Report: Providers are overconfident in their cloud security – MedCity News

Report: Providers are overconfident in their cloud security – MedCity News

The threats of ransomware and phishing are more prevalent than ever — data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that nearly 3 million individuals were the victims of health data breaches in August. However, not all healthcare providers have appropriately adjusted their strategies to mitigate increasing risk. In fact, a new report shows  that many healthcare organizations […]

University Of Iowa Hospitals And Clinics To Expand Inpatient Tower – HCD Magazine

University Of Iowa Hospitals And Clinics To Expand Inpatient Tower – HCD Magazine

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City, Iowa) is adding two floors to its eight-story John Pappajohn Pavilion inpatient tower. The project is part of a 10-year renovation project, according to the website thegazette.com. The $95 million project will add 38,000 square feet. The new ninth floor will house a 24-bed intensive care unit, and the 10th floor will […]

Oscar loses big tech customer amid platform implementation snags

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Oscar Health is losing Florida-based health insurer Health First Shared Services as a customer of its information tech platform +Oscar, amid ongoing struggles implementing the product on a broad scale. Health First’s decision to terminate their deal — Oscar’s first […]

UN committee calls on US to address effects of Dobbs ruling on racial, ethnic minorities

UN committee calls on US to address effects of Dobbs ruling on racial, ethnic minorities

A United Nations committee called on the United States on Tuesday to take steps to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in sexual and reproductive health care in the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.  The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said in a release that the Supreme Court’s June ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson […]

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Outbreaks of Injustice Linked by Two Different Dobbs.

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Outbreaks of Injustice Linked by Two Different Dobbs.

BY MIKE MAGEE Under the definition for the noun, epidemic, there are two main (and distinctly different) definitions. I know this fact because it was the beginning point of my preparations earlier this summer for a Fall course on “The History of Epidemics in America” at the Presidents College at the University of Hartford.  The entry reads: Epidemic noun ep·​i·​dem·​ic | \ ˌe-pə-ˈde-mik  \ Definition […]