Healthcare IT
FDA Won't Let Radiology AI Skip Premarket Review. Here's Why.
FDA formally denied Harrison.ai's bid to let experienced radiology AI vendors skip 510(k) review for new tools. Why regulators and radiologists said no.
Healthcare IT
Healthcare IT
UnitedHealthcare's Prior-Authorization Cuts Start October 1
UnitedHealthcare is removing approval requirements for roughly 1,700 services. Savings depend on each patient's plan and what provider teams change.
Healthcare IT
VA's Oracle Contract Nears $27 Billion. Congress Wants Answers.
VA's $17 billion Oracle contract increase brings congressional scrutiny, unresolved GAO recommendations, and nurses' concerns about everyday care.
Healthcare IT
ChatGPT for Healthcare Reaches Epic—Read Only
OpenAI's enterprise workspace can now read authorized Epic charts through FHIR R4 and OAuth. The read-only limit is the point.
Healthcare IT
McKesson Breach: 284 Million Rows, Unknown Number of Patients
McKesson confirmed data exfiltration after ShinyHunters claimed 284 million patient records — a figure the group itself says counts rows, not people.
Healthcare IT
Boston Scientific Is the Third Device Giant Hacked Since March
A cyberattack is disrupting Boston Scientific's order processing and shipping worldwide — the third device giant hit since March, after Stryker and Medtronic.
Healthcare IT
Epic's UGM 2026: Agents Everywhere, and a Mythos Surprise
Ergo ships, agents multiply, releases go quarterly — and Epic disclosed access to Anthropic's restricted Mythos model. What it means for healthcare IT teams.
Technology
Your Browser Already Speaks Post-Quantum. So Does This Site.
This blog got quantum-safe encryption free from CloudFront. The Epic-hosted patient portals I tested haven't. The migration's strange inversion, and how to check any site.
Healthcare IT
Epic Says Ditch the Disc. The Image-Sharing Networks Heard It Too.
Epic's one-click image exchange arrives as an EHR feature in a market PowerShare, InteleShare, PocketHealth, and Medicom built as products.
Healthcare IT
AnMed Cyberattack Day 5: The Clinics Are Open, Imaging Isn't
On day five, 93 of AnMed's 107 listed locations are open. Almost every closure left on the board is a diagnostic service, and the pattern is the lesson.