or something else entirely.
What I…
