This is Naomi diaz with the Becker digital
Health podcast.
Here's your daily industry news briefing for today,
June tenth.
First, the Biden Harris
administration has secured commitments for Microsoft and Google
to offer free and low cost resources to
rule hospitals nationwide to help them boost their
cyber defenses.
As part of the effort,
Microsoft will be extending its non nonprofit program
to provide grants and up to a 75
percent discount on security products for independent critical
access hospitals
and rural emergency hospitals
according to a June tenth news release from
the White House.
Additionally, larger rural hospitals using eligible
Microsoft solutions will also receive the most advanced
security suite at no additional cost for 1
year.
Microsoft will also offer free cybersecurity assessments, training
for frontline line and It staff and extend
Windows 10 security updates for 1 year at
no cost.
Meanwhile, Google committed to offering endpoint security advice
to rule hospitals and nonprofit
organizations at no cost.
Alongside funding support for software
migration. Google is also launching a pilot program
to develop a tailored package of security capabilities
for rural hospitals.
According to the White House, these efforts aim
to enhance the security and resilience of the
health sector.
Cyber attacks against the Us health system surge
by a hundred and 28 percent from 20
22 to 20 23 according to the White
House with the Us witness 1 of the
most severe healthcare related cyber tax in its
history during February and March of 20 24.
Second,
75 percent of health system executives say digital
transformation is a priority but lack the resources
to make it happen, Mckinsey C reported June
seventh,
Meanwhile, 88 percent of health leaders surveyed by
the management consultant said Ai held the biggest
potential of any technology,
but fewer than half had invested in it.
Here are the digital transformation areas where health
system had invested most of its money, according
to the survey 200 leaders from across the
globe.
1, virtual health to drive patient engagement access
hit 76 percent. 2, revenue cycle management and
back office automation hit 70 percent,
3, digital front door hit 62 percent,
4, acute care workflow and put at 58
percent,
5AM ambulatory care management at 55 percent, 6
remote patient monitoring at 54 percent, 7 contracting
or value based care 51 percent, 8 virtual
health to address labor shortages at 48 percent,
9 advanced analytics Ai machine learning and Gen
Ai at 45
percent, 10 cross site capacity management at 45
percent, 11 robotics are physical automation at 40
percent, and 12 hop at home at 36
percent.
Third,
Ehr vendor Epic Systems has entered into a
new partnership with Gen d a genetic testing
company.
Under the partnership, gene D x will integrate
with epic and a bid to broaden access
to its reps whole genome sequencing services in
neonatal intensive care units.
This integration is a designed to allow gene
d at to streamline its rapid whole genome
sequencing services results directly into patient's medical records
according to a June tenth news release from
the company.
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