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'Worse than a cyberattack': 10 notes on the Microsoft-CrowdStrike IT outage, GE HealthCare to acquire clinical AI company in $51M deal + more · Becker’s Healthcare Digital Health + Health IT

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  This is Naomi Diaz with the Becker Digital
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  health podcast.
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  Here is your daily industry news briefing for
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  today at July 20 second.
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  First,
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  uc health led a 10000000 dollar funding round
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  for a patient access startup, the health system
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  says can create a more seamless and integrated
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  health care experience.
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  The health care system back humming bird healthcare
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  in the late June series a funding round
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  after providing seed funding for the company a
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  year earlier.
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  The company is building an epic based platform
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  with patient self service and automation for primary
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  and specialty care access.
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  Or
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  Also participating in the funding round was the
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  C Healthcare Innovation fund, which also includes children's
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  Hospital, Colorado,
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  and the University of Colorado
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  and shoots both base in Aurora.
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  Second,
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  Hospitals and health systems continue to recover from
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  July eighteenth It issue disrupting service from some
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  Microsoft customers.
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  Here's what to know.
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  What happened?
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  Crowds a cybersecurity company released a flawed software
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  update July eighteenth that affected It systems globally.
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  The update affected Microsoft customers, including 8500000.0
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  windows devices.
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  Microsoft engineers are working with customers to restore
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  services and Crowds
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  recommended workarounds to address issues.
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  Microsoft is also collaborating with Google Cloud and
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  Amazon web services to spread awareness of any
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  issues and support affected customers.
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  Crowds strike warned that hackers are sending a
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  malicious filed crowds hot fix dot z, any
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  touting it as a quick fix to the
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  issue. The file includes malware allowing hackers to
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  remotely monitor devices and It team should make
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  sure they are communicating through official channels, with
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  crowds strike representatives on any fixes.
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  Here's how some health systems are responding.
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  Health systems began to have issues July nineteenth
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  after the Crowds strike issue hit Microsoft customers.
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  Kaiser Permanente
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  activated its national command center in response to
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  the unprecedented
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  disruption according to the New York Times.
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  Several health systems are also postponed surgeries and
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  close outpatient facilities amid the outage while keeping
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  emergency services functional.
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  Phoenix Space banner health closed clinics urgent care
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  centers and outpatient facilities July nineteenth with plans
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  to were open them through July 20 second
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  as the system restored in Microsoft functionality.
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  Master bring them also opened all of its
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  services by July 20 second after delaying some
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  appointments in surgery
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  surgeries in July nineteenth.
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  Other health systems that restore their operations by
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  July 20 second include R, Bar health, University
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  of Vermont Health Network and Harris health system.
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  Epic
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  tech Ehr were affected by the outage,
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  Providence Cio, Bj Moore told the times, we
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  knew we had a catastrophe on our hands
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  when the 52 hospital systems Ehr system went
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  down.
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  The issue affected around 15000 of the health
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  system servers and around 40000 of their hundred
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  and 50000
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  computers were disrupted just showing a blue screen.
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  Mister Moore said, quote, this is worse than
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  a cyber attack end, quote, because the disruption
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  affected the Health system's It network as well
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  as the computers of Providence partners.
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  Providence had around 1000 team
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  recovering from the disruption and made progress over
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  the weekend
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  according to a note on its website. Full
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  restoration could take weeks mister Moore told the
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  times.
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  Jack C, Chief Information Security Officer of Michigan
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  Medicine told Becker the recovery, process could act
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  as a springboard for preparing for any future
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  It outages. He said, quote, the most important
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  processes to continually prove our communication related so
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  that It, third party vendors, affiliates, hospital operations
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  and care providers can act with coordination, and
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  reduce mis miscommunication wherever possible.
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  Things move fast in events like this, so
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  there is a constant revision and tracing of
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  new information impacts and outcomes and, quote,
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  Meanwhile, common spirit health counsel some appointments and
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  elective surgeries, July 19, hope was able to
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  restore operations enough to devices to keep its
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  hospitals and clinics open. Wall Street Journal reported.
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  The American Hospital Association also published a cybersecurity
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  advisory July 20 first for hospitals and health
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  systems dealing with the outage, the John Rig,
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  the Aha National advisor for cybersecurity breasts said
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  in the notice, quote. For those hospitals that
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  remain impacted, the Microsoft recovery solution may be
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  able to accelerate recovery. We appreciate the responsiveness
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  of both Microsoft and Crowds strike, and we
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  will continue to engage their leadership to directly
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  relay the operational financial and clinical air impact,
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  America's hospitals and health systems are experiencing due
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  to the crowds strike update and quote.
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  Third,
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  geo healthcare set to require intelligent ultrasound group's
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  clinical artificial intelligence software business for 51000000
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  dollars.
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  Intelligent ultrasound group's Ai based technology provides real
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  time support intelligent for Ob g y scans,
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  according to a July eighteenth news released from
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  Ge Healthcare.
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  Under the proposed acquisition, Ge Health care will
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  incorporate Ai technology across its ultrasound portfolio and
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  will add the company's research and development
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  experts to its workforce. Care That transaction is
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  slated to be finalized in the fourth quarter
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  of 20 24.
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