The rising tide of cyberattacks on healthcare organizations has necessitated swift legislative action. The bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2024 aims to strengthen cybersecurity across the healthcare sector, offering crucial support…
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Introduction
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was designed to protect sensitive patient data and ensure compliance within the healthcare sector. However, a recent report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) indicates…
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has become the latest acute trust to select Nervecentre as its preferred supplier for an electronic patient record (EPR).
After a detailed tendering process, the trust chose Nervecentre to drive…
One year after the launch of NHS England’s federated data platform (FDP) many of the initial concerns about its adoption have proven unfounded, argues Matthew Taylor, chief executive of NHS Confederation.
A year is a…
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has suffered a data breach that has seen confidential information published online and shared via social media.
A statement posted on the trust’s website on 28 November 2024, said:…
Health tech startup PocDoc has raised £5 million in pre-series A round to help grow its app-based platform that delivers end-to-end digital pathways for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of disease.
The conclusion of the…
Itzik Cohen, CEO at PayZen
Hospitals serve as the lifeblood of our communities, delivering essential healthcare services to millions while also providing critical jobs nationwide. However, many of these indispensable institutions face severe financial strain….
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Dave Lamar, Chief Growth Officer of MediQuant
Organizations of every size and industry experience challenges associated with technical debt, which refers to future costs and inefficiencies resulting from not retiring outmoded IT applications.
The challenges are…
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Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) is proposing to let go of about a third of positions in data and digital.It contemplates cutting approximately 653 full-time-equivalent roles – excluding vacancies – from Digital Services,…
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Top News
Business Insider reports that many digital health startups are cutting their valuations, shutting down, or being quietly acquired for parts after raising no new venture capital since the ZIRP heyday of 2021.
Venture…
