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The promise and pitfalls of large language models in clinical applications

KevinMD

Since the unveiling of ChatGPT almost a year ago, the health care sector has been abuzz with anticipation and intrigue surrounding the capabilities and potential applications of large language models (LLMs) within the medical sphere. As senior health care executives know all too well, our industry is no stranger to technological advances. But as with Read more… The promise and pitfalls of large language models in clinical applications originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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AI value-based care platform buys division of data analytics company Arcadia

Mobi Health News

GuideHealth acquired Arcadia's managed services organization and value-based care services division. It also signed an agreement to leverage its data analytics platform.

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BCBS of Massachusetts faces backlash from docs over anesthesia coverage policy change

FierceHealthIT

A new policy from Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts, starting Jan. | Some patients needing a colonoscopy in Massachusetts won't be covered for monitored anesthesia care, or MAC, starting Jan. 1. Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts is standing by the policy, which will save the insurer money but require the patient to remain awake for the operation.

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$1M funding for AI drug discovery for rare diseases and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Also, Cipla has increased its stake in digital pharma solutions company GoApptiv.

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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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Telehealth sees a dip as patients pull back on virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Steven Ullman, director at the Center for Health Management and Policy at the University of Miami, says utilization has dropped to 5.4% of medical claims since telehealth use skyrocketed during the pandemic.

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The Advantages of Human Scribes for Clinical Notes

Healthcare IT Today

Speke is a premium service that provides scribal services to clinicians. While many companies boast of creating clinical notes purely through natural language processing and AI, Speke leverages ambient clinical voice together with human scribes to create a higher quality note for the clinician. Executive Vice President Vadim Khazan justifies the choices made by Speke, which is part of the company ScribeAmerica , by posing a trade-off.

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2023: it’s a wrap!

Digital Health Global

As we approach the end of 2023, it’s time to take a moment and reflect on a year full of innovation , impactful collaborations , and an unwavering commitment to bringing digital health culture to all our readers and health enthusiasts. Exclusive Media Partnerships We partnered with some of the most influential events dedicated to digital innovation and health in Italy and Europe.

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Mitigating Risk and Reducing Costs with Smart Healthcare Records Management

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Mitchell Perry, VP Compliance & Security at Access In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare IT in US healthcare frameworks, integrating electronic health records (EHRs) has become a cornerstone for providers. However, the transition from traditional paper records to digital formats presents a challenge that extends beyond a simple “scan all” approach.

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Digital Health’s 2023 Review: Top 10 most read news stories

DigitalHealth

As 2024 edges ever closer, let's take a look back Digital Health's most popular and most read news stories from the past year.

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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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Season Health Announces Strategic Asset Acquisition from Wellory to Expand Clinical Network of Registered Dietitians and Insurance Coverage

Healthcare IT Today

Season Health , the leading integrated food-as-medicine platform, today announced the closing of a strategic acquisition of clinical assets from Wellory , one of the largest networks of registered dietitians in the country providing medical nutrition therapy to patients nationwide. This accelerates Season’s growth by significantly expanding its provider network and its ability to offer comprehensive, personalized nutrition care to more patients, including those looking for in-network benef

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Edinburgh Hospital trials AI-powered pain assessment tech

DigitalHealth

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary is set to become the first UK hospital to trial an AI-powered pain assessment tool.

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Children's Hospital of Orange County, Rady Children's unveil 2024 merger agreement

FierceHealthIT

Two of southern California’s largest pediatric providers are planning to come together in 2024. | The southern California pediatric health systems say their 10-plus years of clinical and research collaboration have paved the road for integration into a new entity, to be called Rady Children's Health.

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Rewired 2024: ICSs will want to use the FDP ‘if the original vision holds up’

DigitalHealth

John Mitchell, a speaker on the integrated care stage at next year’s Rewired, tells Digital Health News he has high hopes for the Federated Data Platform.

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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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Five technologies for older adults – 2023 wrap-up (2 of 2)

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The pace of innovation in tech for older adults accelerated in 2023. New product announcements, incubators/accelerators , government grants (see NIA ) seem to be multiplying. Companies emerged or announced updates addressing dementia care. The concept of an AI Caregiver to augment limited staffing took on new significance as the crisis in care work worsened throughout the year.

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Redox unwraps interoperability in 2024

Redox

I called 2021 weird , then 2022 just as weird , but 2023? Decidedly weirder. This year I have Alex Peitz and Garrett Rhodes with me again to help me reflect on what we got right and wrong last year, and what we should be prepared for next in 2024. 2023: the year where nothing changed, and yet everything changed Reflecting on our predictions from last year, we are quite baffled why we didn’t say anything about AI.

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SteadyMD’s 2023 Wrapped

SteadyMD

As 2024 approaches, I’m proud to reflect back on some of SteadyMD’s greatest hits in 2023. We’ve achieved a lot this year in the service of patients, our customers and our clinicians. We are positioned better than ever to transform access to better healthcare through our clinical, operational, and technical excellence. Here are some of the highlights of our SteadyMD Wrapped.

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eConsult to Improve Patient Safety, Efficiency at Kingston Hospital 

DigitalHealth

Digital triage provider, eConsult Health has agreed a new partnership with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation to integrate its eTriage technology.

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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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All Enterprise Architects Want For Christmas

LeanIX

Enterprise architecture has a great deal to accomplish for organizations in 2024. What's on enterprise architects' Christmas lists this year?

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Winners of the European Patient Digital Health Awards 2023 announced

Digital Health Global

We are delighted to announce winners of the European Patient Digital Health Awards. The awards acknowledge and celebrate the transformative impact technology and scientific advancements are making through healthcare innovation. This year marks the third year of awards, and this year standards remained exceptionally high with winners excelling at their commitment to excellence in healthcare innovation.