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Cedars-Sinai utilizes Apple Vision Pro and AI to create mental health companion

Mobi Health News

Xaia is an AI-enabled digital therapy platform accessible via Apple's augmented reality headset that helps individuals with pain, anxiety, depression and addiction.

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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. It does not require physical contact between caregiver and patient (though seeing a patient's affect in person can be better than via video). Rarely does mental health require in-person tests. Taking vitals is not necessary. Overall, it's a great fit – and one that soared during the pandemic and beyond.

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GE HealthCare scores 510(k) clearance for maternal and fetal monitoring platform

Mobi Health News

Novii+ allows for continuous monitoring of high-risk pregnancies after 34 weeks, and alerts care teams of heart rate and contraction patterns during labor.

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Times Health Commission presents 10-point plan with digital at the top 

DigitalHealth

A comprehensive report from the Times Health Commission on Monday identified a 10-point plan for health that highlights a key role for digital technologies.

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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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Ambient Clinical Voice – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 133

Healthcare IT Today

For the 133rd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are talking about ambient clinical voice ! We kick off this episode by debating the percentage of clinicians we think are going to adopt ambient clinical voice. Next, we discuss the key factors in determining which vendors will be successful in this market. Then, we debate whether we think ambient clinical voice will just do documentation or if it will become a two-way AI assistant.

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Rural Hospitals Struggle Under Private Equity Ownership

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By David L. Schreiner, Ph.D., FACHE Private equity ownership of rural hospitals is growing, but so are concerns about the effects private equity firms can have on quality of care in small, community hospitals. A […] The article Rural Hospitals Struggle Under Private Equity Ownership appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Rural providers optimistic about financial stability, plan to expand services, Wipfli survey finds

FierceHealthIT

Rural providers optimistic about financial stability, plan to expand services, Wipfli survey finds agliadkovskaya Mon, 02/05/2024 - 15:34

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Cybersecurity’s Role in the Office of the Chief Medical Officer

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by William Thorn, CISSP, CDPSE, Senior Strategist and Architect at Trellix Do cyber threats feel like an inevitable workplace hazard? Attacks may seem rare when trying to anticipate them from afar. Once the threat materializes, it is common in healthcare settings for hospitals to choose a reactive approach. To choose not to invest in cyber defense education, tools, or any other preventative measure until it is too late.

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NNU survey: Healthcare orgs can do more to protect nurses from workplace violence

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare employers aren't doing enough to protect nurses from violence in the workplace, according to a new report. | Healthcare employers aren't doing enough to protect nurses from violence in the workplace, according to a new report.

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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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DecisionRx Announces $100 Million Credit Facility with Carlyle

Healthcare IT Today

Funds to Support Delivery of DecisionRx’s Comprehensive Medication Therapy Optimization Program DecisionRx, Inc. , a value-based healthcare company reducing the cost of care by helping physicians eliminate medication failure, today announced that it has entered into a $100 million credit facility with global investment firm Carlyle. The financing will support the cost-bearing that is key to DecisionRx’s unique business model: DecisionRx can assume the full cost of delivering Medication Therapy

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Humana reaffirms 2025 guidance as CMS pitches decrease in MA benchmark payments

FierceHealthIT

Humana reaffirmed its guidance in the face of likely cuts in Medicare Advantage payment rates for 2025, despite saying the proposed decrease was higher than it expected. | Humana reaffirmed its guidance in the face of likely cuts in Medicare Advantage payment rates for 2025, despite saying the proposed decrease was higher than it expected.

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AI Legislation: Enterprise Architecture Guide to Compliance

LeanIX

AI legislation is approaching rapidly. Discover what enterprise architects need to know in order to stay compliant with incoming AI regulation.

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Digital Health Rewired 2024 full programme published 

DigitalHealth

The packed programme for Rewired 2024 has been published by Digital Health, showcasing the very best in digital health from across the NHS and beyond.

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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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ABIM: Most internal medicine docs choosing newer certification option over 10-year exam

FierceHealthIT

The vast majority of board-certified internal medicine physicians are choosing a newer ongoing assessment option over the traditional 10-year recertification exam. | The vast majority of board-certified internal medicine physicians are choosing a newer ongoing assessment option over the traditional 10-year recertification exam. The LKA launched in early 2022 to provide more flexibility, allowing docs to maintain their certification on a five-year cycle.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

DigitalHealth

Today's briefing covers EMIS commencing active roll-out of its cloud-based platform and a study indicating liver disease might cause up to 10% of dementia.

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'Podnosis': Catching up with the Fierce 15 of 2019 (part 2)

FierceHealthIT

This is the second part of our series reconnecting with Fierce 15 winners from 2019, the first year Fierce Healthcare published the list of 15 private companies engaged in pioneering work

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CW+ north west London digital inclusion programme evaluated

DigitalHealth

A trio of digital inclusion pilots funded by CW+ have been evaluated by Imperial College Health Partners and have successfully improved wellbeing levels.

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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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HealthTech Implications of the New EU AI Act (2024)

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: The recently enacted EU AI Act brings significant implications for the HealthTech industry, aiming to balance innovation with ethical considerations and user safety. Here's a breakdown of key points: High-Risk AI in Healthcare: Stricter regulations: AI-powered medical devices, diagnostic tools, and patient management systems will likely fall under the "high-risk" category, facing stricter scrutiny for transparency, explainability, and data governance.

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Cera teams up with Google Cloud for near-instant insights into care

DigitalHealth

Cera has joined forces with Google Cloud to power near-instant, data-driven insights for its team of carers, to support more informed decision making.

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Healthtech M&A multiples softening in 2024

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Healthtech M&A multiples are softening in 2024 compared to the previous year, driven by a confluence of macroeconomic, market-specific, and company-level factors. According to PitchBook, the median revenue multiple for healthcare software deals dropped from 10.7x in 2023 to 8.2x in Q3 2024. Similarly, healthcare IT M&A activity has slowed down, with fewer deals announced compared to the previous year.

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PACE-focused myPlace Health opens first care center in Los Angeles

FierceHealthIT

MyPlace Health, an integrated delivery organization jointly backed by SCAN Group and the Commonwealth Care Alliance, has opened its first care center, leaders tell Fierce Healthcare exclusivel | myPlace Health, an integrated delivery organization jointly backed by SCAN Group and the Commonwealth Care Alliance, has opened its first care center, leaders tell Fierce Healthcare exclusively.

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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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GlobalMed® Joins Forces to Bring Cutting-Edge Virtual Healthcare to U.S. Service Members in Europe

GlobalMed

GlobalMed is proud to participate in Bestica’s recently awarded contract to deliver innovative virtual healthcare services to U.S. service members stationed in Europe. This exciting initiative, spearheaded by the Virtual Medical Center Europe (VMCE) in Landstuhl, Germany, is a significant step forward in providing remote healthcare access to active-duty personnel, their families, and other government workers across the continent.

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The Time is Now to Sustainably Scale Behavioral Health Integration

Iris Telehealth

Behavioral health integration is not a new idea. It started to garner mainstream traction in the 1970s, and as we sit here in 2024, nobody disputes the idea that we should integrate mental and physical health. It is unquestionably the right thing for patient care, and for total cost of care. The last fifty years have brought amazing ideas, pilots, and learnings — but as an industry, we have yet to drive widespread adoption and success.

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Six companies tackling AMR embark on Innovation Programme  

Healthcare Innovation Consortium

Six companies tackling AMR join Innovation Programme Six developers of solutions to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) have been selected to take part in Healthcare Innovation Consortium’s AMR Innovation Programme , starting today. Each company was chosen for their technology’s potential impact on AMR, the validation they have achieved in a clinical environment, and the benefit they would receive from a programme of support to commercialise and scale.

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Virtual reality experience in haemato-oncology patients—technical evaluation (ViREB-TE)

BMC Digital Health

Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly being used in health care. However, its use as part of therapy during prolonged inpatient treatments is less well established. This study assessed the experience of hemato-.

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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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HIStalk Interviews Jonathan Davis, CEO, Trualta

HIStalk Interviews

Jonathan Davis is founder and CEO of Trualta of Ottawa,

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Vektor Medical Secures $16 Million Series A Funding

Digital Health Global

Investment Marks a Significant Milestone in Advancing AI-Based Arrhythmia Care SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Vektor Medical , a pioneer in non-invasive, AI-based arrhythmia analysis technology, today announced a $16 million Series A investment co-led by Solas BioVentures and TVM Capital Life Science. This funding underscores investor confidence in Vektor’s vision and ability to successfully execute its mission to revolutionize arrhythmia care.

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How Health Systems Are Approaching AI

Digital Health Wire

The New England Journal of Medicine’s just-released NEJM AI publication is off to the races, with its February issue including a stellar breakdown of how academic medical centers are managing the influx of predictive models and AI tools. Researchers identified three governance phenotypes for managing the AI deluge: Well-Defined Governance – health systems have explicit, comprehensive procedures for the evaluation of AI and predictive models.

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