EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 9/21/23 – HIStalk
I was back in the patient trenches this week, having needed an appointment at a practice where I’m only seen every two or three years. This time around it was less than three, which…
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LifeMD partners with pharma company for direct-to-consumer hormone therapy
Publicly traded telemedicine company LifeMD announced it is partnering with women’s health-focused specialty pharmaceutical company ASCEND Therapeutics to improve access to EstroGel, a hormone therapy for postmenopausal women. The FDA-approved gel is used to alleviate…
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HC3: Lazaraus Group malware targets health systems’ ManageEngine vulnerabilities
The Lazaraus Group, which Cisco Talus reported to be targeting internet backbone infrastructure and healthcare entities in Europe and the United States, evolved its MagicRAT malware and deployed the trojan within five days of…
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How health systems can better protect patient privacy
Dr. Eric Liederman, director of medical informatics for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, says good communications with patients about cybersecurity protection is essential – even as risks to protected health information are on the…
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KLAS: State of Virtual Sitting & Nursing Market Insights 2023
What You Should Know:
Virtual sitting and virtual nursing solutions are receiving attention from healthcare organizations. Although the use of virtual nursing especially is not yet widespread, and although both use cases often require a…
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ELLKAY Selected as CommonWell’s New Technical Service Provider | Healthcare IT Today
One of the biggest networks for sharing health data in the country is CommonWell Health Alliance. After some changes in the industry and some acquisitions, CommonWell was in need of a new technical service…
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AI-enabled efficiencies can improve patient outcomes and reduce clinician burnout
Healthcare organizations are known for holding onto as much data as they can amass. And with good reason: With so many valuable insights and patterns able to be derived from all that patient information,…
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Metriport Launches Open-Source API to Instantly Pull Medical Records from Any EHR
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Metriport, the company on a mission to provide instant and efficient access to comprehensive patient medical data, is launching its Medical API—the world’s only open-source, single API platform—to retrieve patient clinical…
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Atropos Health Goes Global With New Funding from Samsung, Presido Ventures
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Atropos Health, a pioneer in evidence-based healthcare known for its Green Button Clinical Informatics Consult Service, today announced that it has completed strategic financing from Presidio Ventures, the venture arm of Sumitomo…
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Addressing the Mental Health Crisis: Why Personalized Digital Solutions Are Essential To Meet Growing Demand | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Byron Crowe, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Solera
Demand for mental services has never been higher, and an ongoing shortage of psychiatrists and psychologists is preventing millions of…