The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the bipartisan BIOSECURE Act, targeting Chinese biotech firms such as WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics as national security risks. The legislation restricts American companies from partnering with these firms, potentially disrupting the drug supply chain. Bipartisan SupportThe bill passed with a strong majority of 306-81, garnering support from
Cloud Computing in Healthcare: Ensuring HIPAA Compliance Amid Growing Adoption As healthcare organizations increasingly turn to cloud computing for scalable and accessible IT services, ensuring HIPAA compliance remains a top priority. The global healthcare cloud computing market is projected to grow from $53.8 billion in 2024 to $120.6 billion by 2029, according to a MarketsandMarkets
Rural healthcare providers have long grappled with challenges due to their geographic isolation and limited financial resources. The advent of digital health transformation, however, has introduced a new set of IT-related obstacles for these providers. EHR Adoption and New IT Challenges While federal legislation has successfully promoted Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption across both rural
Lawmakers have introduced the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act in the House of Representatives, aiming to enhance protections for healthcare data amid a surge of cyberattacks targeting the industry. The bipartisan bill is spearheaded by Representatives Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.). A Senate companion bill was introduced in July 2024 by Senators
Box Inc. has acquired Alphamoon to enhance its intelligent document processing (IDP) capabilities and its enterprise knowledge management AI platform. Now that Box acquires Alphamoon, it will imr improves IDP. Box Acquires Alphamoon IDP goes beyond traditional optical character recognition (OCR) by applying AI to scanned paper documents and unstructured PDFs. While AI technologies like
