The operating system is often deployed in devices such as cardiac and patient monitors, drug infusion pumps, imaging and surgical robots, according to Nick Yuran, CEO of security consultancy Harbor Labs.
The letter included an updated AHA-funded study on the benefits of hospital mergers, which was previously criticized by outside experts for cherry-picked data, among other methodological weaknesses.
Medica will invest an undisclosed sum in Dean Health Plan, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based SSM Health, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems.
Despite reopenings, one in 10 nonelderly adults put off needed medical care this spring, an April survey from the Urban Institute funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found.
The Kaiser Family Foundation chalked the higher spending up to how MA is paid, including how benchmarks for plan payments are set and the risk adjustment process.
The agency “will be looking for much more detailed and comprehensive” cyber threat models as part of premarket review, said Suzanne Schwartz, director of CDRH’s Office of Strategic Partnerships and Technology Innovation.
The investments will provide funding to train primary care providers, aid groups delivering virtual care, pilot new telehealth services and research the efficacy of digitally delivered care in rural geographies.
The Biden administration’s call comes ahead of FDA authorization for additional doses in people who aren’t immunocompromised, although agency head Janet Woodcock joined other officials in supporting the plan.
Castlight CEO Maeve O’Meara argues that if regulations aren’t implemented in a meaningful way for consumers, the efforts will likely fail to inform healthcare decision making and achieve the desired levels of cost savings.
Hospitals are probably paying 10% to 20% more than they were during previous COVID-19 waves for travel nurses, Kathy Kohnke, senior vice president of client relations at Fastaff, said.