Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS)enterprise image systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

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Texas hospital hit by cyberattack that exposed data on 257K patients to hackers

In a statement, Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital said the incident occurred on Jan. 31. Stolen information included names, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers and more. No cybercrime gang has claimed credit for the data breach.

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Oracle cuts thousands of jobs as AI investments fail to pay off

The cloud infrastructure company said in a recent investor meeting that its heavy spending on AI has been complicated by the global GPU and CPU shortage. Some 10,000 workers have reportedly been laid off, but the true number is unknown.

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Hospital's digital intelligence platform cuts imaging wait times, but with a caveat

The closed-loop digital platform is equipped with an intelligent scheduling algorithm and a dynamic report dispatching system.

Ransomware attack on UMMC causes 20% drop in revenue due to delayed patient care

The report on the financials comes from Mississippi Today. University of Mississippi Medical Center said it’s still processing paper backups and has extended clinic hours to address the backlog of elective surgeries and bring revenue back up to expectations. The attack happened in February and caused non-emergency operations at the health system to shut down for nine days. 

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Novartis sued for allegedly leaking data on breast cancer patient to Google, Contentsquare

In a lawsuit seeking class action status, a woman identified as “P.M.” said she began using the website for Kisqali, a Novartis breast cancer treatment, in late 2024 shortly after being issued a prescription. Unbeknownst to her, sensitive data she shared when seeking a discount may have been shared with advertisers.

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CMS leaves the ’80s behind with shift away from snail mail correspondence, fax machines

In a Final Rule revealed last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services outlined its plan to exchange medical records, diagnostic images and clinical notes electronically using secure protocols. Once the rule is published in the Federal Register, any HIPAA-covered entity that interacts with Medicare will have two years to follow CMS into the modern age.

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9 ways cardiovascular IT systems can improve your day-to-day workflow

Bringing in a new and improved cardiovascular IT system can save physicians a ton of time and lead to considerable cost savings.

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Radiologists, rad techs, physicists and nuclear medicine urge HHS to fix costly image-sharing processes

Imaging groups recently conveyed their concerns to Health and Human Services in a letter submitted March 16.