Online ratings don’t help patients looking for the best doctor, according to a new study. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center compared the reviews of 78 of the medical center’s specialists to its own internal performance metrics and found there…
California’s Medical Board has the right to obtain prescription records without a warrant or subpoena, according to a California Supreme Court ruling last month. A Burbank internist brought a lawsuit contending his three-year probation violated his patients’ privacy after the…
By Jordan Rau | Kaiser Health News Amid all the turbulence over the future of the Affordable Care Act, one facet continues unchanged: President Donald Trump’s administration is penalizing more than half the nation’s hospitals for having too…
Data breaches in the U.S. hit a new mid-year record, according to a report by the Identity Theft Resource Center and CyberScout. The 791 breaches so far in 2017 are a 29% jump over the same period in 2016 and puts the…
By Chad Terhune | Kaiser Health News Nearly half of California hospitals received a grade of C or lower for patient safety on a national report card aimed at prodding medical centers to do more to prevent injuries and deaths….
As cybercriminals continue to change their tactics to gain access to networks, there is growing concern among some security experts that hacking medical devices will be used as a new entry point. In 2015, cybersecurity defense firm TrapX released a report…
Hospital room floors may be an overlooked source of infection, according to a new study by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Items in hospital rooms often come in contact with the floor, so pathogens can…
A new malware attack, that’s being called fileless malware, has recently fooled the defenses of dozens of banks around the world. Anti-malware software searches hard drives for malicious files and flags them for removal. But so-called fileless malware avoids software detection…
Yelp and other online reviews can be used to measure patient satisfaction with hospitals, and possibly lead to better care, according to the New York Times. “It’s still unclear how people are getting the information to choose the hospitals, but…
Computerized health systems that were supposed to save physicians time and stress are instead helping fuel doctor burnout, research shows. “The clerical burden associated with electronic health records has been a major contributing factor to physician burnout, with computerized physician…
