Officials say three Michigan Medicine employee email accounts were breached on May 23 and May 29 due to a cyberattack unrelated to the recent CrowdStrike outage.
Under his tenure, he created the breakthrough devices program, a pathway that has become immensely popular for device makers seeking expedited approval and reimbursement. Shuren dramatically increased the number of medical devices authorized by the FDA each year — by five-fold, according to Commissioner Rob Califf’s email announcing the news.
In the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed six new codes related to MRI safety measures. The codes would address a range of steps providers must take to address contraindications, including medical record review, programming MRI conditional devices and more.
In the past four years alone, ransomware incidents affecting healthcare organizations have increased 278%, leaving the U.S. healthcare industry as the largest single sector facing these attacks.
Software designers are testing specialized AI-powered chatbots that can give medical advice and diagnose conditions — but questions abound about accuracy.