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Andrea Fox

Andrea Fox

Andrea Fox is Senior Editor at Healthcare IT News. She has 20 years of experience covering numerous beats, including digital modernization, public health, environment and utilities, transportation and government policy and operations.

By Andrea Fox | 10:35 am | August 18, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security may not use Medicaid data for immigration enforcement purposes and the Department of Health and Human Services may not share the protected patient information, according to a federal court ruling.
By Andrea Fox | 10:44 am | August 15, 2025
The standard aims to protect IoT device data, including RFID tags and medical implants. Four configurations focus on two main tasks – authenticated encryption with associated data and hashing.
By Andrea Fox | 10:39 am | August 15, 2025
The collaboration aims to create AI agents that can analyze and act on unified health records and social data to improve access, streamline care coordination, and boost staff and patient engagement. 
By Andrea Fox | 03:54 pm | August 13, 2025
With consumer‑directed data exchange assured through CLEAR, patients maintain control over access to their healthcare data while the platform enforces their consent and choices at the point of data delivery. 
By Andrea Fox | 10:05 am | August 13, 2025
Mount Sinai researchers used a clinical and biomedical text processing model at six hospitals to analyze triage data and reliably predict hospital admissions.
Cybersecurity In Focus
By Andrea Fox | 10:36 am | August 12, 2025
DARPA and ARPA-H say the winners and finalists of the AIxCC have developed a level of cyber reasoning that's now ready to tip the scales in favor of defenders – and hopefully make ransomware a thing of the past.
By Andrea Fox | 10:53 am | August 11, 2025
VHA clinicians face challenges accessing certain electronic health data they need for effective care coordination, which can jeopardize veterans' health outcomes, according to a new report from the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General.
By Andrea Fox | 10:45 am | August 08, 2025
The company is the first electronic health record provider used in both the human services and post-acute care markets to join the health data exchange framework. There are now 10 Qualified Health Information Networks, says HHS.
By Andrea Fox | 06:49 am | August 07, 2025
A new reasoning model quantifies how often large language models elaborate on false clinical details fed to them. Prompt mitigation quelled some hallucination frequency, but the AI behind clinical bots may still pose risks, researchers said.
By Andrea Fox | 10:10 am | August 06, 2025
The final tally has nearly doubled since United Health Group's estimates this past December. With breach notifications now mailed, the incident call center will be closing Aug. 26, says UHG.