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 systems, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity researcher provides more details on $200K ransom pinned on Doctor Alliance
The outlet DataBreaches.net was able to gather more details on the alleged hack on the healthcare billing automation platform, said to be perpetrated by a notorious cybercriminal.
Toddler dies after allegedly being given 10 times too much potassium due to decimal error
A lawsuit contends that De’Markus Page, 2, died because no one at University of Florida Health’s Shands Teaching Hospital spotted the errors, which should have been labeled as a “red flag” by EHR systems.
$200K ransom demanded of Doctor Alliance after hackers say they stole 1.2M files
Someone self-identifying as "Kazu" posted a sample of the data trove on a dark web forum, which was discovered by cybersecurity researchers. The company has not confirmed a data breach occurred.
Hospital alerts dozens after failure to relay imaging results turns deadly
Health officials launched a review of over 21,000 imaging exams after determining that numerous patients had pertinent findings fly under the radar for months.
CMS’ AI program to add prior authorizations to traditional Medicare; new bill aims to stop it
President Donald Trump’s administration argues that their “WISeR” model will eliminate unnecessary testing and save Medicare money. But eight Democrats opposing it think it will only bring Medicare Advantage chaos to Part A and Part B.

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Cybersecurity researcher provides more details on $200K ransom pinned on Doctor Alliance

The outlet DataBreaches.net was able to gather more details on the alleged hack on the healthcare billing automation platform, said to be perpetrated by a notorious cybercriminal.

Toddler dies after allegedly being given 10 times too much potassium due to decimal error

A lawsuit contends that De’Markus Page, 2, died because no one at University of Florida Health’s Shands Teaching Hospital spotted the errors, which should have been labeled as a “red flag” by EHR systems.

$200K ransom demanded of Doctor Alliance after hackers say they stole 1.2M files

Someone self-identifying as "Kazu" posted a sample of the data trove on a dark web forum, which was discovered by cybersecurity researchers. The company has not confirmed a data breach occurred.

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Hospital alerts dozens after failure to relay imaging results turns deadly

Health officials launched a review of over 21,000 imaging exams after determining that numerous patients had pertinent findings fly under the radar for months.

CMS’ AI program to add prior authorizations to traditional Medicare; new bill aims to stop it

President Donald Trump’s administration argues that their “WISeR” model will eliminate unnecessary testing and save Medicare money. But eight Democrats opposing it think it will only bring Medicare Advantage chaos to Part A and Part B.

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PocketHealth's latest agentic AI offering improves patient compliance, reduces administrative costs

Conductor is a platform of AI-enabled agents that can read clinical documents and orders, call patients and orchestrate appointments.

California chooses Innovaccer's AI to improve Medicaid outcomes for vulnerable populations

The company will analyze claims data from over 2 million people enrolled in Medi-Cal. The data will be used for compliance reporting and to improve patient care coordination.

Rad Partners commercializes teleradiology platform pioneered by acquired company vRad

The product is a fully integrated, artificial intelligence-enabled technology tool, providing real-time analytics to interested outside radiology groups.