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⚠️ Another healthcare giant breached: Ascension confirms data theft affecting 437,000+ patients 🏥🔓 📅 The breach was first disclosed in May, but only now is the full scope coming into focus 📂 Exposed data includes names, Social Security numbers, contact info, and treatment histories 🔍 The attack targeted a third-party vendor used for handling sensitive records 📉 Impact could expand as more systems are reviewed This is yet another example of how vulnerable healthcare supply chains remain—and why third-party security can’t be treated as an afterthought. If your vendors touch PHI, PII, or internal systems, your risk posture has to extend beyond the perimeter. #CyberSecurity #Healthcare #DataBreach #ThirdPartyRisk #InfoSec https://lnkd.in/dTh2JVZD

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📢 Big news from HHS: FHIR-based electronic prior authorization (ePA) is now officially the standard. By 2027, all CMS-regulated plans must support ePA via APIs—ushering in a much-needed shift from fragmented, paper-heavy workflows to intelligent, interoperable systems. This is more than regulatory compliance—it’s an opportunity to reimagine care delivery. At Ideas2IT, we’re already helping organizations prepare for this transformation: ✅ FHIR-native integration across payers & providers ✅ AI agents to automate intake, validation, and submission ✅ Decision support pipelines to reduce delays ✅ HIPAA-compliant orchestration built for scale Kudos to HIMSS for leading the charge and spotlighting what it takes to make real-time, intelligent prior auth a reality. If your team is planning for this shift—or wants to leap ahead before compliance becomes a bottleneck—let’s connect. 👉 www.ideas2it.com #PriorAuthorization #FHIR #HealthcareIT #AIinHealthcare #Interoperability #DigitalHealth #HIMSS

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Oracle (Cerner) falls even further behind Epic, and its new AI-powered EHR is only going to make things worse for them. Yesterday, a new KLAS report dropped an expected bombshell: Oracle Health lost 57 hospitals in 3 years as clients fled to other platforms (mostly to Epic). Meanwhile, Epic has surged ahead, now serving 42% of U.S. acute-care hospitals (nearly double Oracle’s 23%). Oracle is betting on a new AI-powered EHR (whatever that means) to regain ground. But here’s the reality: healthcare isn’t a bleeding-edge industry when it comes to tech adoption. Doctors and patients are cautious. At Callen-Lorde, when we rolled out Abridge’s AI scribe, we had some providers opt out, not because it didn’t work, but because they weren’t comfortable with AI in their exam rooms. Some patients and staff also voiced concerns. In an LGBTQ+ community where many have experienced trauma and are also highly informed, that skepticism is totally understandable even if I don’t fully agree with it. This isn’t just Oracle’s challenge, it’s every healthtech innovator’s. The question isn’t “Can AI do it?” but “Will patients and providers trust it enough to use it?” This Epic-versus-Oracle saga is also a litmus test for digital health innovation and trust. If a tech giant like Oracle can stumble after a $28B bet on Cerner, what does it say about the future of big tech in healthcare? https://lnkd.in/gamejC48

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Did you hear the news? Such an exciting announcement! Netsmart has been at the forefront of healthcare interoperability for more than a decade, achieving: 360X electronic closed-loop referral management standards✔️ Supported 6.5 billion queries on behalf of its clients✔️ QHIN Designation✔️ Hear from Michael Valentine and AJ Peterson as they share how this milestone expands our ability to connect care providers, payers and health systems, supporting seamless transitions and better patient outcomes. Read the news release to learn more: https://okt.to/dD6TL0 #DesignatedQHIN #Interoperability #DataExchange

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Honored to spend time with the famous John Lynn discussing what’s next for rural healthcare. Rural health organizations are standing at an inflection point. With the Rural Health Transformation Program on the horizon, technology is no longer a back-office function — it’s a strategic lever for sustainability, workforce stability, and economic resilience in our communities. The reality is straightforward: many rural hospitals can’t justify a full-time CIO. But they also can’t afford to operate without executive-level technology leadership over the next five years. Cybersecurity threats are increasing. Reimbursement models are shifting. AI and automation are accelerating. And operational margins remain razor thin. If we want rural economies to thrive, we must ensure rural healthcare systems have the governance, strategy, and technical execution to compete — without overextending limited resources. Appreciate the opportunity, John, to share what we’re building and what we’re learning in the field. If you’re navigating rural transformation and want to talk strategy, let’s connect. #RHTP #RuralHealthTransformationProjet #RuralHealth #CriticalAccessHospital #CAH #HealthcareIT #DigitalHealth #HealthcareInnovation #FractionalCIO #RuralEconomy

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🎯 Free Compliance Alignment — without the nonsense. Ever seen a compliance firm drop a 200-page “scope” doc that tells you everything you don’t need — just to run up the bill? Yeah… we’re not those guys. At Iron City IT Advisors , they take a straight-shooting, in-depth approach: ✅ Keep it in scope. ✅ Cut the fluff. ✅ Build something that actually fits your environment — not a generic checkbox factory. So we made something useful — and yep, it’s free (like actually free): 🚀 SOC 2 + NIST CSF Alignment Toolkit It’s a unified mapping where every SOC 2 Trust Services Criterion (CC1–CC9) ties directly to NIST CSF 2.0 controls — giving you one defensible, audit-ready playbook. You’ll get: 📘 A full SOC 2 → NIST CSF crosswalk ⚙️ Practical control examples you can use today 🧭 GRC implementation guidance 📊 Market insights and compliance trends Grab it here → https://lnkd.in/gdWNw52v Because good compliance doesn’t have to feel like punishment. #Cybersecurity #SOC2 #NISTCSF #Compliance #vCISO #GRC #AuditReady #IronCityITAdvisors #SecurityLeadership

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CMS Interoperability can be so much more than just checking a box, it can and should be considered a true, long-term strategy for usable, organized data across your enterprise. Vincent P. Tumminello does a wonderful job outlining how Abacus thinks about this and how we can help plans of any size.

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