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Hack at UnitedHealth’s tech unit impacted 100 mln people, US health dept says

The February ransomware attack on UnitedHealth-owned Change Healthcare has compromised the personal information of 100 million people, making the attack the largest healthcare data breach in US history.

CorroHealth Announces Strategic Partnership with Patient Square Capital

Patient Square Capital invests in RCM company CorroHealth and becomes a joint owner of the business with investment firm Carlyle.

Dyania Health raises $10M for clinical trial recruitment LLM

Automated chart review and clinical trial pre-screening software startup Dyania Health raises $10 million.

UMC operations largely restored after hospital faced month-long ransomware attack

University Medical Center (TX) has restored the majority of its patient-facing computer systems after a September 26 ransomware attack took them offline and forced the hospital to divert patients.



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  1. Wait what? “A member of Save Jennie Stuart says that the 194-bed hospital seeks new ownership because of “a recently purchased artificial intelligence boondoggle” ”

    What would this boondoggle be?

    • I wonder if its related to OpenAI’s “Whisper” product that literally invents things that nobody ever said and inserts them into the note.

      I am really shocked that people who hold the welfare of human lives in their hands were so quick to adopt “AI” and inject it into clinical workflow and documentation. Sam Altman is a carnival barker, and you can see it a mile away. The credulousness and specific blind-spots of otherwise intelligent people really takes my breath away.

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