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 Are Hospitals Ready for Alzheimer’s Treatment Approval?

by John Showalter, MD, Chief Product Officer at Linus Health 03/20/2023 Leave a Comment

 Are Hospitals Ready for Alzheimer's Treatment Approval?

The FDA’s recent accelerated approval of Leqembi was welcome news across the Alzheimer’s community. However, few health systems, medical practices, or providers are prepared for the extraordinary public interest in a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease – especially not one targeting mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and early dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease – that is likely headed their way soon. The unprecedented scale of the public health and marketing campaigns, the high prevalence of MCI in
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New Healthcare H2 2022 Data: Reported Breaches Trend Down, But Individuals Affected Skyrocket by 35% to Nearly 29M

by Syed Hamza Sohail 02/24/2023 Leave a Comment

New Healthcare H2 2022 Data: Reported Breaches Trend Down, But Individuals Affected Skyrocket by 35% to Nearly 29M

What You Should Know: - Critical Insight, the Cybersecurity-as-a-Service provider specializing in helping critical organizations Prepare, Detect, and Respond in today’s threat environment releases its H2 2022 Healthcare Data Breach Report, which analyzes ​​breach data reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by healthcare organizations. - The number of data breaches affecting healthcare providers declined in the second half of 2022, consistent with a downward trend over
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Biden Admin Builds on Cancer Moonshot with 13 More Initiatives

by Syed Hamza Sohail 02/06/2023 Leave a Comment

Biden Admin Builds on Cancer Moonshot with 13 More Initiatives

What You Should Know: - One year ago, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden reignited the Cancer Moonshot, setting an ambitious, achievable goal: to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years, and improve the experience of people and families living with and surviving cancer, ultimately ending cancer as we know it today. - The Cancer Moonshot has spurred tremendous action across the federal government and from the public and private
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Cybersecurity: Is SOC2 Worth The Hype for Healthcare Organizations?

by Ankit Kumar Agarwal, Director-IT Delivery Services at NewWave Telecom & Technologies Inc. 01/17/2023 Leave a Comment

4 Data Security Challenges for Healthcare Organizations in 2022

The healthcare industry has always been a prominent target for cybercriminals worldwide. They can access high-value patient PHI/PII data and use it maliciously to disrupt the patient’s treatment routine and bring down uptime, which is critical. It has repercussions on patients, doctors, hospitals, and everything associated with the healthcare ecosystem. Information security is a reason for concern for all organizations, including those that outsource key business operations to third-party
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Security and Compliance Oversight Will Reduce Business Communication Risk for Healthcare in 2023

by Rusty Carter, Chief Product Officer at SafeGuard Cyber 01/04/2023 Leave a Comment

Security and Compliance Oversight Will Reduce Business Communication Risk for Healthcare in 2023

Cyber attacks on healthcare organizations are by no means just as simple as hackers going after healthcare data for the sake of obtaining critical data of patients, their families, or the organization's employees. A growing number of these attacks are executed by nation-states and other organized criminal organizations, which have the financial resources and the expertise to launch ever-more sophisticated and costly assaults against these organizations. Some of these attacks have been traced
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2022 Telemental Health Regulations Unlock Access and Evolve Compliance Practices

by Syed Hamza Sohail 12/06/2022 Leave a Comment

2022 Telemental Health Regulations Unlock Access and Evolve Compliance Practices

What You Should Know: - Epstein Becker Green (EBG) recently released its 2022 updates to the Telemental Health Laws survey.  - The 2022 updates report a significant evolution of the telemental health and telehealth industries, including increased regulatory flexibilities that promote increased use of telehealth. Insights and Trends from Telemental Health’s Survey The Telemental Health Laws survey is authored by Amy Lerman and Audrey Davis, with support from Jenna Horowitz, Erin
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Telehealth: Addressing The Mental Health Crisis in Kids

by Serrah Linares, VP of Partnerships, Change Healthcare & Rachel Mack Robinson, Founder & President, DotCom Therapy 11/30/2022 Leave a Comment

Telehealth: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in Kids

Children in America were increasingly struggling with mental health before COVID-19, but the pandemic compounded an already growing crisis. Today in the U.S., nearly one in five children experience a mental health disorder. What’s just as alarming is that for every five children with a mental health disorder, only one will receive treatment. In October 2021, leading pediatric healthcare associations declared a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health. This declaration was a
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Mitigating Healthcare Cyber Risk Through Vendor Management

by Daniel Rosenberg and Nathalie Feria, Managers at Kaufman Rossin’s Risk Advisory Services 10/17/2022 Leave a Comment

Look to these best practices to enhance your organization’s vendor risk management program Vendor partnerships are critically important in today’s business world, especially as the pandemic accelerated many organizations’ digital transformation and the shift to remote operations, cloud adoption, and virtual services, such as those through telehealth, medical apps, and other healthcare technology and communication platforms continues to expand. This increased reliance on third parties also
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Biden-⁠Harris Admin Awards $1.5B to Address Overdose Epidemic

by Jasmine Pennic 09/26/2022 Leave a Comment

Biden-⁠Harris Admin Awards $1.5B to Address Overdose Epidemic

What You Should Know: - The U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), awarded nearly $1.5 billion to support states, tribal lands, and territories’ efforts to address the opioid crisis and support individuals in recovery. - The grants are part of SAMHSA’s State Opioid Response and Tribal Opioid Response grant programs. The grant programs provide funding to states and territories to increase access to
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Eko Lands $2.7M NIH Grant to Train Pulmonary Hypertension AI

by Syed Hamza Sohail 09/20/2022 Leave a Comment

Eko Lands $2.2M NIH Grant to Train Pulmonary Hypertension AI

What You Should Know: - Eko, a digital health company applying machine learning in the fight against heart and lung disease, today announced that it was awarded a $2.7M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct Phase II grant by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). - The grant will fund the development of a machine learning algorithm that detects and stratifies pulmonary hypertension (PH) using phonocardiogram (PCG) and
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