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How COVID-19 is impacting hospitals' IT purchasing decisions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

On-site implementations have been slowed, said John Moore, founder and managing partner of Chilmark Research – affected to a great extent by the ability of IT personnel to have wide access to hospital facilities that are treating larger censuses of patients. There's still an amount of work being done in the cloud."

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Cofactor AI Launches Platform to Help Hospitals Fight Tidal Wave of Claims Denials and Announces $4 Million Seed Round

Healthcare IT Today

For hospitals, it costs $181 on average to appeal a single claim. Further, many incorrect denials go unappealed by hospitals due to the time and energy required to appeal them. Denials continue to plague the healthcare industry, compounding the already complicated payment model.

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The Healthcare Cybersecurity Ecosystem: A System in Need of Comprehensive Care

Healthcare IT Today

The lapse didnt just hit hospitals; it disrupted insurers, pharmacies, providers, and patients nationwide. MOVEit, a widely used file transfer platform in the healthcare industry, highlighted weaknesses in vendor ecosystems, posing a significant challenge for private equity-backed companies that depend on outsourced IT or data services.

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HIMSSCast: A pro checks in on the status of the health IT stock market

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

He discusses private health IT companies, and if HIT is more of a private company industry. Hospital IT was big 15 years ago around HITECH, of course. Vagefi offers his views on why there don't seem to be as many health IT stocks as there used to be. Has momentum shifted to companies more on the digital health front vs. EHRs?

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4 reasons why the healthcare industry is vulnerable to cyber attacks

Digital Leaders HealthTech

For me the healthcare industry is a prime target for medical information theft as it lags behind other leading industries in securing vital data. 4 reasons why the healthcare industry is vulnerable . In the already overstretched world of hospitals, it is no wonder that cyber security is not top of mind for most workers.

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Hacker group Orangeworm attacks long-standing vulnerabilities in healthcare imaging devices

FierceHealthIT

A hacker group known as Orangeworm is launching targeted attacks against the healthcare industry focusing on well-known vulnerabilities within legacy devices to gain access to systems. For hospitals, it highlights a difficult vulnerability within the imaging suite and broader concerns about medical device cybersecurity.

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NTIA hands over $45B to state broadband offices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Video made telehealth a star Community-owned broadband networks have the power to transform entrepreneurs into captains of industry, change the course of governments and make people LOL at kitty antics. Telehealth can harness and focus broadband and hospital IT investments into digital advancements for urban and rural communities.