Tue.Nov 21, 2023

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Memorial Hermann Health System, AI-enabled Laudio partner for frontline leaders

Mobi Health News

The healthcare system became a strategic investor in the Boston-based company and will utilize Laudio to enhance worker efficiency and engagement.

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The Best Global Brands Through a Lens on Health – Reading Interbrand’s 2023 Annual Report

Health Populi

“Businesses which have witnessed a rise in brand value…have all transcended their established category norms and play a more significant and meaningful role in society and consumers’ lives,” we learn in the Interbrand Best Global Brands 2023 report, subtitled, “How Iconic Brands Lead Across Arenas. Most brands stagnated or lost ground in terms of brand value in 2023, with average growth rate of 5.7% compared to 16% in 2022.

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Syra Health scores contract to assess racial, ethnic approaches to health in Texas

Mobi Health News

The healthcare technology company will evaluate the impact of the City of San Antonio's Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) project.

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Bormioli Pharma Invents: pioneering a connected future in pharmaceutical packaging

Digital Health Global

In the ever-evolving landscape of pharmaceuticals, innovation has become a guiding force for companies toward a future where healthcare is not only effective but seamlessly integrated into our daily lives. Embracing an open innovation approach, Bormioli Pharma has embarked on a journey to transform today’s healthcare needs into tomorrow’s reality , forging partnerships with start-ups, research centers, universities, and clients.

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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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How Prisma Health unified digital health tech to boost patient engagement, slash no-shows

FierceHealthIT

Navigating the healthcare system often requires using different websites, mobile apps and phone calls to find providers and make appointments. | The health system has seen a 10x increase in downloads of the Prisma Health Go app, from 40 to up to 400 downloads per day. The health system also reports a 33% reduction in patient no-shows in one year and estimates $8 million in cost savings as a result of slashing the no-show rates.

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Talkspace inks $26M contract with NYC to provide free mental health services to teens

FierceHealthIT

Online therapy company Talkspace with provide free virtual mental health services to more than 400,000 adolescents and teens in New York City. | Talkspace CEO Jon Cohen, M.D. believes the company has a "moral imperative" to help address teen mental health. There's also a smart business case for building out its virtual mental health offerings for adolescents and teens.

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NHS England awards £330m Federated Data Platform contract to Palantir

DigitalHealth

NHS England has awarded a contract to operate its future £480m federated data platform to US data analytics giant Palantir and joint bidders Accenture.

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Wound care manufacturer controversy calls attention to shady dealings

FierceHealthIT

Legacy Medical Consultants, a wound care manufacturer, is under fire for its business practices that critics say are another example of companies in the industry exploiting the Medicare system. | An independent investigation has shed light on one wound care manufacturer's rebate scheme that puts the onus on providers to report payments correctly.

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Memorial Hermann Implements Laudio Platform to Bolster Frontline Support

Digital Health Global

Leading Health System Deploys Laudio’s AI Workflow Automation Platform for Frontline Leaders, Also Making a Strategic Investment in the Company BOSTON & HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Laudio , an innovator in frontline leader solutions that drive efficiency and engagement for health systems, today announced that Memorial Hermann Health System is implementing Laudio’s platform to enhance employee efficiency and engagement.

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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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Why Medicare Advantage is lacking on cancer care

FierceHealthIT

A City of Hope analysis found that Medicare Advantage members faced a delay of two weeks or more between diagnosis and their first course of therapy.

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Major Milestone Met in AI-Powered Fight Against Lung Cancer

Digital Health Global

Global initiative gains significant ground in digitally identifying cancer risk before symptoms even start NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)- The quest to eliminate lung cancer as a global cause of death has taken a positive step forward with 1 million-milestone met of a 5-million lung health Artificial Intelligence (AI) commitment. This new proactive initiative casts a wider net to currently invisible and unprofiled global patient populations, innovating beyond traditional lung cancer screening pr

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Lost in the mix of Medicaid 'unwinding': Kentucky cut off her healthcare over a clerical error

FierceHealthIT

The day her Medicaid coverage ended, Beverly Likens was in the hospital after a scary trip to the emergency room. | Millions of people nationwide have lost Medicaid benefits after a pandemic-era mandate for coverage expired in March—most of them for administrative reasons unrelated to their actual eligibility.

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Integrated Digital Service launches remote tech trial in Leeds

DigitalHealth

Luscii and the Integrated Digital Service are running a remote monitoring trial to reduce healthcare appointments for those with long-term health issues.

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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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Making the Patient Portal Relevant at Community Health Alliance

Healthcare IT Today

Patient portals and digital patient engagement stymie many healthcare providers, especially small ones with few resources. Community Health Alliance (CHA) a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving 27,000+ patients in Reno, Nevada, is using an old-school way to encourage use of its online patient portal – by having in-person conversations about it.

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NHS expands use of Covid-19 research platform to find new treatments

DigitalHealth

The NHS is to expand the use of a research platform behind the roll-out of new Covid-19 treatments to help drive advances for other major diseases.

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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Indian IT company's appeal in Epic trade secret case

FierceHealthIT

The U.S. | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected India-based Tata Consultancy Services' appeal against a $140 million punitive damages order passed by a district court relating to a trade secrets dispute with Epic.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ?

DigitalHealth

Today's briefing covers Bart's migration to Medisoft's specialty opthamology EMR mediSIGHT and AstraZeneca launching a digital solutions business.

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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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PeaceHealth repaying $13.4M to low-income patients to settle charity care investigation

FierceHealthIT

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Monday that his office had reached an agreement with PeaceHealth in which the nonprofit will refund millions to those who qualified for and should | An investigation found that the nonprofit had not been notifying low-income patients of their charity care eligibility before billing for care, the Washington Attorney General's Office said.

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George Eliot Hospital signs with Accurx for patient communication platform

DigitalHealth

Accurx has deployed its patient communication platform to George Eliot Hospital to help tackle waiting lists and transform cancer pathways.

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Patient Engagement Pioneer Rx.Health Joins Commure

Healthcare IT Today

Now Available as Commure Engage, Rx.Health Uses AI and Automation to Streamline Clinical Care Coordination for Payors, Providers, and Life Science Organizations Commure, Inc. , a leading healthcare technology company committed to connecting, protecting, and empowering the healthcare workforce, today announced that intelligent clinical automation platform Rx.Health is now part of its suite of solutions as Commure Engage.

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Palantir’s road to the Federated Data Platform contract: a timeline

DigitalHealth

NHSE’s procurement for the Federated Data Platform and award of a £330m contract is story that has stretched over more than three years.

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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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How can Palantir win 'hearts and minds' to deliver the NHS England Federated Data Platform?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: To win the hearts and minds of the public in England and successfully deliver the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), Palantir should focus on the following strategies: Address Privacy Concerns: Public trust is paramount, particularly when dealing with sensitive patient data. Palantir should transparently explain its data handling practices, emphasizing robust security measures and adherence to strict privacy regulations.

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Northamptonshire goes live with integrated shared care record

DigitalHealth

The Northamptonshire Care Record (NCR) is now live, joining up care records for more than 800,000 people in the county.

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“Too Much Pressure”: The Uphill (But Critical) Fight for Better Healthcare Policies

Health System CIO

Cybersecurity breaches, information blocking rules, clinician burnout — there’s no shortage of areas that need attention from an advocacy standpoint. During a session at CHIME23, a panel of plugged-in leaders share insights on where the biggest hurdles exist, and what they’re doing to overcome them. Source: “Too Much Pressure”: The Uphill (But Critical) Fight for Better Healthcare Policies on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to e

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Angela Single Joins Novari Health

DigitalHealth

As Novari Health's new director of UK business development, Angela Single will be a "key driver" of the company’s mission to positively impact the NHS and improve patient access to care.

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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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“Force Multipliers”: The Critical Steps Organizations Are Taking to Better Treat Opioid Addiction

Health System CIO

Opioid addiction is an extremely complex disease, but by sharing best practices from a “living document” and making it as easy as possible for clinicians to follow care pathways, leaders can help turn the tide, according to a panel discussion at CHIME23. “That’s how we can change hearts and minds.” Source: “Force Multipliers”: The Critical Steps Organizations Are Taking to Better Treat Opioid Addiction on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication d

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Real-World Cases on Standardized Peer Reviews

BHM Healthcare Solutions

In the intricate landscape of healthcare, the peer review process stands as a cornerstone for ensuring the quality and integrity of clinical practices. However, history reveals instances where this mechanism faced challenges, prompting the need for scrutiny and standardization. This article delves into real-world examples of the inequitable or misapplication of mechanisms, examining their [.

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Tighter Q3 trims Advocate Health's 2023 operating margin, net income

FierceHealthIT

Advocate Health, the system formed out of last year’s Adv | The recently formed nonprofit juggernaut's strong inaugural year was held in check by tighter operations and vanishing investment returns.

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