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Ionic Health gains FDA 510(k) clearance for nCommand Lite

Mobi Health News

The Brazilian company, which is a partner of GE HealthCare, received clearance for its nCommand Lite solution that provides remote operation support for imaging centers.

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First 24/7 virtual emergency clinic in Australia's outback launched

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Not-for-profit aeromedical services provider Royal Flying Doctor Service has introduced what could be the first unmanned virtual medical emergency centre in Australia's outback. The new RFDS William Creek Community Health Service in the outback tourism town of William Creek in South Australia features a 24/7 virtual emergency centre with a telehealth unit that members of the community and tourists can access to connect with on-call RFDS doctors.

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Amazon Pharmacy launches same-day RX delivery in New York and Los Angeles

Mobi Health News

The company says its pharmacists will use genAI and machine learning to help them accurately and quickly fill prescriptions.

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How Amazon Pharmacy is using AI to deliver medications faster as it expands same-day delivery

FierceHealthIT

Amazon Pharmacy expanded its same-day medication delivery service to New York City and Los Angeles, with plans to add a dozen more U.S. | Amazon Pharmacy expanded its same-day medication delivery service to New York City and Los Angeles, with plans to add a dozen more U.S. cities by the end of the year, the company announced Tuesday.

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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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Novosound locks down patent for wearable ultrasound imaging platform

Mobi Health News

The Scottish startup’s patent is for a Wi-Fi ultrasound system.

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Insurers are booming as ACA debate rages. What does the future hold?

FierceHealthIT

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is still a very big deal. | Love it or hate it, the Affordable Care Act's enrollment numbers have exceeded 21 million as some companies double down on ICHRA.

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Optimum Healthcare IT Announces Mike Jackman as New Board Member

Optimum Healthcare IT

Read Time: 2 min Optimum Healthcare IT is pleased to announce that Mike Jackman has joined its Board of Directors, effective March 26, 2024. Continue reading Optimum Healthcare IT Announces Mike Jackman as New Board Member at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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Industry Voices—Healthcare is changing. Hospital staffing must, too

FierceHealthIT

Walk the floors of a busy hospital today and you’ll see signs of a healthcare workforce in crisis. It really doesn’t matter which hospital, or where. The signs are the same across the country. | Nurses have been pushed to the limit. Their dedication and resolve is tested every day against the stark reality of an overburdened system. It’s a persistent and pervasive crisis, and the healthcare system has so far failed to adequately address it.

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Indivi to Collaborate with Biogen to Advance Digital Health Technology and Digital Biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease

Digital Health Global

BASEL, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Indivi, a leading MedTech company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, has entered into an agreement with Biogen to advance digital health technology and develop digital biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease. As part of the agreement, Biogen will licence Konectom TM to Indivi, a smartphone-based digital biomarker platform that assesses neurological functions remotely for more precise, frequent measurement of disease evolution.

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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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HHS releases newest list of inflation-capped Part B drugs

FierceHealthIT

It's Groundhog Day for Medicare Part B drug manufacturers. | Now a quarterly tradition, HHS revealed its latest list of 41 drugs to be capped by inflation.

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Aetna Better Health® of Illinois Partners with Kooth Digital Health, Providing Mental Health and Well-being Tools for Thousands of Teens and Young People

Digital Health Global

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Kooth Digital Health , a mental health and well-being platform for young people, today announced a partnership with Aetna Better Health® of Illinois. The one-year partnership will provide thousands of teens and young people in Illinois access to Kooth’s digital platform at no cost to the end user. Data shows that teens and young people benefit from access to well-being tools to help develop better skills and mental health management.

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VBA Provides A Suite of Tools for Payers and TPAs Including a New Generative AI Product

Healthcare IT Today

VBA offers numerous portals to payers and their clients (which include doctors, patients, brokers, and more)—”one-stop shopping” for a large range of services. To ease the user experience with these services, the company has started using generative AI for training on their platform through a tool called VBA Assist. At the HCAA conference, President and CEO Mike Clayton cites their mission to “make the health care experience better for everyone” and explains some of their

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Breakthrough wearable device enables speaking without vocal folds

Digital Health Global

A machine-learning-assisted system revolutionizes communication for patients with voice disorders A team of researchers at UCLA has developed a revolutionary wearable device that allows individuals to speak without relying on their vocal folds. This breakthrough technology holds immense potential for assisting people with voice disorders resulting from various vocal fold conditions or postoperative recovery from laryngeal cancer surgeries.

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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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DHSC announces procurement for social care interoperability architecture

DigitalHealth

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a procurement for an interoperability platform for adult social care.

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Ascension divesting 3 Michigan hospitals to MyMichigan Health

FierceHealthIT

Ascension has a definitive agreement in place to offload three Northern Michigan hospitals and other facilities to MyMichigan Health. | The large Catholic nonprofit system's selloff, set to close in the summer, follows last year's deal to hand management of eight other Michigan hospitals to Henry Ford Health under a joint venture arrangement.

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Roche develops continuous glucose monitor with predictive algorithms

DigitalHealth

Roche has developed a continuous glucose monitor with predictive algorithms, allowing diabetes patients to more easily manage their conditions.

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WebMD Health Corp. Acquires Healthwise, Incorporated’s Operating Assets, Building on Leadership in Member and Patient Engagement Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

Healthwise’s Current Operating Assets will become part of WebMD Ignite, Creating an Industry-Leading Healthcare Growth and Engagement Platform Serving 650+ Healthcare Organizations WebMD Health Corp. , an Internet Brands company and a leader in health information services for consumers, physicians and other healthcare professionals, today announced it has joined forces with Healthwise, Incorporated , the patient and member health education and engagement company, through the acquisition of

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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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Digital Health issues call for AI and Data 2024 speakers

DigitalHealth

Digital Health is on the lookout for speakers to present at AI and Data 2024, following a successful inaugural event last year in London.

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Featured Collaboration at HIMSS24 Between MEDITECH, Google, and Mile Bluff Medical Center

Healthcare IT Today

I’ve always said that some of the most interesting things in health IT are when someone brings together the right mix of technology, partners, and users to do something that they couldn’t possibly do alone. I sometimes refer to this as health IT needing to put together the right packaging. The best example of this in our personal lives was when the iPhone was launched.

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SXSW Insights: The future of AI in healthcare

FierceHealthIT

This week on “Podnosis,” we explore the pressing questions surrounding AI’s role in healthcare. | This week on “Podnosis,” we explore the pressing questions surrounding AI’s role in healthcare. From clinician trust to algorithm accuracy and patient privacy, there’s significant uncertainty about AI’s potential and impact in the healthcare sector, a topic that garnered considerable attention at this year’s South by Southwest conference.

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Transforming NHS procurement: how good data holds the key to integrated care

DigitalHealth

Evidence-based decisions on spending require a system that can handle data from multiple sites and provide real-time insights, writes Lee Jackson.

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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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Sutter Health taps Abridge to roll out generative AI tech for physicians and patients

FierceHealthIT

Abridge, a startup that develops generative AI tools for medical documentation, has notched another major health system partnership to put its technology in front of more physicians. | Sutter Health will launch Abridge's platform in early April with groups of doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants in primary and specialty care across the health system's California footprint.

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HIMSS24: Showcasing Clinical Benefits from Digital Health

Xealth

The largest gathering of healthcare technology professionals worldwide, HIMSS24 descended on Orlando with decades of health tech innovation permeating through the halls filled with 35,000 passionate professionals. While Disney World offered a backdrop, that was where the fantasy ended. Digital innovation now has the results to back it up – as shown by speakers, including our COO and Co-Founder Aaron Sheedy and ChristianaCare’s Chief Health Information Officer and VP of Digital Clinical Transfor

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Deloitte: Digital tools can address maternal health inequities, but gaps in design remain

FierceHealthIT

While digital tools have the potential to improve access to maternal care, a new Deloitte report shows that gaps in cultural competency and affordability still remain. | Though many respondents are using digital tools on their care journey, Black, mixed-race and Hispanic respondents were twice as likely as white respondents to say that digital tools for maternal health did not meet their personal needs or align with their cultural backgrounds.

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The Benefits of Virtual Behavioral Health Care in the Inpatient Unit

Iris Telehealth

Ten years ago, helping healthcare organizations understand virtual workflows and virtual care pathways was much more complicated than it is today. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the adoption of virtual care across all medical specialties and primary care has been critical, especially in behavioral health. Today, behavioral health usage rates remain high.

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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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Limiting abortion pill access nationwide a step too far, SCOTUS judges signal in oral arguments

FierceHealthIT

Supreme Court justices are concerned that their ruling on unprecedented cases challenging the availability of mail-order abortion medication, and the federal agency that regulates it, could have co | A hotly watched case brought by physicians who object to providing abortion care "seems like a prime example of turning what could be a small lawsuit into a nationwide legislative assembly on FDA rule or other federal government action,” Justice Neil Gorsuch said Tuesday.

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Why you should conduct a Benefits Review

Healthcare Innovation Consortium

Reasons why your NHS digital transformation team should conduct a Benefits Review What is a Benefits Review? A Benefits Review unpicks the advantages, value, and impact, of the implementation of a technology solution in a healthcare setting. The review allows your team to make informed decisions to improve the adoption of the technology. …so, why should you conduct one?

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Innovations in Digital Healthcare: Enhancing Patient Care with Technology

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Disclaimer: The information provided in this publication is for informational purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. The authors and publishers are not liable for any decisions made based on the information contained herein. In the dynamic landscape of modern healthcare, the integration of digital innovations has emerged as a powerful catalyst driving significant transformations in the delivery and experience of patient care.