The article about Pediatric Associates in CA has a nugget with a potentially outsized impact: the implication that VFC vaccines…
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Pinehurst Radiology Associates (NC) announces that it will close “for the foreseeable future” as it struggles to recover from a ransomware attack that forced it to take systems offline and cancel services.
The practice’s website is still up and running, with no mention of the attack or indefinite closure.
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People
Consensus Health promotes Christine Hayek to COO.
Announcements and Implementations
MedFlorida Medical Centers implements Sunoh.ai’s AI medical scribe software across its 20 locations.
ExpEDIum will make its new Office EHR for gastroenterology practices available in the second quarter of this year.
Research and Innovation
Practices with higher digital patient engagement experience less after-hours documentation and better financial performance, according to an Athenahealth analysis of data from 6,300 practices over a three-year period. Patients noted that they are most interested in using digital tools to access test results, receive appointment reminders, and schedule appointments. Women’s health and behavioral health practices have the highest digital patient engagement scores, while FQHCs have shown the most improvement.
Other
I came across this story last night while I was not watching the Super Bowl: Former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader Shanna Adamic recounts her experience being misdiagnosed, underdiagnosed, and simply dismissed for several years before finally being diagnosed with a tumor in her ear. She recounts her story in her recently released memoir, “Audacious Optimism.” She now serves as a director of the Oracle Health Foundation in Kansas City. (Her journey as a patient seems like it would make for a great session at HIMSS.)
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