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 NextGen Healthcare Enters into Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Thoma Bravo | Healthcare IT Today
Healthcare IT Today - (Tuesday September 12, 2023) NextGen Healthcare Shareholders to Receive $23.95 Per Share in Cash, a 46.4% Premium to Unaffected Stock Price  Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA): Why More Is Not Always Better
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday September 12, 2023) Dana D’Ambrosio, M.S., BCBA, LBA, Director, Clinical Development at RethinkFutures In a society where so many want more—more money, more time off, more adventure—few stop to question the logic of insatiably wanting “more.” Perhaps, no… |
 High Drug Costs Threatening the Affordability of Employer-Sponsored Healthcare
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday September 12, 2023) Constance Sjoquist, Senior Healthcare Analyst with RazorMetrics Large employers report that the biggest threat to self-funding medical coverage is the increasingly high cost of pharmacy claims. In their annual Health Benefits Priorities survey, MBGH found…  A deep learning-based electrocardiogram risk score for long term cardiovascular death and disease
npj Digital Medicine - (Tuesday September 12, 2023) The electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most frequently performed cardiovascular diagnostic test, but it is unclear how much information resting ECGs contain about long term cardiovascular risk. Here we report that a deep convolutional neural… |
 NIST releases draft algorithms for quantum-resistant cryptography
Healthcare IT news - (Tuesday September 12, 2023) The National Institute of Standards and Technology is accepting feedback on the Federal Information Processing Standards 203, 204 and 205 draft standards until November 22, according to its announcement in the Federal Register.Following the…  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly ICB launch Strata Health Platform
Digital Health - (Tuesday September 12, 2023) Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) has launched Strata Health’s referral platform, a unified electronic system to help streamline patient referrals across the primary, secondary, community and social services sectors within… |
 North West Ambulance Service pilots hypertension initiative
Digital Health - (Tuesday September 12, 2023) North West Ambulance Service has piloted a scheme in Greater Manchester which is helping to identify previously unrecognised cases of hypertension, with the initiative set to be rolled out region-wide in the future.The pilot…  Epic Secures New EHR Clients as Intermountain and UPMC Transition from Cerner
DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Tuesday September 12, 2023) Epic secures Intermountain Healthcare and UPMC as new EHR clients, with both health systems transitioning from Cerner. Intermountain plans to implement Epic’s EHR across its extensive network by the end of 2025, citing higher… |
 Maksim Galochkin Faces Charges in Ransomware Attacks
DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Tuesday September 12, 2023) Maksim Galochkin is one of nine people who have been charged for their role in hacks that used the Trickbot and Conti ransomware. They attacked over 900 victims worldwide, including hospitals, and severely damaged…  Scala Biodesign Launches with $5.5M to Revolutionize Protein Applications
DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Tuesday September 12, 2023) Tel Aviv-based Scala Biodesign has unveiled with $5.5 million in funding led by TLV Partners. The company employs AI, physics-based modeling, and biological data analysis to enhance proteins, generating improved antibodies, enzymes, and vaccine… |