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AI Excites Healthcare, Yet It Urgently Needs Regulations

David Chou

Sam Altman, CEO and cofounder of OpenAI, testified on May 16, 2023, and recommended lawmakers pursue new sets of safety requirements that could test products before they are released. Sam said, "There should be limits on what a deployed model is capable of and what it does." The healthcare sector should pay attention to Sam Altman's statements on AI regulation.

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Unraveling the complexities of ChatGPT-dependency disorder: Are we over-reliant on AI?

KevinMD

In today’s digital age, it’s hardly surprising that our lives are intricately woven with technology. From smartphones to laptops, smart homes to artificial intelligence (AI), these innovations have brought about a remarkable shift in our lifestyle. OpenAI’s GPT-4 language model, colloquially known as ChatGPT, holds a special place among the pantheon of AI applications.

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Headspace, Virgin Pulse expand partnership to enhance employer offering

Mobi Health News

Virgin Pulse's employer, health plan and health system clients will have access to the full suite of Headspace offerings via its AI-enabled Homebase for Health platform.

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Technologies That Bolster Health Will Be Baked Into the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Listening to the World Economic Forum

Health Populi

The technologies that will drive the Fourth Industrial Revolution have health baked into most of them, based on the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023 , a flagship report from the World Economic Forum, Two of the ten technologies making up this forecast directly speak to health and health care” AI-facilitated healthcare, and The metaverse for mental health.

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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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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company partners with male fertility platform

Mobi Health News

Posterity Health users will have access to medications through MCCPDC that help treat infertility, sexual dysfunction and low testosterone.

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Trim Spending and Improve Experiences in Your Small Healthcare Practice

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Branden Neish, chief product and technology officer, Weave. Economic challenges are causing small healthcare practices to reduce spending and rework balance sheets. Yet, some healthcare leaders are cutting funds in areas that may end […] The article Trim Spending and Improve Experiences in Your Small Healthcare Practice appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Medicare Advantage beats traditional Medicare in important categories: report

FierceHealthIT

Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries have fewer inpatient hospital stays and emergency department visits than beneficiaries in traditional fee-for-service Medicare, according to a

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AGS Health Recognized As an RCM Leader By Everest Group

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. AGS Health, a leading provider of tech-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions and strategic growth partner to healthcare providers across the U.S., has been named a Leader in Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Operations by Everest […] The article AGS Health Recognized As an RCM Leader By Everest Group appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Headspace partners with Virgin Pulse to build out digital mental health services for employers, health plans

FierceHealthIT

Companies continue to ramp up investments in resources to support employees' mental health and wellbeing as workers grapple with work-related stress, burnout, depression and anxiety. | Digital mental health company Headspace is building on its partnership with Virgin Pulse to make it easier for employers and health plans to provide a range of mental health resources to their employees and plan members.

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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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New AMGA Survey Reveals Increase In Primary Care Compensation

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In AMGA’s newly released 36th annual 2023 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey, medical groups and healthcare organizations report a 6.1% increase in primary care compensation, compared to 1.5% and 1.6% increases for medical and surgical specialties, […] The article New AMGA Survey Reveals Increase In Primary Care Compensation appeared first on electronichealthreporter.co

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Menopause care is still a largely untapped market. Here's why investors and startups should dive in

FierceHealthIT

Menopause is having its moment. High-profile investments and startups with celebrity names attached have brought long-overdue attention to this once-taboo area of women's health. | Menopause is having its moment. High-profile investments and startups with celebrity names attached have brought long-overdue attention to this once-taboo area of women's health.

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Adopting Agile: The Power of Iteration in Healthcare IT

Optimum Healthcare IT

Agile methodology and Iteration support successful technology integration. How can healthcare embrace these concepts? Continue reading Adopting Agile: The Power of Iteration in Healthcare IT at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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UnitedHealthcare to waive cost-sharing in 24/7 Virtual Visit program for some fully insured plans

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealthcare will nix out-of-pocket costs for its 24/7 Virtual Visits in some of its fully insured plans beginning July 1. | UnitedHealthcare will nix out-of-pocket costs for its 24/7 Virtual Visits in some of its fully insured plans beginning July 1.

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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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Owlstone Medical presents data for breath biopsy tests

DigitalHealth

Owlstone Medical has presented data at the EASL Congress 2023 demonstrating the progress it has made on breath biopsy tests for detecting cirrhosis.

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Calm Health working with Mayo Clinic to develop cancer-specific mental health program

FierceHealthIT

Calm Health, the mental health offering of meditation app Calm, is tapping the Mayo Clinic to help design digital mental health programs to help cancer patients manage anxiety, depression and menta | The upcoming digital mental health program will be available to Calm Health customers and “will be designed for all adults with cancer,” according to the announcement.

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How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Anna Twomey , Senior Director, Healthcare Providers – Americas at SS&C Blue Prism With rising staffing shortages and burnout among healthcare workers, digital transformation will be key to overcoming these challenges and protecting patient care. It’s estimated that the U.S. could see a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2033 and will need to hire at least 200,000 nurses per year to meet increased demand and to replace retiring nurses.

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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs teams with Posterity Health on male fertility

FierceHealthIT

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company has announced its latest move, with the firm stepping into the male fertility space in partnership with Posterity Health. | Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company has announced its latest move, with the firm stepping into the male fertility space in partnership with Posterity Health.

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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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For Tempe AZ, Public Health Means Being a 20-Minute City

Healthcare IT Today

The City of Tempe, Arizona, is using modern technology and an advanced infrastructure planning approach to enable people to make better health choices. This means ensuring everyone has access to fresh food, convenient transportation, and even adequate shade cover. It’s all part of their “20-minute city” initiative. To achieve their goals, city leaders are using a data-informed approach, enabled through GIS technology, to identify gaps in community infrastructure and planning.

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Joint Commission unveils voluntary health equity certification, strengthens existing standard

FierceHealthIT

The Joint Commission is kicking off a new advanced, voluntary certification for hospitals with processes in place to address healthcare disparities and promote equity among staff, the accreditation | Effective July 1, hospitals and critical access hospitals will be able to apply for an optional certification distinguishing those that make equity a strategic priority, the accreditation organization said.

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Google Health’s Karen De Salvo says trust is ‘job one’ 

DigitalHealth

Google’s search engine and YouTube channel have brought it global name recognition. Now the tech giant wants to be the responsible face of health knowledge.

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Author Health launches with $115M to care for seniors with serious mental illnesses, substance abuse disorders

FierceHealthIT

Author Health banked $115 million for its new platform offering care and treatment for Medicare Advantage members with serious mental illness and substance use disorders. | Author Health banks $115 million for its new platform offering care and treatment for Medicare Advantage members with serious mental illness and substance use disorders. Humana will be the first to launch the startup’s services in conjunction with CenterWell Senior Primary Care in South Florida.

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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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NHS England launches tender for new privacy enhancing technology 

DigitalHealth

NHS England has advertised a procurement contract worth up to £35 million to create new NHS privacy enhancing technology.

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PTSD treatment startup Stella acquires Field Trip's US assets to scale, takes over clinic operations

FierceHealthIT

Stella, a behavioral health provider specializing in PTSD treatment, has acquired the U.S. assets of Field Trip Health, a psychedelic therapy provider. | The company will assume operations of Field Trip clinics in New York and Washington, D.C., and plans to open a new treatment center in Southern California. Earlier this year, Field Trip closed several centers across multiple states in an effort to reduce expenses and preserve capital.

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Featured Health IT Job: Procurement Coordinator

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Procurement Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is a hybrid position requiring one day a week in the Albany, New York office. Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New Yor

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What C-Level Executives are Looking For: Vidyo’s Advanced Platform with Breakout Rooms and More

Vidyo

The journey to successful implementation can be complex and fraught with challenges. Vidyo’s advanced telehealth platform is designed to address these challenges head-on, offering a suite of features designed to revolutionize your organization’s approach to digital health. The post What C-Level Executives are Looking For: Vidyo’s Advanced Platform with Breakout Rooms and More appeared first on EnghouseVideo.

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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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DexCare Lands $75M to Merchandise Care

Digital Health Wire

Healthcare consumerization is all the rage, and not many startups are driving it forward faster than DexCare, which just landed $75M in Series C funding just two years after spinning out from Providence. The round brings DexCare’s total funding to $146M as it looks to help health systems attract new patients, capture more downstream revenue, and control costs to fuel growth.

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PCORI Fees Are Increasing in 2023: What You Need to Know

ACA Times

ACA compliance has been a complex, time-consuming, and costly endeavor for employers across the country, and compliance isn’t made any easier by the fact that ACA requirements are dynamic and… The post PCORI Fees Are Increasing in 2023: What You Need to Know first appeared on The ACA Times.

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[Redox Review] June 2023 product and event update

Redox

Product updates Updates to Developer docs We have a few quick updates to resources in our developer documentation: Here’s a refreshed implementation guide to prep for integrations after onboarding to Redox. Test an endpoint in the Redox dashboard with our developer test tools. Download all of our dev tools to build out your application and complete application testing.