Wed.Jul 12, 2023

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CVS Caremark partners with GoodRx to expand low-cost drug access

Mobi Health News

The CVS Health company's members will have access to GoodRx's generic drug prices through the new program, Caremark Cost Saver.

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First connected health service in Malaysia launched

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Private tertiary hospital Subang Jaya Medical Centre has launched what could be the first connected health service in Malaysia. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The 400-bed hospital joint venture by Ramsay Health Care Australia and Sime Darby Malaysia seeks to "revolutionise" healthcare delivery through its latest service called Connected Care. Based on a press release, it offers services in six areas of care, which initially include: HomeConnect - nursing service at home; TeleConnect - telemedicin

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AI-enabled senior care company CarePredict scores $29M

Mobi Health News

The company will use the funds to speed up its growth.

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Recuro Partners with TALON, Integrates Virtual Primary Care Solution Into Virtual-First Platform for Complete, Coordinated Care

Digital Health Global

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #digitalhealth –Recuro Health (Recuro), an integrated digital health solutions company that transitions the U.S. healthcare system from a reactive, disease-focused model to a population health outcomes approach, today announces a strategic partnership with TALON, a leader in providing innovative, scalable technology solutions for the rapidly changing healthcare industry.

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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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Queensland last among Australian states to launch telestroke service

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Queensland is set to introduce a telestroke service following a A$5.8 million ($4 million) commitment from the state government. Targeted to be launched in 2024, the virtual telestroke service seeks to support about two million citizens living in rural and regional areas where there is minimal or no stroke specialist coverage. Based on a media release, the service will allow stroke specialists to "assess brain scans and view patients remotely via video to effectively diagnose and decide on

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CVS Caremark, GoodRx team up on prescription discounts

FierceHealthIT

CVS Caremark is teaming with GoodRx to provide pharmacy discounts to commercial plan customers. | CVS Caremark is teaming with GoodRx to provide pharmacy discounts to commercial plan customers.

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Wavely Diagnostics Announces New Funding to Accelerate Commercial Launch, Scale Delivery of Only Digital Diagnostics Platform for Childhood Ear Infections

Digital Health Global

Wavely’s latest investment brings total funding to date to $6.35MM, propels their mission to revolutionize pediatric care by enabling widespread access to effective treatment anytime, anywhere, from a smartphone app SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Wavely Diagnostics, Inc. , a digital diagnostics company developing smartphone-based apps to bring accurate, data-driven virtual pediatric care into every U.S. household, raised $1.35MM in new funding to advance its first-of-its-kind digital

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End-user acceptability of a prototype digital stethoscope to diagnose childhood pneumonia- a qualitative exploration from Sylhet, Bangladesh

BMC Digital Health

Considering the high frequency of respiratory infections among children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a pragmatic guideline for managing pneumonia i.

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LGBTQ+ founders reflect on the struggles of fundraising, seeking allies and pleasing investors

FierceHealthIT

LGBTQ+ founders have created 36% more jobs, 114% more patents and 44% more exits than the average founder, according to a research index by StartOut, a nonp | “It’s still hard when you’re pitching across the table to people that just see the world very differently," said David Stein, CEO and co-founder of Ash Wellness. On the heels of Pride Month, LGTBQ+ founders reflect on the struggle of building a startup and fundraising in the U.S. while maintaining their identity.

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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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The Starter Guide to Telehealth Technology

AMD Telemedicine

Your choice of a telehealth technology provider isn’t something you leave to chance.T o ensure that you make the right choice – for the short and long term – vet all options available to you, understand their capabilities, and then comparethe functionalities to your operational needs. Consider these steps to help you get the most out of telemedicine.

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'Podnosis': How big data can inform public policy, AI for healthcare

FierceHealthIT

Private sector data companies like Komodo Health work with healthcare stakeholders, including governments, to help identify gaps in care, inequities and then interventions to improve outcomes. | This week on "Podnosis," we talk about how big data can inform policy. Also under discussion is the role of AI in healthcare.

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How Telemedicine Can Combat Clinician Burnout

AMD Telemedicine

To fully reap the benefits of telemedicine, it is crucial to provide comprehensive education to both staff and patients. Clinicians, doctors, and other medical care providers should all be trained on telehealth software — its functionality, integration into their workflow, effective communication during consultations, and where to seek technical assistance.

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Telehealth should not be considered a one-size-fits-all-diseases solution: study

FierceHealthIT

While payers should cover telehealth, where these services are the most valuable still requires investigation, according to a stu | Telehealth can reduce utilization when used for mental health, skin problems, metabolic conditions, and musculoskeletal diseases, but doesn’t help cut costs for circulatory, respiratory, and infectious diseases, according to a new study.

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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 Transformation Relies on Data Center Storage

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Ken Parent, CEO at Element Critical As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, there has been significant disruption to budgets, manpower, and resources throughout healthcare facilities. From the bedside to the back office, healthcare professionals and administrative employees are consistently asked to do more with less.

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Octave nabs $52M, eyes expansion of in-network therapy services to all 50 states in 2024

FierceHealthIT

High-quality therapy can be expensive for a lot of individuals and it's estimated that one-third of therapists don't accept insurance at all. | The new funding will accelerate Octave’s expansion to more regions later this year and all 50 states in 2024.

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Visionable teams up with West Ambulance Service for virtual triage pilot

DigitalHealth

A new virtual triage pilot for suspected stroke patients has been launched by Visionable and the West Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

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Aspirus Health, St. Luke's Duluth unveil plans to form 19-hospital Midwest nonprofit system

FierceHealthIT

St. | The Wisconsin and Minnesota nonprofits' announcement is the latest in a string of large-scale health system mergers brewing in the Midwest.

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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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Patient portals: How to open the digital front door to better NHS care

DigitalHealth

All non-specialist acute trusts must have procured a portal solution by September. In the light of NHS England’s mandate, Bruno Botelho, director of digital operations at a major London trust, explains how to roll out a portal that delivers huge benefits for patients and staff.

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Rock Health H1 2023 Funding Recap

Digital Health Wire

Rock Health’s H1 2023 digital health funding report confirmed the writing on the wall. We’re in a new market cycle, so it’s time to buckle up for fewer rounds, lower check sizes, and a smaller cohort of sector investors. Here’s the first half of the year by the numbers: US digital health funding totaled $6.1B across 244 rounds ($24.8M average) Q2 contributed only $2.5B across 113 rounds (Q1 saw $3.6B across 131 rounds) Unprecedented 41% of H1 rounds weren’t tagged with a series or round label 12

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Majority of public want digital health apps to be used in NHS

DigitalHealth

ORCHA has launched its new Think SAFE campaign designed to help consumers make safe choices when downloading digital health apps.

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IRS Increases Focus on Detailed Information in ACA Audits

ACA Times

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has intensified its enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Employer Mandate, signaling a shift in its approach toward suspected non-compliance. Recent reports indicate that… The post IRS Increases Focus on Detailed Information in ACA Audits first appeared on The ACA Times.

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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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MyTailoredTalks for Long COVID

Digital Leaders HealthTech

At Pogo Digital Healthcare, we know that clear communication – sharing the right information, in the right way, at the right time – helps patients to feel more supported and improves their recovery. However, in busy healthcare environments, medical professionals are often time poor, which can make communication a challenge. Our organisation was created in 2019 and was inspired by the story of our Commercial Director, who experienced a stroke back in 2006.

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HonorHealth buys out remaining stake of 26 FastMed urgent cares in Arizona

FierceHealthIT

Urgent care center chain FastMed has signed another deal handing off many of its Southwest locations to a health system buyer. | Word that FastMed is selling off 26 Arizona urgent cares to partner HonorHealth comes just months after the chain sold 41 of its Texas locations to HCA Healthcare.

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Featured Health IT Jobs – Epic Application Analyst/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 Epic Application Analyst/Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is located in Toppenish, Washington. Here’s a description of the position: Provides technical support services in an Epic environment.

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Is Generative AI ready for Mental Healthcare?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Generative AI has the potential to be a powerful tool for mental healthcare, but it is not yet ready for prime time. There are a number of challenges that need to be addressed before generative AI can be used effectively in this field, including: Safety and ethics: Generative AI models can be trained on large datasets of text and code, which may include sensitive or harmful information.

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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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Contract dispute between Oracle Cerner and TPP may prevent record sharing

DigitalHealth

Oracle Cerner and TPP's contract dispute on record sharing may result in some GP records no longer being shared into two leading shared records initiatives.

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Building for Success: How Good Clinicians Can Empower Patients

Society for Participatory Medicine

Editor’s note: Ibrahim Rashid contracted Long COVID more than two years ago. The exper ience is propelling his patient advocacy and entrepreneurship, as co-founder of the digital health company Strong Haulers. In this excerpt from his new book, Strong Hauler: Learning to Live with Long COVID , Rashid describes how finding clinicians who became genuine members of his care team brought him from the depths of Long COVID.

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Ronin Uncovers the Data for Better Cancer Treatment

Healthcare IT Today

A recent article highlighting Boston’s renowned hospital systems reveals that the daily challenges these facilities face have transformed each day into an emergency. Short-staffing and other contributing factors have exacerbated the situation, calling for innovative solutions to alleviate the burden. Enter Ronin , a groundbreaking initiative that leverages the wealth of available healthcare data, the power of advanced data science, and a passion for delivering human-centric technology to e

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