KevinMD

JULY 18, 2023

In every aspect of our lives, whether it is online banking or shopping, we rely on technology to make things better, more convenient, and more efficient. Yet in health care, and particularly cancer care, that is not the case. Oncology has been revolutionized in recent decades by therapies targeted to specific biomarkers and immunotherapy. Despite Read more… Why oncology is ripe for digital innovation originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2023

Barbie is having a moment, marketers agree. This weekend, many of us will buy movie tickets (yes, to see “real” movies in “real” brick-and-mortar cinemas) to see both the new film Oppenheimer along with the Barbie movie. So many movie-goers will be making it a double-feature experience that started as a meme, the portmanteau “Barbenheimer,” to mark the cultural-phenomenon moment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 20, 2023

As hospitals and health systems seek to dig out from particularly tough couple years for their bottom lines, the large majority are planning to boost spending on technology the next year as they continue their efforts toward digital transformation. WHY IT MATTERS More than 88% of hospital chief information officers and other IT leaders plan to increase their investments in third-party technology in 2023-24, according to a new poll from IDC and sponsored by Redox.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2023

The expanded partnership allows clinical documentation from virtual care visits to be automatically generated using Microsoft's AI capabilities, including GPT4.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2023

“Digital technologies offer tremendous potential for shifting from traditional medical routines to remote medicine,” with the role of wearables playing a growing role in the new home care for healthy aging. But what are the challenges of deploying this promising tech with older people keen to be independent at home? We learn a lot about prospects and challenges in Digital health for aging populations, a Perspective report in Nature Medicine ‘s July 2023 issue.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 18, 2023

Frontiers Health has announced that the 2023 edition of the global conference will be held from 8 to 10 November 2023 , following last year’s great success in terms of attendance and involvement of the players that make up the diverse digital health ecosystem. This year’s event, as usual, will be in a hybrid format and take place at the Auditorium della Tecnica in Rome, Italy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

The care continuum that serves older adults is an ignored reality. The stove-piping of care-related services is a myth. It is perpetuated in associations , venture capital and public policy lobbying. Examples: Some believe family caregivers are a standalone entity that does not use care services. That committing to aging independently at home is a permanent decision.

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Health Populi

JULY 17, 2023

With consumer and prescriber interest in GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs “soaring,” health plan managers have a new source of financial stress and clinical questions on their to-do list. A team of Virta Health leaders held a webinar on 13th July 2023 to explain the results of a study the company just completed assessing health plan execs’ current views on Ozempic and other GLP-1 medicines with a view on both clinical outcomes and cost implications for this growing category of drug

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Mobi Health News

JULY 18, 2023

The expanded partnership allows clinical documentation from virtual care visits to be automatically generated using Microsoft's AI capabilities, including GPT4.

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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.

Digital Health Global

JULY 20, 2023

By Alison Darcy, PhD, Founder & President Woebot Health Today I’m delighted to say we have registered the first known IRB-approved study of its kind on clinicaltrials.gov – a trial that seeks to explore how a reduced set of large language model (LLM)-augmented Woebot features compares with the same features in Woebot as it is today. We’ll soon start recruitment for this study, our 14th randomized control trial to date, to help us understand how LLMs can be applied to accelerate the deliv

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 19, 2023

For too many years, high quality data about care of seniors has been elusive. Lack of standardization of technology platforms – or lack of care platforms altogether – hobbled the care industries -- senior living, home care, home healthcare. The merger and acquisition of companies in other industries ultimately results in consolidation of data. Platforms matter—they enable data standardization which in turn fuels growth.

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Health Populi

JULY 17, 2023

Most patients, nurses and doctors believe that health insurance plans reduce access to health care which contributes to clinician burnout and increases costs, based on three surveys conducted by Morning Consult for the American Hospital Association (AHA). Most patients have experienced at least one health insurance related barrier in the past two years, and 4 in 10 of those people said their health got worse as a result of that care-barrier. “These surveys bear out what we’ve heard for yea

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Mobi Health News

JULY 17, 2023

The Ohio-based company's XR90 offering allows physicians to view a patient's anatomical structures in 3D for preoperative and intraoperative use.

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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.

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

Commonwealth Care Alliance is a healthcare services organization that offers health plans and care delivery programs designed for individuals with significant needs. With offerings in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Michigan and California, it delivers comprehensive, integrated and person-centered care by coordinating the services of local staff, provider partners and community organizations.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 20, 2023

Chronic pain management provider utilizes digital health IT solutions across the organization for improved workflows WESTBOROUGH, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– eClinicalWorks ® , the largest ambulatory cloud EHR, today announced that Encore Health Group and Affiliates – a chronic pain management practice in Jackson and Cordova, TN – upgraded to eClinicalWorks’ latest software version, V12 , and has reported success with healow products, including healow Pay and healow CHECK-IN.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 21, 2023

Federal regulators are warning hospital systems and telehealth providers about the data privacy risks of using third-party tracking technologies. | Federal regulators sent letters to 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers warning them about the data privacy and security risks related to the use of online tracking technologies integrated into their websites or mobile apps.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 17, 2023

In a study published in Nature, Google revealed that its generative AI technology answered medically related questions with 92.6% accuracy.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2023

Health tech company EVYD Technology and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore's lead R&D agency, have launched a joint AI research lab focused on population health and digital health. At the same time, they announced a S$10 million ($7.5 million) project under the joint lab to facilitate multi-institutional, cross-border collaborations in digital health.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 19, 2023

240,000 members now have access to OncoHealth’s Iris platform, which provides Oncology-specific Mental Health Care, 24×7 Symptom Management, and Nutritional Support MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–One year after piloting a new digital health service to support members undergoing cancer treatment, HealthPartners today announced that it is expanding the service to include 240,000 fully insured commercial members.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 21, 2023

A pandemic program that distributed funds for uninsured patients’ COVID-19 testing and treatment made nearly $784 million in improper payments to healthcare providers, money the government should b | A recent audit estimated that COVID testing and treatment payments for millions of uninsured patients shouldn't have happened. The government agency responsible for the program says it's now working to claw those funds back from providers.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 20, 2023

Women's health-focused EHR player Dorsata alleges athenahealth and Unified Women's Health worked jointly to diminish its business and steal its trade secrets.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

A shortage of skilled nursing is disrupting care delivery nationwide. The workforce challenge not going away, and will require creative approaches, including virtual care, says Wendy Deibert, chief nursing officer at Caregility.

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Iris Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

Telehealth has revolutionized the patient experience by making it easier to attend appointments, communicate with their provider, and reduce no-show rates. On top of enabling continuity of care for patients, telehealth also increases clinician satisfaction and provides financial benefits for organizations. In this blog, we review why no-shows happen and how the impact of telehealth can help improve patient outcomes and organizations.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 21, 2023

As it continues a broad probe into the operations of pharmacy benefit managers, the Federal Trade Commission has voted to rescind longstanding advocacy statements on this sector. | As it continues a broad probe into the operations of pharmacy benefit managers, the Federal Trade Commission has voted to rescind longstanding advocacy statements on this sector.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 21, 2023

Edward Shi and Paras Unadkat, product managers at Google, tell MobiHealthNews how their teams worked together to build the Pixel Watch's fall-detection features.

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DigitalHealth

JULY 21, 2023

Digital solutions can improve information sharing and reduce the errors that cost lives. But they should be implemented carefully to avoid creating risks, writes Maureen Baker, from the Professional Record Standards Body.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2023

The following is a guest article by Bob Farrell, VP, Solution Delivery & CX Practice at Applause When it comes to healthcare, inclusivity is not a nice to have, but rather an absolute necessity. In healthcare, many patients have short- or long-term needs for accessible experiences. A lack of accessible experiences exposes companies to liability, and more importantly, their customers to faulty care.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 20, 2023

As the industry gears up for open enrollment to begin this fall, a new report offers a look into the major factors that could impact premium changes in the individual and small group markets. | As the industry gears up for open enrollment to begin this fall, a new report offers a look into the major factors that could impact premium changes in the individual and small group markets.

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