Tue.Oct 31, 2023

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FireflyVR expands leadership team with two appointments and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Cognito Therapeutics announced healthcare industry veteran Christian Howell joined its team as chief commercial officer.

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Once a high-flying 'unicorn,' Olive AI sells two key businesses, winds down operations

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare startup Olive saw a meteoric rise in 2020 and 2021, spurred by the digital health funding boom and the need for automation during the COVID-19 pandemic. | It marks the end of the line for healthcare automation startup Olive AI. The company sold its clearinghouse and patient access business units to Waystar and its prior authorization business unit to Humata Health.

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GE HealthCare stock rises with the release of Q3 earnings report

Mobi Health News

The company reported third-quarter revenue of $4.8 billion, comparable to its first and second-quarter revenue of $4.7 billion and $4.8 billion, respectively.

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Cleveland Clinic to launch prescription delivery via drone in 2025, starting with specialty and rush medications

FierceHealthIT

Cleveland Clinic plans to launch a drone delivery service to bring certain medications directly to patients’ homes, starting in 2025. | Cleveland Clinic plans to launch a drone delivery service to bring certain medications directly to patients’ homes, starting in 2025.

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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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PDHI Enters into Partnership with Zipari

Digital Health Global

PDHI and Zipari Announce Strategic Partnership to Enhance Member Engagement Solutions NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Protocol Driven Healthcare Inc. (PDHI), a leading software provider supporting health plan, point of care, and corporate wellness health initiatives, is thrilled to announce its strategic partnership with Zapari, a market leader in healthcare consumer experience technology for health plans and TPAs in the U.S.

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FDP procurement complete but business use case causing delay – Tang

DigitalHealth

Ming Tang said the procurement process for the federated data platform (FDP) is complete, but the business use case is delaying the official announcement.

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Nearly a quarter of hospital stent procedures are unnecessary, fueling billions in low-value spending, Lown Institute finds

FierceHealthIT

Nearly a quarter of hospital stent procedures are unnecessary, fueling billions in low-value spending, Lown Institute finds dmuoio Tue, 10/31/2023 - 14:33

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Access Healthcare Acquires Envera Health

Healthcare IT Today

Enhances Revenue Cycle Services Market Leadership with Patient Engagement Services and Technology Capabilities Today, Access Healthcare , a global leader in revenue cycle management (RCM) and healthcare services, announced the acquisition of Envera Health , a market leader in patient engagement services. This acquisition, a testament to Access Healthcare’s focus on providing innovative and superior revenue cycle solutions, broadens its service portfolio to include enhanced patient engageme

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Powered by $5M investment, startup Yuzu Health takes on insurers’ ‘brittle’ technology

FierceHealthIT

Entrepreneur Max Kauderer thinks the company he has co-founded, a third-party administrator called Yuzu Health, can disrupt major insurance companies by helping offer small businesses more affordab | Third-party administrator Yuzu Health says it can help insurance companies and brokers provide small businesses up to 40% in savings.

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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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Obstacles to Healthcare Training Data Accuracy and How to Overcome Them

Healthcare IT Today

One of the biggest problems with AI solutions in healthcare right now is getting quality data that you can use to train your AI models. When you train an AI model using generic data, it is like a child trying to teach another child. For the AI models to be effective, they require the highest quality data including meta data that helps the model to understand the context of the data.

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Open enrollment on the ACA exchanges is set to begin. Here are 5 trends to watch

FierceHealthIT

Open enrollment on the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) exchanges is set to begin, but signing up for coverage remains confusing for many, a

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Spammers, scammers, and the presumption of older adult stupidity

Aging in Place Technology Watch

For those few who still have landline phones, scammers make them ring. It has become a source of entertainment in our home to string scam callers past the bot to the frenetic-sounding call center. Or we just let the phone ring 3 times – bots have limited patience. But there is one benefit of having an actual conversation with a call center rep, as well as watching TV Medicare Advantage advertising.

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DH Intelligence releases population health management market analysis

DigitalHealth

The latest Digital Health Intelligence market analysis report has been released, where Lloyd Price examines the population health management market.

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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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Nelson Advisors Partner Lloyd Price shares his thoughts on 'The rise of FemTech'

Lloyd Price

Only 1% of the funding for medical research and development will be aimed at women’s health this year. That is despite women spending nearly twice as much on healthcare as men, and often being the decision-maker for health-related decisions in a household. However, a collection of female-led companies are trying to tackle that imbalance. A decade ago the co-founder of Clue, Ida Tin, coined the term “femtech” – female technology.

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First rule for start-ups: address a problem that needs solving – AI and Data 

DigitalHealth

Prospective AI start-ups need to ensure that they are targeting a problem that needs solving in order to succeed in a risk-averse NHS.

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How to Recruit for Your Mental Health Practice

TheraNest

Reading Time: 6 Minutes As you’re most likely experiencing, recruiting for mental and behavioral health is no easy task these days. In this blog post, we’ll explore what issues you may encounter – and how to get past these challenges to recruit quality candidates. Challenges in Recruiting Many recent graduates in the healthcare field have high salary expectations and anticipate earning a significant amount of money right after graduation.

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Population Health experts: Use data to change long-term outcomes

DigitalHealth

The NHS should draw on a wider range of data from non-health sources to provide interventions that protect health in the long term.

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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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Vital Lines October 2023

Redox

Top stories New state privacy laws obscure compliance Digital health companies should prepare to navigate the growing patchwork of state data privacy laws, especially those in Washington and Nevada. Get the details The cost implications of cloud deployments How do costs compare between on-premises and cloud implementations, both from where we are today and in the long run?

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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital gains new digital PET-CT scanner

DigitalHealth

A new digital PET-CT scanner has been installed at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital which is set to help boost capacity to cancer diagnostics.

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How to Recruit for Your Mental Health Practice

TheraNest

Reading Time: 6 Minutes As you’re most likely experiencing, recruiting for mental and behavioral health is no easy task these days. In this blog post, we’ll explore what issues you may encounter – and how to get past these challenges to recruit quality candidates. Challenges in Recruiting Many recent graduates in the healthcare field have high salary expectations and anticipate earning a significant amount of money right after graduation.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

DigitalHealth

This morning's briefing includes news that the UK government has reached its target to open 160 community diagnostic centres a year early.

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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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App Modernization: 6 Ways To Break The Chains Of Legacy

LeanIX

Application modernization provides a way to escape the limitations legacy technology places on your organization's growth. Let's explore six ways you can break free from outdated software.

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10 Stress Management Intervention Strategies to Improve Your Well-Being

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

In our fast-paced world, stress is a universal challenge that impacts people from all walks of life. While it’s a natural part of existence, prolonged stress can take a toll on your mental and physical health. That’s where stress management interventions come into play. In this article, we’ll explore 10 effective strategies to enhance your well-being.

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Helping Healthcare Professionals Evaluate AI Offerings

Healthcare IT Today

Steve Weber AJ Grotto The following is a guest article by Steve Weber , Professor of the Graduate School at UC Berkeley , and AJ Grotto , Director, Program on Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance at Stanford University Generative artificial intelligence technologies promise to improve healthcare in large part by enabling healthcare professionals to utilize massive troves of health-relevant data.