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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Nearly 200 radiology reports never sent to patients' referring providers, health authority says

Complaints stemming from such delays prompted officials to look further into the issue, eventually leading them to discover that nearly 200 reports had not been sent to patients’ referring providers. 

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Ransomware gang claims credit for Signature Healthcare cyberattack—albeit temporarily

Brockton Hospital, part of Signature Healthcare, was hit by a “cybersecurity incident” on Monday that forced ambulances to divert patients to other emergency rooms. As the hospital worked to get systems back online, the ransomware gang Anubis claimed responsibility for the breach, then removed their post.

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CareCloud hit by data breach that could impact millions

The publicly traded EHR and cloud healthcare IT infrastructure company confirmed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that hackers were able to breach its network in March for roughly eight hours, gaining partial access to patient record stores. The incident is being investigated.

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Private equity-backed groups more likely to offer radiologists remote roles

Although teleradiology positions are increasing in number, not all employers are keen on offering remote reading capabilities. 

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Arizona cardiology practice paying $3.85M to resolve lawsuit after data breach

The 2023 incident potentially gave an attacker access to the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of thousands of heart patients.

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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.