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Conference Oct. 25-26 on strategies to improve health care cybersecurity

The InfraGard Cyber Health Working Group, a partnership between the FBI and information technology professionals in the health sector, will host a conference Oct. 25-26 in Charlotte, N.C.

Mental Illness Awareness Week focuses on curing stigma

The week also includes National Depression Screening Day, dedicated to raising awareness and screening people for depression and related mood and anxiety disorders.

Twitter chat Wednesday on building healthy communities

U.S. News and World Report will host a Twitter chat on building healthy communities at 1:30 p.m. ET Oct. 10.

AHA Stat Blog: Three questions with an ED physician on using new ICD-10 codes to help stop human trafficking

Wendy Macias-Konstantopoulos, M.D., director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Human Trafficking Initiative, shares how clinicians are key to stopping the cycle of human trafficking, and how new ICD-10 codes that went into effect Oct. 1 can help.

How hospitals are reaching into their communities to address the social determinants of health

St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital is taking a social approach to supporting diabetes patients; Northwestern Medicine is stocking fridges for the food insecure; and Yale New Haven Hospital partners with providers to help shelter the homeless.

How You're Transforming: Advocate Aurora Health

In their first joint initiative since forming a collaboration to drive innovation, Advocate Aurora Health and Chicago-based health technology incubator Matter launched the Health Care Tech Venture Challenge.

Getting Paid in Real-Time

OODA Health, which focuses on removing inefficiency from health care administration, and Blue Shield of California are building a cloud-based platform to provide payments to providers immediately after care is delivered. The companies will test the new technology as a pilot program with Dignity Health and Hill Physicians in Oakland.

UnitedHealth Deal Expands PBM Reach

UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest health insurer, and Genoa Healthcare, one of the nation's largest pharmacy chains, are teaming up in a move that could bring significant cost savings and improved operational efficiency in caring for psychiatric patients and those with substance use disorders.

Blockchain: Ways to Improve Health Care Efficiency

Hospitals, insurers, labs, researchers and others are exploring ways blockchain technology can improve business and clinical operations. Many believe the technology could sharply boost business and clinical efficiency while providing data-security benefits.

FEMA activates emergency plans ahead of Hurricane Michael

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has activated its National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C., and Regional Response Coordination Center in Atlanta in preparation for Hurricane Michael, which is expected to make landfall as a major hurricane within the next 24 hours along the Florida coastline