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Health Technology

athenahealth, Inc. | August 03, 2022

athenahealth, a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and healthcare organizations nationwide, and health technology pioneer, DrFirst, today announced they are partnering to help improve medication adherence and patient outcomes. athenahealth’s large user base will now be able to send patient medication notifications powered by DrFirst’s RxInform to reduce prescription abandonment and help patients adhere to their recommended medication thera...

HealthITSecurity.com | February 19, 2020

Microsoft issued a rare legacy patch for vulnerability known as BlueKeep, which impacts about 1 million devices. According to a new report from CyberMDX, about 45 percent of connected medical devices are vulnerable to an exploit.The initial patch for CVE-2019-0708 on the Windows 2003, Windows 7, Server 2008, and XP Systems was released in May 2019. Federal agencies and Microsoft repeatedly warned organizations to apply the patch given its similarities to earlier global cyberattacks like WannaCry...

Health Technology, Digital Healthcare

Jefferson Healthcare | February 28, 2023

On February 27, 2023, Jefferson Healthcare informed that it has taken a futuristic step by purchasing a LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot, which quickly eliminates microscopic pathogens in difficult-to-clean places, at a time when healthcare facilities around the world are searching for effective ways to combat viruses and bacteria that can lurk on high-touch surfaces. The hospital is the first on the peninsula to use a LightStrike robot, and the robot, which has been given the nam...

Medical Devices

Surfacide, LLC | February 20, 2023

Surfacide®, the leading company in UV-C disinfection technology, recently announced that it is expanding the use of its Helios® low-level UV-C Disinfection System to all ten hospitals in the MedStar Health system across the Mid-Atlantic region. With a renewed emphasis on operating room disinfection, the expansion enables MedStar Health to update some of its existing Surfacide® technology and deploy multiple new devices, making the Helios System more accessible to patients, staf...