Fri.Jan 26, 2024

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Q&A: Partnering with providers for cancer prevention

Mobi Health News

CancerIQ provides personalized care plans to help providers detect cancer early and prevent progression of the disease, says Feyi Ayodele, founder and CEO of CancerIQ.

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AI can crack open the 'black box' of effective mental health therapy at scale, study finds

FierceHealthIT

As artificial intelligence advances in different areas of healthcare, there are concerns that technology and AI-based chatbots will replace the human connections between patients and practitioners. | A new study finds promising potential for AI and large language models to enhance mental health therapy at scale by being able to analyze millions of text-based counseling messages to shine a light on what works.

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E-clinics chain CureBay bags another $7.5M and more digital health fundings in India

Mobi Health News

Also, mental health platform Amaha, formerly InnerHour, has received $6 million in additional Series A funding for its expansion.

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Experts weigh in on how to tackle growing teen mental health crisis

FierceHealthIT

To turn the tide around on the growing teen mental health crisis, the U.S. | Social media is cited as one of the drivers of the worsening crisis along with COVID-19, gun violence and the threat of climate change.

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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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Sunoh’s Ambient Clinical Voice Automates Clinician Note Creation

Healthcare IT Today

According to Saurabh Singh, VP of Sunoh , the success of ambient clinical voice depends on much more than the accuracy of the recording. Sunoh “checks the boxes” when it comes to meeting the needs of physicians’ workflows and differences. Sunoh’s solution can take input from many different sources: mobile devices, and laptop or desktop computers.

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WellTheory Launches Autoimmune Care to Maven Clinic Workforce

Digital Health Global

ATHERTON, Calif.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– WellTheory , a first-of-its-kind virtual solution for the 50 million Americans suffering with autoimmune disease, today announced its first employer partnership with Maven Clinic , the world’s largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health. Beginning today, Maven Clinic employees now have free access to WellTheory’s platform that offers evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle coaching to reduce autoimmune symptoms.

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Microsoft's AI 'copilot' takes off with Epic as UNC Health, Lifespan expand tech to more doctors

FierceHealthIT

In the age of artificial intelligence, things are moving at warp speed, noted UNC Health CIO Brent Lamm. | “We have been very aggressive over the past 12 to 18 months at UNC Health to seek out any and every opportunity to try to remove or reduce the administrative burden for our provider teams," CIO Brent Lamm said.

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Deliberate AI Announces its Depression and Anxiety Model, AI-COA™, is the First AI/ML Initiative to Be Accepted into the FDA’s ISTAND Pilot Program to Advance Drug Development

Digital Health Global

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Deliberate AI , a digital health technology company that delivers precision measurement of mental health through AI, today announced its inclusion in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Innovative Science and Technology Approaches for New Drugs (ISTAND) Pilot Program. Under the program, Deliberate AI’s assessment tool for anxiety and depression, the AI-generated Clinical Outcome Assessment or AI-COA , will receive support to become a qualified drug d

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DOJ, HHS press state Medicaid admins to cover Hepatitis C meds

FierceHealthIT

State Medicaid agencies are required to cover Hepatitis C medications for people who have the disease or a substance use disorder, states were "encouraged" earlier this week. | State Medicaid agencies were reminded of their responsibility to offer Hepatitis C medications, or direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), to individuals with substance use disorder.

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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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Vita Health Announces $22.5M Series A Funding Round

Healthcare IT Today

Supports National Expansion of Critical Mission to Address Suicide Epidemic Vita Health , the first provider of clinically validated suicide prevention through innovative care management, announced today the close of a $22.5M Series A funding round. The funding will support the rapid expansion of life-saving services targeting youth and adults nationwide.

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Blue Shield of California offers to pick up the tab for Medicaid enrollees who want GEDs

FierceHealthIT

Blue Shield of California is offering to foot the bill for Medicaid enrollees who want to earn a General Education Diploma and become high school graduates. | The program, being rolled out in Los Angeles and San Diego counties, addresses a trend of fewer people graduating from high school.

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The Big Consult: Bringing Technology to Life

Healthcare IT Today

The previous articles in this series looked at differences between digital settings and clinical ones , along with criteria for choosing technologies. This final article looks at practical evaluation of vendors, and how to plan for a deployment. Evaluating the Vendor The traits of the vendor you work with are at least as important as the technology they offer—even more important, according to Aaron Neinstein, chief medical officer at Notable.

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals trials nerve stimulation for stroke recovery

DigitalHealth

Researchers in Sheffield will be trialling a transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation therapy device to aid arm recovery in stroke patients.

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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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Health IT Leadership’s Role in Patient Data Security and Privacy

Healthcare IT Today

Moving towards an entirely digital world of healthcare can be very appealing in a lot of ways. Having everything digital means better interoperability, increased patient access, and more. However, with the ever-increasing cybersecurity threats and attacks moving more digital can also be very scary. And it is in these uncertain and scary times that people turn to their leaders for guidance.

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Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives

DigitalHealth

The first contracts and go lives roundup of 2024 features Sheffield Children’s going live with a System C EPMA and HoloCare launching in Leeds.

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AWS commits additional $20M to health equity initiative to support organizations tackling health disparities

FierceHealthIT

Amazon Web Services has committed an additional $20 million to its health equity initiative to support companies tackling disparities through cloud technology. | Since 2021, the program has supported nearly 230 organizations across 28 countries addressing disparities. Now, AWS has also added a new focus area to address the impact of climate change on health.

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Manchester School of Medical Sciences joins Better Meds Edu Programme

DigitalHealth

Manchester’s School of Medical Sciences, the largest in the UK, and part of the University of Manchester, has joined the Better Meds Edu Programme.

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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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Chutes & Ladders—ChenMed appoints new CEO

FierceHealthIT

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

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Open letter calls for gender equity in global healthcare

DigitalHealth

An open letter is calling for the healthcare industry, education, government and the medical profession to help improve gender equity globally.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ?

DigitalHealth

Today's briefing looks at a genomic surveillance partnership between Wellcome Sanger and Stellenbosch University.