Cyber attack on NHS 111, heatwave still disrupting Guy’s and St Thomas, China censors health chat site, Sunak wants to fine DNAs, Intermountain’s virtual care model, telehealth good for poorly controlled diabetes, Twilio phished, more trouble for US VA EHR modernisation project
NHS 111 software outage confirmed as cyber-attack
BBC
The attack targeted the system used to refer patients for care, including ambulances being dispatched, out-of-hours appointment bookings and emergency prescriptions.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ still feeling the heat with ongoing IT issues
Digital Health News
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) now have their core IT systems back up and running but work continues to recover a ‘large number’ of clinical applications following the extreme heatwave related disruption.
China has censored a top health information platform
MIT Technology Review
DXY is the latest victim of a polarized social media environment in China, where scientific debates are increasingly becoming ideological conflicts.
Sunak would fine patients for missing appointments
Canadian Healthcare Technology
Conservative Party leadership candidate Rishi Sunak has shaken things up in the U.K. by pledging to fine patients £10 who do not show up for NHS appointments.
How Intermountain Healthcare gets top marks for virtual care
Healthcare IT News
In 2016, the Salt Lake City-based health system launched Connect Care Urgent Care on the Amwell Direct to Consumer platform to help patients receive low-acuity care 24/7 instead of going to the emergency room or waiting until other care options were available.
Comprehensive telehealth approach improves outcomes among diabetes patients
mHealth Intelligence
New research shows that a comprehensive telehealth approach, which included medication management and depression support, provided several benefits for patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.
Twilio hacked by phishing campaign targeting internet companies
TechCrunch
Communications giant Twilio has confirmed hackers accessed customer data after successfully tricking employees into handing over their corporate login credentials.
VA Cerner EHR system goes down for over 4 hours due to patient database corruption issue
FedScoop
The Department of Veterans Affairs had a significant outage within Cerner’s electronic health records system on Thursday, due to a corrupted patient database that could have caused major harm to VA patients due to the errors.
VA appoints functional champion for EHR modernization program
EHR Intelligence
The new functional champion appointment will assist the VA EHR Modernization program as it struggles with implementation delays and cost overruns, the VA stated.
