KevinMD

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 25×5 Task Force was established in 2022 with the goal of reducing clinician documentation burden by 25 percent in 5 years. Recently, the task force found that “organizational efforts to address documentation burden … were all focused on documentation creation, not on information retrieval.” Similarly, much of the early hype Read more… Are we missing the mark with generative AI?

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ubie has recently introduced an LLM-based feature that provides an automated summary of patient pre-interviews.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the food sector, “the opportunity for us and the role that we play is to connect climate and health,” Daniella Vega of Ahold Delhaize told Valerio Baselli during the Morningstar Sustainable Investing Summit 2023. In a conversation discussing the importance of non-financial metrics in companies’ ESG efforts, Vega connected the dots between climate change, retail grocery, and consumers’ health and well-being.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Users of Helpful can now access a loved one's benefit information about their New York-based health plan and select medical records through its app.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The emergence of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting surge in the adoption of telemedicine are helping address patients’ needs without major signs of safety concerns, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente. WHY IT MATTERS The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed more than 1.5 million adult patients at Kaiser Permanente Northern California in 2021, and compared treatment and follow-up visits among primary care telemedicine (video and telepho

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Gary Hamilton, CEO of patient engagement technology vendor InteliChart, believes three things about virtual care that, he says, deserve more attention: Telehealth services can offer healthcare providers the opportunity and capability to reach broader populations – and they can serve as disease prevention tools for these populations. Telemedicine tools can help ensure physicians and their care teams better manage patient care, and the associated workflow, to help their patients stay their h

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Personalizing companion care protocols for complex cancers.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Healthcare’s days of widespread contract labor reliance may be over, but hospitals and health systems are still frequently reporting labor shortages and other operating hurdles keeping them from he | Contract labor reliance may be largely in the past, but hospital leaders say there's still plenty of hurdles ensuring “a slow climb" to long-term operational sustainability.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 24, 2023

– Series B led by Double Point Ventures with major support from Viking Global Investors as well as other new and existing investors – – A combined $27.1 million Series B first close and $8.1 million in converting outstanding notes funds the company’s two assets in development, SM-020 for the treatment of seborrheic keratoses and SM-030 for the treatment of melasma, through end of Phase 2 meetings with FDA and commencement of Phase 3 trials – BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)&#

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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.

FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Teladoc's third-quarter revenue grew 8% to reach $660 million, boosted by solid performance in its chronic condition management business and steady membership growth as the company now touts 90 mil | Teladoc's scale, strong financial position and free cash flow performance put the company in a competitive position compared to many virtual care startups struggling in the current macroeconomic environment, executives said.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 24, 2023

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Altoida , a pioneer in developing digital biomarkers of neurological disease using augmented reality (AR) and machine learning (ML), today announced results from a 188-participant study demonstrating its novel digital cognitive and functional assessment identified participants with mild cognitive impairment. The Altoida digital cognitive assessment is a research device based on AR and ML that simulates conducting activities of daily living, providing an ob

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) unveiled 2022 calendar year results for the Direct Contracting Model on Monday. | More than three-quarters of those who participated in the program reaped savings, data from CMMI revealed.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 24, 2023

MAYNARD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Telemynd , a leading virtual mental health solution, today announced its latest partnership with renowned healthcare service provider UnitedHealthcare. The venture represents the latest in a series of significant moves for both Telemynd and UnitedHealthcare, joining two platforms with established records of streamlining access to high-quality healthcare for individuals nationwide.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Several independent pharmacies have filed suit against pharmacy benefit management giant Express Scripts, alleging that the company colluded with Prime Therapeutics to fix reimbursement rates. | Several independent pharmacies have filed suit against pharmacy benefit management giant Express Scripts, alleging that the company colluded with Prime Therapeutics to fix reimbursement rates.

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Optimum Healthcare IT

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Read Time: 4 min CareerPath-graduate Alexandra Ricciardiello shares her journey to becoming a NOC Administrator and her passion for healthcare IT. Continue reading Meet Alexandra Ricciardiello – OCP Analyst at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Editor's note: Updated at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 24 with commentary from HCA Healthcare's Q3 earnings call. | The for-profit system celebrated "continued solid demand for our services" during its Q3 2023 earnings call, but had to defend its decisions surrounding Valesco Physician Services to analysts and investors.

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LeanIX

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Application rationalization is often seen simply as a cost-cutting exercise. That's a mistake. It can also be an effective way to drive growth and innovation in your organization.

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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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19 Labs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Traditionally, telemedicine in schools involved rudimentary devices catering to basic health concerns. However, the landscape has expanded dramatically. In 2023, the focus has shifted to integrating advanced diagnostic tools and health screening applications into an accessible platform. Moving Beyond Basics GALE offers a holistic approach by integrating advanced diagnostic devices, a diverse range of health apps, and customizable health screening forms in its device-agnostic platform.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The following is a guest article by Shawn Fergason, Senior Vice President of Information Technology and Technology Services at MediQuant Securing healthcare data archiving is not just good practice – it’s essential for safeguarding confidential patient information and should be a cornerstone of a healthcare organization’s cybersecurity program. Alongside other protective measures, data archiving plays a pivotal role in strengthening security by retiring applications and software that aren’

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 24, 2023

UnitedHealthcare is expanding its footprint on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges to four new states in 2024, the insurance giant

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Funding to Support Expanded Access to Whole-Child, Value-Based, Outcomes-Driven Autism Care Cortica , the United States’ leading physician-led, whole-child, value-based autism services company, has raised $40 million in a Series D extension, bringing the total Series D round to $115 million. The extension was entirely strategic, led by CVS Health Ventures , in conjunction with LRVHealth , Ascension Investment Management (a subsidiary of Ascension ), and the University of Wisconsin F

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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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Health Recovery Solutions

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Obesity is a global epidemic, affecting not only wealthy nations but countries of all economic levels. According to 2017–2018 data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), more than two in five adults (42.4%) in the United States are obese—and these numbers have almost certainly increased since then.  By 2030 , researchers predict that 50% of the US population will be obese.

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DigitalHealth

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Deploying a digital experience management solution from Riverbed will see Princess Alexandra save up to £3m in IT costs over the course of five years.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Centene Corporation posted $469 million in profit for the third quarter, according to its earnings report released Tuesday morning.

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DigitalHealth

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A review into the use of Bleepa at Northern Care Alliance NHS FT has found the clinical communications platform reduced referral wait times by 75%.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Elevance Health's CarelonRx is the latest pharmacy benefit manager to put biosimilars for popular drug Humira on its formulary, the company said this week. | Elevance Health's CarelonRx is the latest pharmacy benefit manager to put biosimilars for popular drug Humira on its formulary, the company said this week.

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DigitalHealth

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Today's coffee briefing includes news from Avenda Health, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Property Services.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Exec Summary: The key tides and currents in healthcare are the forces and trends that are driving change and innovation in the sector. These forces can be internal or external, and they can be short-term or long-term. Some of the most important key tides and currents in healthcare today include: Tides: > Demographic changes, such as the aging population and the rising prevalence of chronic diseases > Technological advances, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and wearable devices

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