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Study: Google reveals LLM that helps accurately diagnosis complex cases

Mobi Health News

The tech giant revealed it created an LLM optimized for diagnostic reasoning with the ability to generate a differential diagnosis or assist clinicians in coming to a diagnosis.

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White House, senators take aim at 'corporate greed in healthcare'

FierceHealthIT

Both the executive branch and key bipartisan legislators announced plans Thursday to tackle the negative impacts of corporate interests and ownership in healthcare. | Multiple federal agencies and bipartisan Senate leaders have launched a salvo of efforts targeting anticompetitive behaviors, high prices and private equity-involvement in the healthcare industry.

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Digital health leaders discuss their biggest takeaways from 2023

Mobi Health News

Execs overwhelmingly cite genAI as having the most significant impact in healthcare this year, though others provide alternative takes on the years' events.

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Voters reject repealing the Affordable Care Act but are wary of Medicare for All: poll

FierceHealthIT

New polling suggests voters would rather work to improve the current U.S. | In light of recent comments from President Trump calling to repeal the ACA, new polling reveals voters' appetite for keeping and improving the program but stop short of enbracing a national public option.

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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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How Digital Health Companies Attract Software Engineers: Human Resource Management

Healthcare IT Today

The previous articles in this series discussed what kinds of programmers do well and enjoy working in a digital health company. This final article looks at some important aspects of culture and how to cultivate the developers you have. Allow Programmer Creativity, With Sensitivity Several of my respondents talked about giving professionals flexibility and autonomy.

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Draft Digital Health Rewired24 programme published

DigitalHealth

Digital Health has published the draft programme for the big five stages at Rewired24, the UK’s biggest and best health IT and digital health event.

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Bayer and Salus Optima Partner on AI-Enabled Healthy Aging Journey

Digital Health Global

LONDON & BASEL, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Salus Optima, a leading provider in AI-enabled digital health and wellness solutions, and the Consumer Health division of Bayer have launched a strategic partnership to empower people on their healthy aging journey. The partnership elevates the shared aspiration of both companies to transform self-care by offering precision health solutions to enable consumers to better understand and make informed decisions about their own personal hea

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How Wolters Kluwer Health Keeps Large Language Models and AI Honest

Healthcare IT Today

Wolters Kluwer Health offers a service called UpToDate , consulted by doctors around the world to help their clinical decision making. In this video, chief medical officer Peter Bonis explains how they are working to add a large language model (LLM), the technology currently popular in generative AI. Bonis also offers a broad overview of trends in digital health.

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Dedalus and Ibex launch end-to-end AI-powered digital pathology solution

DigitalHealth

Dedalus and Ibex have jointly launched a new end-to-end AI-powered pathology solution that will help to streamline cancer diagnosis.

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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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AAPC Expands Its Technology Solutions Portfolio with the Acquisition of Semantic Health

Healthcare IT Today

Semantic Health’s AI-Powered Auditing Software Will Supplement AAPC’s Suite of Business Solutions that Safeguard Against Revenue Cycle Errors AAPC , a leading global solutions provider in healthcare revenue cycle management, is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of Semantic Health , an early-stage healthcare technology company focused on creating AI-powered inpatient medical auditing software for health insurance plans and hospitals. “We are thrilled to integrate Se

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CMS suggests expanding Medicare treatment coverage for myelodysplastic syndromes

FierceHealthIT

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is considering expanding the national coverage determination for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants using bone marrow or peri | A new request from CMS would give full coverage of stem cell treatments to Medicare patients with myelodysplastic syndromes, a deadly condition that can progress to leukemia.

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How a Medical Receptionist Service Can Help Improve the Patient Experience

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Stephanie Maharjan, Operations Leader at WellReceived. The role of a medical receptionist has transformed significantly. They are not just a point of contact, they are the gateway to a healthcare facility, embodying its ethos and values from the first ‘hello.’ Ensuring a positive patient experience is fundamental to the healthcare industry’s success.

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NiftyHMS @IMTE2023

NiftyHMS

NiftyHMS @ India Med Expo2023 We had an incredible time at #IMTE2023! We were hoping to share more during the day but there was just too much going on. We received an amazing response for NiftyHMS – Healthcare Software. We made a ton of great connections and invaluable feedback from doctors and medical faculties throughout the day. Days of great conversations and new connections!

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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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Corporate Venture Capital's growing role and importance in HealthTech

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Corporate venture capital (CVC) plays an increasingly significant role in the healthtech industry, providing funding, expertise, and strategic partnerships to innovative startups. As healthcare giants and technology companies recognize the transformative potential of healthtech, they are actively investing in these ventures, shaping the future of healthcare delivery and innovation.

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Hospitals Don’t Know If Patients Are Dead

Digital Health Wire

An interesting research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine highlighted a grim trend in health system record keeping: EHRs frequently overlook patient deaths. That’s a major issue for plenty of reasons, which UCLA Health researchers laid out after analyzing roughly 11,700 seriously ill primary care patients across 41 clinics (2020-2022). Almost 700 patients whose medical records showed them as alive were actually deceased according to California public health filings, nearly 20% of the entire cohor

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Holly Health Secures Strategic Funding to Tackle Multimorbidity Challenge

Lloyd Price

Funding Round: Holly Health, a pioneering personalised digital health coaching platform, announces success in securing £650k in an investment and grant funding round, including £323k funding from Innovate UK, as part of the Future Economy Investor Partnerships scheme. The round sees participation from UK and international investors, including the Innovation SuperNetwork, Plug and Play Ventures, and award-winning NHS primary and community services provider, Modality Partnership, emphasising a sha

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

DigitalHealth

Today's briefing covers Health Sage AI launching its Open Source Generative AI Platform and Imprivata holding its annual HealthCon user group.

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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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Revolutionizing Healthcare Communication with VidyoPlatform’s Video SDK

Vidyo

In the dynamic world of healthcare, where effective communication and collaboration are crucial, VidyoPlatform emerges as a transformative solution. With its advanced Video SDK (Software Development Kit), VidyoPlatform is redefining patient care and operational efficiency for healthcare organizations. The post Revolutionizing Healthcare Communication with VidyoPlatform’s Video SDK appeared first on EnghouseVideo.

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SteadyMD Report Identifies 3 Trends That Will Shape Healthcare Landscape in 2024

SteadyMD

Clinician shortages, telehealth demand and GLP-1 treatment will require innovative technology solutions ST. LOUIS, Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Three care access and operational challenges confronting traditional and digital healthcare delivery models will intensify in 2024, but can be alleviated by embracing disruptive technology and strategic telehealth partnerships that ease clinician burden and ensure patients receive needed care.

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Widnes patients benefit from digital health pathway for heart health

DigitalHealth

Patients in Widnes are to benefit from a new digital health pathway for heart health, created by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, Widnes PCN and ORCHA.