Fri.May 19, 2023

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Fertility app Premom shared users' health data without consent, FTC says

Mobi Health News

The Federal Trade Commission alleges the company shared personal health information with two China-based firms, Google and analytics company AppsFlyer.

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Understanding the Benefits of Data Registries for Advancing Patient Centricity and Research

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Leon Rozenblit, JD, PhD, Registry CoE, IQVIA, Alexandra Weiss, nonprofit strategy, patient organizations, IQVIA. The past few years ushered in a historic wave of innovation in the therapeutic development landscape, heightening the demand for high-quality, […] The article Understanding the Benefits of Data Registries for Advancing Patient Centricity and Research appeared first on electroni

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Q&A: Professional soccer players score telehealth partner for mental health

Mobi Health News

Connor Tobin, professional soccer player and the cofounder and executive director of the United Soccer League Players Association, discusses a partnership with telehealth platform Onrise to support players' mental health.

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Cybersecurity attack against Amazon-owned online pharmacy PillPack exposed user health data

FierceHealthIT

Cybersecurity attack against Amazon-owned online pharmacy PillPack exposed user health data aburky Fri, 05/19/2023 - 16:16

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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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Pear Therapeutics assets sold for $6M at auction after bankruptcy

Mobi Health News

The prescription digital therapeutics companies' assets were sold to four bidders: Click Therapeutics, Harvest BIO, Nox Health Group and Welt.

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Singaporean telehealth startup ORA nets $10M in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

It is now looking to expand into other regions such as the Middle East.

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Lucem Health Announces Series A Funding Round

Healthcare IT Today

Venture Capital Commitment for Mayo Clinic Platform Portfolio Company Underscores Promise of Clinical AI to Transform Healthcare Delivery Lucem Health , a leading provider of transformational clinical AI technology and solutions, announced that it has closed a Series A funding round of $7.7 million. Led by Mayo Clinic, Granger Management, and Mercy (St Louis), this round builds on Lucem Health’s seed funding and includes financing from existing investor Rally Ventures.

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Singaporean telehealth startup ORA nets $10M in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

It is now looking to expand into other regions such as the Middle East.

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A Talk with Epic at HIMSS23 Including Their Work to Incorporate Generative AI

Healthcare IT Today

Epic started out as a rather inert data repository, but decades of use and growth have allowed it to look beyond the EHR itself. According to Project Manager Erika Koch, they have taken on the pressing challenges of health care: making doctors’ work lives easier, reducing costs, and improving the patient experience. Work with genomics and rare diseases is underway.

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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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Senators press Medicare Advantage insurers over claims denials

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Senators press Medicare Advantage insurers over claims denials pminemyer Fri, 05/19/2023 - 14:01

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EarSwitch wins grant to develop hearing aids with medical monitoring

DigitalHealth

A grant from UKRI will allow EarSwitch to develop, test and trial its EarMetrics technology allowing a range of metrics to be taken all via a hearing aid.

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Leveling Up, Bruce Lee, and Healthcare AI – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

It’s been a while since we’ve done a Fun Friday article and so we have to remedy that today. What can I say? It’s been really busy with so much content coming out of the ViVE and HIMSS conferences. However, I think we can all use a little fun as well. For those not familiar with Fun Friday, it’s a chance for us to let our hair down and share a little humor as we head into the weekend.

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UHBW improve patient safety with digital innovation from System C

DigitalHealth

Digital clinical noting from System C has enabled Bristol Royal Hospital for Children's (BRHC) busy paediatric ED to reduce reliance on paper forms.

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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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Digital health in Africa: hype or hope?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Digital health in Africa is a rapidly growing field, with the potential to improve access to healthcare and quality of care across the continent. Digital health technologies can be used to improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery, provide remote care to patients in rural areas, and collect and analyze data to improve public health.

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Industry news in brief

DigitalHealth

The latest Digital Health News industry roundup includes TidalSense raising funds for its diagnostics system, and Excelerate suing two health organisations.

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LRVHealth raises $200M to fund the 'second wave' of digital health innovation

FierceHealthIT

LRVHealth raises $200M to fund the 'second wave' of digital health innovation hlandi Fri, 05/19/2023 - 06:21

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Vitality members benefit from AI-powered mental health support

DigitalHealth

Vitality plans to extend the use of the Wysa app to its members, following a pilot that showed it reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression.

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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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Staying Motivated for Indoor Workouts: Unique Ideas to Keep You Moving

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

Let’s face it, when we’re inside in our cozy spaces, it can be quite the struggle to summon the energy to hit that treadmill or indoor bike. Don’t we all, more often than not, battle against the lack of motivation to exercise indoors? The lure of relaxation, the convenience of putting off exercise “just for […] The post Staying Motivated for Indoor Workouts: Unique Ideas to Keep You Moving appeared first on Healthystic.

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Kingston Hospital selects OX.DH to support assisted conception unit?

DigitalHealth

Kingston Hospital is to deploy new healthcare platform, OX.ar, to its assisted conception unit from tech specialist OX.DH.

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Elevance Health experts offer advice on how to effectively use payers' price transparency data

FierceHealthIT

Elevance Health experts offer advice on how to effectively use payers' price transparency data fdiamond Fri, 05/19/2023 - 16:34

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Medical Bus vs Medical Van: Which Should You Choose for Your Clinic?

KB Dental Consulting

In the past decade, the way Americans receive healthcare has undergone a massive transformation, and with the constantly evolving healthcare…

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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 RPM Can Reduce AI’s Bias Problem & Improve Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Arnaud Rosier, PhD, Founder and CEO at Implicity Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most promising breakthrough technologies of the modern healthcare era, yet it also has the potential to be one of the most dangerous. AI algorithms that are trained on limited or poorly representative data sets can exhibit signs of bias in their results, skewing decision-making and possibly leading to ethnic, gender, and social discrimination and other unintentional con