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VillageMD's CEO exits, Biggest hospital cyberattacks of '24 + more · Becker’s Healthcare Digital Health + Health IT

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  This is Naomi Diaz with the Becker's Digital
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  Health Podcast. Here's your daily industry news briefing
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  for today, December 2nd.
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  First,
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  VillageMD's
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  board appointed COO Jim Murray as interim CEO
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  November 27th
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  after former CEO Tim Barry stepped down according
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  to the Chicago Tribune.
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  The Chicago based primary care company did not
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  provide additional information about mister Barry's exit.
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  Earlier this year, VillageMD made plans to close
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  a 160 clinics after investor, Wal
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  Walgreens, incurred a $5,800,000,000 impairment charge related to
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  the company. Walgreens also filed a securities and
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  exchange commission report detailing plans to sell part
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  or all of its ownership stake in VillageMD
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  back in August.
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  During its latest quarterly earnings call, Walgreens CEO
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  said VillageMD wouldn't be a crucial part of
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  the company's future as Walgreens aims to focus
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  on its retail pharmacy business.
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  However, Walgreens told the tribune it would continue
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  to work with mister Murray through the leadership
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  transition
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  and said mister Murray was integral in the
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  company's turnaround toward profitable
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  growth.
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  2nd,
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  hospitals and health systems had a very busy
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  year warding off and recovering from cyberattacks in
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  2024.
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  Here are the hospitals and health systems that
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  fell victim to hackers this year in alphabetical
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  order as reported by Becker's.
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  1st is Ascension, section is second is Bay
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  Health, 3rd is Capital Health, 4 is Cedar
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  Sinai,
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  5th is Children's Minnesota,
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  6 is Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 7 is Lindsay
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  Municipal Hospital, 8 is Lori Children's, 9 is
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  McLaren Healthcare, 10 is Memorial Hospital and Manor.
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  11, Michigan Medicine. 12, North Bay Health. 13th,
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  Northern Light Health. 14, Petersburg, Alaska Medical Center.
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  15th, Saint Anthony Regional Hospital.
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  16, UC San Diego Health. 17, UMC Health
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  System, 18,
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  Trigo County Lamike Memorial Hospital,
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  19th, Wayne Memorial Hospital.
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  3rd,
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  more than half of health care organizations
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  are using AI for at least one medical
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  imaging task, up from 17% in 2018 according
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  to a recent report from Kloss Research.
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  The report is based on interviews with 206
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  US based organizations
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  conducted between May 2023
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  April 2024.
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  Respondents included imaging groups about 25%
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  and health systems.
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  The report aims to provide an early look
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  at popular and widely considered AI tools in
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  the imaging market.
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  Here are 6 things to know from the
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  report.
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  Organizations that handle more than image more imaging
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  studies annually are more likely to already
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  already be using AI.
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  Midsize and some smaller organizations, those handling about
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  a 100000 to 490,000
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  studies annually
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  are the most likely to adopt AI soon
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  with more than 30% planning their first use.
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  2nd, 47%
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  of respondents said they are considers considering purchasing
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  an AI platform, though current usage remains relatively
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  low according to the report.
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  3, respondents reported using 65 commercial AI solutions
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  for imaging along with in house solutions primarily
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  in stand alone settings.
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  4, Rapid AI and Viz AI are the
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  leading AI platforms. Rapid AI AI is predominantly
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  used
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  platforms. Rapid AI
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  AI is predominantly used by large organizations for
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  newer vascular applications such as stroke detection, while
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  Viz AI is also widely used for stroke
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  detection in head CTs and has been adopted
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  by some midsize and smaller organizations.
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  5,
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  iadoc is the most considered AI solution with
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  many midsize and large organizations using it for
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  neurological
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  and chest conditions such as pulmonary embolisms and
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  intracranial
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  hemorrhages.
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  6, approximately 75%
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  of organizations considering an AI solution already have
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  specific products and applications in mind according to
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  the report.
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