Epic Systems is no stranger to the courtroom. The nation’s largest vendor of electronic health records has fought, and won, legal fights with rivals large and small for many decades. But a new antitrust lawsuit filed this week by Particle Health, an upstart health data company, presents an especially direct threat to Epic’s dominance in the multibillion-dollar market surrounding patient data, legal and health policy experts told STAT.
With security software and services spending surging more quickly than budgets, CISOs are becoming risk management orchestrators with staff reshaping their focus on oversight, strategic planning, and integration, experts predict.
Ransomware attacks continue to increase in healthcare despite a fall in attacks in many other sectors, according to the State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2024 report from Sophos. Across all industry sectors, the number of organizations that reported suffering a ransomware attack in the past 12 months fell from 66% in 2023 to 59% in 2024. Sophos surveyed 402 healthcare organizations, and 67% said they had experienced a ransomware attack in the past 12 months, up from 60% the previous year, and on a par with the 66% that experienced ransomware attacks in 2022.
University Medical Center was still experiencing an IT outage Sunday caused by a ransomware attack, which was blamed for forcing the hospital to divert patients to other local hospitals and clinics since last Thursday. The ransomware attack was first reported on Thursday morning, and according to UMC's websites, it is still affecting hospital operations. According to UMC, staff are working around the clock and working with a third-party entity to return to normal operations; however, it does not have a time frame for when that might be.
Three-dimensional imaging outperformed older digital mammography at reducing anxiety-producing callbacks for more breast cancer testing, a new study shows. The research, published this month in the journal Radiology also suggests the newer technology might find more worrisome cancers earlier during routine screenings. Lead author Liane Philpotts, MD, a Yale School of Medicine radiology professor, hailed 3D mammography, also known as digital breast tomosynthesis or DBT, as "a win, win, win." "We have the benefit of a lower recall rate, or fewer false positives. We have increased cancer detection, and we have a lower rate of advanced cancers," she said. "So it's truly a game changer."
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Heavy storm surge flooding hit downtown Tampa as Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida. Significant flooding affected roads in and out of Davis Islands, including the area surrounding Tampa General Hospital. Video taken by a TGH employee showed the waters near the hospital. However, the hospital itself said it was protected by the high waters thanks to its AquaFence. "Designed to protect vulnerable area of our campus, the AquaFence is a water-impermeable barrier created to withstand storm surge up to 15 feet above sea level," the hospital wrote on social media.