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Healthcare providers and IT vendors in the region have weighed in with their predictions for healthcare technology in the new year.

For seven years, the cardiac surgical team has leveraged computational fluid dynamics software to provide consistent preoperative planning for pediatric congenital heart disease patients and improve outcomes. Sharing workflows is reaching more patients.

Protected health information from Ocean State's online health and human services platform may be part of the cache of personal data posted to the dark web.

That has culminated in an estimated $21.9 billion in downtime losses over the past six years, a new report shows, with medical organizations experiencing 17 days of downtime per incident, on average.

This past year was a busy one, with new policy changes, cybersecurity challenges, EHR optimization advancements, innovations in patient care and, yes, a whole lot of AI.

It was another record-breaking year for healthcare cyberattacks, and healthcare providers' network servers were again prime targets for hackers.

When it comes to technology, is your call center neglected and underserved? Implementing automated, digital-first experiences can drive efficiencies and increase patient satisfaction.

"The usage of AI and automatic vulnerability scanning performed by the attackers allows them to find an exposed IoT device and conduct an attack on it much quicker than they used to be able to," says one security researcher in a new report.

A cyberattack on May 8 against healthcare giant Ascension resulted in the medical data of 5.6 million customers being exposed, according to a filing with the Maine attorney general’s office published on December 20.

The bipartisan continuing resolution announced on Monday offers "big wins" for virtual care, and the American Telemedicine Association and other healthcare groups are pleased.