Thu.Jul 20, 2023

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Barbie in Health Care – Joining the Barbie Zeitgeist

Health Populi

Barbie is having a moment, marketers agree. This weekend, many of us will buy movie tickets (yes, to see “real” movies in “real” brick-and-mortar cinemas) to see both the new film Oppenheimer along with the Barbie movie. So many movie-goers will be making it a double-feature experience that started as a meme, the portmanteau “Barbenheimer,” to mark the cultural-phenomenon moment.

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Dorsata sues athenahealth, Unified Women's Healthcare claiming deceptive practices

Mobi Health News

Women's health-focused EHR player Dorsata alleges athenahealth and Unified Women's Health worked jointly to diminish its business and steal its trade secrets.

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Aging and the New Home Health, Tech-Enabled – Learning from Nature

Health Populi

“Digital technologies offer tremendous potential for shifting from traditional medical routines to remote medicine,” with the role of wearables playing a growing role in the new home care for healthy aging. But what are the challenges of deploying this promising tech with older people keen to be independent at home? We learn a lot about prospects and challenges in Digital health for aging populations, a Perspective report in Nature Medicine ‘s July 2023 issue.

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Caregiver mental health platform Family First secures $11M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Mental health company UpLift and electrophysiology-focused medical technology company CathVision also garnered investment.

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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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Why Science in the Loop is the Next Breakthrough for Mental Health

Digital Health Global

By Alison Darcy, PhD, Founder & President Woebot Health Today I’m delighted to say we have registered the first known IRB-approved study of its kind on clinicaltrials.gov – a trial that seeks to explore how a reduced set of large language model (LLM)-augmented Woebot features compares with the same features in Woebot as it is today. We’ll soon start recruitment for this study, our 14th randomized control trial to date, to help us understand how LLMs can be applied to accelerate the deliv

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Encore Health Group and Affiliates Experiences Significant Success with eClinicalWorks V12 and healow Patient Engagement Solutions

Digital Health Global

Chronic pain management provider utilizes digital health IT solutions across the organization for improved workflows WESTBOROUGH, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– eClinicalWorks ® , the largest ambulatory cloud EHR, today announced that Encore Health Group and Affiliates – a chronic pain management practice in Jackson and Cordova, TN – upgraded to eClinicalWorks’ latest software version, V12 , and has reported success with healow products, including healow Pay and healow CHECK-IN.

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These factors could lead ACA plan premiums to rise next year: report

FierceHealthIT

As the industry gears up for open enrollment to begin this fall, a new report offers a look into the major factors that could impact premium changes in the individual and small group markets. | As the industry gears up for open enrollment to begin this fall, a new report offers a look into the major factors that could impact premium changes in the individual and small group markets.

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Bridging the Trust Gap is Key for AI to Succeed in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform healthcare. It is already helping to reduce clinician workloads and speed the analysis of large populations of patients. There is, however, a trust gap that is developing which, if left unaddressed, may hold back the widespread implementation of AI. Bridging that gap requires transparency, working closely with clinicians, and operating within strict guidelines.

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OIG raises concern about prior authorization denials in Medicaid managed care

FierceHealthIT

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is urging the feds and states to take on greater oversight of prior authorization denials in Medicaid managed care. | The Office of Inspector General is urging the feds and states to take on greater oversight of prior authorization denials in Medicaid managed care.

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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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Podcast: Sanford Health CDO Jared Antczak on Removing Friction, “Website Manner,” and Healthcare’s Biggest Flaw

Health System CIO

As CDO at Sanford Health, one of Jared Antczak’s core objectives is “ensuring that we’re not just digitizing existing things.” In this podcast, he talks about the difference between digitization and digital transformation, the value of teaching “website manner,” why accessibility is such a huge area of focus, and why he loves the Chick-Fil-A app. Source: Podcast: Sanford Health CDO Jared Antczak on Removing Friction, “Website Manner,” and Healthcare’s Biggest Flaw on healthsyst

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CMS gives California, Kentucky the OK to offer mobile crisis intervention teams for Medicaid

FierceHealthIT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved proposals from California and Kentucky for community-based mobile crisis intervention teams to provide Medicaid crisis services.< | Medicaid crisis service will be offered to residents in California and Kentucky under the federal American Rescue Plan, joining four other states.

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Liverpool Women’s NHS FT first to go live with MEDITECH Expanse EPR

DigitalHealth

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with MEDITECH Expanse, a full scale, intuitive and interoperable electronic patient record (EPR).

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Amount of postpartum care an immigrant receives depends on where she lives: study

FierceHealthIT

The healthcare challenges awaiting women who’ve given birth can sometimes be more problematic than those they faced during pregnancy and labor. | Recent and undocumented immigrants face barriers to postpartum care that could turn treatable conditions into serious health risks, according to a JAMA Network study.

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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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Revolutionizing Medical AI Development: Flywheel Announces $54 Million in Series D Funding led by Novalis LifeSciences and NVentures

Healthcare IT Today

Flywheel , the leading medical imaging data and AI platform, announces it has raised $54 million in Series D funding with more to come soon. This latest round of funding was co-led by Novalis LifeSciences LLC and NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm. Microsoft also participated in the round, along with insiders Invenshure, 8VC, Beringea, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intuitive Ventures, iSelect, Gundersen Health System, Seraph, and Great North Ventures.

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TPG strikes $1.4B deal to buy EHR, practice management software firm Nextech

FierceHealthIT

Asset management firm TPG is buying healthcare IT company Nextech from Thomas H. Lee Partners for $1.4 billion, the company announced Wednesday. | Asset management firm TPG is buying healthcare IT company Nextech from Thomas H. Lee Partners for $1.4 billion, the company announced Wednesday.

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5 Ways Data (and Storage) are Powering the Evolution of Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Doug McLoughlin, Regional Manager at Western Digital Healthcare technology is finally catching up with a digital revolution that’s been well underway for over a decade in other industries. The transformation was accelerated in the last three years when confined to our homes for months on end, doctors and patients alike turned to technology to try and stay healthy and connected.

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First ratings show west and south west England ICSs least digitally mature

DigitalHealth

Latest results on digital maturity of ICSs have shown that those in the west and south west of England are some of the least digitally mature on average.

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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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Blue Cross NC invests $4.3M in improve foster care in the state

FierceHealthIT

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina announced that it's invested more than $4.3 million to help low-income children and youngsters in foster care. | Blue Cross NC says that it steered the $4.3 million it invested to help children in foster care with the help of its strong ties with communities.

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Digital Health Unplugged: CNIO mentoring success

DigitalHealth

Jordan Sollof is joined by Helen Balsdon, NHS England interim chief nursing information officer (CNIO), to discuss the successful CNIO mentoring programme.

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Summus launches peer-to-peer platform connecting primary care docs to specialists

FierceHealthIT

Summus, a virtual specialty care company, has launched a new tool connecting providers with specialists for eConsults. | Integrating peer-to-peer communication enhances value-based care models and optimizes patient care, the company argues, reducing costly referrals.

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Xealth Customer Highlights | Q2 2023

Xealth

Sam Hernandez, Release Manager Health systems are leveraging digital health to streamline processes, engage patients and improve revenue. I’m excited to share this quarter’s innovative features our clients are deploying, and the use cases supporting them. Below, we highlight how our health system clients are benefiting from digital programs addressing: Disseminating patient education Engaging patients with depression between appointments Encouraging Medicare patients to comp

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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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Chutes & Ladders—Noom taps tech exec as new CEO; Emory picks up chief transformation officer

FierceHealthIT

Chutes & Ladders—Noom taps tech exec as new CEO; Emory picks up chief transformation officer aburky Thu, 07/20/2023 - 17:16

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SaaS Contract Management: 4 Steps To Optimizing Your SaaS Budget

LeanIX

SaaS contract management is a challenge for enterprises today, with an ever-growing number of contracts with different terms, conditions, and renewal dates. Matt Toomey looks at four steps you can take to manage your SaaS spend effectively.

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Providence Saint John uses AI platform to Empower Cancer Patients & Providers for Better Care

Consumer eHealth Engagement

In October 2022, Providence Saint John's Health Center invested in Project Ronin, an AI driven cancer intelligence platform to empower cancer patients and their clinical teams to manage treatment symptoms, care communications and clinical decision support. Their goal is to reduce ED visits and deliver better patient care and outcomes. According to the American Cancer Society’s 2023 Cancer Statistics report, cancer remains the second highest cause of death after heart disease.

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Sanders' latest bill devotes billions to primary care, clinician training. Republicans, hospitals aren't on board

FierceHealthIT

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Sen. | The influential Democrat's legislation is slated for committee markup next week, but is already being speared by Republicans for its price tag and hospitals for measures requiring site-neutral payments.

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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.