April 24, 2024 - The major health insurer UnitedHealth Group has not yet issued a formal breach notification, prompting more scrutiny of its response to the Change Healthcare cyberattack. So far, UnitedHealth Group reported that the breach involved files containing personal health information, but there is no evidence of malicious actors accessing full medical...

April 22, 2024 - Artificial intelligence tools (AI) are proliferating in healthcare at breakneck speed, amplifying calls from healthcare leaders and policymakers for greater alignment on the responsible use of these tools. The FDA authorized 692 artificial intelligence and machine learning devices in 2023, 171 devices more than its 2022 list. In response to...

April 19, 2024 - In the push toward value-based care and incentivized quality measures, providers have been left with a long, complicated to-do list. But the industry can do better, according to Brad Ryan, MD, chief growth officer at NCQA. In 2017, CMS introduced an entire initiative to reduce the burden of quality measurement on providers. The Meaningful...

April 18, 2024 - Application programming interfaces (APIs) play a significant role in the average consumer's world, whether they know it or not. How might the API takeover look different for the healthcare world? While interest in employing APIs in healthcare abounds, there are various barriers to implementation. Some healthcare organizations use...