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Palantir Sues Y Combinator Startup Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft

Forbes Healthcare

Former Palantir employees Mayank Jain and Pranav Pillai started Guardian AI to help healthcare providers fight insurance claim denials. Now their former employer is suing them for allegedly stealing trade secrets.

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Oracle Health Breach Affects Patients of Multiple U.S. Multiple Hospitals

The HIPAA Journal

Oracle appears to have suffered two security incidents, one of which involved data stored by Oracle Health related to the electronic health record (EHR) company Cerner.Oracle Health is a provider of health information technology to hospitals. In December 2021, Oracle announced it had reached an agreement to buy Cerner Corporation, an EHR vendor. The deal was closed in June 2022, and Cerner became Oracle Health.

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A Journey of Perseverance and Purpose in Healthcare and Human Services

Minority Nurse

Lisa-Marie Ortega’s journey to earning her degree at Post University is one of resilience, determination, and a deep passion for serving others. After being just a few credits away from completing her undergraduate degree two decades ago, life took an unexpected turn. A series of family tragedies forced her to leave school, and over the years, she found herself facing professional roadblocks due to the lack of a degree.

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The Rise of Online Healthcare Training: How Virtual Learning is Empowering Black Female Entrepreneurs

We Care Online

The healthcare industry is undergoing a transformation, and online healthcare training is at the forefront of this revolution. For many black female entrepreneurs, this virtual learning model offers a unique opportunity to break into the healthcare sector, often overcoming barriers such as access to traditional education and resources. Online courses and certifications are providing flexible and affordable pathways for these entrepreneurs to launch and scale their businesses in a field that is b

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FriskaAi Unveils Free Version of its Innovative Nutrition Tool

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. FriskaAi, a groundbreaking healthcare platform that leverages advanced AI and mobile technology to empower individuals to take control of their health journey in partnership with their physician, has launched a slimmed-down version of its Friska […] The article FriskaAi Unveils Free Version of its Innovative Nutrition Tool appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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RFK, Jr. Laying Off Entire Office Of Infectious Disease And HIV/AIDS Policy

Forbes Healthcare

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services is reportedly laying off the entire Office Of Infectious Disease And HIV/AIDS Policy.

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How BioPharma Can Play in Consumers’ Retail Experience Expectations

Health Populi

Patients as health consumers now know what “good” looks like in their digital experiences. People have tasted the convenience and respect they feel from well-designed, streamlined omnichannel retail experiences, and they now expect this from health care — specifically supported by the pharmaceutical companies who manufacture the medicines they use in managing chronic conditions, we learn in ixlayer ixInsights 2025: Pharma’s Role in Improving the Health Experience fromixla

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Primary care news round-up (27th March to 2nd April 2025)

Practice Index

New drop in public satisfaction with practices According to the British Social Attitudes Survey, public satisfaction with GP services continued to fall last year. Just 31% said they were satisfied with practice services, representing a reduction from 34% in 2023. Just 23% were satisfied with GP waiting times, according to the annual analysis by the Nuffield Trust and the Kings Fund.

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MDaudit Releases “AI Assist” for healthcare Revenue Integrity

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. MDaudit,an award-winning cloud-based continuous risk monitoring platform for RCM that enables the nation’s premier healthcare organizations to minimize billing risks and maximize revenues, today announced the latest AI-powered enhancement to its award-winning revenue integrity platform. […] The article MDaudit Releases AI Assist for healthcare Revenue Integrity appeared first on electr

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Worrying Signals Emerge As Bird Flu Gains Resistance Mutation

Forbes Healthcare

Two new studies released in 2025 provide a mixed picture of how well our current antivirals are holding up against H5N1, the highly pathogenic bird flu virus.

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173,000 Patients Affected by Chord Specialty Dental Partners Email Data Breach

The HIPAA Journal

CDHA Management, LLC and Spark DSO, LLC, which do business as Chord Specialty Dental Partners, have recently notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights about a data breach that involved unauthorized access to the protected health information of up to 173,430 individuals. The Tennessee-based dental service organization provides business and operational support services to more than 60 dental practices in Indiana, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee

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What is a Consumer Health Company? Riffing Off of Deloitte’s Report on CHCs/A 2Q2025 Look at Self-Care Futures

Health Populi

The health care landscape in 2030 will feature a n expanded consumer health industry t hat will become, “an established branch of the health ecosystem focused on promoting health, preventing, disease, treating symptoms and extending healthy longevity,” according to a report published by Deloitte in September 2024, Accelerating the future: The rise of a dynamic consumer health market.

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UMass Nursing Leader Gabrielle Abelard Named 2025 AANP Fellow for Advancing Mental Health Equity and Holistic Care

Minority Nurse

Gabrielle Abelard , a dedicated psychiatric nurse practitioner and clinical associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been named a 2025 Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP)the only honoree from Massachusetts among 51 nurse leaders worldwide. The FAANP program honors nurse practitioners who have made exceptional contributions to education, policy, practice, and research.

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Platform Shift: From EHRs to UDHPs (Unified Digital Health Platforms)- Section 1

The Healthcare Blog

By VINCE KURAITIS, GIRISH MURALIDHARAN & JODY RANCK This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Platforming Healthcare — The Long View. This essay is the next in the series entitled Platforming Healthcare the Long View. The series presents a 30-Year Framework for Platforming Healthcare. An updated v2.0 of a graphic depicting this 30-Year Framework is shown below.

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How The Layoff Of 10,000 Health Workers From HHS Could Affect Your Health

Forbes Healthcare

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will cut 10,000 full-time jobs, which could have dramatic effects on the health of Americans.

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99% Of Healthcare Orgs Managing IoMT Devices with Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

The HIPAA Journal

A recent analysis of connected medical devices, patient systems, and operational technology (OT) in hospitals and other healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) has revealed an alarming number of devices and systems have vulnerabilities that could be exploited by threat actors to gain access to healthcare networks and sensitive patient data.Russian cybercrime groups and other financially motivated threat actors are targeting healthcare organizations because they are viewed as easy targets.

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Simplifying Compliance: How Medical Billing Services Keep You Audit-Ready

CollaborateMD

Healthcare practices are often plagued with medical billing compliance questions like: “Am I upcoding?” “Do I have all the correct patient information?” “Did I miss a claim submission deadline?” With all of these concerns, it’s vital that providers and billing departments understand and follow the key elements of proper medical billing compliance to run a successful practice.

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‘A cruel April Fool’s joke’: HHS layoffs characterized by confusion, errors

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The sweeping workforce reduction that began Tuesday was made worse by mistakes and poor communication, including directions for some CMS employees to contact a director who died last year.

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Primary care news round-up (20th to 26th March 2025)

Practice Index

In-person GP appointments linked to high patient satisfaction Practices that offer the most face-to-face GP appointments have the greatest patient satisfaction, according to researchers from the University of Manchester. They also found the total number of appointments offered by practices made a big difference to satisfaction levels. The study involved data from 5,500 practices and found that 69.5% of appointments were face to face.

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Why Layer Health And Investors Believe It Can Solve Healthcare AI’s Scalability Challenge With A Fresh $21 Million

Forbes Healthcare

Layer Health is applying large language models (LLMs) to perform data abstraction for medical chart reviews.

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More Than One-Third of Data Breaches Due to Third-Party Compromises

The HIPAA Journal

Cyber actors are increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities at vendors, suppliers, and software providers to infiltrate the networks of organizations. According to a recent report from SecurityScorecard, at least 35.5% of all data breaches in 2024 originated from third-party compromises, up 6.5% from 2023. The number of data breaches stemming from third parties is likely higher since the third-party component of data breaches is not always disclosed.

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What Is the Role of an Activity Director in Senior Care?

We Care Online

When we think of senior care,we often focus on medical care, but senior care is also about quality of life. Thatswhere the Activity Directors come in! They develop and implement fun activities so seniors maintain their physical, socialand mental health. If you enjoy interacting with people and making a positive impact, you may be ideal for a career as anActivity Director.

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HHS announces sweeping reorganization, including cuts of 10K workers

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Along with shrinking the HHS’ workforce further, the reorganization announced Thursday will cut the department from 28 divisions to 15, and close five regional offices.

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Phlebotomy Training: Real-World Skills You’ll Use Daily

Serenity Nurse Aide Academy

Phlebotomy plays a key role in healthcare, focusing on the collection of blood for medical testing, donations, and research. Medical training programs in Charlotte, North Carolina , provide the hands-on experience necessary to master this skill. Students gain a solid understanding of drawing blood safely, identifying veins, and ensuring patient comfort.

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Meta AI Has One Big Advantage Over ChatGPT And Others

Forbes Healthcare

Mark Zuckerberg has focused relentlessly on his thesis since day one: social connection.

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Healthcare Data Breaches Reported in Georgia, Washington & New Hampshire

The HIPAA Journal

Cyberattacks and data breaches have recently been announced by Pineland Community Service Board in Georgia, Klickitat Valley Health in Washington, and Concord Orthopaedics and Welts, White, & Fontaine in New Hampshire. Pineland Community Service Board, Georgia Pineland Community Service Board, a Statesboro, GA-based provider of behavioral health and developmental disability services, has suffered a cyberattack and data breach.

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Arkenea Named Best Bespoke Healthcare Software Developer for 2025, Winning Global Excellence Award for the Second Consecutive Year

Arkenea

Raleigh, NC March 26, 2025: Arkenea, a leading healthcare software development company , is proud to be recognized as the Best Bespoke Healthcare Software Developer 2025 East Coast USA by Global Health & Pharma (GHP) Magazine for the second consecutive year. GHPs Global Excellence Awards celebrate organizations driving innovation and setting new benchmarks across the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and life sciences industries.

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Advocacy groups say Medicaid cuts would be ‘catastrophic’

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

In a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, hundreds of groups said the potential cuts would “shred our nation’s social safety net,” delaying access to care and ultimately drive up healthcare costs.

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Role of a Medical Administrative Assistant in Managing Electronic Medical Records

Northwest Career College

Think of how it feels to visit a doctor’s office where everything, from history to results and treatment plans, is noted and ready. This does not happen accidentally, but it is a skilled result of medical administrative assistants maintaining electronic medical records. If you want to enter the healthcare industry for a career but want to remain outside the examination rooms, becoming a Medical Administrative Assistant is a great choice.

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Gene Hackman’s Death Was Awful — And All Too Common

Forbes Healthcare

It was weeks before Gene Hackman and his wife were discovered, this happens all too often with seniors. Here are 5 tips to find the right caregiver for aging relatives.

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Website Tracking Lawsuit Against Orlando Health Survives Motion to Dismiss

The HIPAA Journal

A lawsuit against Orlando Health in Florida over the disclosure of the plaintiff’s data to third parties via tracking tools on its website has survived a motion to dismiss. The plaintiff alleged that after visiting the website of Orlando Health and performing medical searches she was targeted with Facebook ads specific to her medical conditions.

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