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- A new study suggests that a weekly treatment with semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, may significantly reduce the risk of kidney failure and other complications in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD).Find semaglutide online today.
- Funded by Novo Nordisk creators of Ozempic and Wegovy semaglutide injections for diabetes management, the study published in The New England Journal of Medicine investigated
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Innovaccer Launches Quality Management Solution for Health Plans
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer Inc., a leader in healthcare artificial intelligence, has unveiled a quality management and reporting solution designed specifically for health plans.
- The comprehensive platform empowers health plans to streamline workflows, improve member health outcomes, and achieve higher quality ratings.
Addressing Challenges in Healthcare Quality Management
Health plans have long grappled with managing quality and reporting requirements
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US Government Invests $50M in Automating Hospital Cybersecurity Defense
What You Should Know:
- The healthcare industry faces a growing threat: cyberattacks targeting hospital IT systems. In response, the US government's Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has pledged over $50 million to fund a groundbreaking program called UPGRADE (Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense).
- The success of UPGRADE has the potential to significantly improve hospital cybersecurity and protect patient care from cyber threats. By
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Redox, Snowflake Partner to Streamline Healthcare Data Exchange for AI and Machine Learning
What You Should Know:
- Redox, a healthcare interoperability company, and Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, have joined forces to simplify the exchange of healthcare data.
- This strategic partnership aims to revolutionize how healthcare organizations access and utilize patient data, ultimately leading to improved patient care.
Unifying Legacy Systems for Seamless Data Flow
The collaboration leverages Redox's expertise in unifying healthcare data from various sources,
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Why It’s Time to Go on the Offensive with Healthcare Cybersecurity
Being an avid soccer fan, player, and coach, I’ve heard countless times that “the best defense is a good offense.” As a cybersecurity professional, the concept of taking active steps to improve your team’s position resonates. However, cybersecurity programs within and outside the healthcare industry typically focus on reactive approaches.
The stakes are too high in healthcare to wait for a hacker to strike your organization, and meanwhile, the scale and scope of cyberattacks continue to
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Atropos Health Raises $33M to Improve Value-Based Care Through Real-World Evidence
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- Atropos Health, the pioneer in translating real-world clinical data into high-quality personalized real-world evidence for care, today announced a $33 million Series B on the heels of the adoption of its Generative AI platform (GENEVA OSTM) by healthcare institutions, data platforms, research institutions, Life Sciences companies and more.
- The funding was led by Valtruis, with participation from new strategic investors
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5 Cloud Security Best Practices for Healthcare Leaders
Based on last year's research by PWC, the majority of health services organizations have already transitioned to the cloud or are in the process of doing so. The study claims that 81% of health services executives confirmed that they have adopted the cloud in most or all parts of their business to enhance patient care, clinical workflows, safety and more. However, with 79% of all reported data breaches during the first 10 months of 2020 targeting the healthcare sector and recent spotlights on
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ONC Brief Reveals Current State of Hospital Data Interoperability
What You Should Know:
- A new report by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) examines the current state of electronic health information exchange among hospitals in the United States. The findings reveal progress in interoperability but also highlight areas where improvement is needed.
- In addition, this brief describes the breadth of electronic information exchange between hospitals and other providers across the care continuum
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COTA and FDA Extend Collaboration to Advance Use of Real-World Data in Cancer Research
What You Should Know:
- COTA, a leader in real-world data and analytics solutions, today announced a five-year extension of its research collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE).
- The five-year extension builds upon a successful partnership established in 2018 and signifies a continued commitment to utilizing real-world data (RWD) to enhance cancer treatment and regulatory decisions.
Building on a Successful
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Healthcare’s Trillion-Dollar Data Breach Crisis: Cybersecurity is a Matter of Life and Death
Between January 1 and April 1, 2024, at least 16.6 million individuals were impacted by data breaches across the healthcare industry. Of those, 16.3 million - or 98 percent - were hacking/IT incidents according to the HIPAA Breach Report generated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial implications of these breaches are staggering with some industry estimates the impact to top $1 trillion.
The healthcare sector has become the most
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