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Health systems' top 12 digital investment priorities, White House enlists Microsoft, Google for rural hospital cyberdefense + 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's your daily industry news briefing for today,
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  June tenth.
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  First, the Biden Harris
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  administration has secured commitments for Microsoft and Google
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  to offer free and low cost resources to
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  rule hospitals nationwide to help them boost their
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  cyber defenses.
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  As part of the effort,
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  Microsoft will be extending its non nonprofit program
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  to provide grants and up to a 75
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  percent discount on security products for independent critical
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  access hospitals
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  and rural emergency hospitals
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  according to a June tenth news release from
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  the White House.
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  Additionally, larger rural hospitals using eligible
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  Microsoft solutions will also receive the most advanced
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  security suite at no additional cost for 1
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  year.
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  Microsoft will also offer free cybersecurity assessments, training
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  for frontline line and It staff and extend
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  Windows 10 security updates for 1 year at
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  no cost.
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  Meanwhile, Google committed to offering endpoint security advice
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  to rule hospitals and nonprofit
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  organizations at no cost.
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  Alongside funding support for software
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  migration. Google is also launching a pilot program
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  to develop a tailored package of security capabilities
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  for rural hospitals.
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  According to the White House, these efforts aim
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  to enhance the security and resilience of the
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  health sector.
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  Cyber attacks against the Us health system surge
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  by a hundred and 28 percent from 20
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  22 to 20 23 according to the White
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  House with the Us witness 1 of the
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  most severe healthcare related cyber tax in its
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  history during February and March of 20 24.
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  Second,
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  75 percent of health system executives say digital
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  transformation is a priority but lack the resources
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  to make it happen, Mckinsey C reported June
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  seventh,
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  Meanwhile, 88 percent of health leaders surveyed by
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  the management consultant said Ai held the biggest
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  potential of any technology,
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  but fewer than half had invested in it.
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  Here are the digital transformation areas where health
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  system had invested most of its money, according
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  to the survey 200 leaders from across the
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  globe.
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  1, virtual health to drive patient engagement access
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  hit 76 percent. 2, revenue cycle management and
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  back office automation hit 70 percent,
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  3, digital front door hit 62 percent,
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  4, acute care workflow and put at 58
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  percent,
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  5AM ambulatory care management at 55 percent, 6
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  remote patient monitoring at 54 percent, 7 contracting
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  or value based care 51 percent, 8 virtual
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  health to address labor shortages at 48 percent,
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  9 advanced analytics Ai machine learning and Gen
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  Ai at 45
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  percent, 10 cross site capacity management at 45
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  percent, 11 robotics are physical automation at 40
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  percent, and 12 hop at home at 36
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  percent.
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  Third,
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  Ehr vendor Epic Systems has entered into a
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  new partnership with Gen d a genetic testing
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  company.
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  Under the partnership, gene D x will integrate
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  with epic and a bid to broaden access
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  to its reps whole genome sequencing services in
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  neonatal intensive care units.
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  This integration is a designed to allow gene
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  d at to streamline its rapid whole genome
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  sequencing services results directly into patient's medical records
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  according to a June tenth news release from
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  the company.
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