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Eisai harnesses wearables data for AI-led Alzheimer's prediction

Mobi Health News

Its AI model can predict the accumulation of amyloid-beta protein, a major Alzheimer's biomarker.

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HeartMates, Bringing Community and Heart Health Love from Damar Hamlin – Abbott at #CES2024

Health Populi

The heart is a major health-category at CES 2024, from wristband wearable tech to remote health monitoring devices enabling cardiovascular hospital-to-home care. Abbott, one of the first life science companies to exhibit at CES back in 2022, announced the HeartMates program here at #CES2024 today as part of a panel titled Ahead of the Game: Revolutionizing Athlete Safety with Emerging Health Tech.

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COVID-era parenting app helps reduce postpartum depression

Mobi Health News

The mobile app developed by NUS Nursing can also help raise the developmental outcomes of infants.

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Ten Technologies for Aging and Health from CES 2024

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The press releases signal a busy time in Las Vegas. Viewed from afar, drowning in press releases, it is clearly a nearly fully revived CES 2024. With 130,000 attendees it’s down a bit from 2020’s peak of 175,000. From electric motorcycles and low-profile automobile antennas , the unfolding TV to robotic pool cleaners and lawn mowers and construction , it sounds like it was a noisy place.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

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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Suicide prevention telehealth provider Vita Health receives $22.5M

Mobi Health News

The funding will be used to support the company's expansion.

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Virtual group therapy enables Geisinger to treat more patients and maintain care continuity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the department of psychiatry and behavioral health at Geisinger began experiencing a significant increase in demand for behavioral health services. THE PROBLEM The demand for services was most noticeable for adult psychotherapy services, with waits as long as several months and several thousand outstanding orders.

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Three Ways AI-Powered Automation is Assisting Healthcare Workers

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jason Warrelmann, Vice President, Global Services & Process Industries at UiPath From battling COVID-19 surges to an increase in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and this year’s cold and flu season, physicians and their staffs continue to navigate one of the busiest times of the year. This, coupled with national healthcare worker shortages, means that healthcare workers are feeling heightened patient volumes and stress levels.

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Debiopharm and ThinkingNodeLife.ai Forge a Strategic Partnership to Propel Cancer Drug Development with AI Digital Cell Clones

Digital Health Global

LAUSANNE, Switzerland & SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Debiopharm, an independent biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Switzerland, and ThinkingNodeLife.ai (TNL), a trailblazer in AI Digital Cells Lab in USA, are pleased to announce a collaborative partnership aimed at advancing the development of a cutting-edge cancer drug. This strategic alliance leverages the unique capabilities of TNL’s AI Digital Cells Lab platform and Debiopharm’s deep pharmaceutical expertise to bring can

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Nabla Raises $24M in Series B to Fuel Expansion of its Ambient AI Assistant to Transform Care Delivery

Healthcare IT Today

New financing, led by Cathay Innovation, will be used to expand capabilities and adoption of Nabla Copilot, the leading ambient AI assistant designed to alleviate the administrative burden placed on providers, and reduce clinician burnout. Launched in March 2023 , Nabla Copilot has experienced rapid growth with +20,000 providers who have already adopted the solution for its accessibility, accuracy, and speed and have helped build Copilot to better serve the provider community’s needs.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

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.

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Medicare Advantage, RPM & Star Ratings: Elevate Plan Performance by Impacting SDoH

Clear Arch Health

80-90% of health outcomes are determined by non-medical, social factors. Providing value-based, member-centric care t o address Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) - via remote health monitoring services - can mitigate adverse impact to patients, and may help to ensure Medicare Advantage plan success. These days, Medicare Advantage plans face many challenges, chief among them is how to address Social Determinants of Health ( SDoH ), boost MA plan performance, and help improve the delivery of ca

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Even $1 premium discourages some low-income individuals from coverage: study

FierceHealthIT

Even charging a dollar premium for healthcare benefits can discourage some low-income individuals from getting coverage, but price isn’t the only factor involved, according to a

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Evaluating GPT-4-based ChatGPT's clinical potential on the NEJM quiz

BMC Digital Health

Background GPT-4-based ChatGPT demonstrates significant potential in various industries; however, its potential clinical applications remain largely unexplored. Methods We employed the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) quiz “Image Challenge” from October 2021 to March 2023 to assess ChatGPT's clinical capabilities. The quiz, designed for healthcare professionals, tests the ability to analyze clinical scenarios and make appropriate decisions.

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JPM24: Kindbody eyes expansion, AI investments in 2024. The question on investors' minds: Will the fertility startup go public this year?

FierceHealthIT

JPM24: Kindbody eyes expansion, AI investments in 2024. The question on investors' minds: Will the fertility startup go public this year?

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

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.

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West Yorkshire runs at-home chronic kidney disease test trial

DigitalHealth

Patients in West Yorkshire are to trial an at-home chronic kidney disease detection device thanks to the Health Technology Adoption and Accelerator Fund.

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'Podnosis': Improving the diversity of voice tech 

FierceHealthIT

A growing number of companies are introducing diverse voices to their virtual assistants or speech synthesis systems: Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Polly, Meta’s Voicebox. | A growing number of companies are introducing diverse voices to their virtual assistants or speech synthesis systems: Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Polly, Meta’s Voicebox. But what about diversity of voices in healthcare, where the stakes are higher?

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Norfolk and Suffolk NHS FT to develop support package for family carers

DigitalHealth

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is working with two universities to develop a support package for family carers looking after a dementia patient.

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JPM24: Oscar Health eyes 2024 profitability and ICHRA

FierceHealthIT

Ahead of its fourth quarter earnings next month, Oscar Health CEO Mark Bertolini expects 2024 to be a profitable year. | Oscar Health CEO Mark Bertolini gave strategic insight to the company's path to profitability and its intentions for the ICHRA and Medicare Advantage markets at JPM24.

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

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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Arizona-based FQHC, Desert Senita, Tags Clear Arch Health for RPM Services to Help Expand Rural Care Delivery

Clear Arch Health

Remote patient monitoring healthcare solutions provider, Clear Arch Health, welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with federally qualified health center, Desert Senita Community Health Center (DSCHC), in a beneficial initiative designed to improve access to, as well as the quality of, outpatient care for geographically and economically challenged residents within the rural Arizona community of Ajo and surrounding areas. 2024 got off to an auspicious and promising start for the everyone vested

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Belong Health launches medical group to address gaps in care for dual eligibles

FierceHealthIT

Belong Health has formed a medical group to help payer and provider partners address gaps in care for dual-eligible patients. | The first clinical solution available through Belong Medical Group is Mental Health Connector, serving patients without a current mental health provider or worsening chronic mental illness.

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Telemedicine Billing: GT, 95 & GQ Modifier Differences

Mend

The world of telemedicine has become increasingly important in recent years and telemedicine services are growing at a rapid pace, especially in the wake of a global pandemic. Not only has it become crucial to receive healthcare service from a distance, but it’s also the preference of many patients who wish to have healthcare visits from the comfort of their homes.

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JPM24, Day 3: GoodRx expects at least $749M in revenue for 2023

FierceHealthIT

It's officially a new year for the healthcare industry, as biopharma executives, investors, reporters and others make the annual trek to the Westin St. | Get the latest healthcare and health tech news from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

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Patient Engagement & Cultural Competence Training Roadmap: A Guide to Reducing Staff Burnout

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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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

DigitalHealth

Today's briefing covers a pioneering health and care apprenticeship program in East Anglia and Qure.ai announcing its 13th FDA clearance.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting.

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A Tale of Two Houses: House Calls at #CES2024 with Amazon and AARP + Samsung

Health Populi

The growing movement of health care to the home is evident by a growing list of point solutions featured at CES 2024. Digital health has been a fast-growing category of consumer-facing devices at CES for over a decade. But with the growing ubiquity of connectivity, cloud computing, sensors and this year AI “everywhere,” a person’s home as their health-hub is an increasingly practical scenario.

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CHIME23 – What’s a Problem, Technology, Opportunity, or Issue Not Enough People are Talking About?

Healthcare IT Today

The world of health IT is ever-changing. One moment a problem is unsolvable, the next a new technology has been created and solves the problem. One moment no one is talking about something, the next it is the hottest topic of the year. Or reversely, one moment we’re all talking about one topic, and the next we’ve left that topic in the dust as we all moved on to something new.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.