Modern Healthcare Staff Jessica Kim Cohen Former Reporter/Chicago Technology and Innovation See All Staff Page Recent Stories Health systems hire industry outsiders to drive digital, consumer change Newly hired industry outsiders are driving digital change at health systems—but they need support as they acclimate. YouTube partners with Morehouse, others on health equity videos The program, a partnership between YouTube and Kaiser Family Foundation, will support three not-for-profits as they develop video series on health equity. Healthcare leaders facing dozens of cyberattacks annually: survey Lost productivity from IT downtime after a cyberattack can cost $1.1 million, according to the poll of healthcare IT and security professionals. Who's being insured? Insurance companies are figuring out the best ways to collect information about members’ race and ethnicity data as focus intensifies on addressing disparities. Cigna taps Dr. David Brailer as first health chief Brailer founded healthcare education firm Health Evolution and previously served as the country’s first ONC chief. General Catalyst, WellSpan Health partnering on digital health General Catalyst aims to have 10 health system partnerships by the end of 2022. Amazon to shut down Amazon Care at year's end The decision comes just weeks after the company said it would acquire primary-care provider One Medical for nearly $4 billion. Vendor breaches, ‘double extortion’ growing as healthcare cyberthreats About 23% of patients who had data involved in healthcare breaches reported in 2022's first half had information compromised in incidents at a vendor. Epic outlines what's ahead for patient portal, Cosmos Epic CEO Judy Faulkner outlined plans for the Cosmos research platform, patient portal and Payer Platform at an event in Wisconsin Tuesday. Interest in Signify Health shows 'home is the next clinical battlefront' Acquiring Signify Health creates opportunities for both technology firms and insurers, analysts said. Ransomware attack at RCM vendor hits 942k patients' data A ransomware attack at Practice Resources marks the sixth-largest data breach reported to the Health and Human Services Department in 2022. Philips promoting Roy Jakobs to CEO amid ventilator recall Roy Jakobs will succeed Frans van Houten, who has served as the Netherlands-based conglomerate's chief executive for more than a decade. Amazon expanding Amazon Care with behavioral health Amazon's latest step into healthcare comes as details are made public about a competing bid it faced for One Medical. Nearly 4M patients hit in healthcare breaches reported last month A ransomware attack at a vendor exposed data on almost 2 million patients, according to a report submitted to the Health and Human Service's breach portal. Cerner to pay $1.8M to resolve racial discrimination allegations Cerner allegedly discriminated against qualified Black and Asian applicants, according to the Labor Department. Load More Sponsored Content
Modern Healthcare Staff Jessica Kim Cohen Former Reporter/Chicago Technology and Innovation See All Staff Page