By Jill McKeon March 23, 2023 – Postal Prescription Services (PPS), part of Kroger, notified more than 82,000 Kroger customers of a data breach that stemmed from an internal error resulting in improper sharing of…
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By Hannah Nelson March 23, 2023 – Among enterprise EHR vendors, advanced users of Epic reported the most health information exchange (HIE) connections, according to a KLAS report on interoperability.
KLAS spoke with EHR vendor-identified “deep adopters” to…
Levels has done something truly transformative: the company made continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) accessible to the general population and every day consumer. In many circles, it seems the trend of bringing healthcare to the…
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Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed a sensitive diagnostic test for viral pathogens that is suitable for use in low-resource regions. The test is based on CRISPR proteins that…
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Many of us take high quality internet connectivity for granted since our home networks and cell phones have gotten so good. However, you know how much it impacts you personally if you have ever…
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London is one of the biggest hubs of healthcare innovation in Europe. London healthtech startups secured $2.9bn in funding from 2016 to 2021 according to data from London & Partners and Dealroom.co. The findings…
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By Hannah Nelson March 23, 2023 – A new Epic EHR integration aims to simplify provider access to genetic testing information within Aura, Epic’s specialty diagnostics suite.
Epic partnered with medical genetics company Invitae on the…
By Mark Melchionna March 23, 2023 – In determining the accuracy associated with pulse oximetry readings for children, Black patients were found to be more likely to receive false indications of hypoxemia or lack thereof,…
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By Jill McKeon March 23, 2023 – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an updated version of its Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs), a set of voluntary practices that critical infrastructure organizations may adopt…
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People are always asking me how I’m reacting to various things in the news. I was saddened last week to see that Pear Therapeutics is searching for ways to remain viable. They were one…
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