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AHA updates guidance on using Z-codes for social needs
The AHA has posted updated guidance to help hospitals and clinicians use ICD-10-CM “Z codes” to capture data on the social needs of patient populations, including non-medical factors that may influence a patient’s health status.
New AHA podcast shares cybersecurity best practices and insights from hospital leaders post-ransomware attack
John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, discusses insights and lessons learned from hospital leaders from Dickinson County Healthcare System in Iron Mountain, Mich, and Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., after becoming victims of major ransomware attacks in the fall of 2020.
CISA alerts public to second severe Apache Log4j vulnerability
Apache has released a security update to address a second severe vulnerability affecting its Log4j software library, which a remote attacker could exploit to cause a denial-of-service condition, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced.
Kronos ransomware attack impacting hospitals and health systems
A ransomware attack has impacted several Ultimate Kronos Group services that hospitals and other organizations use to manage their employees and payrolls, the HR management company has confirmed.
CISA launches webpage, repository on Apache Log4j vulnerability
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has created a webpage to provide the latest public information and vendor-supplied advisories on a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Apache Log4j software library versions 2.0-beta9 to 2.14.1.
HHS urges health sector to protect against severe Java vulnerability
Health care organizations should survey their information infrastructure to ensure they are not running vulnerable versions of the Apache Log4j Java library, upgrade any vulnerable systems and identify possible exploitation, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center advised.
CMS extends enforcement discretion for payer data exchange requirement
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will continue to exercise discretion in enforcing compliance with the payer-to-payer data exchange provisions of its 2020 final rule on interoperability and patient access until it finalizes future rulemaking to address implementation challenges, the agency announced.
AHA Transformation Talks: Generating technology-supported insights at the point of care to improve quality
Learn how hospital and health system leaders such as Brian Miller, M.D., chief medical informatics officer and vice president of the Telehealth Institute at ProMedica Health System, are using artificial intelligence and other technology to improve quality and manage population health through early identification of risk and proactive care management.
HHS reports 52.7 million Medicare telehealth visits during pandemic
The number of Medicare visits conducted through telehealth surged 63-fold during the pandemic, from about 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 million in 2020, according to a report released by the Department of Health and Human Services.
AHA podcast: FBI, H-ISAC discuss latest ransomware attacks on hospitals
In this podcast John Riggi, AHA’s senior advisor for cybersecurity and risk, talks to David Ring, section chief of the FBI's cyber engagement and intelligence section, and Errol Weiss, chief security officer at H-ISAC, about the latest ransomware attacks on hospitals, as well as the partnership between H-ISAC, AHA and the FBI to exchange cyber threat intel and to broadcast and amplify warnings.