KevinMD

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

From stomping on koopas and collecting coins as Mario to “catching ’em all” in Pokemon, video games have enthralled both our childhood, and countless other childhoods. It was our guilty pleasure, much to the chagrin of our parents. Media portrayed video games as bad for your mental health, with the message that video games rot Read more… Harnessing the power of gamification in mental health apps originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Everybody loves to get and play with new toys. When we were children the toys were things like Barbies or Play-Doh. Now the toys we’re excited to get and play with are the emerging technologies in healthcare like AI or IoT devices. The big difference though is we can’t take these toys out and play with them with abandon like we did with the Play-Doh.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

THE IQ-Creator Program supports healthcare professionals in creating content for underserved communities, while Aloud uses AI to dub videos in multiple languages.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The halfway point -- research about Future of Care Work. Each interviewee was asked for thoughts in the context of the categories suggested by ChatGPT and any other categories that will improve the work processes for those in the care-related industries – home care, home healthcare, senior living care (including nursing homes), and hospital discharge processes to any of those.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

“I’m in Berlin, and we don’t like walls,” Bart De Witte responded in a concluding Q&A session yesterday at the 2 nd Symposium on the Future of Health Systems, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Porto on 5 th September. Over two days, this meeting convened stakeholders focused on WHO’s European Region to support the Organization’s digital health action plan for 2023-2030 – which fosters cross-nation health planning covering the EU space.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Prior authorization company Myndshft unites with philanthropic aid platform Atlas Health, and women's care company ProgenyHealth and insurer Community Health Choice also join forces.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

LKCMedicine to introduce more AI, digital health courses Nanyang Technological University Singapore announced that more course content related to AI and digital health will be added to the refreshed curriculum of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. From next year, digital health will be integrated as vertical courses throughout the five-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery programme.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Workers in America are worried about the potential impacts that artificial intelligence (AI) could have on the workplace and jobs, according to Work in America: Artificial Intelligence, Monitoring Technology and Psychological Well-Being , a study from the American Psychological Association (APA). For many years, we’ve been tracking APA’s Stress in America studies gauging Americans’ mental health before the pandemic and during the pandemic.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Intermountain Healthcare, a health system that operates 33 hospitals across seven western states, is transitioning from Oracle Health's Cerner electronic health record to rival Epic, citing higher | Intermountain Healthcare, a health system that operates 33 hospitals across seven western states, is transitioning from Oracle Health's Cerner EHR to its rival Epic, citing higher physician satisfaction scores as one key factor.

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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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The collaborators will improve access to Tiotropium Bromide Inhalation Powder in the U.S. for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When Amazon Clinic spread out into all 50 states, SteadyMD was right there with it – or you might say within it. SteadyMD, which offers a B2B telehealth platform and nationwide clinician workforce, has been an important part of Amazon Clinic’s journey. The telehealth company worked with Amazon for months helping develop Amazon Clinic and was one of the first participating providers on the service when it launched in November 2022.

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DigitalHealth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is to develop a new EPR system to replace several digital and paper-based systems, with a launch expected in 2025.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major blind spot for many Americans, a new survey suggests. | Though many respondents used the internet for medical information and had a regular doctor and blood work done once or twice a year, 58% of respondents were unfamiliar with the illness.

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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

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Dr. Dale Okorodudu, author, founder of Black Men in White Coats, and pulmonary and critical care physician at Dallas VA Medical Center, discusses the connection between healthcare diversity and optimal health outcomes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Starting this September, the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare will officially begin the nationwide telemedicine pilot following a three-month guided pilot period. The service is currently being offered to the following patients: those with chronic diseases who have done their first in-person visits; paediatric patients seeking follow-ups (only during holidays and at night); people living in islands and other remote areas; disabled persons; senior citizens over the age of 65; and peopl

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

For the 122nd episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are taking a look at the recent changes from the HIMSS Conference and other hot news topics. To kick the episode off we share our take on the HIMSS conference being sold to Informa. Then we talk about our predictions for HIMSS24 and how this transfer in ownership will change the conference and what will stay the same.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

YouTube announced two programs Thursday that the Google-owned video platform said will give healthcare content creators new opportunities to educate diverse audiences. | The two new initiatives leverage cultural representation and targeted messaging to reach audiences impacted by health inequity, Google's Garth Graham, M.D., said.

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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!

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The telehealth company's providers can prescribe buprenorphine injections that patients can receive at Albertsons pharmacies, including Safeway and Acme.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

HIMSS23 APAC Healthcare thought leaders, disruptors, and changemakers across Asia-Pacific will convene once again in Indonesia – this time in the country's capital, Jakarta – from 18 to 21 September 2023. Our reporters will be on the ground to cover the exciting discussions on healthcare analytics, new models of care, and more. Get all the coverage from this event on this page.

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DigitalHealth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A report from Elsevier has found almost half of all clinicians are eager for physicians to use generative AI products and platforms in the future.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Unite Us, tech company focused on social determinants of health, lays off employees amid profitability struggles agliadkovskaya Wed, 09/06/2023 - 14:25

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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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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

New patient privacy compliance resources and cross-agency approaches are coming in the next 12-24 months, and could help health systems bolster their security.

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Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Thuja Capital and founding investor Sofinnova Partners also joined the round The funds will enable the company to advance the clinical development of its unique, minimally invasive ultrasound-based catheter for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, with initial focus on the Group 2 population, or heart failure accompanied by high pulmonary vascular resistance PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gradient Denervation Technologies (“Gradient”), a medical device company developing an innovative cat

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DigitalHealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Laboratories at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are the first in the UK to use a tool that measures the risk of kidney failure in patients with kidney disease.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Value-based healthcare with two-sided risk led to a savings of about $14 million over two years, according to the Florida-based insurance plan and national primary care provider company that overse | The collaborative effort by Florida Blue and Aledade not only led to $14 million in savings, but also a reduction in hospitalizations and emergency department visits, according to the companies.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The deal comes less than a month after the company's plan to combine with digital neurotherapy company MindMaze fell through.

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Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A $1,000,000 Phase II SBIR grant from the NSF advances Alerje’s efforts to support food allergy immunotherapy (i.e. OIT, SLIT, etc), employing a patent-pending AI-driven platform. Alerje’s patent-pending machine learning engine – a key component in optimizing food allergy immunotherapy with AI – addresses a crucial need in supporting allergy clinics & families with life-changing therapy, filling a gap that has persisted in food allergy care management and adherence.

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DigitalHealth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Dr. Vin Diwakar, the incoming interim director of transformation for NHS England, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for Digital Health Rewired 2024.

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