This is Naomi Diaz with the Becker Digital
health podcast.
Here is your daily industry news briefing for
today at July 20 second.
First,
uc health led a 10000000 dollar funding round
for a patient access startup, the health system
says can create a more seamless and integrated
health care experience.
The health care system back humming bird healthcare
in the late June series a funding round
after providing seed funding for the company a
year earlier.
The company is building an epic based platform
with patient self service and automation for primary
and specialty care access.
Or
Also participating in the funding round was the
C Healthcare Innovation fund, which also includes children's
Hospital, Colorado,
and the University of Colorado
and shoots both base in Aurora.
Second,
Hospitals and health systems continue to recover from
July eighteenth It issue disrupting service from some
Microsoft customers.
Here's what to know.
What happened?
Crowds a cybersecurity company released a flawed software
update July eighteenth that affected It systems globally.
The update affected Microsoft customers, including 8500000.0
windows devices.
Microsoft engineers are working with customers to restore
services and Crowds
recommended workarounds to address issues.
Microsoft is also collaborating with Google Cloud and
Amazon web services to spread awareness of any
issues and support affected customers.
Crowds strike warned that hackers are sending a
malicious filed crowds hot fix dot z, any
touting it as a quick fix to the
issue. The file includes malware allowing hackers to
remotely monitor devices and It team should make
sure they are communicating through official channels, with
crowds strike representatives on any fixes.
Here's how some health systems are responding.
Health systems began to have issues July nineteenth
after the Crowds strike issue hit Microsoft customers.
Kaiser Permanente
activated its national command center in response to
the unprecedented
disruption according to the New York Times.
Several health systems are also postponed surgeries and
close outpatient facilities amid the outage while keeping
emergency services functional.
Phoenix Space banner health closed clinics urgent care
centers and outpatient facilities July nineteenth with plans
to were open them through July 20 second
as the system restored in Microsoft functionality.
Master bring them also opened all of its
services by July 20 second after delaying some
appointments in surgery
surgeries in July nineteenth.
Other health systems that restore their operations by
July 20 second include R, Bar health, University
of Vermont Health Network and Harris health system.
Epic
tech Ehr were affected by the outage,
Providence Cio, Bj Moore told the times, we
knew we had a catastrophe on our hands
when the 52 hospital systems Ehr system went
down.
The issue affected around 15000 of the health
system servers and around 40000 of their hundred
and 50000
computers were disrupted just showing a blue screen.
Mister Moore said, quote, this is worse than
a cyber attack end, quote, because the disruption
affected the Health system's It network as well
as the computers of Providence partners.
Providence had around 1000 team
recovering from the disruption and made progress over
the weekend
according to a note on its website. Full
restoration could take weeks mister Moore told the
times.
Jack C, Chief Information Security Officer of Michigan
Medicine told Becker the recovery, process could act
as a springboard for preparing for any future
It outages. He said, quote, the most important
processes to continually prove our communication related so
that It, third party vendors, affiliates, hospital operations
and care providers can act with coordination, and
reduce mis miscommunication wherever possible.
Things move fast in events like this, so
there is a constant revision and tracing of
new information impacts and outcomes and, quote,
Meanwhile, common spirit health counsel some appointments and
elective surgeries, July 19, hope was able to
restore operations enough to devices to keep its
hospitals and clinics open. Wall Street Journal reported.
The American Hospital Association also published a cybersecurity
advisory July 20 first for hospitals and health
systems dealing with the outage, the John Rig,
the Aha National advisor for cybersecurity breasts said
in the notice, quote. For those hospitals that
remain impacted, the Microsoft recovery solution may be
able to accelerate recovery. We appreciate the responsiveness
of both Microsoft and Crowds strike, and we
will continue to engage their leadership to directly
relay the operational financial and clinical air impact,
America's hospitals and health systems are experiencing due
to the crowds strike update and quote.
Third,
geo healthcare set to require intelligent ultrasound group's
clinical artificial intelligence software business for 51000000
dollars.
Intelligent ultrasound group's Ai based technology provides real
time support intelligent for Ob g y scans,
according to a July eighteenth news released from
Ge Healthcare.
Under the proposed acquisition, Ge Health care will
incorporate Ai technology across its ultrasound portfolio and
will add the company's research and development
experts to its workforce. Care That transaction is
slated to be finalized in the fourth quarter
of 20 24.
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