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AI-enabled administrative task company Outbound AI joins Microsoft's Pegasus Program

Mobi Health News

Microsoft's invitation-only Pegasus Program provides mentoring services to help startups scale cloud-based tools and cloud resources.

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Cedars-Sinai unveils a revolutionary mental health support app powered by Apple Vision Pro

Digital Health Global

Cedars-Sinai , a renowned healthcare institution, introduces a groundbreaking application leveraging Apple Vision Pro technology to provide unparalleled mental health support. Named Xaia , which stands for eXtended-Reality Artificially Intelligent Ally , this innovative app combines generative artificial intelligence and spatial computing to offer patients immersive therapy experiences.

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Intellihealth appoints executive VP of clinical operations and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Healthcare technology company athenahealth announced a new general manager of the company's digital clinical decision support subsidiary epocrates.

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RPM reduces 30-day readmission rates by 50% at Lee Health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Connected care at-home technologies enable behavior change and empower individuals and clinicians to make informed decisions about healthcare treatment. By using them, providers can enhance patient engagement, allowing for personalized and proactive care management that drives better health outcomes and better care experiences. Moreover, these at-home and remote patient monitoring technologies can optimize resource utilization, streamline care delivery, reduce length of stays in the acute settin

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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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Centene boosts guidance amid 'stronger than expected' marketplace enrollment

FierceHealthIT

Centene posted $45 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2023, with its profitability for the full year growing notably compared to 2022. | Centene posted $45 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2023, with its profitability for the full year growing notably compared to 2022.

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SAMHSA's final rule makes COVID-era flexibilities permanent for opioid treatment programs

FierceHealthIT

Several COVID-era flexibilities relied upon by opioid treatment programs and their hundreds of thousands of patients will become permanent later this year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Healt | The final rule allows some providers to prescribe medication for opioid use disorder like buprenorphine via telehealth without an initial in-person exam. It also allows them to dispense unsupervised, take-home doses of methadone to relatively stable patients.

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Rune Labs Unveils $12 Million Strategic Round to Accelerate Adoption of Novel Parkinson’s Technologies

Healthcare IT Today

Brings Total Raised to Over $42 Million Co-Founder of Nexus NeuroTech and Former Verily President of Medical Devices Jordi Parramon Joins as New Board Member Rune Labs , a precision neurology software and data company, today announced a strategic round of $12 million, increasing the total amount raised by the company to over $42 million. The round was led by new brain disorder fund, Nexus NeuroTech Ventures, with participation from existing investors, including Eclipse, DigiTx Partners, Moment

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New HRSA actions take aim at organ transplantation system

FierceHealthIT

Following up on a federal law passed in September to increase competition among organ transplant contractors, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is issuing requests for proposa | The Biden administration continues to break up the contract bidding process for organ procurements under new guidelines released Tuesday.

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Strategies and Best Practices for Developing and Nurturing Leadership Skills in Health IT

Healthcare IT Today

The new year is a time of personal growth and self-improvement. We all set out with a list of resolutions, determined to become the best versions of ourselves. While we are still in this mindset, let’s talk about how we can also improve as health IT leaders. Aristotle believed that in order to become a virtuous person, you must do virtuous things.

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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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Healthcare Dealmakers—General Catalyst's health system bid; Cigna's Medicare sell-off and more

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, retailers and other industry players look to expand their businesses and gain a competitive edge. | Missouri's $10 billion health system merger, Cardinal Health's $1.2 billion specialty care play and more merger and acquisition news from January.

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Envision Radiology Setting a Fast Pace for Interoperability with DataFirst

Healthcare IT Today

Envision Radiology wanted more control over how healthcare information was shared so they could focus on delivering outstanding patient experience and outcomes. With DataFirst’s Silverback platform and close partnership, they achieved their goal. Here’s how. At the 2023 Annual RSNA Conference (RSNA23), Healthcare IT Today arranged for an exclusive interview with Beau Jones, President & CEO at DataFirst and Jeff Emery, CIO/CTO at Envision Radiology to learn more about their deep collaboration

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Technology trial in Wirral could cut unnecessary hospital admission

DigitalHealth

A successful pilot programme to test pioneering new sensor equipment from health technology provider 2iC-Care has concluded in Wirral.

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A look inside BCBSMA's expanded care options for women's health

FierceHealthIT

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) unveiled what it’s calling its reproductive health care team in order to broaden the care options available to women. | Massachusetts Blues unveils a program featuring reproductive healthcare teams that the insurer says will guide women through every stage of pregnancy and well beyond.

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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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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ?

DigitalHealth

This briefing includes TidalSense developing AI-powered tech for COPD sufferers and Cyted receiving FDA clearance for its EndoSign cell collection device.

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Homeward earns B Corp certification as it expands payer partnerships in Minnesota and Michigan

FierceHealthIT

Startup Homeward is now a B Corp-certified company as it doubles down on its focus to improve rural health and expand its services to more patients. | As the company deepens its relationships with payers in Michigan and Minnesota to serve wider populations, achieving B Corp certification alongside its existing public benefit corporation status reinforces Homeward's commitment to the rural communities it works in, executives said.

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Did you miss one? – Six Tech and Aging Blog Posts from January 2024

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The more things change. January 2024 brought announcements, updates and a plethora of new tech, some a dream in the eye of a startup, some in the market and some likely to improve lives, if not right away than soon. In fact, the most intriguing aspect of the month of CES 2024 was how much like previous events it was – and yet it was the first post-Covid big event, and the first for many new to the tech industry.

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Egress buys health data specialists Stalis

DigitalHealth

Egress Group has acquired health data migration specialist Stalis to enhance its ability to offer complete, end-to-end data management expertise.

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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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UCSF Health's $100M deal to acquire 2 CommonSpirit hospitals targets spring close

FierceHealthIT

UCSF Health has locked in a deal with CommonSpirit Health’s Dignity Health to acquire two of the city’s oldest hospitals and their associated outpatient clinics, the academic system announced Monda | The academic health system said it will maintain or expand services, end religious affiliations and retain all employees and staff when it acquires San Francisco's Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and St.

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Vodafone and eConsult Health join forces to enhance patient access to care

DigitalHealth

Vodafone in Health and eConsult Health have collaborated to help reduce patient waiting times and enhance patient safety.

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Proven Tactics for Accelerating the Revenue Cycle Management Process

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Revenue cycle management (RCM) stands as the linchpin that determines the financial vitality of healthcare organizations and payers alike. We will delve into proven strategies tailored specifically for healthcare organizations and payers to streamline and accelerate their revenue cycle. The post Proven Tactics for Accelerating the Revenue Cycle Management Process appeared first on BHM Healthcare Solutions.

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HIStalk Interviews Jonathan Rosenberg, CTO, Five9

HIStalk Interviews

Jonathan Rosenberg, PhD is chief technology officer and head of.

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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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CEO of Argus Medical Management Robert Boullon Joins DrKumo’s Advisory Board

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

CEO of Argus Medical Management Robert C. Boullon, MBA, MPH, Brings Valuable Expertise to DrKumo’s Advisory Board BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, February 6, 2024 – DrKumo Inc., a leader in next-generation Remote Patient Monitoring -Home Telehealth technology solutions, announces the appointment of Robert C. Boullon, MBA, MPH, to its Advisory Board.