Jack McCarthy

Claiming that it was "startled" by VA officials' recent testimony, the committee put strict conditions on full funding that a Senate committee already approved.

The bill gives the Veterans Affairs money to digitize claims processing, advance telemedicine, and modernize its electronic health record software, but only once it proves interoperability with the DoD and private sector. 

Cybercriminals said they'll unlock the data for 45 Bitcoins, and they gave the hospital an option of paying 3 Bitcoins to unlock a single computer. 

The company unveiled Cloud Machine Learning for analysis, exploration, processing and storage of large data sets, services that could at some bring deep learning techniques to healthcare and fuel visions like precision medicine and population health. 

Despite saying that it responded quickly to the malware that locked users out of IT systems, the health network had to deny some patients access while it continues recovering from the malicious code. 

More hospitals ranked telehealth as a priority than did last year, and many reported success at engaging patients and improving outcomes. 

The American Medical Informatics Association said that being a CCIO will require lifelong learning to master all the clinical, technological, and management skills the job demands. 

The hospital said it did not pay the ransom and is now working with the FBI as part of an ongoing investigation.

Ransomware attacks on healthcare and other organizations “will wreak havoc on America’s critical infrastructure community,” according to a new report that also found the malware is now so prevalent it’s creating an economy of its own.

A hospital official says no patient data was compromised and the IT staff wiped the infected systems clean.