Bernie Monegain
Employment in healthcare increased by 37,000 during March, keeping to about the same increase for each of the past 12 months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Add the last 12 months together and the growth in healthcare employment totals 503,000 new jobs.
The rate of security incident disclosures in 2015 surpassed those of 2014, according to the second annual BakerHostetler Security Incident Response report. What's more, healthcare tops the list for frequency of data breaches.
Caleb Anderson said that one potential option is to have a vendor run the patient call center, submit claims, handle denials and more.
MedStar said in a statement that the virus prevented some employees from logging into system but that all of its clinics remain open and functioning.
Republican committee leaders in the Senate and House are taking Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acting Administrator Andy Slavitt to task for 316 security incidents on HealthCare.gov.
Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Kentucky, said that it has regained control of its computer systems and effectively fended off a ransomware attack without paying the cybercriminals.
Though more hospitals are reporting infection rates publicly, a new report from The Leapfrog Group shows that more than half of hospitals across the country still grapple with sometimes deadly healthcare-associated infections.
Fort Myers, Florida.-based 21st Century Oncology, which operates 145 centers across the United States and 36 in Latin America, said it is investigating a breach of its computer network that could affect 2.2 million of its former and current patients. The news comes as the provider on Thursday also agreed to settle a billing fraud case for $34.7 million.
The interview begins with the topic of interoperability because Epic has a reputation - among some circles - of being a "closed system." Is it a bad rap? It is, she says.
IBM announced Thursday morning that it will pay $2.6 billion to acquire Truven Health Analytics for its Watson Health unit.