Thu.May 18, 2023

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Included Health, DispatchHealth partner to offer virtual-to-in-home care

Mobi Health News

The offering will supplement Included Health's online medical care with DispatchHealth's on-demand, at-home urgent care services.

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Medical Debt: “The Debt of Necessity” – A Current U.S. Picture from the CFPB

Health Populi

On April 11, 2023, three of the largest U.S. consumer credit rating companies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — planned to remove medical bill collections that were under $500 from consumers’ credit reports. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) calculated that these medical bill “erasures” under $500 impacted nearly 23 million consumers and eliminated medical collections totally for 15.6 million people in the U.S. according to CFPB’s recently-pub

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Hong Kong researchers develop algorithm to predict diabetic kidney disease risk

Mobi Health News

It can potentially help doctors prevent or better manage kidney disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

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Addiction recovery provider sees success with AI-enabled telehealth meds monitoring

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

An addiction medicine practice in Fishers, Indiana, run by Dr. Bill Farr has in two years seen a cohort of 100 patients remain in his medication-assisted treatment program 94% of the time using a new technology (developed by Farr) compared with 54% of the time without the technology. Farr runs the addiction practice and is cofounder of Atadas, a telehealth medication monitoring technology company.

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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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Amazon's One Medical partners with Rightway to expand primary care access

Mobi Health News

Rightway will integrate One Medical into its RightwayHub to broaden employee access to primary care services.

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Amazon's One Medical, Rightway partner to expand primary care access

Mobi Health News

Rightway will integrate One Medical into its RightwayHub to broaden employee access to primary care services.

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Advances in Early Diagnosis

Healthcare IT Today

For many of the most severe health conditions, early detection greatly increases the chance of successful treatment and much better outcomes. This article shows how some surprising technologies are improving the early detection of several conditions. Nutromics continuously monitors the delivery of an antibiotic used to treat sepsis. Eye-tracking from Tobii is used by several of its clients to detect certain kinds of autism as early as twelve months of age.

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Unions ask DOJ to investigate UPMC for alleged anticompetitive worker suppression

FierceHealthIT

Unions ask DOJ to investigate UPMC for alleged anticompetitive worker suppression dmuoio Thu, 05/18/2023 - 10:20

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Altera is Relentlessly Focused on Addressing Client Pain Points

Healthcare IT Today

Marcus Perez, President at Altera Digital Health is focusing the company on delivering results for clients. Teams are relentlessly focused on addressing current client pain points – like cashflow challenges, workforce frustration, and patient throughput – while also building capacity to handle future needs like care-at-home. Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to chat with Marcus Perez, President at Altera Digital Health , at the HIMSS23 conference.

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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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Government stats show number of uninsured declined in 2022, though experts question methodology, conclusion

FierceHealthIT

Government stats show number of uninsured declined in 2022, though experts question methodology, conclusion fdiamond Thu, 05/18/2023 - 15:06

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Accurx launches Accumail to improve cross-care communication

DigitalHealth

Accurx has launched its free Accumail feature nationally to primary care users in order to help GPs communicate more easily with other professionals.

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Infoway’s Projectathon 2023: Running the Race in Partnership

Canadian Health Infoway

In collaboration with the provinces and territories, Infoway invited vendors to participate in the March 2023 Projectathon. Projectathons are an important step and best practice approach in testing and validation of a specification package, wherein implementers demonstrate live interoperability of solutions in conformance with pan-Canadian specifications.

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The Future of Telemedicine Transformed by Large Language Models

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Deepak Singh, MBA, MS , Product Manager at Teladoc Health. This article represents Singh’s thoughts and don’t necessarily represent the views of Teladoc Health. The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been making waves across various industries, and telehealth/telemedicine is no exception.

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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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Medway virtual ward strategy enables drug administration at home

DigitalHealth

The use of innovative medical technology from Vygon has boosted the virtual ward strategy at Medway NHS Foundation Trust, saving money and bed days.

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MultiPlan Acquires Leading Healthcare Data and Analytics Firm Benefits Science LLC

Healthcare IT Today

Ushers in a New Era of the Company, Accelerates Launch of New Data & Decision Science Service Line with a World-Class Data & Analytics Platform and Team at BST MultiPlan Corporation (MultiPlan or the Company), a leading provider of technology and data-enabled cost management, payment, and revenue integrity solutions to the U.S. healthcare industry, today announced that it has acquired Benefits Science LLC (Benefits Science Technologies or BST), a next generation data and advanced analy

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FTC steps up scrutiny of digital health apps with proposed changes to data privacy rule

FierceHealthIT

FTC steps up scrutiny of digital health apps with proposed changes to data privacy rule hlandi Thu, 05/18/2023 - 16:28

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AI will drive up standards in surgery and tackle health inequality

DigitalHealth

New digital technologies can enable surgeons to 'virtually scrub-in' and share knowledge around the world, says Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram.

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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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Mend Celebrates 10 Millionth Virtual Care Appointment

Mend

Mend announced today that it has supported its 10 millionth virtual care appointment on its leading patient engagement and telehealth platform. This milestone emphasizes the significant role that Mend and its partners have played in revolutionizing the way virtual care is delivered. Launched in 2016, the Mend platform has provided healthcare organizations with technology that enables the delivery of patient-centric care across many specialties including mental health. “We are thrilled to s

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Health platform Florence announces new app to help solve staffing crisis

DigitalHealth

Florence has announced the launch of their new app ‘Florence for Business’, which is designed to help tackle the healthcare staffing crisis.

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Telehealth, RPM, and the End of PHE: Where to From Here?

Clear Arch Health

This Clear Arch Health podcast episode features American Telemedicine Association (ATA) leadership (Ann Mond Johnson, CEO and Kyle Zebley, Sr. VP of Public Policy) talking about telehealth, the end of the Public Health Emergency, and virtual care going forward. Listen and read the full text here! Introduction: Welcome to Transforming Healthcare with Clear Arch Health , an ongoing conversation about developments shaping digital healthcare.

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BT ramps up digital health ambitions in the UK

DigitalHealth

BT is betting its incumbency and expertise providing connectivity can help it play a key role in powering the digital development of the UK health system.

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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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Telehealth, RPM, and the End of PHE: Where to From Here?

Clear Arch Health

This Clear Arch Health podcast episode features American Telemedicine Association (ATA) leadership (Ann Mond Johnson, CEO and Kyle Zebley, Sr. VP of Public Policy) talking about telehealth, the end of the Public Health Emergency, and virtual care going forward. Listen and read the full text here! Introduction: Welcome to Transforming Healthcare with Clear Arch Health, an ongoing conversation about developments shaping digital healthcare.

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How Telemedicine Supports Behavioral Healthcare

GlobalMed

Telehealth has become a vital resource to support behavioral health challenges. Current data estimates that 27.8 million adults in the U.S. struggle with a mental illness. However, fewer than half receive mental health services. The ability to connect with mental health professionals from home has changed the way we approach mental health treatment.

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A key House panel approved a slew of health policies. Here's a look at 4 of them

FierceHealthIT

A key House panel approved a slew of health policies.

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FTC claims fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive health data

FierceHealthIT

FTC claims fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive health data aburky Thu, 05/18/2023 - 12:23

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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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HCA Healthcare acquiring 41 Texas urgent care centers from FastMed

FierceHealthIT

HCA Healthcare acquiring 41 Texas urgent care centers from FastMed dmuoio Thu, 05/18/2023 - 13:39

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Mayo Clinic reports $433M net gain, rising volumes for Q1 2023

FierceHealthIT

Mayo Clinic reports $433M net gain, rising volumes for Q1 2023 dmuoio Thu, 05/18/2023 - 16:17

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Parsley Health rolls out comprehensive women's health program as company rapidly builds out employer-focused business

FierceHealthIT

Parsley Health rolls out comprehensive women's health program as company rapidly builds out employer-focused business hlandi Thu, 05/18/2023 - 07:18

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