Wed.Nov 01, 2023

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“My Doctor’s Office” Should Accept Wearable Tech Health Data, Most Patients Say

Health Populi

“Do personal health trackers belong in the doctor’s office?” Software Advice wondered. “Yes,” the company’s latest consumer survey found, details of which are discussed in a report published on their website. Unique to this study is the patient sample polled: Software Advice surveyed 876 patients in September 2023 to gauge their perspectives on wearable tech and health.

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Navigating the AI revolution in medicine: from liability and technicalities to ethics and policy

KevinMD

The current landscape of AI in medicine. Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into health care is a complex yet transformative journey. As AI becomes increasingly indispensable, the medical community faces a paradigm shift—from being accountable for using AI to potentially being liable for not using it. In this article, we will explore the multifaceted implications of Read more… Navigating the AI revolution in medicine: from liability and technicalities to ethics and policy originally appear

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Care enablement platform IKS Health acquires AQuity Solutions for $200M

Mobi Health News

The acquisition combines IKS Health's tech-enabled ambulatory care offerings with AQuity's acute care solutions pertaining to clinical documentation.

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Suki expands availability of its ambient AI clinical documentation platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Suki announced the expansion of its ambient artificial intelligence technology, Suki Assistant, to more than 20 independent practices, including Capital City Primary and Immediate Care. The application is a voice assistant that generates notes in real-time by listening to patient-clinician interactions. It can be used for clinical documentation, diagnosis coding, real-time information retrieval from the electronic health record and other applications.

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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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AI-enabled radiology performance platform Covera Health secures $50M

Mobi Health News

The company also finalized its acquisition of fellow AI-powered radiology quality assurance company CoRead.

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CVS Health beats the Street with $2.3B in Q3 profit

FierceHealthIT

CVS Health beat the Street on both earnings and revenue in the third quarter, reporting $2.3 billion in profit. | By comparison, the company reported a $3.4 billion loss in the third quarter of 2022 as it paid out its part in a global settlement over the opioid crisis.

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AI Diagnostic Fund worth £21m to be shared by 64 NHS trusts

DigitalHealth

The £21m AI Diagnostic Fund is to be split between 64 NHS trusts to speed up the diagnosis of lung cancer and how quickly patients can access treatment.

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How behavioral health tech can help overcome adoption hurdles among neurodiverse populations

FierceHealthIT

Technologies like wearables and virtual reality could become key tools in engaging neurodiverse patient populations, streamlining provider workflows and tracking outcomes, payers, therapists and te | Speakers at a virtual roundtable commended technologies like wearables and virtual reality (VR) for their potential to engage neurodiverse patients, streamline provider workflows, and measure and improve outcomes.

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AI in Healthcare: Separating Hype from Reality

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Stephen Dean, co-founder, Keona Health. If you were to believe all the headlines you read about AI in healthcare, you’d probably think that AI will be curing cancer and replacing doctors within the year. I […] The article AI in Healthcare: Separating Hype from Reality appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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CMS finalizes $140M increase to home health payments

FierceHealthIT

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a rule Wednesday that increases the 2024 home health payments by 0.8%, or $140 million. | CMS' new proposed rule will increase home health payments by 0.8%, or $140M, among other changes.

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KeborMed Achieves ISO 13485 Certification for its Connected Care Platform

Digital Health Global

CLEVELAND–(BUSINESS WIRE)–KeborMed, the connected care platform, announced today it attained the ISO 13485 certification for its quality management system. This milestone marks a significant step in the company’s journey, ensuring its Platform as a Service (PaaS), catering to a diverse range of cloud-based MedTech and Digital Pharma solutions, continues to set the gold standard in quality and safety.

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Humana raises MA enrollment projections again, beats EPS market estimates

FierceHealthIT

Humana expects to add 35,000 more members to its Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and grow by 19% in 2023 to reach approximately 860,000 members, an increase of about 85,000 more members than projecte | Utilization rates and popularity in MA offerings remain high, Humana announced during its third-quarter earnings call.

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Aktivolabs joins Innovators’ Network at American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation

Digital Health Global

American Heart Association consortium advances development of evidence-based health tech solutions LAS VEGAS & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aktivolabs, a digital health science company on a mission to prevent chronic diseases globally, announced today it has joined the American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation (the Center) Innovators’ Network.

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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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UHealth: Supporting the unique ITSM needs of an Academic Medical Center

Optimum Healthcare IT

Read Time: < 1 min We addressed UHealth's challenge of creating an independent service for their healthcare operations through a tailored ServiceNow solution. Continue reading UHealth: Supporting the unique ITSM needs of an Academic Medical Center at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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New standards released to ensure medical AI is safe and effective

DigitalHealth

Healthcare professionals can harness artificial intelligence safely and effectively by following a new set of patient and industry-agreed standards.

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Featured Health IT Job: Data Warehouse ETL Developer and Administrator (Epic)

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Data Warehouse ETL Developer and Administrator (Epic) position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. and is remote. Here’s a description of the position: Now seeking a Data Warehouse ETL Developer and Administrator with Epic Clarity certification for a 12-month remote client health system engagement.

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AI and data: Consent to use of data ‘a sticking plaster for broken systems’

DigitalHealth

Issues around consent in AI and data cannot be addressed through legal processes or focusing on patients’ rights and autonomy, suggested an expert panel.

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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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'Podnosis': A look at Blue Shield of California's new pharmacy benefits model

FierceHealthIT

In this week's episode of “Podnosis,” we explore Blue Shield of California's plan to transform its pharmacy model. | In this week's episode of “Podnosis,” we explore Blue Shield of California's plan to transform its pharmacy model. This includes a shift away from the traditional PBM relationship in favor of forming partnerships with five companies: Amazon Pharmacy, Abarca, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Company, CVS Caremark, and Prime Therapeutics.

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Tunstall Healthcare Group signs MoU with the University of Edinburgh

DigitalHealth

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Tunstall Healthcare Group and the University of Edinburgh to develop AI-powered digital solutions.

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Farewell with gratitude

Redox

After a lot of thought, it’s time for me to transition out of my role as CEO at Redox. I’ve put an incredible amount of my life into Redox and will forever be proud of the impact we’ve had. I believe that the next phase of Redox is better served by a new CEO, someone who has experienced this next stage of company scale. We are in a perfect position to drive accelerated impact as we scale our offerings across an expanded customer base.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ?

DigitalHealth

This coffee briefing features the Maple Centre at Milton Keynes University Hospital celebrating its first birthday and the use of two innovative apps.

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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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Sempre Health partners with Organon on pricing program that ties patient copays to adherence

FierceHealthIT

Sempre Health launched eight years ago with a text-based solution that gives patients a financial incentive to refill medications on time. | Sempre Health has added two of Organon's asthma therapies to its platform that gives patients a financial incentive to refill medications on time.

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UHealth: Supporting the unique ITSM needs of an Academic Medical Center

Optimum Healthcare IT

Read Time: < 1 min We addressed UHealth's challenge of creating an independent service for their healthcare operations through a tailored ServiceNow solution. Continue reading UHealth: Supporting the unique ITSM needs of an Academic Medical Center at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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Health tech company IKS Health picks up AQuity for $200M to broaden its reach to hospitals

FierceHealthIT

IKS Health, a company that provides administrative, clinical, operational and revenue tech solutions, acquired AQuity Solutions for $200 million to broaden its services from ambulatory care provide | IKS Health, a company that provides administrative, clinical, operational and revenue tech solutions, acquired AQuity Solutions for $200 million to broaden its services from ambulatory care providers to hospitals.

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Clinical Trial and Design Principles in Oncology

Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

Clinical trials serve as a pivot point for developing new oncology drugs and the timely delivery of safe and efficient treatments to patients. Adaptively designed and biomarker-driven evaluations of molecularly targeted agents and immune therapies in chosen patient subsets have replaced traditional studies evaluating cytotoxic chemotherapy in largely histology-based populations in clinical trials.

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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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Healthcare Dealmakers—UnityPoint, Presbyterian's $11B merger called off; Olive AI's sell-off and more

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, retailers and other industry players look to expand their businesses and gain a competitive edge. | Henry Ford Health's $10.5 billion joint venture with Ascension Michigan, BCBSNC's urgent care purchase and more merger and acquisition deals announced in October.

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More Than Just Mail: 6 More Ways to use Your Secure Mailbox

Health Portal Solutions

When we purchase technology, we tend to only use a small portion of that technology, while leaving the rest of it untapped. The HPS Secure Mailbox is no exception. While the Secure Mailbox might seem like a basic tool, it … read more The post More Than Just Mail: 6 More Ways to use Your Secure Mailbox appeared first on Health Portal Solutions.

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HIStalk Interviews B.J. Schaknowski, CEO, Symplr

HIStalk Interviews

B.J. Schaknowski, MBA is CEO of Symplr of Houston, TX.

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