Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2023

The following is a guest article by Patrick Reetz, Chief Product Officer at LinkLive The pandemic was the catalyst for digital healthcare and transforming modern patient care. But it happened abruptly, leaving many challenges in its wake. Dragged into this rapid shift, healthcare organizations adopted a plethora of communication endpoints without assessing their core attributes: adaptability, functionality, interoperability, effectiveness, and reliability.

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JUNE 9, 2023

A recent Medpage Today article reviews a research article published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Nidhi Subbaraman, in a topic-related Wall Street Journal article, also reviews this JAMA article and several pilot AI doctor response programs currently undergoing clinical testing. Both of these reviews indicate that AI-created responses to patient-driven online questions posed to doctors are viewed Read more… AI-driven solutions for burnout, patient empathy, and worker shortage originally appeared in

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 9, 2023

Yuvo Health, a tech-enabled platform focused on federally qualified health centers, and value-based care company Syntax Health also secured funding.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 9, 2023

Emerging Alzheimer’s disease medications come with high price tags, but researchers with the University of Chicago calculate that in the long run, it’s much less costly to cover these therapies for | Emerging Alzheimer’s medications come with high price tags, but researchers with the University of Chicago calculate that in the long run, it’s much less costly to cover these therapies for Medicare beneficiaries.

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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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Mobi Health News

JUNE 9, 2023

Alberta Spreafico, managing director of digital health and innovation at Healthware, shares how the report can guide companies' go-to-market strategies for entering the European market.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2023

Patients throng to communities where they can get practical life advice in a depth that only fellow patients can offer. Belong.Life is an online community and app designed to combine many forms of support patients benefit from. According to Irad Deutsch, co-founder and CTO, the average patient engages on the platform 15 times per month, demonstrating its value.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 9, 2023

Walgreens Boots Alliance sold its remaining stake in post-acute care and infusion services company Option Care Health for $330 million. | Walgreens Boots Alliance sold its remaining stake in post-acute care and infusion services company Option Care Health for $330 million.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2023

See the first article in this series on lab testing and health IT. Where doctors are reimbursed for each test, it’s well known that they order more tests than necessary. Over time, payers have tightened criteria for reimbursements. The difficult trick is to balance the value of a test against the cost, which comes out of the clinician’s bottom line.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 9, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a 43-drug list of the Medicare Part B prescription treatments that must repay the program for raising prices above the rate of inflati | The non-final list of 43 prescription drugs and biological products could save Medicare beneficiaries anywhere from $1 to $449 per average dose in out-of-pocket costs from July 1 to Sept. 30.

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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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JUNE 9, 2023

This list celebrates 116 influential women in the field of health IT in 2023. From entrepreneurs to executives, these women are redefining the landscape of health IT and paving the way for the next generation of innovators.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 9, 2023

Many retail pharmacies do not have buprenorphine in stock, posing a problem for opioid use disorder (OUD) patients, a new study shows. | Pharmacies don’t keep every medication in stock. But that should be the case for buprenorphine, which is time-sensitive for opioid use disorder patients, the study's author argues.

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DigitalHealth

JUNE 9, 2023

Performance capture technology used in Hollywood films is being researched for the benefits it could bring to rehabilitation for stroke patients.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 9, 2023

Simple HealthKit has inked a deal with Walmart to bring at-home diagnostic tests, including diabetes, respiratory wellness and sexual wellness labs, to the largest retailer in the world. | Simple HealthKit has inked a deal with Walmart to bring at-home tests, including diabetes, respiratory wellness and sexual wellness labs, to the largest retailer in the world.

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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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JUNE 9, 2023

Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contacts and go lives features Great Ormond Street and Roche UK partnering to improve children’s care using AI.

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mHealth Watch

JUNE 9, 2023

The natural supplement is the answer to all of people’s problems. If they struggle with gaining muscle and getting stronger, this program can help. For a long time, steroids were thought to be harmless, and thus, they remained in use. But with recent research into their harmfulness, it has become clear that there are adverse effects associated with them which makes people want an alternative solution for gaining muscle mass without risking themselves or loved ones from acquiring something

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DigitalHealth

JUNE 9, 2023

The NHS plans to set up an academy to train new data and analytics specialists and could look to the private sector to fund the training.

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mHealth Watch

JUNE 9, 2023

Herpes is a serious health problem for people of all age groups. According to the World Health Organization, 67% and 13% of people have been infected globally with type1 and type2 herpes, respectively. It is a painful disease that can affect the oral or genital area of an individual. One of the biggest concerns with this infection, when left untreated, can turn into encephalitis, meningitis, or any other serious condition.

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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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DigitalHealth

JUNE 9, 2023

A new report has been published looking at the benefits of more widespread adoption of cloud technology within the healthcare sector.

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Healee

JUNE 9, 2023

Patient access has long been hindered by various barriers, including cumbersome administrative processes and paperwork, provider shortages, and a gap between supply and demand due to suboptimal patient-provider matching. The... The post Patient Self-Scheduling: Breaking Barriers to Patient Access appeared first on Healee.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2023

New Growth Capital will help Expand Hyro’s Platform, Featuring both Conversational and Generative AI, across Key Channels in Healthcare and other Regulated Industries Hyro , the leader in plug-and-play conversational artificial-intelligence (AI), today announced that it has finalized a $20 million Series B funding round led by Macquarie Capital , with participation from Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures , Black Opal Ventures , and existing and new investors, bringing the company’s total funding

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Xealth

JUNE 9, 2023

Are healthcare providers actively reducing the number of IT vendors they work with? I've heard a lot of rumblings about this over the past 12 months.

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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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