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 Telehealth, hybrid care adding to physicians’ EHR workload
Healthcare IT news - (Thursday May 2, 2024) While telehealth alone doesn’t appear to add significantly to a primary care physician’s workload, mixing modalities – telehealth and in-person hybrid care environments – led to a 6% increase in time spent with documentary…  UHG says it’s rebuilding Change Healthcare with cloud-based security
Healthcare IT news - (Thursday May 2, 2024) UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty testified on May 1 before both the House and Senate about the seismic February 21 cyberattack of UHG subsidiary Change Healthcare, which was infiltrated by the ALPHV ransomware gang. He… |
 Pelago Announces $58 Million Series C Funding to Strengthen Leadership in Substance Use Management | Healthcare IT Today
Healthcare IT Today - (Thursday May 2, 2024) Investment Follows Strong Employer and Health Plan Demand as Substance Use Management Moves from Niche Solution to Essential Benefit Resulting in 287% Revenue Growth in 2023 and 100% Client Retention  EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 5/2/24 – HIStalk
HIStalk - (Thursday May 2, 2024) The hot topic in the virtual physician lounge this week was that another company has decided that delivering healthcare is more difficult than it thought. |
 NHS Borders forms tech partnership with EQL for MSK care
Digital Health - (Thursday May 2, 2024) NHS Borders has partnered with EQL to roll out Phio, a digital solution for patients to gain rapid access to musculoskeletal healthcare, improving the health and quality of life for those in the region.The…  Consumers value patient-provider relationships in primary care
Patient Engagement HIT - (Thursday May 2, 2024) By Sara Heath May 02, 2024 – In a healthcare industry in constant evolution, the patient-provider relationship healthcare consumers seek tends to stay consistent, with patients saying in a recent U.S. News and World Report survey… |
 DHI publishes medical device cyber security market analysis
Digital Health - (Thursday May 2, 2024) Digital Health Intelligence has released the latest instalment of its analyses, where Lloyd Price examines the medical device cyber security (MDCS) market. The report presents a mixed picture of MDCS across the NHS in…  Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB collaborates on health data initiative
Digital Health - (Thursday May 2, 2024) A new partnership has been announced that will see Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board, Lichfield District Council and Impera Analytics Ltd collaborate to improve community wellbeing, by sharing anonymised NHS health data.The initiative… |
 3 Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Merge DICOM Toolkit – Radiology
HIT Consultant - (Thursday May 2, 2024) What You Should Know: – Security researchers at Nozomi Networks Labs identified three vulnerabilities in the Merge DICOM Toolkit C/C++ SDK (versions prior to v5.18). – These vulnerabilities could be exploited by attackers to crash medical…  How AI Can Increase the Success of Clinical Denials Appeals
HIT Consultant - (Thursday May 2, 2024) Steve Albert, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer, R1 It’s a perfect storm of financial pressures facing healthcare provider organizations – from rising costs to labor shortages to constrained capacity – that stymies revenue… |
