Today's Top 20 Health IT Articles
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How personalized alarm management improves patient care and reduces alarm overload
While alarms play an important role in notifying healthcare professionals of critical patient needs, having too many notifications can cause alarm fatigue for already overworked nurses and may put some patients at risk. -
Community Healthcare System rebranding to Powers Health
Munster, Ind.-based Community Healthcare System is changing its name to Powers Health effective July 1. -
The main concern for hospitals amid Change Healthcare outage
What is the main concern for hospitals and health systems when it comes to the Change Healthcare attack? The potential impact to patient care and safety, John Riggi, the American Hospital Association's national adviser for cybersecurity and risk, told Becker's. -
Epic install affects NCH Healthcare's operating performance
Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System's operating performance weakened mainly because of challenges with labor, rising prices, longer hospital stays and the introduction of a new EHR system, according to a Feb. 28 Fitch report. -
35% of 3rd-party breaches affect healthcare
Healthcare organizations experienced 35% of third-party breaches, according to a Feb. 28 report from Security Scorecard. -
'Be skeptical … but don't be cynical': How 4 hospitals use AI
Many hospital CEOs are finding new ways to use AI and encouraging colleagues to embrace positive changes. -
75% of healthcare professional foresee widespread AI adoption
Seventy-five percent of healthcare professionals say widespread AI adoption will happen within the next three years, a Feb. 27 report from Berkeley Research Group found. -
Where Epic ranks in home health, per KLAS
Epic secured the title of Best in KLAS for health system-owned home health agencies in 2024, according to a Feb. 27 report from KLAS. -
Hospital financial performance linked to analytics, AI strategy
Technology has become one of the dividing lines between financially successful and struggling hospitals, according to Kaufman Hall's National Hospital Flash Report, released Feb. 28. -
One Medical CEO: Layoffs not related to Amazon acquisition
Amazon recently announced that it would lay off a few hundred employees at One Medical as well as switch up a leadership position, but One Medical CEO Trent Green told The Washington Post that the moves are not related to the acquisition by Amazon. -
Epic in the last 30 days
From adding more hospitals and health systems to its EHR system to diving into spatial computing with Apple, here are 11 updates on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships reported on by Becker's Hospital Review in February: -
Ascension settles fingerprint scanning case for $2.6M
St. Louis-based Ascension has agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by former employees who alleged that scanning their fingerprints violated their privacy. -
Ransomware group leader told hackers to attack hospitals, FBI, HHS say
The ransomware group linked to the cyberattack on Change Healthcare is also targeting hospitals, the FBI and HHS warned Feb. 27. -
30 health system execs helping define what a 'smart hospital' is
Thirty health system leaders are advising the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives on its new "smart hospital" maturity model. -
Ransomware group behind Lurie Children's hack seeks $3.4M
A ransomware gang that has targeted the healthcare sector has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and is attempting to sell its data for $3.4 million, The Record reported Feb. 27. -
Amgen builds $474M facility in Ohio
Amgen, a biotech company, has built a $474 million facility in New Albany, Ohio, NBC affiliate WCMH reported Feb. 26. -
AHA says Change Healthcare attack may impact hospital finances
The American Hospital Association penned a letter to the HHS about the Change Healthcare attack stating that the incident may have "an immediate adverse impact on hospitals' finances." -
Cyber framework cuts healthcare insurance premium hikes
Healthcare organizations utilizing the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework as their primary framework experienced smaller increases in cyber insurance premiums than those not employing the NIST CSF, a Feb. 27 report from KLAS found. -
Cigna affected by Prospect Medical breach
Some of Cigna's policyholder information has been compromised due to a 2023 cyberattack on Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, Hartford Business Journal reported Feb. 27. -
How Amazon's One Medical deal changed hospitals
Health system digital leaders told Becker's that Amazon's $3.9 billion deal for One Medical, which was completed one year ago this month, has already "changed the landscape" of healthcare and altered the way hospitals do business.
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