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Tennessee hospital pays $1.5M to resolve data breach lawsuit
Knoxville-based East Tennessee Children’s Hospital agreed to pay $1.55 million to resolve claims that it failed to protect patient information in a March 2022 data breach, Top Class Actions reported Sept. 7.
Non-healthcare companies spending billions on EHR vendors
EHR vendors have been attracting the interest of tech giants and other non-healthcare companies as they look to enter the healthcare technology sector.
1,500 Avera Health patients affected by vendor breach
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health’s imaging vendor, DMS Health Technologies, experienced a cybersecurity event that affected 1,500 of the health system’s patients, KELO reported Sept. 6.
Cleveland Clinic exec leaves for Marshfield Clinic
Christopher Soska, former chief operating officer of Cleveland Clinic Martin Health in Stuart, Fla., has taken a new role in Wisconsin.
55% of falls at home health agencies not reported in OASIS
HHS found that 55 percent of falls among Medicare home health patients were not reported on patient assessments.
Alliana to source supplies from diverse companies
Minneapolis-based Allina Health partnered with Vizient’s Community Contracting Program to support diverse suppliers and small businesses in its community.
California health system uses $1.5M in federal funds to install Epic
Davis, Calif.-based CommuniCare Health Centers received $1.5 million in federal funds to install Epic across its eight locations, Sacramento Business Journal reported Sept. 7.
Shuttered Oklahoma hospital to reopen
Bristow, Okla.-based Carrus Lakeside Hospital has completed the necessary renovations required to get up to code and plans to reopen by the end of September, local news outlet KJRH reported Sept. 7.
Cancer care access for non-English speakers is 'alarming' challenge, researchers say
Accessing cancer care as a non-English speaking patient has become an “alarming” challenge, according to researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
