Fri.Jan 12, 2024

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YouTube Health makes first aid and emergency care videos more accessible

Mobi Health News

The "first aid information shelves" will include instructional videos from authoritative health organizations and be the first search results seen by users.

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UnitedHealth Group kicks off payer earnings, reports $5.5B in Q4 profit

FierceHealthIT

Industry giant UnitedHealth Group kicked off fourth-quarter earnings for major payers on Friday morning, where it reported $5.5 billion in profit. | Industry giant UnitedHealth Group kicked off fourth-quarter earnings for major payers on Friday morning, where it reported $5.5 billion in profit.

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Zeta Surgical mixed reality navigation gets FDA special 510(k) clearance

Mobi Health News

The company received expanded 510(k) clearance following software enhancements of its cranial-navigation system for neurosurgery.

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CES 2024: Older seniors are happily living with AI—in the form of chatty robot ElliQ

FierceHealthIT

LAS VEGAS — With all the buzz and headlines about artificial intelligence, there is one demographic that is quietly embracing the technology and even building long-term relationships with it. | With all the buzz and headlines about artificial intelligence, there is one demographic that is quietly embracing the technology and even building long-term relationships with it.

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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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Noom, Liviniti partner on GLP-1 Companion platform

Mobi Health News

The offering will be available to plan sponsors and their employees within the Noom for Work employer program.

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Latest AI integrations for diabetes management in APAC and more AI briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, Qure.ai has received its 13th FDA approval for its AI-based medical imaging software.

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Medicare Advantage analysis sparks infighting at MedPAC meeting

FierceHealthIT

A MedPAC meeting on the status of Medicare Advantage held Friday began with numbers on enrollment and insights into coding diagnoses, before devolving into contentious debate over the quality of th | Spirited disagreement arose during MedPAC's Medicare Advantage sessions on Friday, as members debated the merits of the program.

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Vivoo to launch new at-home smart UTI test at CES 2024

DigitalHealth

Visitors to CES 2024 will be able to find out more about the new at-home urinary tract test from Vivoo, which uses deep learning image processing tech.

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Increased prescribing of antiviral medications in recent years suggests more hit by severe flu: study

FierceHealthIT

Though prescriptions for antiviral influenza medications have declined somewhat since 2023, perhaps indicating that the United States might be less encumbered by the flu than in recent

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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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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Chris Bowen, Founder and CISO at ClearDATA The recent Cybersecurity concept paper from HHS, while a gesture towards progress, falls critically short of what’s imperative in today’s climate. In an era where the HHS itself notes a 93% increase in large healthcare data breaches from 2018 to 2022, as well as a 278% increase in those that involve ransomware, suggesting “voluntary cybersecurity goals” is akin to applying a band-aid on a hemorrhage.

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Why Trinity, Anthem execs say payer-provider negotiations don't need to get heated

FierceHealthIT

While market pressures have often left payers and providers at odds in contract negotiations, leaders at Trinity Health and Anthem Blue Cross said that things don't always have to be this way. | The two announced Thursday that they had reached an agreement to extend their network agreement for multiple years.

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What is the Biggest Challenge Facing Healthcare CIOs Today and What Can be Done About It?

Healthcare IT Today

Being a healthcare CIO can be very stressful. There are an endless amount of problems that you are being tasked to find solutions for, endless amounts of technology to look into and consider for your organization, and endless considerations on how to make your organization better for both your employees and your consumers. So at the recent CHIME 2023 Conference, we thought we’d commiserate a little bit on some of the challenges CIOs are facing and see if we could maybe find some solutions

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Movers and Shakers news roundup

DigitalHealth

The start of 2024 has seen a shake-up of the executive team at Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust amongst other new appointments.

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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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CoachCare Acquires Verustat

Healthcare IT Today

Fourth Acquisition Bolsters Remote Patient Monitoring Company’s Presence in Primary Care and Cardiology CoachCare , a leading remote patient monitoring (RPM) and virtual health company, has acquired Nashville, Tennessee-based RPM company Verustat , for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition represents CoachCare’s fourth acquisition in 12 months. Founded in 2020, Verustat brings a valuable roster of RPM clients focused on primary care and cardiology.

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NHSE interim CCIO Dr Melanie Iles appointed CMO at Somerset FT

DigitalHealth

NHS England’s interim chief clinical information officer Dr Melanie Iles has been appointed as chief medical officer at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

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Hospital-at-home patients nationwide have low mortality, readmission, Mass General Brigham study finds

FierceHealthIT

Medically complex older patients who received care through a provider’s hospital-at-home program had “low” rates of mortality and readmission, according to recently published research data. | Researchers and the health system say the quality outcomes observed in the study—which persisted across patient demographics, disability status and dual-eligibility status—add to the case for Congress to extend coverage.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ?

DigitalHealth

Friday's briefing features new data showing the Covid backlog has fallen for a second month in a row, and MEDITECH's record year for growth of its EPR.

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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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Chutes & Ladders–HHS creates role to work with FTC and DOJ

FierceHealthIT

Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry.

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DH Intelligence releases report on EPR contract wins and migrations

DigitalHealth

Digital Health Intelligence released its latest electronic patient record (EPR) contract wins and migrations snapshot report on Thursday.

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Healthcare AI Regulations and Ethics – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting.

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Industry Spotlight: Jon Pickering, Mizaic CEO

DigitalHealth

The NHS is a tough environment for all suppliers at the moment - but for Mizaic CEO Jon Pickering, 2024 is full of exciting possibilities. By Jennifer Trueland.

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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.