Mon.Oct 09, 2023

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Google debuts new Vertex AI Search capabilities for health providers

Mobi Health News

When combined with Med-PaLM 2, providers and life sciences companies can obtain answers to questions about patient medical records and general medical knowledge.

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What If We Built a Consumer-Enchanting Health System in the Context of HLTH 2023? Building Blocks for the Scenario

Health Populi

What if… you were given the opportunity to build a health system from scratch in this new era of platforms, cloud computing, AI and machine learning, curious-digital-empowered consumers, and collaborators in retail and community settings operating close to peoples’ homes and workplaces? With the HLTH 2023 Conference meeting up in Vegas these past couple of days, this “what if” scenario can be constructed with announcements coming out of the meeting, coupled with recent de

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Samsung, b.well partner to provide longitudinal data to Galaxy smartphone users

Mobi Health News

The partnership, announced at HLTH 2023, will allow users to gain access to their longitudinal health data and connect with providers through the Samsung Health app.

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HLTH23: Experts debate the flaws, future of Medicare Advantage

FierceHealthIT

LAS VEGAS—Medicare Advantage (MA) has only grown over the last decade, and, in tandem, voices criticizing the program have gotten louder. | LAS VEGAS—Medicare Advantage has only grown over the last decade, and, in tandem, voices criticizing the program have gotten louder.

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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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What is Your Perspective on TEFCA and QHINs?

Healthcare IT Today

Building a system that would allow us to simplify the exchange of information across the nation would a huge achievement. However, we have been operating without one for so long that we already have several different solutions in place to work around it. At the Civitas Conference, there was a lot of talk about TEFCA and QHINs and what their impact will be on healthcare and interoperability.

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Labour’s Fit for the Future Fund to increase tech in the NHS

DigitalHealth

The Labour Party has unveiled its proposals for a Fit for the Future fund, which would help to cut waiting lists by equipping NHS trusts with scanning tech.

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HLTH23: Clear partners with Verato, b.well to 'ditch the clipboard' and scale up digital identity tech in healthcare

FierceHealthIT

LAS VEGAS—Despite all the digital innovation in healthcare, a visit to the doctor's office often entails filling out forms on a clipboard and repetitive paperwork. | Despite all the digital innovation in healthcare, a visit to the doctor's office often entails filling out forms on a clipboard and repetitive paperwork. Clear, a company well recognized for its biometric identity verification used in airports, wants to fix these pain points.

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DUOS Launches AI-Informed Platform to Connect Older Adults with Vital Resources

Digital Health Global

At the HLTH Conference, DUOS is Unveiling a New Product Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Match Older Adults with Key Resources Ranging from Primary Care to Transportation NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– DUOS , a digital health company empowering older adults to live independently through partnerships with Medicare Advantage (MA) health plans, today announced the DUOS+AI platform while at HLTH 2023 in Las Vegas.

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HLTH23: Highmark taps Spring Health to expand behavioral health access

FierceHealthIT

LAS VEGAS — Highmark Health is joining forces with Spring Health to expand behavioral access for a wide swath of its members. | LAS VEGAS — Highmark Health is joining forces with Spring Health to expand behavioral access for a wide swath of its members.

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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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Global Home Health Hubs Strategic Market Report 2023: Market to Reach $7.9 Billion by 2030 – Increased Emphasis on Remote Patient Monitoring Creates Fertile Environment for Growth – ResearchAndMarkets.com

Digital Health Global

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Home Health Hubs – Global Strategic Business Report” has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Global Home Health Hubs Market to Reach $7.9 Billion by 2030 The global market for Home Health Hubs estimated at US$751.1 Million in the year 2022, is projected to reach a revised size of US$7.9 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 34.3% over the analysis period 2022-2030.

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Cedars-Sinai, K Health launch AI-driven virtual care app for new, existing patients in CA

FierceHealthIT

As more patients seek tech-enabled care in the palm of their hand, providers are increasingly looking to expand their slate of virtual care offerings. | The app will make virtual care providers available around the clock for urgent issues and same-day appointments for primary care with the goal of reducing wait times for patients. All insurance types that Cedars-Sinai takes will be accepted.

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Parsley Health Launches Comprehensive Gastrointestinal Care Program Designed to Lower Costs for Employers and Plan Sponsors Nationwide

Digital Health Global

Parsley’s comprehensive GI program is now available as a benefit for employees with complex & chronic health concerns – and provides exceptional health outcomes LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Parsley Health, a digital health company designed to lower costs in patients with complex and chronic conditions using root cause medicine, today announced the launch of its gastrointestinal program available to self-insured employers and plan sponsors nationwide.

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Boulder Care meets all quality metrics in first Medicaid pay-for-performance contract

FierceHealthIT

Boulder Care, a telehealth provider for substance use disorder, has met all of its performance quality measures in a value-based payment arrangement with a managed Medicaid insurer in Oregon. | The contract with Umpqua Health Alliance links reimbursement to a set of patient outcomes. Boulder agreed to put a portion of its reimbursement for medical services at risk until quality performance metrics were achieved.

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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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Healee Announces New CEO with Extensive Expertise in Healthcare Technology Leadership, AI and Data Science Research

Digital Health Global

Plamen Petrov, Ph.D. to debut at HLTH 2023 with Healee’s innovative patient access solution GREAT NECK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Healee has announced the appointment of Dr. Plamen Petrov as its new Chief Executive Officer. Co-founder and outgoing CEO Hristo Kosev, transitioning to the role of Chief Technology Officer, remains deeply committed to steering Healee’s strategic product vision.

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HLTH23: VC firm General Catalyst launches new company, plans to buy a health system

FierceHealthIT

LAS VEGAS—Venture capital firm General Catalyst unveiled a new company Sunday designed to provide advisory services to health systems while also eyeing a big acquisition by next year. | Venture capital firm General Catalyst unveiled a new company Sunday designed to provide advisory services to health systems while also eyeing a big acquisition by next year.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

DigitalHealth

Your morning summary of digital health news, information and events to know about if you want to be “in the know”.

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Reports: Walgreens workers staging walkouts starting today

FierceHealthIT

Walgreens workers are expressing their dissatisfaction at current working conditions, as reports say pharmacy workers are planning a walkout from Oct. 9 to Oct. 11. | Walgreens pharmacy workers at some locations across the country appear to be leaving work for several days. Posts on social media platforms indicate they are protesting unfair working conditions.

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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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ShowdMe Announces Partnership with Spring Mountain Capital and Blue Heron Capital for Series A Funding Round and Expansion

Healthcare IT Today

ShowdMe , the premier compliance training partner for home care agencies and skilled nursing facilities, announces today a Series A investment led by Spring Mountain Capital and Blue Heron Capital. The funding will drive expansion for the Company, allowing for the hiring of new employees and continued growth of its products and services. ShowdMe chose to engage with the two firms after growing 90% year over year in 2022, obtaining over 100 new clients in the past 12 months, and achieving 98% log

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COVID-19 shined a spotlight on food insecurity. Here's how payers are tackling the issue

FierceHealthIT

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored just how many food deserts dot the nation and how poor nutrition often lays the foundation for poor health.

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TAP social thanking platform launches new app for gratitude messages

DigitalHealth

TAP social thanking platform has launched its TAP app - a way for the public to send messages of appreciation to healthcare workers.

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HLTH23: UC health systems, Elevance collaborate with leading healthcare players to push ethical use of gen AI

FierceHealthIT

LAS VEGAS—Innovations around generative AI are rapidly coming into the healthcare market. | Leading health systems are joining together with health plans, research organizations, tech companies and nonprofit associations to help bridge this gap by exploring uses, pitfalls, and best practices for Gen AI in health care and research, and accelerate execution and real-world evidence.

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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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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust extends Sectra imaging tech

DigitalHealth

A Surrey and Sussex healthcare collaboration has extended the use of Sectra's enterprise imaging technology to a third NHS trust.

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Concert Health, Mass General Brigham to integrate behavioral health services for all insurance types

FierceHealthIT

Concert Health, a tech-enabled behavioral health medical group, is teaming up with Mass General Brigham to expand behavioral health services through primary care. | The program will be rolled out across the health system’s primary care, pediatric and OBGYN practices in Massachusetts, giving more than 400 primary care providers and their patients access to behavioral health services.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

DigitalHealth

Your morning summary of digital health news, information and events to know about if you want to be “in the know”.

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Visana Health, WIN team up to offer women's care, family-building benefits to each other's patients

FierceHealthIT

Visana Health, a virtual-first women’s health clinic, has teamed up with WIN, a family-building benefits provider, to provide an integrated women’s health care solution to employers and payers in a | Through a strategic partnership, WIN patients will have access to Visana’s clinicians for a wide range of women’s health conditions, from menopause to endometriosis to PCOS.

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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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Five Things Hospitals Should Do Immediately to Improve their Cybersecurity Posture

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jonathan Goldberger, Senior Vice President, Security Practices & Strategic Sales at TPx Hospitals face the threat of cyberattacks daily and each attack threatens the hospital’s public brand and, worst of all, public health. Because nearly every function at hospitals today is electronic, a cyberattack is crippling to the point where a provider can’t do anything.

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Luna launches value-based products to reduce cost of MSK care, improve outcomes

FierceHealthIT

Luna, an in-home musculoskeletal (MSK) care provider, has launched five new value-based specialty programs to reduce the total cost of MSK cost of care and improve patient outcomes. | The new products will serve a variety of needs, from surgical assessments to postoperative care, and are available in 28 states covering 190 million U.S. residents.

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Enterprise Architecture: The Secret To CIO Success

LeanIX

CIO success is increasingly based on optimizing the business by enabling change. Find out how enterprise architecture can be your secret sauce for ongoing business transformation.

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