The article highlights Epic's commanding presence in the electronic health record (EHR) market through 12 key statistics. Epic holds more than 305 million patient records and experienced a net market share increase in 2023, the only EHR vendor to do so, achieving 39.1% of the U.S. acute care hospital market share. It now covers 51.5% of multispecialty hospital beds in the U.S., surpassing Oracle Health's 23.8%, and gained 633 U.S. hospitals from 2017 to 2023. In 2023, Epic was the sole EHR vendor to add U.S. academic medical centers and significant children's hospitals. Globally, it leads the hospital EHR market after contracts in Canada and Australia. Epic's revenue reached $4.9 billion, with its founder's net worth hitting $8 billion. Epic will also be implemented by all health systems on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll, including Northwell Health. Significant 2023 partnerships included Northwell, UPMC, and Intermountain Health.

Epic's dominance in 12 numbers Becker's Hospital Review

The UK government has announced its intention to introduce a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill aimed at updating the country's cybersecurity regulations. This new legislation will include mandatory reporting requirements for companies hit by ransomware, in response to increasing ransomware incidents. While originally ambitious plans proposed by the Home Office would have required all ransomware victims to report and seek authorization before making extortion payments, the current bill restricts new rules to regulated entities and possibly managed service providers, leaving out broader private sector requirements. The bill aims to enhance the protection for digital services and supply chains, particularly critical public services, and includes measures to improve incident reporting standards and empower regulators to ensure cyber safety. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is spearheading the effort, though the introduction date to parliament remains unspecified.

UK to introduce watered-down version of mandatory reporting for ransomware attacks The Record

An investigation by Proof News has revealed that several major AI companies, such as Apple, Nvidia, and Salesforce, have leveraged subtitles from 173,536 YouTube videos to train their AI models, despite YouTube’s rules against unauthorized data harvesting. This dataset, known as YouTube Subtitles, includes transcripts from educational channels like Khan Academy and Harvard, as well as popular shows and channels like MrBeast, Marques Brownlee, and PewDiePie. Creators were not notified or compensated for the use of their content, which has sparked concerns about consent and fair use within the creator community. AI companies argue that the data was publicly available and did not violate YouTube's terms directly. However, there are ongoing legal debates about the ethical implications and potential hazards of using such data without explicit permission from content creators. The case raises important questions about data use, copyright, and compensation in the age of AI.

Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI Proof News

Cisco announced a critical vulnerability in its Smart Software Manager On-Prem devices, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to change any user's password, including administrators'. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-20419 and rated with the highest severity score of 10, stems from improper password change process implementation. Exploiting it via crafted HTTP requests grants the attacker web UI or API access with the compromised user’s privileges. No immediate workarounds are available, but a security update has been released that addresses the issue. Cisco reports no current evidence of active exploitation.

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