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Analysis: After years of ransomware attacks, health-care defenses still fail

Wed, 2024-03-20 10:58 — mike kraft

After years of ransomware attacks, health-care defenses still fail The danger was obvious in 2021, when ransomware gangs struck hospitals already overwhelmed by the covid-19 pandemic. Joseph Menn The Washington Post

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UnitedHealth hack takes toll on healthcare providers to the American poor

Wed, 2024-03-20 10:44 — mike kraft

UnitedHealth hack takes toll on healthcare providers to the nation's poor The ransomware attack on UnitedHealth that has disrupted payments to U.S. doctors and healthcare facilities nationwide for a month, has taken an especially harsh toll on the community health centers that serve more than 30 million poor and uninsured patients. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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Clinical outcomes worse for young, immunocompromised COVID patients --study

Tue, 2024-03-19 09:31 — mike kraft

Clinical outcomes worse for young, immunocompromised COVID patients In a national case series, 11.4% of immunocompromised patients younger than 21 years with COVID-19 admitted for intensive care died, compared to 4.6% of their peers with healthy immune systems. CIDRAP

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In addition to almost triple the rate of in-hospital mortality, patients with ICCs had longer hospital stays.

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U.S, Health workers fear employers put profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission guidelines

Mon, 2024-03-18 20:37 — mike kraft

Health workers fear it's profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission As the CDC revisits its airborne transmission guidelines, health care workers fear the agency is repeating past mistakes about mask guidance to prevent the spread of viruses. Yahoo News

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U.S. government urges states to make interim payments for healthcare providers hit by cyberattack

Mon, 2024-03-18 10:33 — mike kraft

US agency urges interim payments for healthcare providers hit by UnitedHealth hack The U.S. government said on Friday it has urged states to make interim payments to healthcare providers that were hit by the cyberattack at UnitedHealth's unit Change Healthcare. Reuters Reuters

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Differences between health workers, laypeople on how to allocate limited medical resources amid a crisis--survey

Fri, 2024-03-15 10:41 — mike kraft

Health workers, laypeople differ on how to allocate limited medical resources amid a crisis On average, healthcare providers more strongly agreed that scarce resources shouldn't be allocated to patients less likely to survive. CIDRAP

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Non-COVID hospital deaths rose during pandemic, varied by urban or rural setting

Thu, 2024-03-14 10:11 — mike kraft

Non-COVID hospital deaths rose in pandemic, varied by setting Amid COVID-19 pandemic-related healthcare disruptions, the likelihood of in-hospital death rose significantly for six time-sensitive, non-COVID conditions and varied by urban or rural setting, finds a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open. CIDRAP

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Leading U.S. health care data company to provide medical records for free

Tue, 2024-03-12 11:17 — mike kraft

Top health care data company to provide medical records for free Leading health data logistics company Datavant announced Tuesday it will no longer be charging patients for health records requests as part of what it calls its commitment to ensuring a “safe… jchoi The Hill

Leading health data logistics company Datavant announced Tuesday it will no longer be charging patients for health records requests as part of what it calls its commitment to ensuring a “safe flow of patient information across the healthcare ecosystem.”

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Medicare will make loans to health providers affected by a major cyber attack

Mon, 2024-03-11 11:52 — mike kraft

Medicare announces loan program to aid providers affected by Change cyberattack Medicare will make advance payments to physician groups, hospitals, and other facilities in response to the February 21 Change Healthcare cyberattack. Brittany Trang STAT

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US respiratory virus levels continue to ebb --except for the flu

Mon, 2024-03-11 10:58 — mike kraft

Except for flu, US respiratory virus levels continue to ebb Respiratory virus activity in the United States loosened its grip more last week, as COVID-19 activity continues to decline and a few regions of the country fell below their baselines for flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its updates today. CIDRAP

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