Hospitals across the nation are shuttering their maternity wards — fueled by staffing troubles, a declining birth rate, insufficient Medicaid reimbursement and the financial pressures associated with operating a 24-hour labor and delivery unit.
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Finland-based Oura, the maker of its namesake health tracking ring, announced it added two heart health monitoring features to its Oura Ring wearable device, Cardiovascular Age (CVA) and Cardio Capacity, which will be available…
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With the Veterans Affairs electronic health records modernization contract up for its first of four annual renegotiations, senators serving on the VA Committee sent a letter to Tanya Bradsher, VA deputy secretary, pointing out that more mistakes…
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The healthcare industry is facing a critical shortage of skilled nuclear radiologists, threatening timely cancer treatment and care. With only 53% of training programs at full enrollment, innovative solutions are needed to address the…
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I have friends who work for Ascension. The concerns coming out of their facilities, which are offline due to a ransomware attack, are quite serious. It sounds like they haven’t done adequate downtime preparation,…
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The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center issued a threat alert Friday about the Russia-backed ransomware group Black Basta, warning of its accelerated attempted attacks against the healthcare sector.Prompted by H-ISAC, the American Hospital Association also…
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is offering new money for innovations around AI data quality and technology adoption for behavioral health.WHY IT MATTERSIn a new special emphasis notice under its…
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For the 140th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are talking about the Change Healthcare ransomware attack. To kick this episode off, we share our insights on what has happened in the…
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The following is a guest article by Nitin Kunte, Sr. Director at NTT DATA
On February 8, 2024, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Health Data, Technology, and…
