Nathan Eddy

A cyberattack on May 8 against healthcare giant Ascension resulted in the medical data of 5.

The typical chief information officer in healthcare is taking on more responsibility for determining strategy and digital transformation, with 84% of CIOs now part of their organization's executive leadership team.

The association worries over the higher accountability standard for data sharing imposed on providers compared to payers. "Providers would still be held to a higher accountability standard," the AHA writes.

Himaja Motheram, a security researcher, walks CISOs and other security leaders through the various weaknesses in healthcare and offers solutions to protect organizations and their data.

Regulations with "this level of negative market impact for health IT developers also inherently mean disruption and stress for providers" who participate in CMS payment programs, vendors say.

More than 80% of revenue cycle management and financial execs say they're optimistic about AI-enabled revenue cycle management in hospitals, a new survey shows. But one-third are concerned or skeptical about using artificial intelligence in RCM.

The update covers a range of healthcare focus areas, including diagnostics, medical devices, public health reporting, social determinants of health and various assessments.

Zumba's fitness instructors will be trained in Noom's psychology and human coaching methodologies and be behavioral change coaches on Noom.

The 451 Research report indicates that rapid AI uptake is having business results, with  81% of AI-mature healthcare enterprises doing better in 2023, year over year.

Prolonged understaffing in clinical laboratories threatens to compromise patient care, but deployment of automation and artificial intelligence technologies could offer a lifeline to burned out lab workers.