By Jill McKeon
July 05, 2023 – Strong authentication practices can help healthcare organizations mitigate breach risk and maintain compliance, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reminded covered entities in its June 2023 newsletter.
According to…
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By Hannah Nelson
July 05, 2023 – Standards-development organization Health Level Seven International (HL7) and The World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a Project Collaboration Agreement to support the global adoption of open interoperability standards.
Adopting interoperability…
By Mark Melchionna
June 30, 2023 – Among those with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), a blood pressure (BP) home monitoring resource combined with the use of medication for BP titration helped with keeping patients out…
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QuantHealth, an Israeli AI-enabled clinical trial-design startup, announced that David Dornstreich is joining the company as its general manager and chief commercial officer of U.S. operations, which marks its entry into the U.S. market. Dornstreich previously…
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By Jill McKeon
June 30, 2023 – Medtronic notified the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of a cybersecurity vulnerability (CVE-2023-31222) found in its Paceart Optima System. If exploited, threat actors may be able to execute…
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A new project led by the University of Queensland seeks to create a national data network that will support the development of novel solutions for managing chronic diseases.Recently, the National Infrastructure for Federated Learning…
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Just in time for the long holiday weekend, HHS publishes a 130-page final rule outlining the civil money penalties health IT developers will incur for information-blocking. HHS may published a proposed rule for…
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By Hannah Nelson
June 29, 2023 – The Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP), which operates CliniSync, a nonprofit health information exchange (HIE), has announced an expanded partnership that aims to improve interoperability and data usability.
OHIP selected…
A recent study identified seven risk factors for early-onset colorectal cancer in males under 50, potentially improving screening practices. Colorectal cancer rates have been rising among younger individuals, leading to a decrease in the…
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As the new National Health Service England chief information officer, John Quinn will run and be tasked with innovating the NHS’s critical technical infrastructure and managing cybersecurity for national services.WHY IT MATTERS
Quinn previously spent…
