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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

With the urgent need to identify more efficient and lower-cost health care delivery models, we look to growing evidence for digital health technologies that support the Hospital at Home (HaH) model, considered in a new review article published in late February in npj Digital Medicine, The hospital at home in the USA: current status and future prospects.

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Data exchange company Moxe Health secures $25M

Mobi Health News

The company offers tools to payers and providers to share patient health information and will use the funds to scale its operations.

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Virta Health champions its nutrition therapy as an effective GLP-1 off-ramp. Here's why

FierceHealthIT

Telemedicine clinic Virta Health believes its members can achieve significant and sustained improvement in weight loss, even if a patient has stopped taking a GLP-1 drug, a newly released paper in | A new study in Diabetes Therapy from Virta Health says the company's carbohydrate restricted nutrition therapy allows patients who no longer want a GLP-1 prescription to still keep the weight off.

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Salvo Health secures $5M for digital gastrointestinal care

Mobi Health News

The company offers a virtual care clinic for people with chronic gut issues and will use the funds to expand its reach with providers.

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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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Trinity Health hospitals file parallel lawsuits calling anesthesiology group's non-competes unlawful

FierceHealthIT

Two of Trinity Health’s affiliate hospitals mounted lawsuits against a large anesthesia group alleging that non-compete and non-solicitation clauses included in its providers’ contracts restrict co | The latest pushback against large anesthesiology groups' market power and practices alleges "millions of dollars" in damages for each hospital due to "exorbitant" payment demands.

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Elsevier Health, partners unveil conversational AI decision support tool

FierceHealthIT

Elsevier Health has launched an generative AI-driven version of its flagship clinical decision support tool, ClinicalKey, in partnership with AI company OpenEvidence. | The tool, developed with several key partners, offers an advanced conversational search interface to help doctors find important medical information at the point of care. More than 30,000 doctors across the U.S. have tested the underlying AI technology.

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Exclusive: ambitious shared EPR procurement for four NHS trusts ended

DigitalHealth

One of the largest shared EPR procurements, covering four NHS trusts in Blackpool, Lancashire and South Cumbria, has been abandoned at the eleventh hour without selecting a supplier or awarding a contract.

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'Dozens and dozens' of data analytics projects drive $100M+ in savings, revenue gains for UnityPoint Health

FierceHealthIT

Long-term commitment and a willingness to stomach both upfront and last-mile burdens are the price of admission for millions in analytics-based cost savings and revenue enhancements. | The nonprofit health system partnered with Health Catalyst on eight years of performance improvement initiatives targeting length of stay, care management, ED utilization and other costly focus areas.

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Unlearn Raises $50 Million Series C to Optimize Clinical Research With AI-Powered Digital Twin Technology

Healthcare IT Today

Using Novel Digital Twins of Clinical Trial Participants, Unlearn is Accelerating Clinical Research to Help Bring New Treatments to Patients Sooner Unlearn , an AI company creating digital twins of clinical trial participants that enable smaller, faster studies, today announced a $50M Series C round led by Altimeter Capital, joined by returning investors Radical Ventures, Wittington Ventures, Mubadala Capital, Epic Ventures, and Necessary Venture Capital.

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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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Affordable Care Act preventive services under threat: Previewing Braidwood oral arguments

FierceHealthIT

A core provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), responsible for ensuring hundreds of millions of Americans receive free access to preventive services, faces a serious legal challenge March 4.

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Generative AI in Your Desk Drawer: How to Get There

Healthcare IT Today

Previous articles in this series have shown how generative AI can be used for administrative and back-office functions in health care. Now we’ll look at how models are trained for these specific purposes. Training Generative AI Models Every industry has to develop domain-specific models, and health care has the extra burden of protecting personally identifying data.

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Navigating digital transformation in healthcare

DigitalHealth

Ahead of Rewired 2024, Beverley Bryant, CDIO at Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospital Foundation Trusts, shares insights in Computer Weekly from their joint digital transformation journey: the Apollo project.

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CI&T Advances the Digital Health Ecosystem for Patients and Providers at HIMSS24

Digital Health Global

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CI&T (NYSE:CINT), a leader in driving AI-powered digital transformation for global brands, will be showcasing its innovative solutions to advance the future of healthcare and life sciences at the 2024 HIMSS Global Health Conference taking place in Orlando, FL on March 11-15, 2024. CI&T partners with some of the largest pharmaceutical, consumer healthcare and medical device companies in the world to help create innovative digital experiences for patie

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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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5 Risks Of Legacy Technology For Enterprise Architects

LeanIX

Enterprise architecture management can be undermined by obsolete IT components. Discover five reasons why technology obsolescence risk management needs to be a key part of your enterprise architecture practice.

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Detecting neoplasia in Barrett’s oesophagus with CADe

Digital Health Global

Detecting early neoplasia in Barrett’s oesophagus is challenging due to its subtle endoscopic appearance. The Barrett’s Oesophagus Imaging for Artificial Intelligence (BONS-AI) consortium developed a Computer-Aided Detection (CADe) system to aid in identifying neoplastic lesions efficiently. The study, published in The Lancet Digital Health , integrates prospectively collected data and compares CADe performance with that of Barrett’s oesophagus experts and general endoscopists.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

DigitalHealth

Today's briefing covers the launch of a new mental health research hub and Dutch researchers' use of new technology to find cures for rare diseases.

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Highmark unites diversified business solutions under Alloyed Works umbrella

FierceHealthIT

Highmark is uniting its diversified business offerings under one roof with the launch of its new Alloyed Works unit. | Highmark is uniting its diversified business offerings under one roof with the launch of its new Alloyed Works unit.

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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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NHS Mental Health Trust looks to transform digital capabilities with Access Rio EPR

DigitalHealth

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust have chosen Access Rio EPR to enhance and connect their systems.

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Tenet Healthcare selling 2 California hospitals to Adventist Health for $550M

FierceHealthIT

Tenet Healthcare has cut a deal to sell two California hospitals and their related operations to Adventist Health for about $550 million, the for-profit announced Thursday morning. | The deal is expected to close this spring and comes alongside a revenue cycle services agreement between the two systems.

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Platform Trials emerging as new study types for evaluating Digital Health solutions

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: A platform trial is a specific type of clinical trial designed for efficiency and adaptability, making it well-suited for evaluating rapidly evolving interventions like digital health solutions. Platform trials are not a complete replacement for clinical trials, they offer a valuable addition to the clinical research toolbox, particularly in the fast-paced and data-rich landscape of digital health.

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Radiology’s Next Phase: Real-Time Collaboration Leading the Way

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Vivian Liu, COO at Braid Health One thing in healthcare remains constant: the need for answers. This is why radiology is a pillar of our healthcare system because, without a diagnosis, there is no treatment. In today’s digital age, people want things to be fast, convenient, and reliable. The same is true in healthcare.

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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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Apple poised to follow Samsung and enter the Smart Ring Wearable HealthTech market competing with Oura?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Based on recent press reports, Apple is showing strong signs of entering the smart ring market, competing with Samsung and Oura. The potential entry of Apple and Samsung into the smart ring market with their respective products, the Apple Smart Ring and the Galaxy Ring, is likely to have both positive and negative impacts on Oura, the current market leader.

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What is Payer Initiated Reduction (PIR)?

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Explore what Payer Initiated Reduction (PIR) is and its impact on healthcare insurance and provider reimbursements. The post What is Payer Initiated Reduction (PIR)? appeared first on BHM Healthcare Solutions.

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Unveiling the Transformative Power: Benefits of AI in Healthcare in 2024

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Disclaimer: This article, “Unveiling the Transformative Power: Benefits of AI in Healthcare,” serves as informational and educational content only and does not constitute medical advice. The potential benefits of AI in healthcare discussed are influenced by various factors and may not apply universally. In today’s rapidly evolving world, technology continues to reshape various industries, and healthcare is no exception.

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ViVE 2024 Recap and Major Announcements

Digital Health Wire

ViVE Los Angeles is officially a wrap, and the collaborative event between HLTH and CHIME keeps growing up right before our eyes. The show’s third year eased up on the flashy displays and DJs that were hard to miss in Miami and Nashville in favor of a more down-to-business approach, not unlike the AI conversations happening in the expo hall. True to form, the vendors were the stars of the show, so we’ll follow ViVE’s lead and get right into some of the biggest announcements that came out of La L

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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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GenF20 Plus Review

mHealth Watch

About GenF20 Plus GenF20 Plus is a great Human Growth Hormone (popularly known as HGH) supplement, which has shown a lot of great results, including slow aging. GenF20 Plus is a well-known “Youth Hormone” supplement. It was created in a unique way to counteract the impacts of aging with no or very few side effects eventually. The company claims that they are the “#1 HGH Rated Releaser.

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How virtual care is evolving beyond traditional applications – with a hand from AI

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As telehealth enters its post-pandemic adolescence, broader use cases are dominating the landscape. And Dr. Stephanie Lahr, president of Artisight, knows this landscape well. Artisight markets a "smart hospital" platform designed to capture precise, real-time data to optimize operations, reduce costs and help clinicians focus on providing care.

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