Fri.Sep 29, 2023

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Biogen confirms closure of Biogen Digital Health, retreat from Apple Study

Mobi Health News

The biotechnology company told MobiHealthNews it will continue to work within the digital health space through partnerships linked to its 'evolving R&D and commercial priorities.

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Group practice sees 6-8 more patients a day with hybrid virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Dr. Richard Tytus of Hamilton, Ontario, is a medical professional with extensive experience in delivering and promoting virtual healthcare. He has been providing telemedicine long before the COVID-19 pandemic. He is a clinic owner and part of a family health team of approximately 30 medical professionals and allied health workers. THE PROBLEM "My journey into telemedicine was sparked by a genuine concern for a subset of patients facing physical or psychological barriers to accessing healthc

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Contributed: Advancing patient care through simulation learning

Mobi Health News

Dr. Abdullah Ghazi relays how simulation learning, like augmented reality and 3D printing, prepares future healthcare professionals for real-world scenarios.

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Medicare enrollment begins in 2 weeks. Here's what major payers are offering for 2024

FierceHealthIT

The industry is just two weeks away from the beginning of Medicare's annual enrollment period, a critical window for the hottest market in insurance. | The industry is just two weeks away from the beginning of Medicare's annual enrollment period, a critical window for the hottest market in insurance.

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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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Roundup: Tend Health's online primary care clinic goes live and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, HCF has introduced Australia's first QR-based mode of insurance claiming and payments.

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AI Diagnoses Defects in Medical Devices

Healthcare IT Today

Bad hardware components lie behind many failures in medical devices, according to Oshri Cohen, CEO of Cybord. The devices contain tens of computer chips and other components, so measuring quality becomes a tedious process. Compounding the difficulty of measuring quality is the constant churn of components. Take personal computers. Two generic laptops sitting on the shelf from one of the big manufacturers could have very different components, because these manufacturers diligently depress costs b

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Cheshire and Merseyside ICS sign for region-wide AI deal

DigitalHealth

Nine acute trusts in the Cheshire and Merseyside region are to benefit from a deal signed with C2-Ai, to expand an AI powered waiting list initiative.

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Discounted drug purchases under 340B grew 22% to $54B across 2022, HRSA reports

FierceHealthIT

Discounted prescription drugs purchased wholesale under the 340B program grew 22.3% to $53.7 billion from 2021 to 2022, accordin | The latest report of rising discount drug purchases comes amid Congressional scrutiny on how participating hospitals are opting to use their savings.

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Pharmacogenomics has potential to save costs and personalise treatments 

DigitalHealth

Pharmacogenomics has the potential to save money for the health service and contribute to advances in personalised medicine.

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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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Industry Voices—The evidence is mounting: Better care actually does cost less

FierceHealthIT

Conversations about providing better healthcare often focus on new diagnostic technologies, groundbreaking clinical procedures, or other transformative innovations in the hospital setting. | Technological advances are certainly important, but they often overlook the importance of addressing whole-person care in the home and the community.

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Summus Raises $19.5 Million to Expand Solutions Solving the Access Problem in Specialty Care

Healthcare IT Today

Fundraise Supports Market Expansion with Summus Emerging as the Premier Clinical Platform to Share and Access High-Quality Specialty Expertise Across the Continuum of Care — Serving Employers, Payers, Health Systems, and Physician Groups Summus , the leading virtual health company focused on specialty care, announced today that it raised $19.5 million to support the company’s continued growth and work to solve the access problem to high-quality physicians.

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NHS to seek public’s opinion on health data usage

DigitalHealth

A series of large events is planned for next year which aims to gather the public's opinion on health data and its use within the NHS.

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Hospitals push Congress to override HHS' crackdown on third-party web trackers

FierceHealthIT

The hospital lobby is calling on lawmakers to support their controversial use of third-party web tracking technologies that patients and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) view as a | Web traffic monitoring tools, such as the Meta Pixel and Google Analytics, "allow hospitals to more effectively allocate resources," AHA told Sen.

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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’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives

DigitalHealth

Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives includes a digital trial for Oto and Lindus Health and news from Dartford and Gravesham.

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Bon Secours Mercy Health, Anthem reach contract deal following monthslong spat

FierceHealthIT

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Bon Secours Mercy Health have put aside their differences and reached a contract agreement just days before the provider was set to go out-of-network for Anthe | Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Bon Secours Mercy Health have put aside their differences and reached a contract agreement, just days before the provider was set to go out-of-network for Anthem's Medicaid members in Virginia.

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Positioning your data analytics team for success – Gary Cao

Redox

Healthcare analytics dates back to the 1950s but the work of extracting value from data is evolving today faster than ever. Gary Chao knows that better than anyone. The former VP of Analytics for Akron Children’s Hospital is a recognized expert in enterprise analytics both in and outside of healthcare. On this week’s guest on Diagnosing Healthtech, we will be talking to Gary about how you can position your data team for success and the strategic value of a strong analytics team.

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Chutes & Ladders—Northwestern Medicine names first chief health equity executive

FierceHealthIT

Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry.

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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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Telemedicine Marketing

Geonetric

Telemedicine has simply exploded in the last few years, no doubt due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting boom in home-based commerce. No matter if your organization is opting for telemedicine out of necessity or as a matter of convenience— or even if your team depends on specialists via telemedicine equipment […] Read Telemedicine Marketing at Geonetric.com.

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Patient Confidence in Healthcare Is Low—Latest Survey Findings

FierceHealthIT

Patient anxiety around the doctor’s visit is increasing year over year. What does this mean for healthcare providers? | Patient anxiety around the doctor’s visit is increasing year over year. Here's what the 2023 PatientPoint Patient Confidence Index found and what providers should do about it.

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Hidden Heroes: How Operational Teams Drive Optimal Health IT System Adoption

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Cynthia Casatelli, Senior Consultant and Project Manager at e4.health The success of any major IT system change hinges on having the right people working on the right tasks through every step of the process. Each phase of a project, from ideation to activation, demands specific skills and insights. From pre-planning to strategic plans and rigorous timelines, proper resource alignment is crucial.

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HIC to host first UK EPR Summit

Healthcare Innovation Consortium

NHS decision makers are invited to attend the EPR Summit 2024: Achieving the National Mandate – the first of its kind within the digital health sector. It is an opportunity for those with EPR in their remit to come together and share experiences and plans ahead of all Trusts having Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) in place by 2026. The event will bring together high-quality speakers and sector-leading experts with opportunities to meet a select number of EPR/EHR related suppliers from the

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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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CMS letter to states demands children remain on Medicaid, CHIP

FierceHealthIT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to state health officials Friday reminding states they must provide 12 months of continuous coverage to children under the age o | The Biden administration and federal health agencies are telling states to uphold continuous eligibility for children in Medicaid and CHIP.

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