1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,399 This is Naomi Diaz with the Becker's Digital 2 00:00:02,399 --> 00:00:05,279 Health Podcast. Here's your daily industry news briefing 3 00:00:05,279 --> 00:00:07,059 for today, January 27th. 4 00:00:07,839 --> 00:00:11,039 First, Change Healthcare has increased its estimates of 5 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,005 the number of people whose personal and health 6 00:00:13,005 --> 00:00:14,705 data was breached in a 2024 7 00:00:15,085 --> 00:00:17,344 ransomware attack to a 190,000,000. 8 00:00:18,524 --> 00:00:22,125 The UnitedHealth Group claims processing subsidiary had previously 9 00:00:22,125 --> 00:00:25,164 reported that hackers compromised the information of a 10 00:00:25,164 --> 00:00:27,379 100,000,000 people before releasing the The 11 00:00:30,138 --> 00:00:30,638 final 12 00:00:39,359 --> 00:00:41,755 number will The final number will be confirmed 13 00:00:41,755 --> 00:00:43,755 and filed with the office for civil rights 14 00:00:43,755 --> 00:00:45,695 at a later date, end quote. 15 00:00:46,234 --> 00:00:48,635 The cyber attack, which delayed health care claims 16 00:00:48,635 --> 00:00:50,255 and payments across the country, 17 00:00:50,635 --> 00:00:53,115 already represented the largest data breach in the 18 00:00:53,115 --> 00:00:55,135 history of health care. UnitedHealth 19 00:00:55,479 --> 00:00:55,979 lost 20 00:00:56,359 --> 00:00:56,859 $3,090,000,000 21 00:00:57,799 --> 00:00:59,179 from the hack in 2024. 22 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:01,100 The spokesperson 23 00:01:01,559 --> 00:01:04,519 added, quote, Change Healthcare is not aware of 24 00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:07,400 any misuse of individuals' information as a result 25 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,944 of this incident and has not seen electronic 26 00:01:10,105 --> 00:01:12,984 medical record databases appear in the data during 27 00:01:12,984 --> 00:01:14,604 the analysis, end quote. 28 00:01:15,625 --> 00:01:16,125 2nd, 29 00:01:16,665 --> 00:01:19,724 global IT spending is expected to grow 9.8% 30 00:01:20,265 --> 00:01:21,004 in 2025 31 00:01:21,784 --> 00:01:22,525 to 5,600,000,000,000, 32 00:01:23,385 --> 00:01:25,829 with much of that increase going to price 33 00:01:25,829 --> 00:01:27,689 hikes according to Gartner. 34 00:01:28,390 --> 00:01:31,349 And while CIO's expectations for Gen AI are 35 00:01:31,349 --> 00:01:33,670 on the wane, what the IT consultant called 36 00:01:33,670 --> 00:01:34,969 a through of disillusionment, 37 00:01:35,670 --> 00:01:38,149 their spending on technology will continue to rise, 38 00:01:38,149 --> 00:01:39,209 Gartner predicted. 39 00:01:39,975 --> 00:01:42,615 Those hardware upgrades will drive double digit growth 40 00:01:42,615 --> 00:01:45,975 in data center systems, devices, and software this 41 00:01:45,975 --> 00:01:46,475 year. 42 00:01:47,814 --> 00:01:50,155 Here is the forecasted growth in 2025 43 00:01:50,534 --> 00:01:53,530 for 5 IT categories according to the port. 44 00:01:54,310 --> 00:01:56,010 Data center systems at 23.2%, 45 00:01:57,109 --> 00:01:58,409 software at 14.2%, 46 00:01:59,349 --> 00:02:00,569 devices at 10.4%, 47 00:02:01,590 --> 00:02:03,930 IT services at 9%, communication 48 00:02:04,230 --> 00:02:05,694 services at 3.8%. 49 00:02:08,235 --> 00:02:10,634 3rd, health systems continue to partner with big 50 00:02:10,634 --> 00:02:13,354 tech on AI and cloud computing initiatives. Here 51 00:02:13,354 --> 00:02:15,754 are 6 collaborations Becker's has reported on in 52 00:02:15,754 --> 00:02:16,735 the last month. 53 00:02:17,194 --> 00:02:20,540 Mayo Clinic lost a digital pathology platform January 54 00:02:20,540 --> 00:02:23,500 13th, to improve diagnostic speed and accuracy under 55 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:25,599 a partnership with AI giant, Navidea. 56 00:02:26,460 --> 00:02:28,939 Stanford Healthcare adopted an AI tool to help 57 00:02:28,939 --> 00:02:31,180 inform patients of test results, building it in 58 00:02:31,180 --> 00:02:34,125 house with Amazon Bedrock, a service for developing 59 00:02:34,185 --> 00:02:35,485 Gen AI applications. 60 00:02:36,824 --> 00:02:39,705 6 Health Systems unveiled the Truvita genome project 61 00:02:39,705 --> 00:02:42,925 on January 17th, which Microsoft Azure will provide 62 00:02:42,985 --> 00:02:44,764 exclusive cloud support for. 63 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,060 Co a coalition including Intermountain Health and Microsoft 64 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,360 is working to address the increasing challenges in 65 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:52,420 rural health care. 66 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,180 Children's Mercy Kansas City is modernizing its infrastructure 67 00:02:56,319 --> 00:02:58,639 by adopting a hybrid cloud approach with Amazon 68 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:00,580 Web Services and Microsoft Azure. 69 00:03:01,115 --> 00:03:03,675 And lastly, one pillar of Hartford HealthCare's AI 70 00:03:03,675 --> 00:03:06,314 strategy is an ecosystem of partnerships that include 71 00:03:06,314 --> 00:03:07,614 Google and Amazon. 72 00:03:08,634 --> 00:03:10,395 If you would like the latest health IT 73 00:03:10,395 --> 00:03:12,555 and digital health industry news delivered to your 74 00:03:12,555 --> 00:03:15,476 inbox every morning, subscribe to the Becker CIO 75 00:03:15,476 --> 00:03:17,476 and Health IT Review e newsletter through our 76 00:03:17,476 --> 00:03:18,536 website at ww.beccarshospitalreview.com.