Wed.Jun 14, 2023

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My Health, My Data, My Opt In: What is next for how consumer health data is collected

Connected Health Initiative

The My Health My Data Act (MHMD) aims to increase consumers’ control of and information about their sensitive health data. MHMD is a groundbreaking and far-reaching data protection bill that will change how businesses collect, use, and disclose consumer health data. Our privacy experts put together some important things to know about MHMD: CHI Whitepaper June 2023 The post My Health, My Data, My Opt In: What is next for how consumer health data is collected first appeared on Connected Health In

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Revolutionizing communication and enhancing prosthetics: breakthroughs in neural engineering systems

KevinMD

An excerpt from Future of Technology in Medicine, The: From Cyborgs to Curing Paralysis. Have you ever experienced the urge to text someone in the middle of cooking? Have you ever experienced the necessity of responding to a friend’s eager text when performing small tasks such as holding groceries? Brain-machine interfaces, … Read more… Revolutionizing communication and enhancing prosthetics: breakthroughs in neural engineering systems originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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XRHealth receives patent for closed loop biofeedback in VR, AR

Mobi Health News

The company will first use the patent to combine the Apple Watch with Apple's new augmented reality headset Apple Vision Pro for closed loop AI-enabled treatment.

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A “Great Re-Set” for Telehealth and Remote Monitoring? Panda Health Says That’s a “Yes”

Health Populi

The fast-growing adoption of telemedicine and remote patient monitoring from the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led to hospitals and health systems launching new or expanding existing virtual care programs to accommodate a new reality for work-flow and patient care. Now that the worst of the coronavirus acute impact is in our rear-view mirror, it appears medical care providers are reassessing these implementations and may “rip [out] and replace” those systems, according to The G

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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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Northwell Holdings, Aegis Ventures welcome former Mayo Clinic CEO and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Loyal, a platform helping health systems and hospitals connect with patients, and AI-enabled pathology company PathAI adds new leadership.

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TEFCA Real Talk

Healthcare IT Today

As someone who has covered the health IT industry for 17 years, I’m always fascinated when I see something really grab the attention of the health IT community. That’s a hard thing to do when there are so many people pining for attention. Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention.

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Digital health should brace for 'significant amount of churn' as hospitals reconsider COVID-era tech contracts

FierceHealthIT

Digital health companies should brace for a shake-up as COVID-era contracts inked with hospitals will soon be up for renewal, according to the results of a recent survey. | Numerous digital health contracts signed by hospitals reacting to COVID-19 are nearing their conclusion, giving many providers a chance to reevaluate their options, a recent executive survey suggests.

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Imperative Care Announces Three Senior Leadership Appointments for Kandu Health

Digital Health Global

Kirsten Carroll appointed CEO; Stefan Heuser named CFO and Clayton Duncan named SVP, Commercialization Kandu Health achieves successful enrollment of the first 50 stroke survivors in its stroke recovery program CAMPBELL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Imperative Care , Inc., a medical technology company elevating care for people affected by stroke and other ischemic diseases, today announced the appointment of Kirsten Carroll as Chief Executive Officer of Kandu Health , Inc., a digital heal

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Health spending growth slowed in 2022. That trend's set to change, experts say

FierceHealthIT

While national health spending growth slowed in 2022, that trend isn't likely to stick around. | While national health spending growth slowed in 2022, that trend isn't likely to stick around, actuaries at CMS said Wednesday.

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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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Loyal Announces Matt Gove as Senior Advisor

Digital Health Global

Addition of experienced executive and thought leader adds expertise as company enters new phase of growth ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Loyal , the preferred digital health platform for improved care utilization by the nation’s leading health systems and hospitals, announced today that Matt Gove has joined the company as Senior Advisor.

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UnitedHealth's stock declines as it predicts increase in medical costs for Q2

FierceHealthIT

Insurance giant UnitedHealth Group's stock was down Wednesday after executives warned that higher medical costs are likely for the second quarter. | Insurance giant UnitedHealth Group's stock was down on Wednesday after executives warned that higher medical costs are likely for the second quarter.

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ChatGPT, Telehealth, and Financial Burdens: Is it Here to Stay?

Optimum Healthcare IT

Geoff Blanding joined This Week Health's Newsday Podcast to discuss ChatGPT, Telehealth, and Financial Burdens. Continue reading ChatGPT, Telehealth, and Financial Burdens: Is it Here to Stay? at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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Oracle Q4 revenue up 18%, boosted by Cerner acquisition and strength in cloud businesses

FierceHealthIT

Cerner brought in $1.5 billion in revenue in the latest quarter, boosting strong growth for enterprise software giant Oracle. | Cerner brought in $1.5 billion in revenue in the latest quarter, boosting strong growth for enterprise software giant Oracle. But hospital CIOs who use Cerner continue to have reservations about the future of the EHR company, citing the lack of a concrete road map.

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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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Ask and Tell: Family Caregiving as a Social Determinant of Health

Healthcare IT Today

I sat in front of my doctor for the first time since before the pandemic. She was concerned: “You’re way overdue for a couple of screening tests and a vaccination.” I explained that between Covid waves and caregiving for my mom, I’d had to cancel and reschedule the most the screening test at least 3 times. And, caregiving for my mom was becoming more intense, which was going to create more challenges.

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Behavioral health provider Two Chairs debuts clinician dashboard to support measurement-based care

FierceHealthIT

Two Chairs, a hybrid behavioral health provider, launched a customized clinician dashboard for delivering measurement-based care. | The therapist-facing platform analyzes patient data with the goal of enabling therapists to quickly adjust treatment plans and improve outcomes.

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Featured Health IT Job: IT Intern, Corporate Support Services

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the IT Intern, Corporate Support Services position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is a hybrid position requiring one day a week in the Albany, New York office.

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From AI oversight to noncompete contracts, these issues were top of mind for physician leaders at AMA's policy meeting

FierceHealthIT

The country’s largest physician organization is taking a strong stance against noncompete contracts for physicians and is redoubling efforts to urge Congress to boost Medicare payments. | The country’s largest physician organization is taking a strong stance against noncompete contracts for physicians and is redoubling efforts to urge Congress to boost Medicare payments.

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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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Labour would modernise health service, overhaul NHS App – Streeting 

DigitalHealth

Labour will streamline the process for innovators in the health service and overhaul the NHS App if it is elected to government, Wes Streeting said.

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Lawsuit accuses Harvard Pilgrim of 'negligently failing' to protect members' data following breach

FierceHealthIT

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and its parent company, Point32Health, have been hit with a class-action lawsuit for allegedly failing to secure the personal information of over 2.5 million people. | Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and its parent company, Point32Health, have been hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to secure the personal information of over 2.5 million people.

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How Digital Health Can Transform Cardiology

Xealth

Paige Stocks, Director, Partnerships Digital health and DTx solutions pave the way for better patient experiences and outcomes. One of the areas where I consistently hear complaints about underutilization of digital health tools is for cardiology. Many Americans have cardiac issues, have surgery or another treatment, and then go home to recover. This period immediately following the procedure is a stressful time for everyone.

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Trinity Health hit with class action alleging 'inadequate safeguarding' to blame for March data breach

FierceHealthIT

A patient filed a class action lawsuit this week against Trinity Health seeking relief after a data breach at the Catholic system compromised the protected information of an estimated 21,000 patien | A patient suing Trinity Health wrote in a new class action that the Catholic giant was negligent with patient data and would have detected the breach sooner if it had "properly monitored its networks.

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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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A Demo of How to Make Healthcare Kiosks More Accessible for All

Healthcare IT Today

One of the most interesting opportunities at the HIMSS annual conference is the chance to see demos of a wide variety of health IT solutions. At this year’s event, we decided to film a number of demos of interesting health IT products that we thought readers of Healthcare IT Today would find useful. If you want to see all of these demos as we share them, be sure to subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today YouTube channel.

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Telent upgrades 800 Welsh Ambulance Service vehicles’ communications

DigitalHealth

Eight hundred ambulance service vehicles at Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust have been upgraded by Telent to deploy new communications technology.

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Paige expands AI tools for breast cancer diagnosis to reduce subjectivity, manual tasks for pathologists

FierceHealthIT

Paige is enhancing its suite of AI-enabled solutions designed to support pathologists in the diagnosis of breast cancer while decreasing subjectivity and the tedium of manual analysis. | Paige is enhancing its suite of AI-powered tools designed to support pathologists in the diagnosis of breast cancer while decreasing subjectivity and the tedium of manual analysis.

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FemTech comes into its own as users seek increased data and knowledge 

DigitalHealth

The use of technology to address women's health problems is being propelled by the desire of women to get access to their own health data.

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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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ChatGPT, Telehealth, and Financial Burdens: Is it Here to Stay?

Optimum Healthcare IT

Geoff Blanding joined This Week Health's Newsday Podcast to discuss ChatGPT, Telehealth, and Financial Burdens. Continue reading ChatGPT, Telehealth, and Financial Burdens: Is it Here to Stay? at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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Health Service Ireland hit by MOVEit supply chain cyber attack

DigitalHealth

Health Service Ireland (HSE) has become the latest victim of the MOVEit supply chain cyber attack launched against document transfer service MOVEit.

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19Labs and EchoNous Partner to offer AI-enhanced Point-of-Care Telemedicine Platform

19 Labs

Partnership creates advanced telemedicine solution incorporating high-performance POCUS, Zoom-Based Telemedicine and over thirty additional diagnostic devices REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – June 14, 2023 –EchoNous, the point-of-care ultrasound company that is redefining the handheld ultrasound category, today announced a partnership with 19Labs to provide enhanced telehealth capabilities to rural communities and medical educators by adding the Kosmos ultrasound system to the 19Labs GALE eClinics platfor