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Why oncology is ripe for digital innovation

KevinMD

In every aspect of our lives, whether it is online banking or shopping, we rely on technology to make things better, more convenient, and more efficient. Yet in health care, and particularly cancer care, that is not the case. Oncology has been revolutionized in recent decades by therapies targeted to specific biomarkers and immunotherapy. Despite Read more… Why oncology is ripe for digital innovation originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Teladoc Health will integrate Microsoft AI for automated clinical documentation

Mobi Health News

The expanded partnership allows clinical documentation from virtual care visits to be automatically generated using Microsoft's AI capabilities, including GPT4.

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Frontiers Health 2023: appointment from 8 to 19 November at the Auditorium della Tecnica in Rome, Italy

Digital Health Global

Frontiers Health has announced that the 2023 edition of the global conference will be held from 8 to 10 November 2023 , following last year’s great success in terms of attendance and involvement of the players that make up the diverse digital health ecosystem. This year’s event, as usual, will be in a hybrid format and take place at the Auditorium della Tecnica in Rome, Italy.

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Reimagine Care, DispatchHealth partner for home oncology care

Mobi Health News

The partnership allows cancer patients to access coordinated in-home care that includes their cancer care team and the two companies.

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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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Teladoc Health will integrate Microsoft AI for automated clinical documentation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The expanded partnership allows clinical documentation from virtual care visits to be automatically generated using Microsoft's AI capabilities, including GPT4.

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Singapore's A*STAR, EVYD announce $8M project to support digital health collabs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Health tech company EVYD Technology and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore's lead R&D agency, have launched a joint AI research lab focused on population health and digital health. At the same time, they announced a S$10 million ($7.5 million) project under the joint lab to facilitate multi-institutional, cross-border collaborations in digital health.

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Teladoc doubles down on Microsoft partnership to bring AI, voice tech into telehealth visits

FierceHealthIT

Teladoc is ramping up its investment in AI to infuse innovation into its telehealth solution for hospitals. | Teladoc is ramping up its investment in AI to infuse innovation into its telehealth solution for hospitals. The largest telehealth company is tapping into its two-year partnership with tech giant Microsoft to integrate AI and speech recognition tech into its Solo virtual care platform.

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High Vendor Churn May Be On the Horizon in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

During the COVID-19 pandemic, dozens of technologies were rapidly acquired and deployed by healthcare organizations like telehealth, remote patient monitoring and digital patient intake. According to a new report from Panda Health, now that the pandemic has subsided, organizations are revisiting those purchase decisions. Seven solution categories were identified as likely to experience moderate to high levels of churn in the next two years.

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Extreme heat drives $1B in excess healthcare utilization per year, study estimates

FierceHealthIT

Emergency visits and inpatient admissions for conditions related or adjacent to extreme heat events are costing the U.S. | A recent extrapolation of Virginia weather trends and care utilization data suggests that about 234,000 excess emergency department visits and 56,000 hospital admissions occur nationwide due to heat event days.

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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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BeeKeeperAI Raises $12.1 Million Series A to Accelerate AI Development on Privacy Protected Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

BeeKeeperAI, Inc. , a pioneer in zero-trust, collaboration software for the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), today announced that it has closed $12.1 million in Series A financing. The round was led by Sante Ventures, with participation from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, AIX Ventures, Continuum Health Ventures, TA Group Holdings, and UCSF.

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Medicare proposes broadening Alzheimer's brain scan coverage

FierceHealthIT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could remove PET scan restrictions to better determine whether patients qualify for new drugs and to shine light on whether a drug is slowing | CMS could remove PET scan restrictions that limit just one brain scan per clinical trial to better determine whether new Alzheimer's drugs are slowing cognitive decline.

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East Kent Hospitals procures Qure.ai through NHS SBS Framework

DigitalHealth

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is using AI-powered software procured through the NHS SBS Framework to analyse chest x-rays.

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Early pandemic relief funding to hospitals differed by communities' race, ethnicity makeup, HHS OIG finds

FierceHealthIT

Fewer target Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments sent to hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic’s opening year reached hospitals serving patient populations with more Hispanic/Latino Americans, acc | The government watchdog found that hospitals serving heavier concentrations of Hispanic/Latino Americans were tied to lower Provider Relief Fund payments in 2020.

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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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Herefordshire and Worcestershire deliver ePMA in 10 weeks

DigitalHealth

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust have deployed an ePMA from Better Meds with deployment taking just 10 weeks.

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Top 5 AI Tools for Healthcare Providers and Clinics

NiftyHMS

Managing a clinic’s social media presence and digital identity can be a time-consuming task, but there are several AI-powered tools that can help streamline the process. Here are some AI tools that can assist you in managing your clinic’s social media presence: Wepik : A powerful text-to-image tool for medical professionals. Generate custom visuals effortlessly by inputting text, such as “A doctor administering a vaccine to a smiling child.” Streamline image creation and

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2 brothers plead guilty to roles in $67M Medicare fraud scheme

FierceHealthIT

Two Florida brothers are staring down lengthy prison sentences after pleading guilty to playing a role in a fraud scheme that raked in $67 million from Medicare. | Two brothers pleaded guilty last week to defrauding Medicare of $67 million by selling beneficiaries genetic tests and durable medical equipment that they didn’t need.

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Cloud Readiness Assessment: Are You Prepared For Migration?

LeanIX

Cloud readiness assessments are vital for organizations to confirm they're cloud-ready. Find out how the LeanIX EAM can support you in completing your assessment.

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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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88% of U.S. providers plan to increase third-party technology spending

Redox

New study reveals digital transformation as the key driver for health technology investment upswing in 2023-2024 MADISON, Wis., July 18, 2023 — Many hospitals and health systems are still struggling to recover from one of the toughest financial years on record, yet 88% plan to increase their third-party technology investments in 2023-2024 This is just one insight from “ Buyer Mindsets: Health Technology Perspectives from Clinical and Clinical IT Leaders ,” a new InfoBrief* from the IDC , a leadi

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'Podnosis': How reprocessing can reduce waste, and choice architecture and incentive design

FierceHealthIT

This week on "Podnosis," we talk with Daniel Vukelich, the president at the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors, about how reprocessing can reduce waste. We also talk with Dr. | This week on "Podnosis," we talk about how reprocessing medical devices can reduce waste. Also under discussion is the role of choice architecture in value-based care.

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Uncovering The Benefits Of Proper Medical Case Reviews

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Medical case reviews play a crucial role in enhancing quality improvement and patient safety within the healthcare system. They involve a systematic and critical analysis of a patient’s clinical course, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. The primary objective is to identify and address any gaps, errors, or areas for improvement. Medical case reviews can be conducted by individual clinicians, peer groups, multidisciplinary teams, or external experts, depending on the purpose and scope of t

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With a $50M springboard, a new initiative plans to evaluate digital health tools

FierceHealthIT

A novel $50 million nonprofit initiative, dubbed the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI), launched Tuesday to evaluate emerging health technology solutions to cut through the hype and ident | A novel $50 million nonprofit initiative, dubbed the Peterson Health Technology Institute, launched Tuesday to evaluate emerging health technology solutions in order to separate the wheat from the overhyped chaff.

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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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Harnessing Business Intelligence in Healthcare: Improving Patient Outcomes

BHM Healthcare Solutions

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, organizations across industries face numerous challenges in achieving optimal outcomes and maintaining a competitive advantage. One key aspect that businesses often struggle with is the lack of proper Business Intelligence (BI) implementation. In healthcare, the stakes are even higher, as poor outcomes can have profound impacts on patients’ lives.

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Get Organized: Tame the Digital Health Chaos

Xealth

Download Infographic Download Infographic Get Organized: Tame the Digital Health Chaos It seems like every time you turn around, there’s a new digital health solution popping up. The problem isn’t that digital tools aren’t delivering value—it’s that digital health leaders lack insight into and control over how they deliver value. Problem: Large health systems are overrun with enterprise and point solutions.

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Unlocking Excellence: NCQA Accreditation Consulting

BHM Healthcare Solutions

In the ever-evolving healthcare landscape, achieving and maintaining high standards of quality and patient-centered care is of utmost importance. One vital aspect of ensuring quality healthcare is obtaining accreditation from reputable organizations. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is a prominent accreditation body that evaluates and recognizes healthcare organizations for their commitment to quality improvement and adherence to industry standards.

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Preventive Medicine is the Key to Value-Based Care

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Dr. Ed Cladera, Medical Director at AristaMD We’re amid a massive provider shortage, and it’s only getting worse. According to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges , the U.S. is on track to face a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034. As a result of being unable to access care, patients are pushing off routine health services.

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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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Unleashing the Potential of Business Intelligence Services

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Business Intelligence services provide organizations with the tools, technologies, and expertise to unlock the full potential of their data, enabling them to drive strategic initiatives, optimize operations, and achieve remarkable success. In this article, we will delve into the transformative power of Business Intelligence services, explore how they empower enterprises for success, and uncover the key benefits they offer.

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Docs shift to larger, hospital-owned practices to have more negotiation power with payers, AMA analysis finds

FierceHealthIT

In the past 10 years, there has been a dramatic shift in physician practice ownership as less than half of doctors now work in private practices, according to a new analysis. | In the past 10 years, there has been a dramatic shift in physician practice ownership as less than half of doctors now work in private practices, according to a new analysis.

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Hospice UK and Corndel launch Hospice Data Academy

DigitalHealth

Hospice UK and Corndel are teaming up to launch the Hospice Data Academy to address the digital skills gap within the hospice sector.

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