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Machine learning medical diagnostics company Cytovale scores $84M

Mobi Health News

The company will use the funds to expand the reach of its sepsis-focused diagnostic test, IntelliSep.

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US patients believe generative AI can improve healthcare access, affordability, survey finds

FierceHealthIT

As the industry continues to debate the promise and risks of artificial intelligence in healthcare, patients are bullish on the potential for generative AI to improve access and even lower healthca | As the industry continues to debate the promise and risks of artificial intelligence in healthcare, patients are bullish on the potential for generative AI to improve access and even lower healthcare costs.

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MDaudit Releases Service Provider Workflow to Support Line Service Provider Audits, Enhanced Provider Education

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. MDaudit announced today the release of Service Provider Workflow. This latest enhancement to its industry-leading billing compliance and revenue integrity platform supports billing when rendering providers differ from service providers, reducing audit risks related to […] The article MDaudit Releases Service Provider Workflow to Support Line Service Provider Audits, Enhanced Provider Educati

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Civil rights groups deal failing grades to states on Medicaid disenrollments

FierceHealthIT

A coalition including the NAACP and other civil rights organizations released a scorecard Thursday grading each state on its policies handling the Medicaid unwinding period. | Just one state received a passing score on Medicaid redeterminations from a coalition of nationally recognized civil rights groups.

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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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Dexcom launches eye-opening diabetes research around HCL perceptions

DigitalHealth

Dexcom's research has found 79% of people struggle to control their glucose levels and 45% do not understand what a Hybrid Closed Loop System is.

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Sage Secures $15M to Improve Quality of Care for Older Adults and Combat Caregiver Burnout

Healthcare IT Today

Sage Technology Improves Senior Living Community Operations, Improving both Caregiver and Resident Satisfaction, and Reducing Caregiver Turnover by 40% Sage , a technology company reinventing care for older adults through its unified care coordination platform, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by new investor Maveron. The round also includes all major investors including Goldcrest Capital , ANIMO Ventures , and Distributed Ventures.

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Tenet Healthcare selling 3 South Carolina hospitals to Novant Health for $2.4B cash

FierceHealthIT

Tenet Healthcare has cut a deal with Novant Health to sell off three South Carolina hospitals and their related operations for roughly $2.4 billion, the systems announced Friday morning. | The deal leaves Tenet with after-tax proceeds of $1.75 billion, which it said it will primarily use for debt retirement. The systems said they'll remain partners for ambulatory surgery and revenue cycle management in the affected markets.

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UK Biobank denies sharing health data without volunteers’ knowledge

DigitalHealth

UK Biobank has denied claims in The Observer newspaper that it shared health data from its volunteer participants with insurance companies.

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CEO Farzad Mostashari: How early failure at Aledade helped the company evolve

FierceHealthIT

There are plenty of lessons to be learned in failure, but it's rare for a company and its top brass to offer a peak behind the curtain into those takeaways. | There are plenty of lessons to be learned in failure, but it's rare for a company and its top brass to offer a peak behind the curtain into those takeaways.

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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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NHS Property Services unveils updated social prescribing map

DigitalHealth

NHS Property Services has updated its social prescribing map so that patients can use the interactive tool to more quickly and easily locate services.

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MGMA Takes an Innovative Approach to Tackling Healthcare Challenges

Healthcare IT Today

The 2023 MGMA Leaders Conference (#MGMALeaders), a gathering of healthcare professionals from medical practices, showcased new innovative approaches to addressing industry challenges. Healthcare IT Today caught up with Ron Holder, Chief Operating Officer at MGMA , to delve into the pressing issues facing the sector and the impact of the new approaches taken by the organization at their annual conference to bolster engagement.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

DigitalHealth

Today's briefing includes an initiative to transform care at home for people in Cornwall and The DHSC launch of Pharmacy First Service in England

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How Poor Connectivity Impacts Patient Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Doug Bierbower, Vice President of Solutions Engineering at SOLiD Americas When delivering first-rate care, every aspect of the patient experience is critical. And in today’s always-connected 5G world, much of that experience depends on pervasive, secure mobile device connectivity. Physicians, nurses, staff, patients, and visitors need seamless indoor wireless coverage.

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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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FDP rollout should be measured and expectations tempered – NHS Confederation

DigitalHealth

The planned launch of the Federated Data Platform (FDP) should take note of lessons learned from previous NHS digital rollouts and not be too hasty

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Leveraging data (and embracing change) to improve payer-provider networks

FierceHealthIT

Robert Laumeyer has enjoyed a fascinating career. | Robert Laumeyer, Chief Technology Officer at Availity, has spent his life engineering solutions to problems. Here, he discusses how he and Availity are helping to streamline and enhance relations between healthcare payers and providers.

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NHS Education for Scotland collaborates for future workforce development

DigitalHealth

A strategic collaboration has been formed between NHS Education for Scotland and the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre.

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Delivering better patient outcomes with pharmacy at the core

FierceHealthIT

Scott Streator is a pharmacist by trade. | Scott Streator, VP of Payer Markets at Outcomes, reveals why he is a firm believer in community pharmacy and its ability to transform healthcare delivery for the better.

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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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DH Intelligence releases report on ICS Digital Maturity Assessment scores

DigitalHealth

Digital Health Intelligence has released its latest snapshot report, a digital maturity assessment review of integrated care systems (ICSs).

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Infosys Helix: Why payers are going ‘back to basics’

FierceHealthIT

Vadiraj Guttal is an Infosys stalwart. | Vadiraj Guttal, Business Head at Infosys Helix, speaks to Fierce Healthcare about how payers are seeking to transform and modernize their core admin systems – a back to basics approach which is leading to improved patient experiences.

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Building The Economic Case For An NHS EDMS: a guide to financial modelling

DigitalHealth

EDMS deployment is not for the faint hearted but the rewards can be immense. Armed with a strong economic case, NHS trusts can revolutionise care. Mizaic’s practical guide supports trusts to model the costs and benefits of deployment, acting as a gateway to change.

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Tech-Enabled Health Equity: Bridging Language Barriers in Health Education

FierceHealthIT

One massive barrier to health literacy and ultimately health equity is also one of the most straightforward to solve: language. | The importance of multilanguage healthcare communication is clear: over 25 million people in the United States are considered to have limited English proficiency (LEP), and this is especially prevalent in Medicaid populations.

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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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Patient Engagement through Communication Platforms

Healthcare IT Today

With the increase in digital health, remote care, and patient access, the need for a reliable platform to conduct everything has also increased. But while we all need reliable communication platforms, properly utilizing them is an entirely different story. There is already so much to consider in terms of what works best for your organization, but then you need to rethink everything in terms of what is best for the patient.

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Chutes & Ladders—Healthcare leaders chart new path

FierceHealthIT

Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry.

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