Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Zoom this week announced expanded Zoom AI Companion capabilities for its regulated healthcare and education customers at its virtual event, Zoomtopia 2023. WHY IT MATTERS Users can now manage their AI Companion settings for meetings, team chat, whiteboard and mail all in one place in the Zoom web portal. Zoom customers can expect to see AI Companion throughout the entire platform, according to the announcement Tuesday.

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KevinMD

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In the bustling corridors of medical facilities, a new language is quietly making its presence known, intertwining with the traditional vocabulary of health care professionals. This language, artificial intelligence (AI), is not spoken in words but in algorithms and data, reshaping the health care landscape in unprecedented ways. The University of Texas at San Antonio Read more… Bridging disciplines: the unseen power of bilingualism in AI and health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The United States health care system is in the midst of a crisis. Despite being among the richest nations in the world, it consistently ranks among the lowest for maternal health outcomes—and that’s before you begin digging into the health disparities women of color face in this nation. Pregnancy-related complications kill Black mothers three times Read more… Utilizing AI may reduce maternal and infant mortality originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Regular readers know that I think ambient clinical voice is one of the most exciting things to happen in health IT since the $36 billion in EHR stimulus money. The promise of automatic note generation is so beautiful and would solve so many of the pains associated with EHR software and more generally clinical documentation. Of course, there are plenty of skeptics that say that the technology won’t get there or will be too expensive.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A long and deeply-reported feature story in The Washington Post on Tuesday put a spotlight on the stark effect that an epidemic of chronic illness is taking on too many millions of Americans. "Forty years ago, small towns and rural regions were healthier for adults in the prime of life. The reverse is now true," according to the Post. "Urban death rates have declined sharply, while rates outside the country’s largest metro areas flattened and then rose.

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KevinMD

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Caregivers are arguably the most important members of a patient’s care team, with more touchpoints and access to a patient and their lifestyle than any provider or specialist. With approximately 43.5 million caregivers in the U.S., 40 percent are in high-burden situations where caregivers take on substantial cumulative physical, emotional, social, and financial strains to Read more… How to facilitate caregiver learning and support to improve clinical care outcomes originally appeared in Ke

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The generative AI technology will supply patients with answers to healthcare-related questions and scheduling services and offer employees HR-related information.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the introduction of the latest sensors and ongoing releases of new designs, smartwatches have led the way for advancing the field of digital health. Among the most dominant models on the market, is certainly the Apple Watch, which has now rolled out its series 9 smartwatch. The Apple Watch has always allowed users to closely monitor their health conditions , generating very useful data that has often helped to speed up or even improve the treatment provided by healthcare facilities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2023

NSW ED nurses get VR stroke care training A virtual reality training programme for administering stroke care has been rolled out across New South Wales. Developed by the Agency for Clinical Innovation and the University of Newcastle Centre for Advanced Training Systems, the TACTICS VR programme provides an immersive experience for emergency nurses to practice handling real-time stroke scenarios.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Nabla, maker of an autonomous clinical AI scribe, has joined forces with Kaiser Permanente to roll out its tool to 10,000 doctors in Northern California. | The AI tool will be available to 10,000 Kaiser Permanente doctors in Northern California across all care settings and specialties.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Members of Mount Sinai Solutions' employer or union customers will receive $110 in Fresh Funds for grocery deliveries after undergoing surgery or giving birth.

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DigitalHealth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A new report into cyber security has revealed that security budgets in healthcare businesses are under pressure, but help could come in the form of AI.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Telehealth has undergone a transition from pandemic-era lifeline to convenient outlet for routine follow-ups, treatment of minor illnesses and mental health service.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Cigna will pay $172 million to settle allegations brought by a whistleblower and the U.S. | Cigna will pay $172 million to settle allegations brought by the U.S. government that it submitted false and inaccurate Medicare Advantage diagnostic codes in a bid to boost its reimbursement.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The autism care provider will use the funds to scale nationally and deepen its investments in technology, clinical decision support, data capture and research.

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DigitalHealth

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As NHSE prepares to award a £480m contract to deliver the FDP, legal groups and data privacy activists are focused on the national data opt-out.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 2, 2023

SA Health has announced the launch of a new virtual care service for women needing urgent attention for their gynaecological concerns. Run by the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), the virtual Women's Assessment Service will provide pregnant women across the state the option to receive an urgent assessment from an experienced midwife via video link.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Digital health founders and investors continue to face a tighter funding cycle with fewer deals and lower check sizes. | In Q3 2023, U.S. digital health startups raised $2.5 billion across 119 deals, the second-lowest quarter by funding total since the fourth quarter of 2019, Rock Health reports.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The California-based company added a senior vice president of marketing and general manager of MapEnhance to its team and launched its new AI-enabled MapLab.

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DigitalHealth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS FT is preparing for the long-awaited go live of its new £450 million Epic electronic patient record (EPR) on Thursday 5 October.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The following is a guest article by Amanda Ford, Executive Vice President of Operations at ScribeAmerica For care teams across the nation, provider burnout isn’t a buzzword, it’s a reality. And while some by-products of the pandemic are expected to disappear with time, burnout seems to be staying. If anything, the issue is getting worse. Increased workloads, difficult-to-navigate EHRs, documentation processes, administrative tasks, and more challenging work-life balance.

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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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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said Friday it will extend telehealth flexibilities that enable clinicians to virtually prescribe controlled medications to their patients through 2024 as | The DEA announced Friday that it is extending pandemic rules for prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine through the end of next year.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The company partners with healthcare systems to provide tech-enabled women's health and OB/GYN services. It will use the funds to scale its reach and platform.

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DigitalHealth

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Department of Health and Social Care said it will invest £30 million in innovative technology for the NHS to help cut waiting lists and speed diagnosis.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The OntarioMD Digital Health Conference, a gathering of the digital health community in the province of Ontario in Canada, returned in-person for the first time since the pandemic. The conference was well attended and featured notable Canadian healthcare author + journalist Andre Picard as the opening keynote. Canada Healthcare May See Significant Benefit from AI In his opening speech, Picard focused on the role artificial intelligence (AI) may play in Canada’s healthcare system.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 3, 2023

About 8 in 10 women say they are delaying care until their symptoms worsen or affect their daily lives, and 43% have recently missed a day or more of work due to health issues. | About 8 in 10 women say they are delaying care until their symptoms worsen or affect their daily lives, and 43% have recently missed a day or more of work due to health issues.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The company's platform connects patients with in-network therapists and mental health providers with insurance companies.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Just one generation ago, wearable tech sounded like science fiction. Things have changed profoundly since then. Walk down any street and you’ll pass people wearing all kinds of personal technology. One in five Americans now […] The article The Expanding World of Personal Technology appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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