Thu.Aug 31, 2023

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Clinical trial design company QuantHealth scores $15M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Medication management platform PatchRx and brain health company Neurpowyzer also garnered investment.

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Revolutionizing Breast Cancer Risk Prediction: A Prognostic Model for Mortality

Digital Health Global

Screening mammography and advances in treatments have decreased breast cancer mortality in recent years. Breast cancer impacts require personalized screening and prevention strategies, as risk prediction models don’t correlate with mortality risk, mammography can lead to overdiagnosis, and chemoprevention effectiveness remains uncertain. A study published in The Lancet Digital Health aims to create a prognostic model that accurately predicts the 10-year risk of breast cancer mortality in f

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Roundup: Online pharmacy MrMed scores new funding and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, Abbott has launched its vertigo support app in India.

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ATA takes a national stance on how states treat consumer health data

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Following conversations in Washington and state capitals, the American Telemedicine Association published its new Health Data Privacy Principles this week. They're meant to address concerns about state privacy laws governing consumer health data, according to ATA, which is urging policymakers to ensure conditions that stimulate innovation and advance patient access to virtual care.

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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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Info blocking enforcement for health IT entities begins Sept. 1, brings fines of up to $1M per violation

FierceHealthIT

Enforcement of information blocking penalties for health IT entities is slated to go into effect on Friday, opening the door to penalties of up to $1 million per violation. | The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said it expects to receive more complaints than it can investigate and so will be prioritizing those meeting certain criteria.

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Headspace, Intermountain's Castell team up to expand behavioral health access

FierceHealthIT

Digital mental health company Headspace is teaming up with Castell, Intermountain Healthcare’s value-based care subsidiary, to expand access to virtual mental health services. | The partnership will provide members of select insurance plans in Utah access to Headspace’s self-guided content, behavioral health coaching and therapy in an outcomes-based payment model.

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Favom headline sponsor for new Digital Health AI and Data show

DigitalHealth

Favom, the pioneers in healthcare AI and machine learning, have been confirmed as the headline sponsor for Digital Health AI and Data 2023.

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Coalition of 33 organizations endorses CMS' proposal to quickly cover new medical devices

FierceHealthIT

The American Telemedicine Association, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and Otsuka America Pharmaceutical are among the groups in support of the Centers for Medic | Organizations signed a letter pledging support for a CMS-backed transitional coverage for emergency technologies pathway, which they say could improve patient care, prevent hospitalizations and reduce costs.

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Keep Your Eye on These 4 Emerging Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Trends

Xealth

Rich Wang, Chief Product Officer Value based care has long eluded the healthcare industry. It’s not that providers don’t want to practice preventive medicine, it’s that doing so requires more time than is currently available. Value based care requires frequent patient touchpoints, and follow-ups. In a world where there is more demand for healthcare than supply, it’s inevitable that reactive medicine, and the pricing structures that support it, continue to dominate.

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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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Morgan Health: How employers can take a greater role in improving care quality

FierceHealthIT

Employers fund huge swaths of the healthcare system, yet the quality of care their employees receive varies widely. | Employers fund huge swaths of the healthcare system, and yet the quality of care their employees receive varies widely, a new study shows.

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Gateshead Health launches innovative digital patient engagement service

DigitalHealth

Gateshead Health has launched a new patient engagement platform designed to save costs and improve patients' ability to arrange appointments.

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Revolutionizing Fertility Care: Femtech CEO Weighs in on the Power of Remote Monitoring and Advancing Technologies

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Sylvia Kang, Co-Founder and CEO at Mira In recent years, the landscape of reproductive health has witnessed a significant shift with technological advancements toward fertility care. As the CEO of a leading Femtech company , I have witnessed firsthand the transformative potential of at-home remote monitoring and innovative technologies in empowering individuals and couples on their reproductive journey.

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AI governance challenges and UK approach analysed in govt report

DigitalHealth

A government interim report has highlighted twelve essential challenges of AI governance and raised concerns about the UK-specific approach.

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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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HFMA Edition: How Are You Incorporating AI and Technology like ChatGPT Into Your Organization or Product?

Healthcare IT Today

The overarching goal of incorporating AI into the world of healthcare has always been to make the lives of our practitioners and patients easier. Sometimes this can mean using chatbots so patients can have an immediate response to their questions. Sometimes this can mean letting an AI run through the mundane repetitive tasks of the practitioners, freeing up their schedules for what really matters.

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Healthcare SaaS: Still shining in the investment landscape?

Lloyd Price

In the ever-evolving realm of healthcare technology, are SaaS systems still illuminating the investment horizon? These systems, akin to utilities like gas, electricity, and Wi-Fi, have solidified their place in modern healthcare delivery, intriguing investors with their inherent indispensability. Yet, a notable downtrend in HealthTech SaaS valuations raises the question: Is this descent indicative of a waning interest in HealthTech SaaS or a strategic reallocation of investment focus across the

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EU AI Act: Is Enterprise Architecture Key To Compliance?

LeanIX

The EU AI Act is the first legislation on artificial intelligence to be proposed, but other governments are sure to follow Europe's lead. Find out what you need to do to stay compliant with approaching worldwide AI regulation.

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Unlocking the Power of Healthcare Case Management

BHM Healthcare Solutions

In the intricate realm of healthcare management, the delicate balance between efficiency and effectiveness holds unparalleled significance. Nowhere is this balance more evident than in the domain of case management, where the thorough examination of patient cases serves as the bedrock of informed healthcare decisions. Unlocking the power of healthcare case management requires optimizing both the efficiency of the process and the effectiveness of patient outcomes.

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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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Marathon Health aims to expand reach in occupational health with Cerner WHS acquisition

FierceHealthIT

Earlier this month, Marathon Health clinched a deal to acquire Cerner Workforce Health Solutions, a move it hopes will enable it to broaden and widen the primary care services that Marathon sells p | The deal adds about 300 employees, 21 client businesses, 35 health centers and 300,000 members to Marathon and expands the company’s footprint in 15 states and cities, including significant expansion in Chicago, Kansas City and St.

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DrKumo Unveils World’s First Hub for Seamless Monitoring of Patient Health Data

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, August 31, 2023 – DrKumo Inc., a technology leader specializing in Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) solutions, is thrilled to unveil the all-new DrKumo CyberHealth Intelligent Center® XL Hub, a significant advancement in modern patient-centric health care through RPM. This groundbreaking device takes RPM to unprecedented heights by offering continuous, real-time physiological data monitoring paired with user-friendly Disease Management Protocols (DMP)

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DHW Q&A: Bridging Gaps in Remote Care With Clear Arch Health

Digital Health Wire

With Robert Flippo MobileHelp / Clear Arch Health, CEO In this Digital Health Wire Q&A, we sat down with MobileHelp CEO Robert Flippo to discuss the shifting remote patient monitoring landscape and how new technologies are enabling more people to age independently. Clear Arch Health is MobileHelp’s healthcare division, which integrates RPM and personal emergency response systems (PERS) into a turnkey solution that’s easy to implement for both patients and providers.

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Preventative Health and Longevity Company, Viome Life Sciences, Closes $86.5M Oversubscribed Series C Funding Round

Healthcare IT Today

A dditional Financing Supports the Further Development of its Suite of Advanced Personalized Health Tests and Expansion into Key Nationwide Retailers such as CVS Viome Life Sciences, a longevity company committed to translating scientific advancements into practical and individualized health solutions, today announced the successful closure of its $86.5 million oversubscribed Series C funding round.

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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 Misinformation in Health Care Can Lead to Being “Dead Wrong” — KFF and Dr. G Connect the Dots

Health Populi

Three in four U.S. health citizens say the spread of false information about health issues is a major problem, found in Kaiser Family Foundation’s Health Misinformation Tracking Poll Pilot published earlier this month. KFF’s press release on the study summarized the top-line with, “Most Americans Encounter Health Misinformation, and Most Aren’t Sure Whether It’s True or False.” Explaining the implications of the broad reach of health misinformation in the U.S.