Thu.Nov 09, 2023

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Post-stroke mobility rehab gets more personalised with new wearable robot

Mobi Health News

The device developed by Hong Kong researchers is said to be 40% more effective for rehabilitation of ankle-foot following a stroke than applying external mechanical forces alone.

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VA, VHA, Verizon partner to increase rural veterans' telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

To help conquer the digital divide preventing rural veterans from accessing the range of health and wellness benefits they are eligible for, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is offering new access to telehealth and virtual care options. Working with the Veterans Health Administration's National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation, the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System and Verizon Public Sector, the VA will be providing broadband connectivity directly to veterans living in remo

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Artera launches conversational AI patient communication tool with Hyro

Mobi Health News

The company's Artera Care Assist, powered by Hyro, can be embedded within a provider's website to answer patients' questions 24/7.

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Growing adoption of AI CXR solution among APAC military hospitals and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Lunit deploys AI CXR solution to military units in South Korea, Phillippines Lunit, a provider of AI diagnostic supp ort solutions, continues to supply its AI-powered chest x-ray screening solution to military health institutions across Asia-Pacific. Recently, the Lunit INSIGHT CXR was deployed at the Victoriano Luna Medical Center in Manila, Phillippines.

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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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Australian startup tackles aged care staff shortage with robotics and genAI

Mobi Health News

Andromeda Robotics is currently conducting an aged care trial of its Chat GPT-4-powered companion robot.

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Jolly Good develops palliative care VR training module and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, the mental health app Here Hear in Taiwan is set to introduce an AI chatbot.

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Many open questions remain on AI risks, liability that will likely play out in court, experts say

FierceHealthIT

President Joe Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence gives marching orders to federal agencies to take concrete actions in the coming year. | Many technology executives are concerned that the reporting requirements will be a big lift for some developers, will increase costs and even conflict with current AI regulations under agencies like the FDA.

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Tackling aged care staff shortage with robotics and genAI

Mobi Health News

Andromeda Robotics is currently conducting an aged care trial of its Chat GPT-4-powered companion robot.

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'Devil in the details' for Biden's AI strategy but some experts are skeptical about efforts to regulate the technology

FierceHealthIT

​President Joe Biden's sweeping Executive Order on art | President Joe Biden's sweeping Executive Order on artificial intelligence marks a significant move to set ground rules for safety, security and privacy. But, many industry experts are skeptical about how AI can be effectively regulated given the fast pace of innovation.

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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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Effective Epic Application Management and Epic Go-Live

Healthcare IT Today

While many in the industry are ready to move past the EHR, the reality for health IT leaders is that the EHR still takes up a large portion of their mindshare and has some of the biggest impact for good or bad on an organization. Managed and implemented effectively it can be an important tool for a healthcare organization to run more efficiently and provide better care.

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Optum Rx moves 8 insulins to its preferred formulary tier

FierceHealthIT

Optum Rx is shifting eight different insulin products to its preferred formulary in a bid to address affordability, the company said Thursday. | Optum Rx is shifting eight different insulin products to its preferred formulary in a bid to address affordability, the company said Thursday.

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Resilience Healthcare to Implement Altera Digital Health’s Paragon® EHR and Ventus Solutions

Digital Health Global

Chicago-area health system to gain fully integrated EHR, compliance and revenue cycle solutions NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Altera Digital Health , a global health IT leader, today announced that Resilience Healthcare, a health system serving the Chicago metropolitan region, has signed an approximately seven-year contract to leverage the company’s Paragon® electronic health record (EHR) platform, designed for community hospitals.

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BCBSA study: Despite high-profile failures, the ACA's risk adjustment is working

FierceHealthIT

Financial struggles at Bright Health Group and Friday Health Plans have raised concerns about how well the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) risk adjustment program is working, especially whether it's | Financial struggles at Bright Health Group and Friday Health Plans have raised concerns about how well the Affordable Care Act's risk adjustment program is working, especially whether it's unfairly harming smaller insurers.

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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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Owlet Achieves De Novo FDA-Clearance For Dream Sock® – The First and Only Over-the-Counter, Medical Grade Pulse Oximeter Cleared for Infants

Digital Health Global

LEHI, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Owlet , Inc. (NYSE: OWLT) (the “Company” or “Owlet”), the pioneer of smart infant monitoring, announces De Novo clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) of Dream Sock, the first and only over-the-counter medical pulse oximetry solution for infants. Owlet is spearheading new standards for consumer and medical solutions, allowing caregivers to provide better care at home for their babies through access to advanced digital health technolog

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Walgreens exec talks pharmacy walkouts, GLP-1 drugs and PBM legislation

FierceHealthIT

As pharmacy workers begin efforts to unionize, Walgreens Boots Alliance Executive Vice President and President of U.S. | Amid labor unrest and slipping financial performance, Walgreens executive John Driscoll said the company will be investing in salary and benefits improvements for its pharmacy workers.

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Digital Health Startup CARI Health Establishes Advisory Board

Digital Health Global

Scientific, regulatory, technical, and healthcare thought leaders will provide expertise to advance wearable remote medication monitoring SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Digital health company CARI Health forms Advisory Board to support development of its wearable remote medication monitoring device. The distinguished group of experts and industry leaders will provide valuable clinical, scientific, regulatory, technical, and commercial market guidance to CARI Health’s strategic initiative

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American Telemedicine Association Leaps Into Privacy and AI Policies

Healthcare IT Today

The computerization of daily life has evolved from a set of technical decisions to a matter of urgent public policy over the past few decades. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) recently released two sets of principles that highlights its concerns in two prominent computing issues: privacy and AI. Of course, privacy and AI both make front-page news these days.

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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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First keynote announced as Summer Schools 2024 open for registrations  

DigitalHealth

Vin Diwakar, interim director of transformation of NHSE, is confirmed as keynote for Digital Health Summer Schools 2024, which has opened for registrations.

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Meet Leslie Tran – Epic Ambulatory & Beacon Analyst

Optimum Healthcare IT

Read Time: 4 min CareerPath-apprentice Leslie Tran shares her journey to becoming an Epic Ambulatory & Beacon Analyst and her passion for healthcare IT. Continue reading Meet Leslie Tran – Epic Ambulatory & Beacon Analyst at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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Perficient Reaches Definitive Agreement to Acquire SMEDIX, INC.

Healthcare IT Today

Strengthens Healthcare Industry Software Development Capabilities and Adds Global Delivery Capacity in Eastern Europe Perficient, Inc. , the leading digital consultancy transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands, announced today it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire SMEDIX, Inc. , an approximately $12 million revenue healthcare software engineering firm headquartered in San Diego, California, with offshore operations located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

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Greater Manchester launches Digital Transformation Strategy

DigitalHealth

Greater Manchester has launched its Health and Care Digital Transformation Strategy, which sets out its ambitions to transform the region's care services.

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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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Sutter Health slips to 0.1% operating margin, $98M net loss in Q3

FierceHealthIT

Sutter Health ended its third quarter with a $37 million operating loss (-0.1% operating margin) and $98 million net loss, though those totals don’t include millions of potential revenue the organi | The Sacramento nonprofit reported a dip in revenues and a bump in expenses, though the system is still waiting on potential millions from a state program.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

DigitalHealth

This briefing includes news that TidalSense has launched a programme with Asthma + Lung UK and Get A Drip has opened a new clinic on Chelsea's King Road.

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Telehealth Linked to Physician EHR Burden

Digital Health Wire

Telehealth is great for a lot of things, but reducing physician EHR burdens isn’t one of them, according to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers analyzed the EHR metadata of 1,052 ambulatory physicians at UCSF Health over 115 weeks straddling the onset of the pandemic, comparing usage from August 2018 – September 2019 to August 2020 – September 2021.

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Wirral expands its diabetes prehabilitation service to all PCNs

DigitalHealth

A diabetes prehabilitation service has been expanded to all primary care networks in Wirral, to help prevent planned surgeries from being postponed.

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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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VidyoHealth and the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN): Enabling Access to Quality and Secure Virtual Healthcare Services

Vidyo

As a proud member of this network, VidyoHealth contributes to the OTN with robust, scalable, and secure video conferencing solutions tailored for healthcare providers and their patients. The post VidyoHealth and the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN): Enabling Access to Quality and Secure Virtual Healthcare Services appeared first on EnghouseVideo.

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Thriva Solutions teams up with LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor

DigitalHealth

A new partnership will see Thriva Solutions' at-home diagnostic services offered through LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor, opening up access for self tests.

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Meet Leslie Tran – Epic Ambulatory & Beacon Analyst

Optimum Healthcare IT

Read Time: 4 min CareerPath-apprentice Leslie Tran shares her journey to becoming an Epic Ambulatory & Beacon Analyst and her passion for healthcare IT. Continue reading Meet Leslie Tran – Epic Ambulatory & Beacon Analyst at Optimum Healthcare IT.