Tue.Dec 19, 2023

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4D cardiac imaging company LUMA Vision secures $22M

Mobi Health News

The company will use the funds to prepare for commercialization in the U.S., enhance its platform and seek FDA clearance for its VERAFEYE platform.

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Few health plans have dedicated Alzheimer’s and dementia care management strategy: survey

FierceHealthIT

Health plans and value-based care organizations are ill-prepared to help patients with Alzheimer’s Disease or related dementia. | Only a small fraction of health plans and value-based care organizations have a fully developed care management model for its enrollees with dementia or Alzheimer's, a new survey shows.

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Fortifying Healthcare Against Critical Cybersecurity Threats: A Three-Pronged Approach

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Ferdinand Hamada, Managing Director of Healthcare at MorganFranklin Consulting The healthcare sector has faced an unprecedented surge of serious cybersecurity threats in recent months. Continuity of patient care while safeguarding patient data and organizational systems has never been more crucial. As the industry grapples with “critical” vulnerabilities – threats which not only expose sensitive patient data but also open the door to potential remote code exec

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Most doctors have not yet tried AI but are 'cautiously optimistic' about the benefits

FierceHealthIT

The hype around healthcare artificial intelligence has reached a fever pitch but most doctors are holding back from trying it out in their medical practice, for now. | Among those who are holding off, doctors report lack of confidence in accuracy and a lack of integration or access through existing tools — as key obstacles to adoption.

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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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Butterfly Network Announces Commercial Agreement with Mendaera for Next-Generation Interventional Robotic System Powered by Butterfly’s Ultrasound-on-Chip™ Technology

Digital Health Global

Agreement with Mendaera represents the first Powered by Butterfly commercialization partnership. Partnership will bring Butterfly’s Ultrasound-on-Chip to the robotic intervention market, with revenue anticipated from every unit sold upon commercialization. Mendaera is the latest innovation from the team that previously exited Auris to Johnson & Johnson.

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Verato Achieves HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification Demonstrating the Highest Level of Information Protection Assurance

Digital Health Global

MCCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Verato , the identity experts for healthcare, today announced that it has earned certified status by HITRUST for information security. After undergoing a rigorous review process and demonstrating the ability to meet high data-protection standards, Verato’s hMDM platform this has been awarded HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year certification.

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2024 Outlook: Can GLP-1 patients stop taking the drug and keep weight off?

FierceHealthIT

GLP-1 medications were one of the hottest topics in healthcare in 2023, and interest in the weight-loss medications is only expected to increase, which will likely result in different approaches fr | If 2023 was the year of shedding pounds with anti-obesity medications, weight loss companies wonder if 2024 is the year of tapering down drug usage while still keeping the weight off.

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mPulse Announces Acquisitions of HealthTrio and Decision Point Healthcare Solutions to Strengthen Position in Healthcare Digital Engagement

Digital Health Global

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– mPulse , a leader in conversational AI and digital engagement solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced the acquisition of HealthTrio and Decision Point Healthcare Solutions, marking a significant milestone in the company’s growth and commitment to enhancing the healthcare consumer experience.

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Jefferson Health, Lehigh Valley Health Network targeting $14B, 30-hospital merger

FierceHealthIT

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) have taken the initial steps toward a $14 billion merger, the systems announced Tuesday.

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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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Expanding Our Mission: Alerje Tackles Opioid Crisis in Military and Veteran Communities, Leveraging Proven AI Tech for Rapid Naloxone Distribution

Digital Health Global

DETROIT–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alerje, Inc. announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase I focused on focusing on a Rapid Naloxone Deployment System (RNDS) to address some of the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF) and beyond in our country. The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process by accelerating the small business e

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Deloitte: Improving health equity in 2024 is a top-10 goal for most execs

FierceHealthIT

More than 80% of C-suite executives from healthcare and life sciences organizations see improved health equity as a top-10 goal for 2024, a recent report by Deloitte found. | The report also found that nearly 50% of respondents expect to increase equity investments next year.

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WellRight Welcomes New Product, Consultant Relations Leaders on Heels of Rebrand

Digital Health Global

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)- WellRight , a corporate wellness leader delivering customizable and complete wellbeing programs, announced two new members of its leadership team: Joy Wilson as head of product, and Meghan McGraw as senior director, consultant relations. “Just as our recent brand refresh represents our ability to evolve alongside participants’ wellbeing needs, the new additions to our leadership team show our commitment to evolve alongside the needs of our customers and partners,”

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electronRx to unveil digital monitoring smartphone tech at CES 2024

DigitalHealth

electronRx will be unveiling new technology at CES 2024 which will allow patients and healthcare organisations to monitor vital heart health measurements.

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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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Harmony Healthcare IT Partners with Novacap to Accelerate Innovation and Growth in Healthcare Data Management

Healthcare IT Today

Harmony Healthcare IT (HHIT) , a leading health data management and platform solution provider, today announced a significant investment from Novacap , one of North America’s premier private equity firms. This strategic partnership will accelerate HHIT’s technological contribution and expansion in health information technology. Renowned for its pioneering offerings and industry expertise, HHIT develops HealthData Platform™, an enterprise-wide, cloud-hosted infrastructure that secures patie

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Digital Health 2023 Year in Review

DigitalHealth

Digital Health's editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma looks back at the key trends and big stories over the past 12 months.

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A Simple, But Valuable Solution for Healthcare – Lock Sockets

Healthcare IT Today

As someone who has written about health IT and EHR for 18 years, I like to think there’s nothing about health IT that I haven’t written about. Plus, it’s fun to look back at how we covered the launch of the iPad and how that could be leveraged in healthcare. It’s been a few years since I’ve written about iPads in healthcare because tablets are now just a standard solution that’s integrated into the workflow and replacement lifecycle at healthcare organizatio

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Tips for Getting Clinician Buy-In for Your RPM Program

Health Recovery Solutions

We followed up with Marie Menendez, Telehealth Specialist, at Evara Health, after a recent webinar detailing Evara Health’s RPM journey to get answers to the following question:

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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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ICS leaders discuss integration, sustainability of shared care records 

DigitalHealth

Shared care records are helping to improve patient outcomes and further the goal of integrated care, but funding must be made sustainable.

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Baptist Memorial Health Care succeeds in moving EHR DR to the cloud – and sees immediate results – with help from Optimum Healthcare IT

FierceHealthIT

Baptist Memorial Health Care succeeds in moving EHR DR to the cloud – and sees immediate results – with help from Optimum Healthcare IT jpiatt Tue, 12/19/2023 - 15:03

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Forecasting HealthTech Investment Trends in 2024

Lloyd Price

HealthInvestor gathered perspectives from industry experts such as Paul Tomasic , Houlihan Lokey , Molly Gilmartin , AlbionVC , Michelle Tempest , Candesic , Neil Mitchell , Rickitt Mitchell and Lloyd Price , Nelson Advisors. They delve into the triumphs and hurdles within the #healthtech investment space. The result is a comprehensive outlook, forecasting anticipated trends and opportunities for 2024!

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'Podnosis': Navigating the AI hype in healthcare

FierceHealthIT

This week on "Podnosis," Dr. | This week on "Podnosis," Dr. Nigam Shah, Chief Data Scientist at Stanford Health Care, shares insights into the direction of the industry and anticipated developments as AI adoption gains momentum.

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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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Artificial Emotional Intelligence: What exactly is it? What is the potential of AEI in Healthcare?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Artificial emotional intelligence (AEI), also known as affective computing or emotion AI, is a field of artificial intelligence that deals with the ability of machines to recognize, interpret, and respond to human emotions. This includes analyzing facial expressions, body language, voice tone, and other nonverbal cues to determine a person's emotional state.

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Importance of Medical Reviews in Healthcare Management

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Explore the significance of medical reviews in healthcare management, focusing on informed decision-making and improved patient outcomes. The post Importance of Medical Reviews in Healthcare Management appeared first on BHM Healthcare Solutions.

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Smile Direct Club: Canary in the B2C Digital Health Coalmine?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: In December 2023, SmileDirectClub filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced plans to shut down its operations. The company cited the ongoing challenges it faced from regulatory scrutiny, lawsuits, and declining sales. While SmileDirectClub's story ended abruptly, the company's impact on the teeth-straightening industry was undeniable.

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HIC team share their 2023 highlights

Healthcare Innovation Consortium

As we head towards the end of HIC’s third year, we asked the team for their personal successes from across 2023 and what is on the horizon in 2024. Getting GMSAs Digital-ready In alignment with NHS England’s priorities for the Genomic Medicine Service Alliances (GMSAs) to embed genomics into routine care, we have acted as a central broker between Alliance partners and NHS stakeholders to get them digital-ready, unpicking their challenges and exploring their opportunities in line with regional a

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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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New Healthsystem Coming To Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey

David Chou

Jefferson and LVHN plan to create a leading integrated care delivery system, including a national research university and an expanded not-for-profit health plan. They aim to improve rural and urban community health and well-being through their healthcare delivery network, learning environment, and Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA insurance offerings in Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey.

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Community Health Network pays $345M to settle illegal referral scheme allegations

FierceHealthIT

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network has agreed to a $345 million settlement with the Department of Justice to settle allegations of illegal physician referrals and related False Claims Act | The Indianapolis-based nonprofit system allegedly paid "hundreds" of physicians "well above market value" for referrals, government law enforcement alleged.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ?

DigitalHealth

This briefing features various news relating to population health management (PHM) and Dedalus adopting CAST Highlight in just a few weeks.