Fri.Sep 08, 2023

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Q&A: Breaking down the racial divide with digital health

Mobi Health News

Dr. Dale Okorodudu, author, founder of Black Men in White Coats, and pulmonary and critical care physician at Dallas VA Medical Center, discusses the connection between healthcare diversity and optimal health outcomes.

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Revolutionizing Healthcare: The power of Digital Health in dietary education for chronic conditions

Digital Health Global

The global healthcare landscape is facing an unprecedented challenge – the surge in diet-related chronic conditions. Conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and chronic kidney disease are wreaking havoc on healthcare systems and individuals worldwide. In 2017 alone, dietary risk factors were responsible for close to 11 million deaths and 255 million disability-adjusted life years across the globe.

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HHS cybersecurity leaders want healthcare industry accountability, but pledge support

Mobi Health News

New patient privacy compliance resources and cross-agency approaches are coming in the next 12-24 months, and could help health systems bolster their security.

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Roundup: LKCMedicine launching more AI, digital health courses and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

LKCMedicine to introduce more AI, digital health courses Nanyang Technological University Singapore announced that more course content related to AI and digital health will be added to the refreshed curriculum of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. From next year, digital health will be integrated as vertical courses throughout the five-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery programme.

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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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Roundup: Seed funding raised for mental health, robotics surgery

Mobi Health News

Also, DeepTek and Alveofit obtained respective regulatory approvals in Thailand and the United States.

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Doctors' group acquires online health info platform AskDr

Mobi Health News

It was initially launched to help dispel the infodemic that ensued during the recent pandemic.

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House committees introduce new healthcare price transparency legislation

FierceHealthIT

A trio of House committees unveiled new legislation (PDF) Friday to lower costs and increase transpar | Several house committees dropped new legislation Friday meant to improve price transparency for patients and employers. Here's what they're proposing.

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Royal Cornwall Hospitals to develop new EPR ahead of 2025 launch

DigitalHealth

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is to develop a new EPR system to replace several digital and paper-based systems, with a launch expected in 2025.

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Security, Location, and Projects – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

Happy Friday everyone! We hope you had an amazing week and are ready for an even better weekend. We’re back again with another edition of our Fun Friday series where we try to entertain you to start your weekend off right. This week we have a number of funny cartoons about security, the unintended impacts of using some technology, and the reality of project management.

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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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Clinicians ready to use AI to reduce global health system pressures: Report 

DigitalHealth

A report from Elsevier has found almost half of all clinicians are eager for physicians to use generative AI products and platforms in the future.

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The Way Forward for Community Health Following Pharmacy Closures

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Paul Christie, Co-Founder and CEO at Tachmed The UK’s robust and well-established pharmacy model is facing huge changes this year, as hundreds of chemists across the country are expected to shut their doors in the coming months, leading to pharmacists declaring that the model is at ‘ breaking point ‘ Back in 2022, NHS data revealed the number of community pharmacies in England had dropped to its lowest figure since 2015, due to a net loss of 110 ph

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Industry news in brief

DigitalHealth

The latest Digital Health News industry roundup features Thai FDA approval for DeepTek's AI tech and a rebranding and new logo for SPARK TSL.

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Michigan Blues plan sets out to relax 20% of prior authorization requirements

FierceHealthIT

Prior authorization will become less of a hassle for physicians in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s network, BCBSM officials hope, as they roll out an effort to relax about 20% of prior authori | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan unveiled an effort to relax about 20% of prior authorization requirements by utilizing technology and “gold carding” physicians who follow generally accepted best practices.

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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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Sefton Careline uses Tunstall Healthcare for digital transformation

DigitalHealth

Sefton Careline is being supported in its digital transformation by Tunstall Healthcare who is supplying its new Software-as-a-Service platform.

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Visana Health Raises $10.1 Million Seed Round to Bring Comprehensive Virtual Healthcare to Women Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

Team of Women’s Healthcare Visionaries Builds a Comprehensive Virtual Clinic through a Whole-Person Care Model for Menstruation through Menopause Available through Health Plans and Employer Benefit Plans, Visana Leapfrogs Narrowly Focused Women’s Health Point Solutions with Quality Longitudinal Medical Care from Visana-Trained Doctors and Nurse Practitioners Visana’s Best-in-Class Clinical Model Caters to Complex Women’s Health Conditions without Driving Unnecessary Spend for Patients and Payers

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Barking, Havering and Redbridge’s £44m deal for EPR

DigitalHealth

A £44 million deal has been signed by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust for Cerner Oracle's Millennium EPR.

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Chutes & Ladders–CVS restructures senior leadership team

FierceHealthIT

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

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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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Navigating AI in Healthcare: Do’s and Don’ts for Your Website Content

Geonetric

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere—it touches your everyday life in ways you don’t even think about. Public awareness and opinions are still forming on how to use it and how comfortable people feel with it. One thing is certain: AI will continue to seep into your personal and professional life. There are many AI content-creation […] Read Navigating AI in Healthcare: Do’s and Don’ts for Your Website Content at Geonetric.com.

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'Podnosis': How to elevate maternal care with integrated behavioral health services

FierceHealthIT

Mental health conditions are the leading cause of maternal mortality, and most pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. | This week on "Podnosis," we take a closer look at how one of New York's largest health systems integrated behavioral health services at several of its OB practices, and the impact that change has had.

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Advisory council pushes Biden to adopt new federal patient safety initiatives

FierceHealthIT

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is pushing the White House to address the “alarmingly high rates of medical errors and patient injuries” occurring regularly ac | The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology's latest recommendations highlight the care quality, equity, workforce safety and even cost savings that would result from an administration-led focus on patient safety improvement.

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