Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 12, 2025

Startup Cognixion, which has developed a noninvasive brain-computer interface, has begun a clinical trial for patients with ALS.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 10, 2025

The Journal of the American Medical Association published an actual randomized controlled trial for coronary artery calcium (CAC). As a skeptic of this imaging test, I saw the headline and thought: finally, we will learn whether patients who have their chest radiated have better outcomes. Better outcomes, such as fewer heart attacks or strokes, or longer life, is why we interact with healthcare.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 8, 2025

By revisiting debunked theories that link autism to the MMR vaccine, CDC may undermine the publics confidence and lead to further vaccine hesitancy.

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Science Based Medicine

MARCH 11, 2025

Stored blood quickly loses its effectiveness, so how can we improve the situation? The post Innovations in Blood Transfusions Will Save Lives first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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EvidenceCare

MARCH 11, 2025

Originally published on EIN Presswire BRENTWOOD, TN | March 12, 2025 EvidenceCare , a leading provider of innovative clinical decision support solutions, is thrilled to announce its acquisition of Agathos , a pioneer in physician engagement and practice enablement. This strategic partnership reflects EvidenceCares commitment to empowering physicians and health systems to reduce unwarranted clinical variation through data-driven tools and actionable insights that improve care.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 6, 2025

Software companies like Epic and Oracle say they’re weaving AI into clinicians’ workflows to meet client demand, keep up with competitors and improve the productivity of a swamped healthcare system.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 7, 2025

FH is a 66-year-old woman who comes in for an urgent visit because she has been feeling woozy for two days. She is very anxious, almost distraught, because she thinks these symptoms are the same as the ones that her sister had before she died of a hemorrhagic stroke. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. If you appreciate our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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Medical Economics

MARCH 10, 2025

Restoring pay had majority support, but medical associations blast federal budget for ignoring that, jeopardizing patient access.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2025

Cyberattacks and data breaches have been announced by Sunflower Medical Group, The Center for Digestive Health, NVW Newco, Endless Mountains Health Systems, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System. Sunflower Medical Group, Kansas Sunflower Medical Group, a private multi-specialty medical group with four care centers in Kansas City, Lenexa, and Roeland Park in Kansas, has suffered a data breach involving the personal and protected health information of 220,968 i

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 7, 2025

The struggling retail pharmacy chain entered an agreement to be purchased by private equity firm Sycamore Partners, which could end its nearly 100-year run as a public company.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 7, 2025

Plus: Ancient tool use, reducing AIs big power draw, Firefly lands on the Moon and more.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 7, 2025

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Electronic health record (EHR) vendors are accelerating their adoption of artificial intelligence, aiming to enhance clinician workflows, improve patient care, and remain competitive in an evolving healthcare landscape. Leaders including Epic and Oracle are integrating […] The article EHR Vendors Embrace AI to Transform Healthcare Workflows appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Medical Economics

MARCH 5, 2025

A Florida Atlantic University study paired high school students with older adults to improve tech literacy and health tracking.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

Each year, ECRI (the ECRI Institute) publishes an annual report on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for the year. The 2025 list was published today. My read of it is that most of these risks have to do with what I’ve been referring to as the Human OS, the Human Operating System, in my talks and teachings. In this post, I’ll focus on 2 of the 10 most top-of-mind in my current workflow with clients and speaking: #1 and #3.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 11, 2025

The continuing resolution left in place a physician pay cut from Jan. 1, despite lobbyists’ hopes lawmakers would reverse it.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2025

Cyberattacks and data breaches have been announced by Hillcrest Convalescent Center in North Carolina, Bay Cove Human Services in Massachusetts, and SMC Corporation of America in Indiana. The Hillcrest incident involved the data of 106,194 individuals. Hillcrest Convalescent Center Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham, North Carolina has notified 106,194 individuals about a data security incident identified on June 27, 2024.

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Medical Economics

MARCH 7, 2025

Company adds ability to analyze tables, charts and diagrams

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

On March 11, 2020, The World Health Organization announced that the coronavirus was deemed a pandemic. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asserted, “We have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action.We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear.” Five years later, Edelman has fielded a survey to determine what some 4,000 health citizens living in 4 countries (Brazil, India, the UK, and the U.S.) are thinking and feeling about life after COVID-1

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 5, 2025

Beneficiaries who earn more than four times the federal poverty level wouldn’t be eligible for any subsidies on marketplace plans if the enhanced premium tax credits expire at the end of the year.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 6, 2025

Walgreen Boots Alliance will become privately held in a $10 billion takeover by the investment firm Sycamore Partners.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 7, 2025

Apria Healthcare, an Indianapolis-based provider of home healthcare equipment and related services, has agreed to pay $6,400,000 to resolve all claims related to data breaches in 2019 and 2021 that affected 1,869,598 individuals. In April 2019, hackers gained access to parts of its network where employee and patient data were stored. The investigation confirmed unauthorized access to the network between April 5, 2019, and May 7, 2019.

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 5, 2025

By ARIEL FRISTOE As the artistic director of Out of Hand Theater, an arts organization that promotes anti-racism, social activism and health equity, I believe the recent appointment of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK) as Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services is beyond concerning. RFK is not a doctor, nor is he a scientist, yet he has been very vocal about his vaccine skepticism and has promoted misinformation about vaccine safety.

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Practice Index

MARCH 6, 2025

Whatever your length of experience as a Practice Manager, there are always some questions about HR or staff matters that youre bound to be unsure of. Recently, 46 members of the Practice Index forum joined Robyn Clark (@JacksonR) and Susi OBrien (HR Advisor) for an online HR Clinic in which questions on any HR topic could be put forward. Most questions were submitted in advance, but a few came in on the day as well.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 6, 2025

Vendors say their AI scribes and assistants will save doctors time. But the need for careful oversight, along with hospitals motivated to see as many patients as possible, could mean clinicians schedules’ won’t be freed up by AI tools.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 7, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has faced enormous challenges in his ability to communicate health information to the public just one month into his appointment as secretary of HHS.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 6, 2025

Rite Aid has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over a June 2024 data breach that involved the personal information of approximately 2.2 million customers. Class members can claim up to $10,000 as reimbursement for documented expenses incurred as a result of the data breach. On June 6, 2024, the RansomHub ransomware group gained access to some of its computer systems, exfiltrated sensitive data, and encrypted files.

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 11, 2025

By KIM BELLARD A recent report from Moodys Analytics, by chief economist Mark Zandi, had an eye-opening fact: the top 10% of earners in the U.S. those who make $250,000 or more now account for just shy (49.7%) of half of consumer spending. If that strikes you as unusual, youre right. It is a record since at least 1989. Thirty years ago the comparable percentage was 36%.

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We Care Online

MARCH 12, 2025

Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) form an important component of the healthcare system as they render care to the patients. How much can aCNA actually earn an hour? The answer hinges on ahandful of factors, including where you work and where you live. Highest-Paying CNA Positions However, notevery CNA job pays the same. Others realize that the type of facility orother obligations are worth a higher wage.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 5, 2025

After months of litigation, Yale New Haven called a deal to buy Prospect’s three Connecticut hospitals “impossible.” The bankrupt health system is reportedly looking for new buyers.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 10, 2025

Dave Weldon is up to head CDC. He's a critic of the FDA and CDC, and believes vaccines cause autism. As we face measles, flu, bird flu outbreaks, is he the best choice?

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 6, 2025

An annual survey of healthcare leaders by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has revealed that more than half of healthcare organizations (55%) plan to increase cybersecurity spending in 2025. Twenty-one percent say budgets are largely unchanged year over year, and four percent plan to spend less on cybersecurity than in 2024.

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