Andrea Fox

Andrea Fox is Senior Editor at Healthcare IT News. She has 20 years of experience covering numerous beats, including digital modernization, public health, environment and utilities, transportation and government policy and operations.

U.S. Treasury bill
By Andrea Fox 01:09 pm December 08, 2023
This agency's first data breach settlement under HIPAA for a phishing attack involved the alleged failure to conduct a risk analysis to identify potential ePHI threats or vulnerabilities across the Lafourche Medical Group network.
Three cybersecurity professionals talk in a network control room.
By Andrea Fox 10:35 am December 08, 2023
"The AHA cannot support proposals for mandatory cybersecurity requirements being levied on hospitals as if they were at fault for the success of hackers in perpetrating a crime," says Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association.
A robotic hand reaches into lights that represent data points.
By Andrea Fox 10:53 am December 07, 2023
Though adoption is still limited among smaller healthcare providers, more large hospital systems are embracing new generative artificial intelligence tools from their EHR vendors, according to new research from the Arch Collaborative.
Triage nurse reviews EHR as she registers a patient.
By Andrea Fox 11:09 am December 06, 2023
Plus: HFMA and FinThrive release RCM modernization assessment tool, a peer-reviewed adoption model for healthcare providers.
Justice scale on a judge's bench
By Andrea Fox 11:59 am December 05, 2023
According to court documents and public reporting, Vladimir Dunaev provided specialized services and technical abilities in furtherance of the Trickbot scheme.
Patient checking in for a doctor's appointment
By Andrea Fox 11:31 am December 05, 2023
Through a new partnership, providers and frontline staff can get Qualtrics patient experience insights via Epic electronic health records.
Patient with kerchief speaks to a clinician and reviews information on a tablet.
By Andrea Fox 03:02 pm December 04, 2023
The organization reported that it detected intrusion over the Thanksgiving holiday. All clinics and the MyChart patient portal are operating.
Abstract of a lock as part of a printed circuit
By Andrea Fox 10:58 am December 04, 2023
"When we see a vulnerability or intrusion campaign that could have been reasonably avoided if the software manufacturer had aligned to secure by design principles, we’ll call it out," writes CISA cybersecurity leaders Eric Goldstein and Bob Lord.
Physician using computer
By Andrea Fox 01:37 pm December 01, 2023
The company says it has added expanded capabilities for its radiology generative AI co-copilot to help further alleviate clinician burnout.
By Andrea Fox 11:25 am November 30, 2023
While Cigna has been rebuffed for acquisitions in the past due to antitrust concerns, experts say a potential deal between the two private payers has some legs this time.

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