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Intuition Robotics scores $25M to scale AI care companion for seniors

Mobi Health News

The company will use the funds to meet the growing demand for ElliQ, its conversational AI-powered robot that acts as a companion to seniors.

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Humana launches in-home primary care through CenterWell

FierceHealthIT

Humana's senior-focused primary care business, CenterWell, is bringing its services into patients' homes. | Humana's senior-focused primary care business, CenterWell, is bringing its services into patients' homes.

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Health tracking ring company Oura partners with teletherapy platform Talkspace

Mobi Health News

Users of Oura's ring will be able to share a report showing their sleep and movement data with Talkspace therapists.

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CMS suspects auto-renewal process at fault for wrongful Medicaid disenrollments

FierceHealthIT

In a letter sent to all states (PDF), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( | As more Medicaid beneficiaries are wrongly kicked off the program, CMS is requiring states to reevaluate its eligibility systems and auto-renewal process.

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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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Biofourmis CEO steps down a month after global layoffs

Mobi Health News

Kuldeep Singh Rajput's departure comes just one month after the company laid off 120 employees.

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Virtual Reality Could Be the Answer For Supporting the Next Generation of Nurses

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Samantha Moyer, senior technology product manager, Wolters Kluwer Health. We have all heard the staggering statistics of the current workforce issues happening across the healthcare industry, and one of the biggest segments facing staffing […] The article Virtual Reality Could Be the Answer For Supporting the Next Generation of Nurses appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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How behavioral health app BeMe is aiming to connect with teens

FierceHealthIT

In order to address deteriorating adolescent mental health, interventional behavioral health app BeMe Health moved to meet teens where they’re at—online. | In order to address deteriorating adolescent mental health, interventional behavioral health app BeMe Health moved to meet teens where they’re at—online. Amd according to new research, this methodology is proving successful.

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Three Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Improve System Security Right Now

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Dr. Richard Searle, Vice President of Confidential Computing at Fortanix, Inc. Today’s world is increasingly driven by technology and digitalization, and the healthcare industry finds itself at a vital intersection between patient care and data security. The rise of cyberattacks, particularly in the healthcare industry, has shone a spotlight on the significant disparity between the healthcare sector’s commitment to cybersecurity and the continually

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As large employers back away from self-insurance, small- and medium-sized ones embrace it: EBRI

FierceHealthIT

As large employers take a step back from self-insurance, small- and medium-sized employers are taking a step forward in embracing that coverage option, according to an issue brief by the Employee B | The share of large employers offering self-insurance options to employees steadily declined since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, with it dropping to 72% in 2022, the lowest it’s been since 2010, according to the EBRI.

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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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Dr. Temi, The Autonomous Robot Will See You Now

Healthcare IT Today

It seems we’re just at the start of robots in healthcare. We see them moving around supplies. We see robots working in the pharmacy. Plus, we have a long list of robots doing virtual tasks. When I came across the Dr. Temi robot, it was the first application of an autonomous robot to assist nurses and doctors that I’d seen. At the HIMSS annual conference, we sat down with Yaron Yoels, CMO at Temi Robot , to learn more about Dr.

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Health tracking ring company Oura partners with teletherapy platform Talkspace

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Users of Oura's ring will be able to share a report showing their sleep and movement data with Talkspace therapists.

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Frequently Asked Questions: ActiGraph GT9X Link

ActiGraph

As of August 23, 2023, ActiGraph discontinued the sale of new GT9X Link wearable digital health technology (DHT) devices. However, existing GT9X Link customers will continue to have full access to device capabilities for their research purposes. ActiGraph remains committed to providing service to GT9X Link users and their ongoing studies, including technical support and access to supplemental inventory.

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National Uninsured Rate Reaches All-Time Low in 2023

ACA Times

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a report showing that the national uninsured rate reached an all-time low of 7.7 percent in early 2023. This… The post National Uninsured Rate Reaches All-Time Low in 2023 first appeared on The ACA Times.

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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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CAMHS staff benefit from AI mental health support to improve wellbeing 

DigitalHealth

Staff in CAMHS services at NHFT and St Andrew’s Healthcare (STAH) have been using Wysa’s AI mental health app to support their wellbeing and mental health.

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How Technology Can Overcome Social Isolation

Healthcare IT Today

The previous article in introduced the topic of social isolation and showed its relationship to the subjective feeling of loneliness. Now we’ll start to look at the use of technology (which has been implicated in making these conditions worse) to try to improve them. Physically Connecting Lonely Individuals mPulse Mobile evaluates patient needs and suggests local resources they can tap, including peer groups.

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Prostate Cancer Research receives sponsorship for patient data platform

DigitalHealth

Prostate Cancer Research (PCR) has received sponsorship to support its first of its kind prostate cancer patient data platform and virtual registry.

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Wound Care Consultants & Remote Patient Monitoring: How it Works

Health Recovery Solutions

The presence of wounds and the cost to care for them has become a growing problem, needing an urgent solution. HRS has partnered with wound experts to provide our customers a much-needed solution to this growing social and economic burden.

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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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Featured Health IT Job: Imaging System Analyst

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Imaging System Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Llyod Staffing and is remote. Here’s a description of the position: Has minimum 3 years’ experience in previous support of Endoscopy imaging, Ophthalmology imaging, Urology imaging systems Knowledge of Radiology and Cardiology PACS systems Advanced knowledge of a

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The Importance of a Good UX Strategy for Healthcare

Geonetric

What Your Healthcare Organization Needs to Know About Implementing and Optimizing the User Experience User Experience (UX) refers to the overall experience a person has when interacting with a product, system, or service, particularly in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use. This includes emotions, perceptions, responses, and behaviors before, during, and […] Read The Importance of a Good UX Strategy for Healthcare at Geonetric.com.

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Industry Spotlight: David Hunt, director, clinical product and revenue cycle development,Oracle Health

DigitalHealth

For David Hunt, software development in healthcare is an ‘art form’ that saves lives, writes Lizzie Cernik.

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Strive Health, Oak Street Health kick off multiyear partnership on kidney care

FierceHealthIT

Kidney care startup Strive Health is teaming up with Oak Street Health, a primary care provider focused on Medicare, to deliver specialized care for people with chronic kidney disease. | The multiyear collaboration will target people with stage 4 chronic kidney disease through end-stage kidney disease across the 21 states in which Oak Street Health operates.

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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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The Importance of a Good UX Strategy for Healthcare

Geonetric

What Your Healthcare Organization Needs to Know About Implementing and Optimizing the User Experience User Experience (UX) refers to the overall experience a person has when interacting with a product, system, or service, particularly in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use. This includes emotions, perceptions, responses, and behaviors before, during, and […] Read The Importance of a Good UX Strategy for Healthcare at Geonetric.com.

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Over 90% Of Health Care Organizations Have Adopted One Or More Digital Health Technologies

Xealth

About 90.5% of health care organizations have adopted digital health technologies, according to an online survey of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) members. For this survey, digital health.

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Nomi Health battling allegations it copied app licensed to support its COVID-19 testing business

FierceHealthIT

A contract and copyright dispute over the development of a COVID-19 testing app has left Nomi Health with an order to pay more than $7 million in damages, which could potentially balloon into a hig | Nomi Health has already admitted to breaching its licensing contract with software developer OSGHD and was ordered to pay over $7 million in damages, a judgement the company said it disagrees with and intends to appeal.

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How to Reach the CMDB Summit

Optimum Healthcare IT

You’ve likely considered, or already purchased, a Configuration Management Database - CMDB. Want total control of your IT assets? Continue reading How to Reach the CMDB Summit at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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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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HIStalk Interviews Charlie Harp, CEO, Clinical Architecture

HIStalk Interviews

Charlie Harp is CEO of Clinical Architecture of Carmel, IN.

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Optimum’s ServiceNow Store Opens

Optimum Healthcare IT

Optimum Healthcare IT announced today that its Clinician Connect offering is available on the ServiceNow store. Continue reading Optimum’s ServiceNow Store Opens at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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QuantHealth Announces $15M Series A for its AI Platform That Enhances Success of Clinical Trials

Digital Health Global

The Company’s AI Platform Predicts Efficacy and Safety of Clinical Trials to Optimize Trial Design, and Identify Key Response Populations TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–QuantHealth, an AI-powered clinical trial design startup, today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A funding round co-led by Bertelsmann Investments and Pitango HealthTech, with participation from existing investors Shoni Top Ventures and Nina Capital.

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