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Bridging disciplines: the unseen power of bilingualism in AI and health care

KevinMD

In the bustling corridors of medical facilities, a new language is quietly making its presence known, intertwining with the traditional vocabulary of health care professionals. This language, artificial intelligence (AI), is not spoken in words but in algorithms and data, reshaping the health care landscape in unprecedented ways. The University of Texas at San Antonio Read more… Bridging disciplines: the unseen power of bilingualism in AI and health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company partners with elderly care coordination company

Mobi Health News

Avanlee Care will integrate MCCPDC's low-cost drug services into its Ava app to improve caregiver and care receiver resources.

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Roundup: VR stroke care training rolled out for NSW ED nurses and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NSW ED nurses get VR stroke care training A virtual reality training programme for administering stroke care has been rolled out across New South Wales. Developed by the Agency for Clinical Innovation and the University of Newcastle Centre for Advanced Training Systems, the TACTICS VR programme provides an immersive experience for emergency nurses to practice handling real-time stroke scenarios.

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Roundup: MSK DTx FlexifyMe scores $1M seed funding and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, Lupin has launched a new digital diabetes support programme.

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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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Privacy groups focus on national data opt-out as FDP tender concludes

DigitalHealth

As NHSE prepares to award a £480m contract to deliver the FDP, legal groups and data privacy activists are focused on the national data opt-out.

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The New Pandemic: Burnout Threatens to Wipe Out a Generation of Providers

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Amanda Ford, Executive Vice President of Operations at ScribeAmerica For care teams across the nation, provider burnout isn’t a buzzword, it’s a reality. And while some by-products of the pandemic are expected to disappear with time, burnout seems to be staying. If anything, the issue is getting worse. Increased workloads, difficult-to-navigate EHRs, documentation processes, administrative tasks, and more challenging work-life balance.

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UnitedHealthcare reports high satisfaction, improved outcomes in consumer-centric Surest plans

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealthcare's Surest, which axes deductibles and provides upfront pricing data to members, is the fastest growing product among its commercial plan lineup. | UnitedHealthcare's Surest, which axes deductibles and provides upfront pricing data to members, is the fastest growing product among its commercial plan lineup. And a new analysis offers a look as to why.

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New Epic EPR goes live across Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College

DigitalHealth

A new electronic patient record powered by Epic has officially launched across Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts today.

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2 in 5 Native Americans visit ER due to diabetes complications, survey finds

FierceHealthIT

Some 42% of Native Americans have visited the ER because of a Type 2 diabetes complication, a new survey showed. | Some 42% of Native Americans have visited the ER because of a Type 2 diabetes complication, according to the survey.

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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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Altera Digital Health and Harris Affinity Partner to Strengthen Healthcare Organization Financials

Digital Health Global

NEW YORK & WAKEFIELD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Altera Digital Health , a global health IT leader, and Harris Affinity (Affinity), a leading provider of financial decision support tools, today announced their new reseller agreement. The partnership will enable Altera to bring Affinity Decision Support (ADS), a financial and operational performance optimization platform and a recipient of HFMA’s Peer Review Certification for 2023, to its healthcare organization clients around the wor

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Froedtert Health to buy out Ascension's stake in jointly owned Wisconsin health plan

FierceHealthIT

Froedtert Health is buying out Ascension’s 50% stake in a Wisconsin health plan jointly run by the nonprofit health systems, the former announced this week. | The deal, which is pending review, would give Froedtert Health full ownership of a commercial and Medicare payer with 117,000 members.

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Everly Health Launches Comprehensive At-Home Collection Kidney Health Test to Address Chronic Kidney Disease

Digital Health Global

At-home Kidney Health Test for eGFR and UACR that Fully Satisfies Measurement Year 2024 KED HEDIS standard set by National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Everly Health , a digital health company at the forefront of remote diagnostics-driven care, today announced the launch of a comprehensive at-home collection kidney health test for health plans and employers to expand access to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD

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A Look at Nabla Copilot’s Automatic Clinical Documentation

Healthcare IT Today

Regular readers know that I think ambient clinical voice is one of the most exciting things to happen in health IT since the $36 billion in EHR stimulus money. The promise of automatic note generation is so beautiful and would solve so many of the pains associated with EHR software and more generally clinical documentation. Of course, there are plenty of skeptics that say that the technology won’t get there or will be too expensive.

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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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Vyvo Smart Chain Announces Listing of $VSC Utility Coin on Top-Rated Cryptocurrency Exchange, MEXC

Digital Health Global

SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Vyvo Smart Chain (VSC), a HealthFi ecosystem that leverages Web3 technology to promote positive lifestyle habits, today announced the listing of its native utility coin, $VSC, on premier cryptocurrency exchange, MEXC. The addition of the $VSC coin on MEXC advances Vyvo Smart Chain’s mission to empower individual wearable technology users with agency over their personal health data.

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Qure.ai AI collaborative trial is underway to speed up lung cancer diagnosis

DigitalHealth

A collaborative trial from Qure.ai, UK academia and two NHS trusts is aiming to improve the speed of a lung cancer diagnosis using artificial intelligence.

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Here's how New York Medicaid plans to bring social care networks and revamp its value-based payment program

FierceHealthIT

Pending final approval, New York plans to introduce social care networks to serve regional Medicaid-enrolled organizations in the state. | Details from New York Medicaid's COO came during a recent value-based care conference, during which panelists discussed integrative care services, generative AI and more.

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AI and Data: Remote monitoring must filter out ‘excess noise’

DigitalHealth

Generating large volumes of poor quality data wastes clinicans’ time and puts patients at risk, says Elina Naydenova, a speaker at Digital Health’s AI+Data event.

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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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Deer Meadows Receives CHAP Disease Program Certification Leveraging Remote Patient Monitoring

Health Recovery Solutions

HRS client Deer Meadows Home Health becomes the first home health provider in the United States to achieve CHAP's Disease Program Certification across four disease states

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Private hospital websites lack accessibility compared to NHS counterparts

DigitalHealth

A report from NEC Digital has found that private hospital websites performed worse for accessibility errors compared to their NHS counterparts.

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Atropos Health unveils AI chatbot to accelerate real-world data-based evidence generation for docs

FierceHealthIT

Atropos Health, maker of a real-world data platform, has launched a new operating system and a chatbot interface to help generate observational studies rapidly and at scale. | Leveraging generative AI, the system helps non-technical users query real-world clinical data and get publication-grade results in minutes.

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Interview: Dominik Söhnle on EA Maturity Modeling

LeanIX

We're excited to announce the release of our new Enterprise Architecture Maturity Model. We spoke to Dominik Söhnle, Senior Consultant in the LeanIX Professional Team and the expert behind the tool's development, to find out all about it.

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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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Expert: Surescripts settlement didn't go far enough

FierceHealthIT

When Surescripts settled its case with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in July, regulators praised the ruling and the effect it would have limiting Surescripts' monopolistic power. | Surescripts is still enjoying an unfair advantage over its rivals despite a recent settlement with the FTC, one expert believes.

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ABHI event series on UK healthcare market supported by HIC

Healthcare Innovation Consortium

The Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) is hosting a three-part webinar series on the UK’s Healthcare Market. Designed to inform HealthTech companies of the key considerations that need to be taken when looking to enter the UK market, this series will also cover key evolving topics including Regulation & Digital Health trends, detailing any key changes and critical details that companies need to understand to ensure compliance.

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Samsung partners with Brigham and Women's, Tulane University and MIT on digital health research

FierceHealthIT

Samsung has unveiled a slew of digital health and wellness projects it’s conducting alongside Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Tulane University School of Medicine and others. | The tech company shared new research partnerships that will use smart watches, clinical algorithms and other tools to explore health and wellness.

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Nestlé Health Science Collaborates With Amwell® to Improve Nutrition Outcomes in Healthcare

Digital Health Global

The collaboration combines Amwell’s digital health platform and Nestle’s nutritional science to optimize care and improve patient outcomes The first offering is an Automated Care Program for Advanced Surgical Nutrition BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Amwell ® (NYSE: AMWL), a leader in hybrid health care enablement, today announced a collaboration with Nestlé Health Science , a global leader in the science of nutrition, to help health organizations improve patients’ overall health through inn

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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.

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Ofcom refers UK cloud market to CMA for investigation: potential implications for UK HealthTech

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary Ofcom has referred the public cloud infrastructure services market to the CMA for an independent market investigation. Ofcom is concerned about a number of features in the supply of cloud services that make it more difficult for customers to switch and use multiple cloud suppliers, including: Egress fees: charges that cloud customers must pay to move their data out of the cloud Discounts: which may incentivise customers to use only one cloud provider Technical barriers to switching:

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Briya Raises $11.5M Series A, Accelerates U.S. Rollout of Blockchain-Secured Data Exchange Platform to Enhance Collaboration Between Hospitals and Life Sciences

Healthcare IT Today

Briya Enables Hospitals to Increase Revenue While Research Organizations Capitalize on Most Comprehensive Anonymized Data to Develop and Implement Patient Treatments Briya , an end-to-end healthcare data exchange platform, today announced the completion of an $11.5 million Series A round of financing, bringing the company’s total funding to $17 million.

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CharmHealth Advances Provider and Patient Intelligence With AI

Digital Health Global

Innovations Provide Doctors New Methods to Diagnose, Treat and Deliver More Personalized Patient Care PLEASANTON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CharmHealth , a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions, today announced three breakthroughs to improve patient care. With the launch of its new Chart Note Assist, the company incorporated sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) into its electronic health record (EHR) platform to instantly surface relevant patient data, providing phy

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