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Vendor ransomware attack exposes patient data at Tennessee hospital
Memphis, Tenn.-based Regional One Health’s obstetrics and gynecology patients’ information may have been compromised due to a ransomware attack on a technology vendor KMJ Health Solutions.
Banner Health to expand clinical AI to 33 hospitals, 6 states
Phoenix-based Banner Health plans to expand a clinical artificial intelligence program to 33 hospitals in 2024 after a successful pilot.
New UI Health campus to go live with Epic
Iowa City-based UI Health Care’s new campus plans to go live with an Epic EHR system in May.
A vital committee that feels ineffective — even to its members
Audit committees are under a lot of pressure with increasingly hefty workloads, yet many members feel that their operations could be improved, Fortune reported March 14.
HHS tightens tracking tool rules for healthcare organizations
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights is updating its stance on online tracking tools amid several hospitals, health systems and insurers facing lawsuits for using them.
Why physicians are charging for emails
Physicians are billing for emails because the deluge of patient portal communications is causing “burnout” and “moral injury” while, at the same time, clinicians are facing declining reimbursement, two physician leaders wrote in Time.
Minnesota system at 'breaking point' lays off 103
Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health is laying off more than 100 employees in clinical and nonclinical roles due to ongoing financial challenges, according to a March 20 statement shared with Becker’s.
IU Health investing $4.3B in hospital expansion project
The estimated project investment for Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health’s new hospital and expanded medical campus is $4.3 billion.
IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center to create lung cancer research center
The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a $20 million gift to put toward the development of a new research center for lung cancer.
R1 RCM tells shareholders to cease buyout discussions
R1 RCM told major shareholders New Mountain Capital and TCP-ASC to halt discussions of a potential buyout of the company.
