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Slow and steady uptake of genAI in APAC healthcare in 2024

Mobi Health News

Despite the hype, this buzzing AI will still have to prove its worth for Asia's cautious hospitals, says one health tech vendor.

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Physicians Feeling Burnout and Depression Continues in 2024 — The Annual View From Medscape

Health Populi

One-half of U.S. physicians report feeling burned out, and 3 in 5 of those doctors say they have felt burned out for over two years, according to the Physician Burnout & Depression Report for 2024 from Medscape. While the study’s press release asserts there may be “progress” given the percent of doctors citing burnout fell by 4 percentage points from 53% of doctors in 2022 to 49% in 2023, it is obvious the U.S. physicians need greater support and less taboo concerning their

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AION Labs launches new startup using AI to discover molecular glue therapies

Mobi Health News

TenAces will develop an AI platform to help identify protein interactions that naturally occur in the body to assist with targeted protein degradation.

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Insurer survey: No Surprises Act shielded patients from 10M surprise bills

FierceHealthIT

Patients were protected from more than 10 million surprise medical bills thanks to reforms in the No Surprises Act, according to a new survey. | Patients were protected from more than 10 million surprise medical bills thanks to reforms in the No Surprises Act, according to a new survey.

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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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Accompany Health launches with $56M to care for low-income patients

Mobi Health News

The Maryland-based company offers virtual and in-person primary care, behavioral health and social care services to underserved populations with complex needs.

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CMS: Cell and gene therapy model to focus first on sickle cell treatments

FierceHealthIT

Expect sickle cell disease to be the primary focus of the new Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Tuesday. | CMS gave an update to its Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model announced in February, opting to focus first on sickle cell disease.

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Year in Review: Five Trends that Impacted Patient Services in 2023

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Josh Marsh, vice president and general manager Sonexus access and patient support, Cardinal Health. Every patient’s journey through the healthcare system is different, but patients on specialty medications need extra support with navigating both […] The article Year in Review: Five Trends that Impacted Patient Services in 2023 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Manifest MedEx Launches the California ADT Network, a Free Acute and Post-Acute Event Notification Exchange for California

Digital Health Global

The statewide nonprofit health information organization will send and receive Admit, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) notifications at no cost for most CalHHS Data Exchange Framework (DxF) participants through new exchange EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s largest nonprofit Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO), is launching the California ADT Network — a no-cost, electronic ADT notification exchange — to help organizations exchange ADT data

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VBC enabler Valendo Health launches for endocrinologists to provide 'across the board' diabetes care

FierceHealthIT

A new value-based care enabler focused on endocrinology has launched with a mission to shape the future of diabetes care. | Valendo Health uses a phased approach to offer expertise, technology and data-rich tools to help independent physicians enhance clinical capacity, streamline operations and transition to value-based care.

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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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Labour unveils new life sciences sector plan in a bid to increase growth

DigitalHealth

Labour Tuesday unveiled a new life sciences sector plan that it said will create thousands of jobs and inject growth into R&D investment.

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Payer Roundup–Molina Healthcare strengthens partnership with BeMe Health; North Carolina health plan limits GLP-1 coverage

FierceHealthIT

Payer Roundup–Molina Healthcare strengthens partnership with BeMe Health; North Carolina health plan limits GLP-1 coverage ntong Tue, 01/30/2024 - 16:37

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Sheffield Hallam’s AWRC unveils new healthtech accelerator cohort

DigitalHealth

Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre has unveiled the companies set to join its Advanced Wellbeing Accelerator programme.

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From Information Blocking to Information Sharing – A Look at HTI-1 and TEFCA

Healthcare IT Today

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) keeps releasing new rules to address the urgent need for data exchange. The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) was followed recently by the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) Final Rule.

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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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Discovering Ayurveda: A Holistic Path to Health and Well-Being

NiftyHMS

Ayurveda is a traditional system of medicine that has its roots in ancient India. The word “Ayurveda” is derived from the Sanskrit words “ayur,” meaning life, and “veda,” meaning knowledge or science. Therefore, Ayurveda can be translated as the “science of life” or the “knowledge of life. Doshas: The three doshas (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha) are central to Ayurvedic theory.

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Impact Advisors Announces Acquisition of First Quadrant Advisory

Healthcare IT Today

Partnership Enhances Firm’s Portfolio of Healthcare Services Impact Advisors , a leading healthcare management consulting firm, announced it has acquired First Quadrant Advisory , a strategy and operations consulting firm specializing in the healthcare payer market. The strategic partnership will allow Impact Advisors to continue to grow and enhance its mission to improve the business and delivery of healthcare by offering comprehensive, value-driven solutions to both payer and provider organiza

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

DigitalHealth

Today's briefing covers new community digital health hubs in Sunderland and the replacement of eight separate nursing records with one in Wales.

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'Podnosis': Catching up with the Fierce 15 of 2019

FierceHealthIT

This week on “Podnosis,” we rewind to January 2019 when Fierce Healthcare unveiled its inaugural Fierce 15, spotlighting 15 private companies engaged in pioneering work and making waves in healthca | This week on “Podnosis,” we rewind to January 2019 when Fierce Healthcare unveiled its inaugural Fierce 15, spotlighting 15 private companies engaged in pioneering work and making waves in healthcare innovation.

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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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Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust’s next Sectra go-live completed

DigitalHealth

Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust is advancing its pathology services, as it's Oldham laboratory goes live with Sectra enterprise imaging technology.

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The Evolution of Patient Communication: Trends and Technologies

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Stephanie Maharjan, Director of Operations at WellReceived. While COVID-19 sparked many challenges for healthcare providers across the USA, it highlighted technology’s essential role in patient communication and engagement. In fact, in 2020, research found that just under half of the US population used tech to communicate with their healthcare providers.

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Pitchfest finalists unveiled ahead of Rewired 2024 showdown

DigitalHealth

The finalists of Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest 2024 have been unveiled ahead of the live final in March at The NEC in Birmingham.

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Strong demand, higher per-patient revenues propels HCA Healthcare in Q4 2023

FierceHealthIT

Nashville-based HCA Healthcare closed out 2023 “better than expected” with billions in quarter and annual revenue gains, higher demand and steady progress toward addressing cost pressures such as p | The for-profit health system closed out the year "better than expected" and told investors it expects a solid 2024 amid continued growth and initiatives to address wage growth, capacity and the losses from its recent physician staffing acquisition.

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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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NHS App to show estimated waiting times for treatment, prescription details 

DigitalHealth

Patients will have access to two new features allowing them to see the estimated waiting time for hospital treatment and view all prescription details.

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How Virtual Care Can Enable a Better Approach to Inpatient Psychiatric Care  

Iris Telehealth

For health systems seeking to provide high-quality inpatient psychiatric care, it’s essential to prioritize learning what patients need, how best to support them on their care journey, and how to connect with patients. While in-person care remains the gold standard, giving patients a virtual option can help reduce no-shows and ensure patients aren’t seeking behavioral health care in the ED.

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10 Essential Peer Review Management Terms for Every Healthcare Leader

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Embarking on the journey through the intricacies of healthcare, an understanding of pivotal peer review management terms is indispensable. This blog explores the top 10 essential terms that underscore the quality, safety, and efficacy of clinical practices. The post 10 Essential Peer Review Management Terms for Every Healthcare Leader appeared first on BHM Healthcare Solutions.

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VIP Patients in #FHIR

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The FHIR security tag `VIP` is used to indicate that a patient's health information is considered to be highly confidential and requires heightened security measures. This may be due to the patient's public profile, occupation, or other factors. VIP is a designation of a person, not a designation of the data. To use the VIP security tag, simply add it to the security tag of any FHIR resource that contains the patient's health information.

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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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Community Health Systems' Google Cloud platform migration opens the door to generative AI

FierceHealthIT

Community Health Systems has migrated its data systems onto a single Google Cloud data platform that is paving the way for generative AI to help manage complex data and automate administrative task | “CHS has already improved data transparency across its organization and seen improvements in quality, outcomes and operations,” the partners said amid promises of new clinical data distillation and administrative automation capabilities.

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Standards for Accounting of Disclosures

Healthcare Exchange Standards

I was asked lately if there are standards that support "Accounting of Disclosures". The use-case of Accounting of Disclosures is specific to the USA, but the broader concept is an expected Privacy Principle. The broader concept of an Access Report, or a Report of Data Uses, would inform a data subject of any use of their data both those that were authorized by the patient (e.g.

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