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Andrea Fox

Andrea Fox

Andrea Fox is Senior Editor at Healthcare IT News. She has 20 years of experience covering numerous beats, including digital modernization, public health, environment and utilities, transportation and government policy and operations.

By Andrea Fox | 11:47 pm | January 16, 2023
Toronto's hospital system announced a widespread network outage that resolved the following day. It's a stark contrast to a ransomware attack on the city's Hospital for Sick Children just a few weeks before.
By Andrea Fox | 11:39 am | January 13, 2023
The subscription-based service sends semi-customized supportive texts based on what users input about their experiences when signing up and without initiation.
By Andrea Fox | 11:39 am | January 12, 2023
A government-funded study found 27% of pediatric nurses surveyed reporting burnout. Those that didn't cited open communication and unit-level teamwork as key factors. 
By Andrea Fox | 11:45 am | January 11, 2023
States reported high utilization of behavioral telehealth services across all or most populations served by Medicaid. Many reported permanent adoption of pandemic-era telehealth policy expansions.
By Andrea Fox | 10:32 am | January 11, 2023
The deal creates a $1 billion company focused on AI-powered hospital operations, helping clients address capacity management and healthcare staffing shortages. 
By Andrea Fox | 12:06 pm | January 10, 2023
The frequency of cyberattacks on hospitals and health systems more than doubled from 2016 to 2021, say researchers, and the incidents have exposed the protected health information of nearly 42 million patients.
By Andrea Fox | 11:06 am | January 10, 2023
The network is bringing a virtual lactation consultation platform to thousands of Connecticut and Massachusetts newborns and families through a partnership with Nest Collaborative.
By Andrea Fox | 11:49 am | January 09, 2023
Through a new partnership with Cadence, the health system plans to launch a responsive virtual care and remote patient monitoring program at 30 hospitals and 200 care sites in six states over the next year.
By Andrea Fox | 04:34 pm | January 06, 2023
A private health services organization said it was the victim of a ransomware attack that may have exposed sensitive health and insurance information to an unauthorized individual.
By Andrea Fox | 12:35 pm | January 06, 2023
The social media giant says it will appeal the European Union's decision that Meta Platforms violated GDPR. We asked one privacy lawyer whether the decision might penetrate the company's reliance on contractual necessity in the U.S.