Workers at 6 KPC hospitals reach labor deal
Members of SEIU‑United Healthcare Workers West have reached a tentative labor contract with KPC Health at six hospitals across Southern California, the union said in a Jan. 10 news release. The agreement averts a five‑day strike that was scheduled to begin Jan. 12. The union represents about 1,623 front-line workers — including respiratory therapists, nursing assistants,...
Rural hospital CEOs fear losing out on transformation funds
Rural hospital leaders are raising concerns that some of the new federal rural health transformation funding could flow through state governments without ever reaching the hospitals the program was designed to support. CMS awarded $50 billion across all 50 states through the Rural Health Transformation Program, a five-year initiative running from 2026 through 2030. The...
Novant Health taps VP of revenue cycle transformation
Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health has named Arjun Bhatia vice president of revenue cycle transformation, according to a Jan. 11 post on his LinkedIn page. Mr. Bhatia joins Novant from Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System, where he served as assistant vice president of revenue cycle. He previously served as executive director of revenue cycle for the system....
Supermarket chain puts AMRs in the aisles
Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are helping Utah-based family-owned grocery chain Harmons improve operations and boost the customer experience across 17 of its retail locations. The 93-year-old independent grocer is using a fleet of shelf-scanning AMRs from Simbe Robotics to optimize in-store inventory and ensure a “consistently exceptional customer experience,” according...
Anthropic Launches Claude AI for Healthcare with Secure Health Record Access
Anthropic has become the latest Artificial intelligence (AI) company to announce a new suite of features that allows users of its Claude platform to better understand their health information. Under an initiative called Claude for Healthcare, the company said U.S. subscribers of Claude Pro and Max plans can opt to give Claude secure access to their lab results and health...
GoBruteforcer Botnet Targets Crypto Project Databases by Exploiting Weak Credentials
A new wave of GoBruteforcer attacks has targeted databases of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects to co-opt them into a botnet that’s capable of brute-forcing user passwords for services such as FTP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and phpMyAdmin on Linux servers. “The current wave of campaigns is driven by two factors: the mass reuse of AI-generated server deployment...
⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Automation Exploits, Telecom Espionage, Prompt Poaching & More
This week made one thing clear: small oversights can spiral fast. Tools meant to save time and reduce friction turned into easy entry points once basic safeguards were ignored. Attackers didn’t need novel tricks. They used what was already exposed and moved in without resistance. Scale amplified the damage. A single weak configuration rippled out to millions. A repeatable...
New mass spectrometry technique captures low-abundance molecules
Original story from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (NY, USA). A new mass spectrometry technique sorts molecules to capture those of lower abundance. For scientists, a molecule’s weight can help determine its makeup. For measures like this, researchers turn to a technique called mass spectrometry. Mass spectrometry measures molecular weight by injecting ions through a chamber...
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