Andrea Fox
New partnerships with Mayo Clinic and Memorial Hermann Health Systems will bring Zipline's autonomous home-delivery service to Houston, Jacksonville and Rochester, Minnesota.
Despite the highest agency user fees on record, and granted new authorities to reform and accelerate medical device and biologics approvals, representatives questioned delays in getting products to patients faster.
Calling Blackbaud's security before a major data breach "lax," the Federal Trade Commission said the company allowed a hacker to steal PII and PHI, and ordered it to delete old data and report on its data usage going forward.
Integration with the Clear identity platform in electronic health records enables the Georgia health system to roll out streamlined patient registration and on-site check-ins via selfies at kiosks.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, ARPA-H, seeks to scale hospitals' cybersecurity capacity by automating patch deployments across networks and medical devices, speeding the time from vulnerability detection to software updates.
The guide, which encourages secure-by-design software development, is the latest in government efforts to shore up vulnerable organizations. It summarizes cybersecurity best practices and links to free support resources.
Also: CommonSpirit reports increased earnings in the year after a major ransomware disruption and widespread data breach.
To gain insights into population health risks from aggregated data across multiple systems, the Electronic Health Record Association asks CMS to ensure risk standards are well defined under IPPS before expanding domain capture requirements.
The IT developer says its latest update gives specialty providers, including women's health practices and urgent care centers, the ability to configure electronic health records to their specific needs, reducing administrative burdens.
While all facilities are reportedly open and providing care, disruptions continue, with some provider sites unable to fill prescriptions, certain procedures rescheduled and delays in diagnostic imaging and testing.