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☆ Unlocking health and life sciences' potential with cloud solutions
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In today's digitally driven world, data has become the lifeblood of the healthcare and life sciences industry. However, the industry's complex data ecosystem, coupled with stringent regulations and privacy concerns, has historically hindered unlocking the full potential of data in healthcare and life sciences. The data dilemmaHealthcare and life sciences are data-rich domains, encompassing patient records, claims, genomic sequencing, wearable device data, medical imaging, and more. Moving to the cloudMoving data infrastructure to the cloud offers a compelling solution to many of the challenges faced by healthcare and life sciences organizations. Centralizing data in the cloud facilitates seamless access and collaboration between healthcare providers, payers, researchers, and life sciences organizations.

Organizations: Life Sciences, Insider Studios Locations: United States, Europe, Snowflake

☆ Particle Health says data dispute with Epic Systems not affecting most customers
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Particle Health said on Monday that the "vast majority" of its customers are still receiving records from medical software giant Epic Systems despite an ongoing dispute between the two companies over data-sharing practices. Epic's software supports more than 300 million patient records, and Particle acts like a middleman that helps health-care organizations access the data they need. Particle said in a release Monday that while Epic "indiscriminately stopped responding" to data requests from some of its customers because of the dispute, most clients were not affected. "While there is an ongoing dispute between Epic and Particle Health, related to three specific customers, the significant majority of Particle Health customers impacted by Epic's actions were not in any way related to this dispute," the company said in the release. Particle CEO Jason Prestinario said in the statement that the company will address the dispute with Epic through official procedural channels.

Persons: it's, Jason Prestinario Organizations: Systems, Particle Health

☆ Health records giant Epic cracks down on startup for unauthorized sharing of patient data
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Epic Systems, the largest provider of software for managing medical records, says a venture-backed startup called Particle Health is using patient data in unauthorized and unethical ways that have nothing to do with treatment. Epic told customers in a notice on Thursday that it cut off its connection to Particle, hindering the company's ability to tap a system with more than 300 million patient records. Particle is one of several companies that acts as a sort of middleman between Epic and the organizations — typically hospitals and clinics — that need the data. Patient data is inherently sensitive and valuable, and it's protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, a federal law that requires a patient's consent or knowledge for third-party access. To join the network, organizations are vetted and have to agree to abide by clear "Permitted Purposes" for the exchange of patient data.

Persons: Carequality Organizations: Systems, Health, CNBC, KLAS Research, Oracle Locations: Wisconsin, U.S

☆ Biden administration investigating Change Healthcare cyberattack as disruptions continue
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The OCR enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's security, privacy and breach notification rules, which most health plans, providers and clearinghouses such as Change Healthcare are required to follow to protect health information. "OCR's investigation of Change Healthcare and UHG will focus on whether a breach of protected health information occurred and Change Healthcare's and UHG's compliance with the HIPAA Rules," the department said. Change Healthcare offers electronic prescription software and tools for payment and revenue cycle management. Parent company UnitedHealth discovered that a cyber threat actor breached part of the unit's information technology network on Feb. 21, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In late February, Change Healthcare said that ransomware group Blackcat was behind the attack.

Persons: UnitedHealth, Blackcat Organizations: U.S . Department of Health, Human Services, UnitedHealth Group, Healthcare, U.S, HHS, Civil Rights, Change Healthcare, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, CNBC, SEC, Department of Justice

☆ Salesforce announces new AI tools for doctors
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Salesforce on Thursday announced new data and artificial intelligence solutions for health-care workers that could help lessen their burdensome administrative workloads. The first tool is called Einstein Copilot: Health Actions, and it will allow doctors to book appointments, summarize patient information and send referrals by prompting AI with conversational language, according to a release. Salesforce said doctors can use Einstein Copilot: Health Actions to generate a patient summary that includes details like patients' medications, clinical service requests, diagnoses and tests. Salesforce said its Assessment Generation tool will be generally available this summer, and Einstein Copilot: Health Actions will be available for use at the end of the year. All Einstein Copilot features and functionalities are also expected to comply with HIPAA regulations as of this summer, the company added.

Persons: Einstein, Salesforce Organizations: Labor, Google, Amazon Web Services, CNBC PRO Locations: Athenahealth

☆ Outages from cyberattack at UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare extend to seventh day as pharmacies deploy workarounds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Change Healthcare's systems are down for the seventh day after a cyber threat actor gained access to its network last week. Change Healthcare offers tools for payment and revenue cycle management, and its system outages have disrupted operations in pharmacies and health systems across the country. Change Healthcare merged with Optum in 2022. Rising number of health-care cyberattacksThe attack on Change Healthcare comes after 2023 set a grim record for health-related cybercrime. Impact of Change Healthcare's breachUnitedHealth has not specifically disclosed exactly which Change Healthcare systems have been affected, but the fallout from the cyberattack has caused a ripple of problems across the U.S. health-care system.

Persons: UnitedHealth, John Riggi, Riggi, Cliff Steinhauer, Steinhauer, Cary Brazeman, Brazeman, hadn't Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, UnitedHealth Group, U.S . Securities, Exchange, Change Healthcare, Change, Optum, Healthcare, Palo Alto Networks, Google, CNBC, American Hospital Association, National Cybersecurity Alliance, CVS Health, Walgreens Locations: U.S, Palm Springs

☆ Opinion | The Big #MeToo Moment for Doctors Is Finally Here
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Helen Ouyang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Now the edifice may finally be cracking: The #MeToo movement is picking up pace in the medical profession. Dr. Hadden was an obstetrician-gynecologist who was first arrested when a patient called the police and reported that he had licked her genitals during an exam. Though I was working at the medical center while the accusations unfurled, I wasn’t aware of them until more recently. Even after Dr. Hadden was found guilty, Columbia did not notify all of his patients about his behavior. On Nov. 23, the one-year look-back window closes for past patients to sue Dr. Hadden and the medical center.

Persons: it’s, Darius Paduch, Zhi Alan Cheng, Derrick Todd, Brigham, Cheng, Todd, Dr, Robert Hadden, Hadden, Newman’s, Aja Newman, Newman, Dr . Hadden, HIPAA, . Hadden Organizations: Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Harvard, Women’s, Columbia, New York Locations: New York, NewYork, Columbia, Sinai

☆ 6 troubling questions about the Corizon bankruptcy deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Dakin Campbell | Nicole Einbinder | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

The bankruptcy of prison health provider Corizon has faced pressure from senators and a federal regulator in recent weeks. Other troubling questions surrounding the bankruptcy involve payments to insiders, "dishonest" testimony, and a secret data breach. The other company, Tehum, was saddled with most of Corizon's liabilities and, in February, filed for bankruptcy. AdvertisementAdvertisementNine US senators have written to Corizon successor companies Tehum Care Services and YesCare demanding answers about Corizon's efforts to "manipulate bankruptcy law." AdvertisementAdvertisementLefkowitz repeatedly said under oath during a June creditor call that he didn't know who owned Geneva Consulting — the company Corizon paid $5.5 million.

Persons: Corizon, —, Christopher Lopez, David Jones, Elizabeth Freeman, YesCare, Jones, Tehum, Judge Jones, Freeman, Ian Cross, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Dick Durbin, Lopez, they're, Kevin Eckhardt, Hector Garcia Jr, Hector Garcia, Belen Lowery, Garcia's, Jeff Sholey, Isaac Lefkowitz, Lefkowitz, Sara Tirschwell, Jeffrey Scott King, Ayodeji, Michelle Rice, Jennifer Finger, Sholey, Edward Janger, Janger, he's, didn't, Geneva, Russell Perry, Baker, Hostetler, Tehum's, Tracey Grissom, Grissom, Julia Tutwiler, Roman, Sannikov, CISA, Tehum hadn't, What's, it's Organizations: Service, Tehum Care Services, Justice Department, Corizon, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, Geneva Consulting, Tehum, University of Missouri Health Care, Brooklyn Law School, Geneva, Genesis Healthcare, Department, US, Court, Southern, Southern District of, Baker, FBI, Infrastructure Security Agency, of Health, Human, CISA, HHS, HIPAA, Women Locations: Houston, Texas, YesCare, Reorg, New Mexico, Corizon, Geneva, Southern District, Southern District of Texas, Alabama, Wetumpka , Alabama, Rivers, bitcoin, Tehum

☆ Doubts abound about a new Alzheimer’s blood test
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Judith Graham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The Quest Diagnostics blood test, AD-Detect, measures elevated levels of amyloid-beta proteins, a signature characteristic of Alzheimer’s. But Alzheimer’s researchers and clinicians aren’t convinced the Quest test is backed by sound scientific research. Though blood tests for Alzheimer’s are likely to become common in the years ahead, the Alzheimer’s Association said it’s premature to offer a test of this kind directly to consumers. Because the science behind blood tests for Alzheimer’s is still developing and because “patients may not really understand the uncertainty of test results,” Edelmayer said, the Alzheimer’s Association “does not endorse the use of the AD-Detect test by consumers.”Quest’s blood test is one of several developments altering the landscape of Alzheimer’s care in the United States. The bottom line: Before taking a test, “older adults need to ask themselves, ‘Why do I want to know this?

Persons: aren’t, Alzheimer’s, Michael Racke, ”, there’s, Suzanne Schindler, St . Louis, That’s, ” Schindler, Racke, Meera Sheffrin, —, Rebecca Edelmayer, ” Edelmayer, Eric Widera, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Emily Largent, ’ ”, Munro Cullum Organizations: Health, Diagnostics, Alzheimer’s Association, Quest, University of Michigan, International Conference, Washington University School of Medicine, Senior, Stanford Healthcare, The University of Michigan, FDA, National Institute, Aging, University of California, Get CNN, CNN Health, University, Pennsylvania’s Perelman, of Medicine, HIPAA, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Kaiser Health, KFF Locations: U.S, San Diego, St ., United States, San Francisco

☆ Google announces new generative AI search capabilities for doctors
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Google's new search capabilities can also be used for other crucial applications such as applying the correct billing codes and determining whether patients meet the criteria to enroll in a clinical trial, O'Malley said. Google Cloud on Monday announced new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities that it said will help health-care workers quickly pull accurate clinical information from different types of medical records. Aashima Gupta, global director of health care strategy and solutions at Google Cloud, said the new Vertex AI Search capabilities can integrate directly into a clinician's workflow, which is of high importance for customers in the field. Customers can sign up for early access to Vertex AI Search for health care and life sciences starting Monday, but Google Cloud has already been testing the capabilities with health organizations such as Mayo Clinic, Hackensack Meridian Health and Highmark Health. Mayo Clinic is not using the new Vertex AI Search tools in clinical care yet, said Cris Ross, Mayo's chief information officer; it is starting with administrative use cases.

Persons: O'Malley, Lisa O'Malley, Aashima Gupta, Gupta, Cris Ross, we're, it's, Ross, Richard Clarke, Clarke Organizations: Cloud AI, Google Cloud, CNBC, Google, Monday, American Medical Association, Mayo Clinic, Hackensack Meridian Health, Highmark Health, Health

☆ George Santos says he's lost 97 pounds on Ozempic and a cage match versus Mitt Romney wouldn't be 'fair' because he studied jiu-jitsu
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Jake Swearingen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

George Santos told party guests he's lost 97 pounds on Ozempic, Page Six reported. He also said fighting Mitt Romney in cage match wouldn't "fair" because he knows jiu-jitsu. According to Page Six sources, the embattled New York representative boasted about losing nearly 100 pounds thanks to the diabetes medication Ozempic and that a cage fight between himself and Mitt Romney wouldn't be fair. A Santos spokesperson confirmed to Page Six that Santos studied jiu-jitsu. Story updated to reflect response from Santos spokesperson.

Persons: George Santos, he's, Mitt Romney, Santos — who's, —, he'll, Ozempic, Santos, Bice, Page, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, I'd, Santos hadn't, haven't Organizations: Service, New, Elon, Prosecutors, GOP, House Small Business Committee, House Science, Technology Committee Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, Manhattan, Utah

☆ Doctors all over the US are suffering from burnout — and AI could provide a simple solution
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Natalie Rahhal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Doctors could soon be getting an extra hand in the office in the form of AI assistants. One telehealth startup is using an AI chatbot to analyze symptoms ahead of a doctor's visit. But doctors could soon be getting an extra hand in the office in the form of AI assistants. Some AI companies are creating tools that could ease physician burnoutAI is already helping to balance doctors' busy schedules in several ways. The company has not disclosed how it obtained the initial data on which its AI was trained but claims it's HIPAA-compliant.

Persons: —, Ran Shaul, it's, K Health's chatbot, Shaul, Stephanie Foley's, Foley, K, Craig Spencer, Spencer, AI's, McDonald's Organizations: Healthcare, Morning, Mayo Clinic, American Medical Association, Stanford University School of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, American Medical Informatics Association, Family, American Medical Association Internal Medicine, Health, Maccabi, K Health, Brown University Locations: Teladoc, ChatGPT

☆ OpenAI-powered app from Microsoft is coming to Epic Systems to help save doctors time
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft's speech recognition subsidiary Nuance Communications on Tuesday announced its AI-powered clinical notes application is coming to Epic Systems to help reduce physicians' administrative workloads. Epic is a health care software company that helps hospitals and other health systems store, share and access electronic health records. More than 500,000 physicians and 306 million patients across the globe use Epic's offerings, and the company has long-standing partnerships with both Microsoft and Nuance. Nuance told CNBC Tuesday that integrating its latest solution, Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express, into Epic is a "major step" toward that goal. "The last thing they want to do is pajama time," Peter Durlach, chief strategy officer at Nuance told CNBC in an interview Tuesday.

Persons: DAX, Garrett Adams, Peter Durlach, Adams, Durlach Organizations: Microsoft Corp, Tuesday, Epic Systems, Microsoft, CNBC, American Medical Association, DAX Express Locations: Lisbon, Portugal, U.S, HIPAA

☆ Google Cloud is partnering with Mayo Clinic as it tries to expand use of generative A.I. in health care
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

On Wednesday, Google Cloud said Mayo Clinic is using a new service called Enterprise Search on Generative AI App Builder, which was introduced Tuesday. Google Cloud and Mayo Clinic signed a 10-year partnership in 2019. Mayo said at the time it selected Google Cloud to be the "cornerstone of its digital transformation." The partnership announced Wednesday is the first step in an expanded agreement between the two companies to work together on AI applications in health care. WATCH: CNBC's interview with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian

Persons: Thomas Kurian, OpenAI, Mayo Organizations: Mayo Clinic, Google Cloud, Mayo, Google, Microsoft, Health Locations: U.S, Mayo

☆ The creepy secret behind online therapy
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Tanmoy Goswami | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Crisis Text Line, now in its 10th year of operations, uses artificial intelligence to respond to people experiencing emotional abuse, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts. 'The vast majority of mental-health apps are exceptionally creepy'BetterHelp, a poster child of online therapy founded in 2013, calls itself "the world's largest therapy platform" and says it has over 2 million users. One of the first popular mental-health apps, PTSD Coach, was launched by the US Department of Veteran Affairs in 2011. But for mental-health companies these practices can undermine the very foundations of mental-health care: dignity, trust, and psychological safety. As Crisis Text Line wrote on its website extolling its deal with Loris: "Why sell T-shirts when you can sell what your organization does best?"

CNN —The US Department of Health and Human Services will propose a new rule on Wednesday, aimed at safeguarding privacy and prohibiting the prosecution of individuals who seek abortions. The new rule proposal comes as Vice President Kamala Harris is set to convene an interagency taskforce meeting on reproductive rights at the White House. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra will also attend. After the decision dropped Friday, a senior administration official said the White House immediately began engaging allies on the next steps. Harris has led the administration’s response on abortion rights.

The proposal is aimed at protecting woman who live in states where abortion is illegal who travel out of state to have the procedure done - something thousands of women are already doing, research shows. It is unclear whether the proposed rule would actually stifle criminal investigations. The federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) covers most health insurance and other company benefit plans and generally preempts state laws on abortion-related coverage. But it does not prevent states from prosecuting plans, sponsors, administrators and their employees in all instances. Reporting By Jarrett Renshaw and Heather Timmons; Editing by Heather Timmons and Mark PorterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Microsoft is using OpenAI to make it easier for doctors to take notes
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Microsoft 's speech recognition subsidiary Nuance Communications on Monday announced Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express, a clinical notes application for health-care workers powered by artificial intelligence. DAX converts verbal patient visits into clinical notes, and it sends them through a human review process to ensure they are accurate and high-quality. DAX Express, in contrast, generates clinical notes within seconds so that physicians can review automated summaries of their patient visits immediately. Alysa Taylor, a corporate vice president in the Azure group at Microsoft, told CNBC that DAX Express adheres to the core principles of Microsoft's responsible A.I. She said, ultimately, using DAX Express will help improve both the patient experience and the physician experience.

☆ 20 years of digital transformation, as seen by an IT expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Goto | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Back then, the average person would hear the term "remote support" and probably think it meant getting help for their TV controller. Jaromi said he has seen teams increase their productivity between 20% to 50% by letting GoTo Resolve's efficiencies work for them. For SMBs, GoTo Resolve can often be their main IT presence. But Rescue and GoTo Resolve have constantly stayed a step ahead, building in the most secure layers possible. Looking to the futureOver his 18 years at GoTo, Jaromi has seen the company endure significant changes, from being an upstart innovator to an established industry leader.

☆ Top 4 customer support trends of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Goto | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Customer support trends reflect the changing ways we work, including the need for remote support. Customer support trends have changed as the need for speed and seamlessness has increased. Today, remote tools can be used across the entire ecosystem of an enterprise, from customer support to cybersecurity. So what are the emerging customer support trends for 2023, and how can technology help your business address them? Rescue's suite of turnkey services is generally geared toward enterprise customers, and supports internal IT teams and external customer support teams working through call centers or support centers.

☆ Fact Check-Claims of ICD-10 codes used to track unvaccinated individuals missing context
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The codes in an individual’s medical record, like all personal health information, are protected by U.S. privacy law and could only be analyzed at the group or population level uncoupled from individual identities, medical experts told Reuters. Yet users are sharing news of the 2022 update as evidence that governmental agencies will now be tracking unvaccinated individuals who go to the hospital or see a doctor as part of a “surveillance program,” with comments implying that users think they will be personally identified. All medical providers covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have used the codes since at least 2015, according to the CDC (here), (www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd10.htm ). Reuters Fact Check debunked a similar claim about ICD-10 code Z28.20 used to place unvaccinated individuals in education camps (here). ICD-10 codes are not new, and the COVID-underimmunized codes added in 2022 are not used to track individuals for reasons other than monitoring vaccination status to assess vaccine efficacy and analyze mortality data.

☆ I didn't really understand the healthcare disparities for Black women. Then my cousin died while delivering her daughter.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mykesha Mack's cousin April Valentine died on January 10. April had chosen Centinela Hospital in part because she could be under the care of a Black doctor. My cousin just died." When I got up to the maternity floor, April's fiancé walked toward me, but I brushed him aside. April's fiancé, mom, and sister are all looking after the baby, spreading the load as they navigate their grief.

☆ Live updates: Suspect in shooting at dance hall near Los Angeles is dead, sheriff says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Erick Mendoza | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mirna-Alsharif-Byline-Jm.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +33 min

Share this -Link copiedAlhambra officials release statement on Monterey Park shooting Alhambra officials released a statement on the Monterey Park shooting early Sunday evening. Officials also acknowledged the shooting that occurred in the city after the Monterey Park shooting. Share this -Link copiedPolice release pictures to identify Monterey Park shooting suspect The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has released pictures seeking to identify the Monterey Park shooting suspect. Law enforcement has connected him to the Monterey Park shooting and a shooting minutes later in Alhambra. Patrons of the Alhambra dance hall wrestled a firearm away from a man about 20 minutes after the Monterey Park shooting.

☆ Live updates: Possible suspect in mass shooting at dance hall near Los Angeles is found dead, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Erick Mendoza | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mirna-Alsharif-Byline-Jm.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +31 min

☆ The biggest security risks of using fitness trackers and apps to monitor your health
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Fitness trackers, which help keep tabs on sleep quality, heart rate and other biological metrics, are a popular way to help Americans improve their health and well-being. Here's what you should know about the security risks tied to fitness trackers and personal health data. For example, fitness trackers generally connect to a user's phone via Bluetooth, leaving personal data susceptible to hacking. What's more, the information that fitness trackers collect isn't considered "health information" under the federal HIPAA standard or state laws like California's Confidentiality of Medical Information Act. Default social, location settings may need to be changedA fitness tracker's default settings may not offer the most stringent security controls.

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