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This is Naomi Diaz with the Becker's Digital

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Health Podcast.

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Here's your daily industry news briefing for today,

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September 23rd.

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First,

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a start up has filed an antitrust

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lawsuit against Epic Systems

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alleging that the company is leveraging its position

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in the EHR market

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to stifle competition in the payer platform sector.

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Particle Health, an intelligent data platform that aggregates

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and delivers actionable patient data and insights to

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health care companies,

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filed the lawsuit September 23rd in the US

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District Court for the Southern District of New

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York.

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The lawsuit alleges that Epic is stopping Particle

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from entering the emerging payer platform market.

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Jason Pasadero,

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CEO of Particle, said in a news release

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shared with Becker's quote,

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Epic system controls the medical information of nearly

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every American,

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meaning one private company has unchecked power over

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our health care.

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Now Epic is using that power to Thor,

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an emerging industry intended to bring payers and

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providers into closer collaboration for better patient care,

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end quote.

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The lawsuit claims that Epic has broken the

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Sherman Act, a law in the US that

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prevents unfair competition.

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Particle is asking for financial damages and a

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court order to make Epic stop its practices.

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Becker's reached out to Epic for comment and

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will update the story if more information becomes

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available.

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This lawsuit follows Epic's actions in April when

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the company accused Particle Health of using patient

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data in an unauthorized and unethical

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way that was unrelated to medical treatment.

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As a result, Epic restricted Particle Health's access

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to its data. However, Particle asserted that Epic

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had not completely terminated access to its data

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for Particle Health and its customers at that

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time and Particle disputed Epic's allegations.

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2nd,

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UnitedHealth Group subsidiary, Change Healthcare, had to start

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over with its computer systems following a ransomware

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attack in February,

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Cyberscoop reported September 19th.

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Stephen Martin, UnitedHealth Group's chief information security officer,

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said at the Mandiant Worldwide Information Security Exchange

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event, quote,

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when I say start over, I really truly

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meant start over.

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The only thing that we kept from the

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old environment into the new environment was the

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cables. New routers, new switches, new compute infrastructure,

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deployed everything from a safe environment truly started

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over.

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I felt like that was the only way

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that we could really ensure that we ended

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up with something that we could stand behind

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for the health care space because it's what

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it deserved, end quote.

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Mister Martin mentioned that his team has been

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working on repairs since February, and some of

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the efforts are still ongoing.

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He said, quote, we're almost complete with the

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restoration process, but we worked for months, particularly

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in those early days, incredibly long hours to

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restore those services, end quote.

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The February 21st cyber attack on changed health

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care crippled financial operations for hospitals, insurers, pharmacies,

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and medical groups nationwide.

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In July, the organization began sending out breach

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notification letters to individuals affected by the attack.

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3rd,

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AI powered chatbots and avatars are set to

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lead IT innovation,

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emerging as the top trend expected to shape

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the landscape in 2025,

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according to a September 17th survey from Infotech

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Research Group.

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The survey conducted

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conducted between March July 2024

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collected insights from 1,000 IT decision makers worldwide.

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Respondents represented regions, including the US, Canada, the

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Asia Pacific region, and Europe, spanning 17 industries

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such as financial services, health care, government, and

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manufacturing.

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Here's what they identified as the 6 key

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tech trends for 2025.

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1st is AI

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avatars and chat bots.

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2nd is deep fake defenses.

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3rd is quantum advantage.

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4 is post quantum

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chirotography.

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5 is expert models.

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6 is AI sovereignty.

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