KevinMD
JULY 23, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly ingratiated itself in the health care landscape, emerging as a powerful tool with the potential to revolutionize various aspects of clinical practice. From enhancing diagnostic precision to streamlining administrative workflows, AI is touted as a solution to many of health care’s long-standing inefficiencies.
Health Populi
JULY 24, 2023
The retail health landscape continues to grow, now with GNC Health offering a new program featuring telehealth and “curated set” of 40+ generic prescription drugs commonly used in urgent care settings. The services are available to members of GNC’s new-and-improved loyalty program, GNC PRO Access , which is priced at a fixed fee of $39.99 for one year’s membership.
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Mobi Health News
JULY 27, 2023
Powered by Amazon Bedrock, AWS will now offer artificial intelligence to quickly create clinical notes that can be added to EHRs. A new imaging service, meanwhile, could help reduce costs compared to self-managed infrastructure.
Digital Health
JULY 25, 2023
This article originally appeared in Healthcare Musings. Recently I was chatting with an interesting person who works closely with young companies and who himself is considering whether he should further his own education in health tech.
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KevinMD
JULY 26, 2023
Imagine being able to cross a chasm between a digital world and a physical world in an operative environment. The medical technology sector has only begun to tap into the vast possibilities presented by light field technology, particularly in surgery, where it offers significant advantages, including computational imaging, improved data quality, and the elimination of Read more… Harnessing light field technology for enhanced navigation and imaging originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
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Mobi Health News
JULY 28, 2023
Edward Shi and Paras Unadkat, product managers at Google, tell MobiHealthNews what challenges they faced when developing the technology and what future versions of the Watch may include.
Digital Health Global
JULY 25, 2023
Together the organizations aim to transform pharmaceutical operations and accelerate patient impact CHICAGO (July 24, 2023) – EVERSANA , a leading provider of commercial services to the global life sciences industry, announced today that it will team up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate generative artificial intelligence (AI) use cases across the life sciences industry.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 28, 2023
Waikato, Thames Hospitals implement Altera's anaesthesia info management system Altera Digital Health announced the launch of its anaesthesia information management system across the Waikato and Thames hospitals of Te Whatu Ora in New Zealand. This comes a year after the company bagged the contract to deliver the anaesthesia solution, the cloud-based Provation iPro.
FierceHealthIT
JULY 28, 2023
Lobbying groups representing different camps of the healthcare industry have come together to urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) to reconsider “conflicting regulatory propos | The American Hospital Association, American Medical Association and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association penned a joint letter highlighting "conflicting" prior authorization electronic standards and workflows they say will bring industry confusion and unnecessary burden.
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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.
Mobi Health News
JULY 24, 2023
Doug Hirsch, cofounder and chief mission officer of GoodRx, describes how technology and addressing the digital divide can improve access to care and educational content.
Digital Health Global
JULY 27, 2023
MILAN (27 July 2023) – 1000Farmacie , the leading Italian pharmacy marketplace, announced today the successful completion of its second tranche of Series A funding , raising a total of $25 million. The company secured an additional $10 million in the extension round , highlighting investor confidence and further accelerating the company’s mission to revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 25, 2023
New healthcare technology innovations developed outside the box offer clinicians more tools, including cloud-based telehealth, remote lab testing for infections and enhanced imaging for surgical precision. Google Cloud adds Pager's virtual care platform Pager announced Monday that its 23 million-member-strong virtual care navigation and collaboration platform is available on Google Cloud Marketplace, which means its customers can now access cloud-based tools like artificial intelligence and
FierceHealthIT
JULY 28, 2023
The time is now 90 seconds to midnight, according to the Doomsday Clock, which scientists use to estimate how close humanity might be to blowing itself up with nuclear weapons. | The world hasn't been this close to nuclear war since the Cold War, say experts. Editors of prestigious medical journals sound a call to disarm.
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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.
Mobi Health News
JULY 27, 2023
The Experience Cube platform will employ the tech giant's cloud computing services to create a more personalized experience for Blue Shield's members.
Digital Health Global
JULY 25, 2023
MediGO Platform Aims to Improve Access to Donated Organs and Shorten Transplant Wait Times Acquisition Expands CareDx Digital Health Portfolio and Establishes Footprint in OPO Market BRISBANE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA), a leading precision medicine company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers — today announced the acquisition of MediGO,
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 24, 2023
Dhruv Suyamprakasam is CEO and founder of virtual healthcare company iCliniq. Its physician panel consists of more than 3,500 doctors from more than 80 specialties in the U.S., UK, UAE, India, Singapore and Germany. He believes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence models like it are not a threat to healthcare but an enhancement. And he says the benefits are only beginning.
FierceHealthIT
JULY 27, 2023
Last month, the American Medical Association (AMA) passed a resolution to protect access to gender-affirming care, committing to opposing criminal and legal penalties against patients, their famili | Approved by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the law imposes restrictions on adult access to gender-affirming care. Some providers have been forced to stop serving new or existing patients in some capacity.
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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!
Mobi Health News
JULY 27, 2023
The company reported a 19% increase in revenue in the second quarter of this year compared to the prior year, driven by an 82% increase in B2B revenue.
Digital Health Global
JULY 25, 2023
Woman-led biotech company, Sanguina, secures funding to advance accessible digital health and wellness platforms PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #anemia –Sanguina, a leading biotech company focused on providing rapid home-based testing and management solutions, announced today the successful completion of its $2.8m Series A funding round.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 26, 2023
While facing rising costs and workforce shortages, healthcare systems across Asia-Pacific have been exploring ways to make healthcare services more accessible by shifting to a data and digital-enabled distributed model of care delivery, a new Philips report found. FINDINGS The latest Future Health Index 2023 report by Royal Philips gathered responses from nearly 3,000 healthcare leaders and young professionals in 14 countries.
FierceHealthIT
JULY 27, 2023
Amazon Web Services announced Wednesday a new AI-powered service for healthcare software providers that will help clinicians with paperwork. | AWS HealthScribe uses generative AI and speech recognition to help doctors transcribe and analyze their conversations with patients and drafts clinical notes.
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.
Mobi Health News
JULY 25, 2023
The health tech giant reported $4.8 billion in revenue, a 7% growth year-over-year, and increased profit expectations for 2023.
Digital Health Global
JULY 25, 2023
Frontiers Health 2023 is an unmissable event for anyone involved in digital healthcare innovation. Through the conference and the efforts made during the past 7 editions, it has been possib i le to position the digital health ecosystem among the leading global players. Steering Committee This success was made possible thanks to the significant contribution of the Steering Committee , composed of key players in the digital innovation in healthcare.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 25, 2023
Community Health Systems operates more than 80 affiliated hospitals and more than 1,000 outpatient sites of care in 16 states. THE PROBLEM The massive health system recently set three goals: Improve patient outcomes by monitoring and actively managing patients with chronic diseases, with a specific focus on remote medication titration to get more patients to guidelines.
FierceHealthIT
JULY 28, 2023
This week, a visitor opened fire at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, killing a security guard and injuring a nurse. | Following increases in both aggression towards nurses and mass shootings, stakeholders are debating whether new tech or old solutions can make a difference.
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Mobi Health News
JULY 25, 2023
GenHealth AI, maker of what it calls a large medical model, and senior-focused startup K4Connnect also secured investment.
Digital Health Global
JULY 25, 2023
COPENHAGEN (July 25, 2023) – Dawn Health , a global leader in digital health, today released a patient companion App called Ekiva-MS to support people living with multiple sclerosis (PlwMS). Developed as part of their collaboration with the leading pharmaceutical company Novartis , this App intends to significantly increase patients’ empowerment in their chronic MS care.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 26, 2023
Irvine, California-based UCI Health this week announced the promotion of Julie Eastman, RN, who will serve as the health system's new chief information officer. WHY IT MATTERS Eastman, who started the job on July 24, has deep expertise in both nursing and information technology, and UCI officials noted her "strong leadership skills and a forward-thinking vision that will shape the future of the technology infrastructure at UCI Health.
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