Radiology that facilitates the sharing of resources and touchpoints within an enterprise but across geographic locales is the future of the specialty, according to two Harvard radiology researchers.
From telehealth and TikTok to artificial intelligence and virtual reality, the mental health care industry is embracing technology — but it’s making many clinicians uneasy.
Applications in healthcare are proving to be beneficial in various use cases, such as streamlining operational processes, personalized treatment, and tracking and predicting disease outbreaks.
GoodRx, which also runs a marketplace for telehealth services, agreed to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty for sharing users’ health data — like medication use or health conditions — with third parties including Facebook, Google, and Twilio for advertising. The settlement marks the first time the FTC has taken action under its Health Breach Notification Rule, and comes as the federal government looks to crack down on consumer companies deceptively selling and sharing health data.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned on Monday that pro-Russian hacktivist group Killnet is actively targeting the U.S. healthcare industry with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
Veterans Affairs leaders would be blocked from deploying the department’s new electronic health records system at any additional medical centers until significant safeguards are put in place, under legislation introduced Tuesday by House Republicans.