HIPAA Journal

JUNE 3, 2022

In 2021, Iranian state-sponsored hackers attempted a destructive cyberattack on Boston Children’s Hospital, which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was able to successfully block before the hospital’s computer network was damaged. Boston Children’s Hospital is no stranger to cyberattacks.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 3, 2025

Hospitals are re-evaluating their standard approaches to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (HDP) as a result. By identifying issues early, RPM reduces emergency hospital visits and mitigates complications, thereby lowering overall costs associated with HDP. They are particularly vulnerable to blood pressure complications.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2024

Cyberattacks have been reported by Pembina County Memorial Hospital, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, and Rancho Family Medical Group. The forensic investigation and document review took almost a year, with the hospital stating in its breach notice that those processes were not completed until March 4, 2024.

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 30, 2013

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 2, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2014 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule (the 2014 IPPS Final Rule). Indest III, J.D.,

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Stepfuls platform is designed for working adults, particularly from historically underserved communities, providing virtual instructor-led courses that include live, cohort-based learning sessions and one-on-one coaching for those looking for entry-level positions in hospitals and healthcare settings. billion in assets under management.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 9, 2023

Tampa General Hospital (TGH) is being sued over a data breach in which hackers gained access to the sensitive data of up to 1.2 TGH experienced a data breach in 2014 which was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights as an unauthorized electronic medical record access incident affecting 675 patients. million patients.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

According to one 2014 survey, 10% of patients distrusted health technology, Liederman said, but another recent survey found 87% of patients are unwilling to divulge all their medical information. It's somebody they know, somebody they know of or somebody prominent in the community that is hospitalized. "What's going on?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

in 2014 and 45.5% Job regrets are greatest in hospital settings among doctors aged 31-50 working in emergency medicine, according to an analysis of 170 studies involving more than 239,000 doctors by the University of Manchester in England. The study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, found that the prevalence of burnout among U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2019

Telehealth is increasingly being used to connect clinicians within and between New Zealand’s hospitals and to reach into people’s homes, a new survey revealed. The Telehealth Leadership Group’s most recent stocktake questionnaire was sent to all 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) in October 2018.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

WI Business Associate 4,112,892 Hacking/IT Incident 24 2023 Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing CO Health Plan 4,091,794 Hacking/IT Incident 25 2013 Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, d/b/a Advocate Medical Group IL Healthcare Provider 4,029,530 Theft 26 2024 Concentra Health Services, Inc.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Bluesight , the leading provider of inventory management, procurement, and compliance solutions for health systems and hospital pharmacies, today announced the acquisition of Protenus , provider of the leading healthcare compliance analytics platform.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2023

Check it out: The hospital pricing method means NO upfront prices, only estimates & surprise bills after you get care. One was by Health Catalyst back in 2014, but it looks like they took that video down. I don’t know much about them, but if this video is any indication of their work, I will need to learn more.

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Hospitals 95

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 1, 2024

Once recommendations are reviewed and approved by the clinician, Regard ensures complete and accurate documentation in a standardized format, a critical step to ensure clinical quality and enhance hospital revenue. Founded in 2014, Oak HC/FT has invested in over 85 portfolio companies and has over $5.3

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 8, 2022

The report shows how adversaries stepped up their attacks on the healthcare industry from 2014 through 2017. In 2014, Boston Children’s Hospital suffered a major distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, there was a massive cyberattack on Anthem Inc.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 18, 2024

What You Should Know: – A new Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) brief explores advancements in electronic health record (EHR) interoperability across US hospitals and physicians, highlighting both progress and areas for continued focus. – The ONC has tracked progress in healthcare data exchange since 2014.

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HealthIT Answers

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

By Jordan Rau - The federal government has eased its annual punishments for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates in an acknowledgment of the upheaval the covid-19 pandemic has caused, resulting in the lightest penalties since 2014.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The Cleveland Clinic, which has worked with telehealth vendor American Well since 2014, has been delivering routine care and access to a small selection of specialists. At first glance, the news item didn’t seem that noteworthy. Now, it had announced that it was going to mount a joint venture with AmWell to offer virtual care. […].

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Hall Render

MARCH 12, 2025

The defendant moved to dismiss Rosaless complaint under the first-to-file rule, citing an earlier qui tam complaintthe Byers Complaint filed in 2014 and later consolidated with other complaints in 2019. This decision ensures that whistleblowers can still bring new and distinct allegations of fraud even if similar cases were filed previously.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The benefits of telehealth are striking, offering hospitals the chance to brand themselves as innovative and using cutting-edge technologically. Here, we summarize 8 reasons why you should consider telehealth to be part of the holistic health practice of your hospital. These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight.

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Health Populi

MARCH 22, 2018

The concept of “ financial toxicity” for cancer patients was raised by concerned clinicians at Sloane-Kettering Medical Center, who discussed the topic on 60 Minutes in 2014 and have published papers on the issue. Beyond strong medicines, a new financial toxicity has emerged for patients due to hospital inpatient admissions.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Bankruptcy of Steward Health Care Spurred Increased Hospital M&A Activity Steward Health Cares filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reshaped hospital M&A activity in 2024. hospitals, driving sustained deal volume throughout much of the year. Following its May filing, the Dallas-based system decided to sell 31 U.S.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This includes real-time patient monitoring, therapeutic devices, telehealth and informatics for the hospital, as well as ambulatory cardiac diagnostics and monitoring solutions, that were added through the recent acquisition of BioTelemetry, Inc. Cardiologs was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

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Hospitals 98

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The companys flagship solution, the Studycast system, is currently used by hospitals, private practices, clinical research labs, and education programs in 49 US states and 7 countries. Founded in 2014, PSG operates out of offices in Boston, Kansas City, London, Madrid, Paris, and Tel-Aviv. For more information, visit corestudycast.com.

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Hospitals 52

Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

This last chart from a 2014 PwC/Strategy& report on the birth of the healthcare consumer is data I often turned to as U.S. When I shared these data points with hospitals and clinicians they were first stunned at the finding. Equal numbers of people in the U.S.

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COVID-19 Public Health Governance Hospitals 165

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

– The company plans to utilize the funds to grow our team and build on our growing customer traction with Medicare Advantage plans and hospital systems in value-based care delivery contracts. Smart Placement has been proven to allow more elders to get discharged home from the hospital with robust home-based healthcare services.

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Patient Satisfaction Hospitals Health Insurance Nurses 97

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The recent revelation that Google and Ascension have been collaborating on shared patient data has spawned engaging conversation across the health/care ecosystem, including stakeholders in hospitals and physician practices, health plans, pharma, tech companies and especially among patient advocates and groups.

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HealthIT Answers

JULY 8, 2024

Since 2014, ONC has tracked progress toward widespread interoperability among hospitals and physicians by measuring. From the Health IT Buzz Blog - A decade ago, as EHRs were rapidly implemented across the country, ONC sought to make sure these newly implemented technologies were interoperable.

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Hospitals 59

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2022

Marshfield Clinic Health System based in Marshfield, Wisconsin, has nine hospitals – plus Marshfield Children's Hospital inside the flagship hospital – and more than 60 healthcare centers in more than 30 communities across Wisconsin. THE PROBLEM. MCHS had multiple telehealth platforms prior to COVID-19.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

A lesser-known component of ARRA was Title XIII, the HITECH Act, which funded hospitals’ and physicians’ adoption of electronic health records systems (EHRs). could help to alleviate the epidemic of hospital closures in these areas. This was the legislation best known for addressing and helping to bring the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2019

While we’ve been writing about EMR data archiving since back in 2009 and then again in 2013 and 2014 to name a few, the topic has never been more important than it is today. With many healthcare organizations literally supporting 100s and even 1000s of health IT software, how you handle legacy systems including data […].

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HIPAA Hospitals 81

Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2021

“The ACA expanded coverage to millions of poor and near-poor families between 2014 and 2016, and the obtaining of health insurance may have staved off financial ruin, perhaps. One-half of U.S. Another 23% of consumers “somewhat” agreed with the two drug pricing control strategies, as well. households.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Hospital costs contribute to rising medical costs to 49% of health consumers. NPR covered this and other research in a piece on how non-profit hospitals could be driving up health care spending. In the words of NPR, “Hospitals are the largest individual contributor to health care costs in the U.S… Exacerbating U.S.

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Hospitals Prescription Drug Pricing Pharmaceutical Industry Medical Billing 54

Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton spoke out last week on the NBC “Today” show about what she said was a rare pneumonia that almost killed her and resulted in an expensive, monthlong hospital stay. It was a shocking reveal. This is one of the law’s most popular provisions , according to opinion surveys.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 11, 2022

Vytalize Health started as a Medicare-focused primary care practice in New York in 2014. The company is now integrating the rest of the downstream network, including hospitals, specialty networks, ancillary providers, and digital health companies, to streamline the delivery ecosystem from end to end.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 18, 2023

million Hacked by Chinese APT group Failure to implement and maintain reasonable security practices 2020 Multistate (43 states) Anthem Inc $39.5 million 78.8 million Phishing attack and major data breach Multiple violations of HIPAA and state laws 2020 California Anthem Inc $8.7 million 78.8

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Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Since CVS/pharmacy morphed into CVS/health when it quit tobacco five years ago in 2014 , I began to intuit a shift in the U.S. where private sector organizations began to more visibly take on public health objectives and missions.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 8, 2022

For many hospitals and health systems, it’s been another challenging year. The challenge, however, is that for many hospitals, identifying savings opportunities is often akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Supply waste has plagued hospitals for years. In 2014, a research team at Johns Hopkins found that U.S.

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