In recent years, hospital breaches have dominated headlines and board-level discussions, shining a harsh light on cybersecurity and privacy vulnerabilities within clinical settings. Ransomware attacks targeting hospitals are becoming a daily threat, locking patient…
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Now that AI tools are everywhere, the question making headlines is whether businesses will see substantial returns from their AI investments. The answer for health plans is a definite yes. Health plans are using…
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TeamHealth, a physician-led practice, and Array Behavioral Care, a virtual psychiatry and therapy practice, have partnered in an effort to improve emergency mental health care, the companies shared with MedCity News exclusively.
Knoxville, Tennessee-based TeamHealth’s…
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Last December, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a rule that would make data encryption a standard and not optional across healthcare organizations that store and transfer patient health information.
In the…
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Gerardo Dada, Field Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Catchpoint
If we learned anything from the CrowdStrike fiasco of July 2024, it’s how much our daily lives depend on digital systems and how that reliance can…
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Talkspace, an online behavioral health company, launched an AI-powered feature on Monday that allows therapists to offer their clients personalized podcast episodes based on their therapy sessions.
New York City-based Talkspace offers virtual therapy, psychiatry…
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As someone who is knee deep in healthcare on a daily basis, there are a lot of things going on in the world that I follow with varying levels of attention. Sometimes these move…
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The rise in direct-to-patient therapeutics access via online compounding pharmacies and other direct-to-patient sales models has increased the likelihood of patients utilizing medications alongside other therapeutics and with various complex co-morbidities.
With the growth of…
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Demand for mental health services remains high, despite long wait lists and a massive shortage of providers. Last week, mental health care startup Two Chairs announced a major expansion to help address this need.
The…
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About 90% of healthcare organizations are insecurely connected to the internet and running systems vulnerable to exploitation by ransomware gangs, according to research released this week by cybersecurity firm Clarorty.
The report examined data from…
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