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Healthcare IT News provides essential monthly updates for healthcare IT leaders. Recognized with the Jesse H. Neal Award, it features insights on the latest technologies, IT strategies, regulatory matters, and updates from both providers and vendors. In collaboration with HIMSS, this publication is the sole newspaper in the industry, reaching over 54,000 subscribers. Its audience includes IT managers, C-suite executives, and clinical leaders from hospitals, integrated delivery networks (IDNs), group practices, outpatient care facilities, home healthcare services, as well as healthcare payers, consultants, and vendors.

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Online reviews point to pressing challenges for urgent care

2 days ago | healthcareitnews.com | Andrea Fox

Between 2019 and 2023, patient volume at U.S. urgent care centers increased by 60%. But while that surge in demand highlights urgent care's value, especially when compared to crowded hospital emergency rooms, there are significant improvements that can be made for better patient experience, a new report shows. An analysis of 350,000 patient reviews from ten of the nation’s largest urgent care providers found wait times remained a top patient complaint.
McLaren notifies 743K patients about data breach

3 days ago | healthcareitnews.com | Andrea Fox

McLaren Healthcare, based in Grand Blanc, Michigan, sent notification letters to 743,131 this month to patients whose personal information and protected health information were exposed during a ransomware incident that occurred between July 17 and August 3, 2024,WHY IT MATTERS"The information that could have been involved includes name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, medical information and health insurance information," according to data breach documents filed by McLaren.
NUHS app adds wait times, non-urgent care helpline features

4 days ago | healthcareitnews.com | Adam Ang

NUHS app adds wait times, non-urgent care helpline featuresPhoto courtesy of the National University Health SystemThe National University Health System has recently introduced new features on its mobile application ahead of a government plan to consolidate similar apps into a single platform.
DHS warns critical sectors about pro-Iranian cyberattacks

4 days ago | healthcareitnews.com | Andrea Fox

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin of the National Terrorism Advisory System on Sunday, as a result of the ongoing conflict with Iran. The alert – aimed at critical sectors, including healthcare – details how pro-Iranian hacktivists and state-sponsored threat actors use malware to obtain access to networks and devices, including firewalls, internet of things devices and operational platforms.
Health info managers launch clinical coding AI adoption guide | Healthcare IT News

5 days ago | healthcareitnews.com | Adam Ang

A principle-based approach to AI adoption emphasises risk management and privacy and security, among others, says the Health Information Management Association of Australia.
A new practical way to implement predictive analytics in healthcare

5 days ago | healthcareitnews.com | Adam Ang

Most healthcare professionals in Asia-Pacific now recognise the necessity of adopting AI technologies to complement care delivery, foster clinical and operational efficiency, and improve equitable access and health outcomes amid rising demand and workforce shortage.
Mobile charting in Oracle EHR is now available in the U.S.

1 week ago | healthcareitnews.com | Andrea Fox

As a companion for use with Oracle Health Foundation electronic health records, the mobile extension Oracle Health Community Care not only connects providers to patient data during in-home patient visits and at mobile clinics, but also enables chart updating offline. WHY IT MATTERSRemote updating of patient charts is needed to support a growing shift to home-based care, Oracle said in a website announcement about the mobile extension's new availability in the United States.
As medical device attacks increase, providers pay more for premium security features

1 week ago | healthcareitnews.com | Andrea Fox

A new report casts light on the security challenges and spending patterns of cybersecurity leaders in healthcare. The survey – which polled more than 600 healthcare IT decision-makers who play a role in medical device purchasing – found that 22% had experienced cyberattacks targeting their organizations' medical devices. Of those, 75% tied those incidents directly to patient care compromise.
Timeline pushed back for Shared Digital Health Record system and more briefs

1 week ago | healthcareitnews.com | Adam Ang

Shared Digital Health Record project faces delayTe Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has announced a delay in launching the Shared Digital Health Record system. Initially set for a June completion, the project's first phase of implementation will now take up to December to finish. The new deadline is "more realistic," the organisation said in a statement, as Health NZ Digital Services still has more work cut out.
Korean AI can predict contralateral knee osteoarthritis and more Korea briefs

1 week ago | healthcareitnews.com | Adam Ang

AI predicts contralateral knee osteoarthritisResearchers from Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) have developed an AI model for predicting the likelihood that patients with unilateral osteoarthritis would develop the same condition in their other knee. They trained a machine learning-based algorithm on two large-scale arthritis tracking cohort datasets in the United States.