KevinMD

DECEMBER 20, 2023

AI has been all the rage over the past year. Maybe you have played with ChatGPT or encountered yet another news story about the increasing impact of AI on a given industry. In this article, I’d like to break down a few things: What is AI? How is AI already being used in health care Read more… AI for health care professionals: How it is used now and how to use AI as a clinician originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The company announced the appointments of numerous individuals to its executive team and will use the funds to expand its partnerships and oncology platform.

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Digital Health Global

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Research into replicating the intricate design and adaptability of natural tissues through tissue engineering , has been ongoing for decades. A key challenge lies in understanding and controlling the mechanical forces to which cells are subjected to in their environment. Tissues are by nature not rigid or isolated structures; they must possess the structural and functional flexibility to adapt to changing chemical and physical conditions in their operating environment.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The award will support veterans' access to the California-based virtual reality company's FDA-authorized at-home chronic low back pain offering, RelieVRx.

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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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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Health systems, insurers, retailers like CVS and tech companies like Amazon are all scrambling for a bigger piece of the medical pie. | Patients are looking for easier access to medical services and more convenience and this is opening big opportunities for insurers, retailers, tech companies and nontraditional players to muscle their way into primary care.

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Knownwell, an integrated primary and obesity care provider, is launching a new teen program for weight management. | The new program aims to create a patient-focused environment to uncover and treat the root cause of early obesity. The care model is built on involving the teen’s family with nutritional counseling, behavioral health services and pharmacotherapy when appropriate.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic PB and HB Claims Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. and is remote. Here’s a description of the position: Now seeking an Epic PB Claims and HB Claims certified analyst to support a client health system in Texas with claims and remittance build and troubleshooting, in coordination

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Veterans Health Administration is tapping AppliedVR to expand military veterans' access to virtual reality-based therapy for chronic lower back pain. | The Veterans Health Administration is tapping AppliedVR to expand military veterans' access to virtual reality-based therapy for chronic lower back pain.

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DigitalHealth

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As more NHS junior doctors’ strikes take place, many health service staff and suppliers are looking at 2024 with trepidation. Not Nervecentre.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Rite Aid has been hit with a five-year ban on the use of AI facial recognition technologies after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the retail pharmacy chain “failed to implement reasonable p | The retail pharmacy chain's spotty facial recognition and "persons of interest" database generated "thousands" of false-positives, particularly among women and people of color, the FTC says.

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DigitalHealth

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Today's briefing includes a study looking at the efficacy of mobile health apps and news that ICSs are working with housing providers to improve healthcare.

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Among our most-read stories of the year, one topic clearly rose to the top: Medicare Advantage. | Many of the most-read health insurance stories from Fierce Healthcare in 2023 center on Medicare Advantage.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

AgeTech is a niche market no more. As we approach 2024 and the plethora of tech introductions from CES 2024, let's reflect. This past year underscored the demographic changes that have brought an aging population -- turning 65 at a rate of 10,000 per day -- into the sight lines of investors, startups and health providers. The monumental investment that swept AI and media visibility underscored how AI could help older adults.

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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.

DigitalHealth

DECEMBER 20, 2023

All five acute Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Trusts have signed a deal with RLDatix for its e-rostering software.

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The healthcare labor pool continued its incremental crawl back to pre-pandemic trends during the waning months of 2023 with higher payrolls and flattening wage growth, per data from the U.S. | Hospital and ambulatory payrolls have improved for 22 and 34 consecutive months, while average hourly earning growth "has remained relatively flat" across the last few months, Fitch said.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We previously shared ONC’s big QHIN announcement which shared the names of five officially designated QHINs as part of TEFCA: eHealth Exchange Epic Nexus Health Gorilla KONZA MedAllies No doubt, the timing of this announcement was planned to coincide with the ONC Annual Meeting in Washington DC. It was Healthcare IT Today’s first time attending the ONC Annual Meeting despite multiple years of FOMO for not attending.

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TheraNest

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Reading Time: 6 Minutes Therapy is a valuable resource for individuals seeking mental and behavioral health support. Despite the rise in mental health acceptance and the public often recommending therapy, most people believe therapy is for other people. Even when people do start therapy, it’s not uncommon for people to discontinue therapy prematurely, often due to various reasons.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The following is a guest article by Venki Subramanian , SVP Product Management at Reltio When data is missing, inaccurate, incomplete, or misdirected, it can have severe, sometimes life-altering impacts. For example, in a survey by the Journal of the American Medical Association , approximately 1 in 5 patients who reviewed their electronic health record (EHR) ambulatory notes found an error–and 40% of these patients perceived the mistakes as serious, including mistakes in diagnoses, medical hist

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TheraNest

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Reading Time: 6 Minutes Therapy is a valuable resource for individuals seeking mental and behavioral health support. Despite the rise in mental health acceptance and the public often recommending therapy, most people believe therapy is for other people. Even when people do start therapy, it’s not uncommon for people to discontinue therapy prematurely, often due to various reasons.

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The top contributors to food insecurity in American households are disability and disease, fixed income, age and being a single parent, according to | The FarmboxRx report surveyed more than 2,000 individuals living on food stamps to explore the factors driving higher food insecurity rates.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

At the end of each year since I launched the Health Populi blog, I have put my best forecasting hat on to focus on the next year in health and health care. For this round, I’m firmly focused on the key noun in health care, which is the patient – as consumer, as Chief Health Officer of the family, as caregiver, as health citizen. As my brain does when mashing up dozens of data points for a “trendcast” such as this, I’ll start with big picture/macro on the economy to the microeconomics of health c

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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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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The number of people signing up for coverage on Healthcare.gov has crossed 15 million, according to new data from the Biden administration. | The number of people signing up for coverage on Healthcare.gov has crossed 15 million, according to new data from the Biden administration.

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