A computer problem forced Powell Valley Healthcare to unexpectedly go retro last month, requiring the organization to keep records on pen and paper for nearly three weeks. On April 1, the healthcare organization’s network went down. It was a brief moment, but during that time, PVHC’s virtual servers lost connectivity to their data storage. Afterwards, Powell Valley Healthcare officials were unable to get their financial software to come back up, because a database file had been corrupted by the anomaly and became inaccessible.
A ransomware attack on Scripps Health’s computer network over the weekend significantly disrupted care, forcing the giant health care provider to stop patient access to its online portal, postpone appointments set for Monday, May 3, and divert some critical-care patients to other hospitals.
OSF Healthcare announced all of its hospitals are back online Sunday after network issue Friday that impacted IT systems. OSF says Home Care Services and OSF Hospice Home are also fully online. All hospital locations remain open and are accepting and caring for patients, including through EDs and urgent care centers.
Epic Systems founder Judy Faulkner built an empire pioneering—and later dominating—electronic medical records. For decades, she's kept them walled off from competitors, but now the pandemic is fueling a digital health care race that might finally topple her from the throne.
Trevor DeHaas is auctioning his 2017 tweet of the “dinner” he received at Fyre Fest as an NFT. But unlike the Fest itself, the tweeted photo of the limp cheese slice on wheat bread with some greens and a sad tomato in a styrofoam container isn’t a grift; as first reported by Axios, DeHaas is hoping to raise $80,000 which he plans to put toward his medical bills.
Healthcare insurance, if you’re lucky to have it, only covers a subset of conditions in the United States. As a result, patients can often get burdened with horror story charges, like huge deductibles, out-of-network costs and expensive co-pays. So for the uninsured and insured alike, innovative ways of managing big bills are in high demand — especially as uncertainty remains around how COVID-19 and long-haul symptoms will be handled by patients and payers.