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Tampa, Fla., Jan. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TAMPA, Fla. – DAS Health, an industry leader in health IT and management, announced today it completed the acquisition of Houston, TX based digital health company, Altex Business Solutions. This marks the fourth acquisition by DAS Health within just the past four months, and their 10th overall. DAS Health now actively serves well over 1,000 clients located across 47 states, with offices in Tampa, FL, Las Vegas, NV, and Aurora, IL. The recent...

New Digital Conversion Services are designed to aid clients to promote more efficient business operations, improve continuity of care and assist in compliance with healthcare regulatory requirements MELVILLE, N.Y., Apr 13, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. (CIIS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., announces that it now offers Digital Conversion Services for Healthcare. Bringing together Canon’s imaging technologies and information management...

NORWALK, Conn.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Xerox’s (NYSE: XRX) Health Enterprise platform, a next-generation Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS), has received full federal certification in New Hampshire. This is the first instance of certification for Xerox Health Enterprise, which is also being used in Alaska and is under development in four other states. “The CMS certification validates Xerox’s significant, ground-up investment in this comprehensive solution for modern Medicaid program...

MISSION VIEJO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 22, 2014 / Auxilio, Inc. ( AUXO ), the nation's pioneer and leading Managed Print Services (MPS) and IT Advisory company for healthcare, today announced a five-year $18 million contract with the largest...

Lexmark International Inc. has announced the acquisition of Toronto-based Claron Technology Inc. , a provider of medical image viewing, distribution, sharing and collaboration software technology. Lexmark paid a cash purchase price of approximately...

Toshiba launches new tablet-laptop hybrid Dubai, 10 hours, 58 minutes ago Toshiba Gulf has launched its new tablet–laptop hybrid, featuring a simple attach and detach latch for easily shifting between the two modes. “We designed this for people who need a laptop for everyday computing but also want a Tablet for entertainment and added mobility. It’s for everyone who demands essential computing and also appreciates portability,” said Santosh Varghese, general manager of Digital Products and...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- JDL Technologies today announced it has renewed support for the University of Central Florida College of Medicine's Regional Extension Center (UCF REC) for a second year. JDL is a UCF...

October 03, 2013 10:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time TROY, Mich.--( EON: Enhanced Online News )--CareTech Solutions, an information technology and Web products and services provider for U.S. hospitals announced today that current client, San Luis Valley Health, purchased the company’s document management software, iDoc™, to enhance its medical record and patient financial services workflow processes. “Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services” “As San Luis Valley Health continues on its...

MIAMI , July 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- nexogy, a leading provider of cloud and managed services, has secured a 3-year, $320K Cloud Communication and Managed Services contract with a leading Health Care Center in South Florida. Today's win reflects the increasing pace of cloud communications and managed service adoption in the $217 billion managed services industry, and nexogy's success in delivering leading security services to protect today's businesses. nexogy's technical expertise and deep...

Burlington, MA, June 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced JFK Health has deployed Nuance solutions to increase printing security and reduce printing costs. Nuance solutions helped JFK Health, a healthcare network based in Edison, N.J., to achieve printing process improvements, cost containment and flexibility to provide secure printing options to staffers. JFK Health has a comprehensive print management solution, which includes Nuance Equitrac , Nuance...

MALVERN, Pa. , March 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced that Health First , Brevard County, Florida's fully integrated delivery network (IDN) has enhanced its print and mail approach to drive increased efficiencies and greater information security by partnering with Ricoh. As part of this collaboration to drive increased efficiency and assist in the management of its confidential information, Health First has leveraged Ricoh Consulting Group , acquired on-site managed...

The average ransom payment to ransomware operators is now $220,298, up 43% YoY, according to Coveware Security Reverb Inc. headquartered in Chicago, IL, notified an unknown number of users for its musical instrument marketplace website that their info may have been exposed during recent data breach. Sapphire Community Health of Hamilton, MT notified 4,000 patients that their PHI was stolen during recent ransomware attack. Centennial School District of Portland, Oregon notified 6,100 students...

Konica Minolta Honored with MedTech Breakthrough Award Program Recognizes Security Expertise within the Digital Health and Medical Technology Industries Ramsey, NJ -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc . (Konica Minolta) and its IT Services Division, All Covered , (All Covered) today announced that MedTech Breakthrough , an independent organization that recognizes the top companies and solutions in the global health and medical technology market, has selected the company as the...

Some toner causes health issues? Research published by Elsevier magazine Conducted in at 6 different companies in country of Singapore that use MFPs Claim that inhalation of toner dust emitted from certain MFPs (not named) caused systemic inflammation in plasma and upper airway in some employees that use the MFPs Apparently caused by toners that use certain ENMs (engineered nanomaterials) to improve machine performance Extended exposure could lead to atherosclerosis and vascular disease

Cybersecurity Updates Kyoto University of Japan lost 77 terabytes of critical research data after a flawed update was sent out by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. 67% of respondents to survey claim that they have experienced at least one ransomware attack in last 12 months Morgan Stanley Corp. agreed to pay $60 million to settle lawsuit regarding breach that happened in 2016. CyberEdge Group publishes survey on what CIOs plan to buy in 2022 for endpoint security: o 22.2% = antimalware o 30.4% =...

A former employee accusing Xerox Corp. of improperly charging premiums to retirees receiving company-provided health insurance asked a New York federal judge to certify the case as a class action covering about 900 people. Paul Vollmer wants to represent a class covering former Xerox employees who retired under a 1986 enhanced early retirement program and who were eligible to receive health insurance from the company, together with their spouses. Vollmer says the case’s central issue—whether...

cybersecurity breaches in the news The Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health & Human Services (aka HIPAA police) sent out press release stating that they have now documented 5,000 major data breaches of PHI since 2009, when it first started tracking breaches 369 million people have had their PHI exposed 25% of all ransomware attacks are aimed at healthcare vertical, making it top target 91% are concerned about ransomware attacks – SonicWall survey Regions Hospital of Saint...

cybersecurity news Scripps Health, headquartered in San Diego, CA, agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle lawsuit alleging negligence regarding a ransomware attack in 2021 that exposed the PHI of over 1 million patients. The federal Office for Civil Rights (aka HIPAA police) is reminding healthcare facilities the heavy penalty if they do not properly dispose of paper PHI. A small clinic in Massachusetts was recently fined $300,640 after PHI was found in garbage bin. St. Rose Hospital of...

Xerox, Retirees Announce Class Deal Over Health-Care Premiums Xerox began requiring 50% premium contributions in 2019 Portions of ERISA case survived dismissal last year Xerox Corp. reached a class settlement with about 900 retirees who accused the company of improperly charging premiums for their company-paid health insurance. The parties are working to draft a settlement agreement and plan to file the deal for court approval within the next two weeks, they said in a joint filing. Their...

A Russian hacking group announced access to email addresses of 632,000 federal employees at Department of Defense and Department of Justice. John Costanza Jr., a former DEA agent, indicted for providing top-secret information to a criminal target in Venezuela for a payment of $73,000. Doctor’s Management Services of Massachusetts agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations of negligence after a cyber attack exposed PHI of 206,695 patients. Reeds Spring School District of Missouri notified...

Integris Health of Oklahoma, which was hit by ransomware attack, is warning patients that hackers may contact them and demand ransom to prevent the hacker from selling their PHI on the Dark Web. The PHI of 2.39 million patients was stolen by hackers. Hawaii Medical Service Association notified 462,0000 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack. Bank of America has notified 57,000 customers that their info was exposed after a cyber attack. Willis Lease Finance Corp.,...

A hacking gang claims it nabbed data on several other payers in the cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare A cybercriminal group called “notchy” said it stole 4 terabytes of data including information on "tens of insurance companies and others," including CVS Caremark and Medicare “notchy” claimed it was cut out of the $22 million ransom payment UnitedHealth reportedly made to affiliate BlackCat/ALPHV, but that it still has the data. also said it has data on Medicare, Tricare,...

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services in California has notified 6,085 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack. Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker Health Analytics Practice Group of Portland, Maine notified 1.1 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack. BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Services, headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Florida, has proposed a $2.6 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that was filed in response to a 2021 data breach...

CrowdStrike Cybersecurity, headquartered in Australia, caused businesses, services and governments shutdowns around the world Claims the disruption was caused when it pushed out a faulty patch to its customers worldwide Temporarily shut down airports, hospitals, 911 services and much more Former CrowdStrike executive stated; “Here’s what I think I know so far: Everybody runs CrowdStrike (if you don’t, lots of your partners do). Most customers have endpoint sensors set to auto-update.