KevinMD

JANUARY 29, 2024

Screentime addiction is real and it is everywhere. Over the past decade, I’ve worked with only one physician who doggedly held onto his pager, refusing to adopt the hospital’s HIPAA-compliant messaging app. He happens to be in his seventies, and a giant in his field; if he gets any grief for not using a smartphone Read more… Break free from screen addiction: a doctor’s prescription for smartphone sanity originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 29, 2024

One Medical providers will be able to request drug consultations on complex medication regimens for seniors managing chronic conditions.

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 29, 2024

Orion Corporation (“Orion”) and Newel Health (“Newel”) have entered into a license agreement regarding ODD-403 (“Rohkea”), a digital therapeutic (DTx) developed by Orion for patients suffering from chronic pain and particularly from fear of movement and re-injury. Under the terms of the agreement, Newel will have the exclusive global rights to develop, manufacture and commercialise ODD-403.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 29, 2024

The collaboration aims to delineate best practices to help streamline the path to commercialization for digital health products.

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Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 29, 2024

Financial troubles and a flurry of planned hospital divestitures have landed for-profit Steward Health Care squarely in the public and lawmakers’ crosshairs. | Millions in unpaid rent and other signs of financial distress have led the for-profit to explore divestitures and other potential strategies in Massachusetts and Texas. Leaders in the former have raised alarms that potential closures could overwhelm other providers.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Medicaid and Chip Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) voted in favor of seven recommendations during a meeting Jan. 26 that would reshape how beneficiaries are able to appeal for care. | Medicaid advisers want to overhaul the denials and appeals process, partly by implementing a clinician-led independent review.

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 29, 2024

CLAYMONT, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)- Vital, a leading artificial intelligence- (AI) driven digital health company, announced a significant milestone with the publication of a groundbreaking peer-reviewed scientific publication in the Journal of Medical Internet Research AI (JMIR AI). The paper focuses on sepsis prediction, marking a crucial step in Vital’s ongoing commitment to delivering solutions that drive better patient outcomes while providing a positive patient experience.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 29, 2024

Medicare Advantage (MA) continues to grow, but there are signs that its profitability is on the decline, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service. | Medicare Advantage continues to grow, but there are signs that its profitability is on the decline, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 29, 2024

The FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has announced the elevation of the Office of Strategic Partnerships and Technology Innovation (OST) to a Super Office within the Center. This strategic move will enhance the agency’s capabilities in addressing future public health challenges while prioritizing patient voices, innovation, safety, and service excellence.

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Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.

FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 29, 2024

Several nonprofit hospitals have found their operations and balance sheets settling into new ranges following a tough couple years, though that doesn’t necessarily mean that credit ratings will div | Whether or not nonprofit hospitals' operating margins will "reset" from 3%+ to 1%-2% due to sustained cost pressures is "the biggest question long term for ratings agencies," Fitch analysts write in a new outlook report.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

For the 67th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are talking to Inderpal Kohli, Vice President and CIO at Englewood Health about cybersecurity and digital transformation! We kick this episode off by discussing Kohli’s approach to cybersecurity, where he then shares a personal recommendation about cybersecurity for all healthcare CIOs.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 29, 2024

In 2024, 50 accountable care organizations are new to the Medicare Shared Savings Program and 71 ACOs renewed participation, according to new numbers released by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid | CMS released new data Monday showing ACO participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, with 19 ACOs set to participate in a new payment option,

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

The following is a guest article by Egle Jakimone, Product CEO at Kilo Health In 2024, we are expecting to witness a significant change in women’s health, particularly centered around the transformative phase of menopause. The notable growth of female wellness apps is helping women to take an active role in managing their health. Additionally, the increased attention to women’s health topics is drawing interest from global players and investors.

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Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT. This optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions.

FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 29, 2024

MultiCare has been hit with a False Claims Act complaint by federal law enforcement and its home state of Washington over allegations that it is “knowingly endangering patients” by allowing a neuro | A complaint filed Friday by federal and state officials alleged that the 12-hospital nonprofit set aside "serious concerns" to receive "millions of dollars in revenue, while unknowing patients were endangered and harmed.

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DigitalHealth

JANUARY 29, 2024

This coffee briefing includes Feedback Medical winning an award for its Bleepa solution and an increase in melanoma skin cancer NHS webpage visits.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 29, 2024

Health Care Service Corporation recently unveiled a new effort to improve outcomes and reduce the cost of caring for cancer patients. | Fighting cancer costs the United States $208.9 billion dollars a year, and Health Care Service Corporation recently unveiled a new effort to improve outcomes and reduce those expenses.

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DigitalHealth

JANUARY 29, 2024

Digital Health Intelligence has released a large dataset indicating where English trusts and ICSs are ranked with regard to digital maturity.

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This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 29, 2024

Humana's primary care business, CenterWell, has unveiled its latest expansion plans. | The company will open centers in three new metro areas and will add further locations across eight municipalities, Humana announced on Tuesday.

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DigitalHealth

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Intuitive da Vinci SP robotic assisted surgical system has received CE mark approval, opening up its use in Europe for minimally invasive surgery.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 29, 2024

In July 2023, the healthcare landscape was shaken when the private-equity-backed provider group, American Physician Partners (APP), unexpectedly ceased operations immediately and without warning, c | Read how healthcare leaders can work together to create a system that delivers health, joy, and quality of life to communities one patient at a time.

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DigitalHealth

JANUARY 29, 2024

Sano Genetics has received $11.4m in funding to help continue development of its AI-powered clinical trial platform for precision medicine.

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Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist

If you’re a healthcare provider, chances are you have experienced symptoms of burnout yourself or have colleagues who are currently facing extreme career dissatisfaction. One of the many ways to partially alleviate burnout is active patient engagement. By engaging with patients to understand their needs and preferences, healthcare providers can develop treatments tailored to the individual patient.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 29, 2024

St. Luke’s is a Duluth, Minnesota-based health system that serves the communities of northeastern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Like many health systems across the country, it has faced challenges with staffing: a tightening labor market, increasing competition for experienced healthcare workers and rising costs.

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DigitalHealth

JANUARY 29, 2024

Telemedicine provider Consultant Connect has helped more than 400,000 patients avoid unnecessary trips to hospital in 2023.

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LeanIX

JANUARY 29, 2024

A Gartner study claims low-code/no-code and AI technology is shifting the ownership of IT away from technical teams. Do enterprise architects need to fear this change or is this an opportunity to democratize enterprise architecture?

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