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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Russian cybercrime group hits PBM with ransomware

Hackers at Qilin claimed credit for a data breach at MedImpact, a pharmacy benefit manager serving insurance plans. The company said the incident is still under investigation, and so far it appears no protected health information was compromised.

Sirona Medical

FDA clears new cloud-native advanced imaging suite

The product will become available to certain users as early as next week, according to a news release on its recent approval. 

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Community hospital in Colorado thwarts ransomware attack, says patient data is safe

Family West Health, a 25-bed facility, said it spotted a cyberattack this week that forced it to shut down IT systems. However, it confirmed patient care was not impacted.

Heywood Hospital

Cyberattack forces Massachusetts hospital into ‘Code Black’

A “cybersecurity incident” at Heywood Healthcare forced it to halt all emergency services at one of its hospitals. Details on what happened remain largely unclear. 

Assisted-living facilities in Florida, Alabama hit with cyberattack that impacted 26,000

The incident at Methodist Homes is now over a year old but was only recently disclosed to the public. The nature of the data breach remains unknown; however, it has been confirmed that hackers accessed protected health information.

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HLTH 25 in Las Vegas: News roundup from the annual conference

The 2025 HLTH convention in Las Vegas, held at the Venetian Expo Center, brought together vendors, researchers and healthcare providers for four days of presentations, panels, awards and industry announcements. Here's a selection of news from the show floor. 

Humana

Humana, Providence unveil interoperable data-sharing framework

The two companies said their model for exchanging payer and provider data will be “easily replicable” and could be adopted across the healthcare space. The initial rollout of the system will be focused on automatically identifying Medicare Advantage patients. 

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Over half of emergency CT requests are considered 'inadequate'

Up to 72% of CT requisitions from ED providers could be considered inadequate according to RI-RADS, which was developed to evaluate the clinical reasoning quality of imaging orders.