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Patients-As-Health Care Payers Define What a Digital Front Door Looks Like

Health Populi

In health care, one of the “gifts” inspired by the coronavirus pandemic was the industry’s fast-pivot and adoption of digital health tools — especially telehealth and more generally the so-called “digital front doors” enabling patients to access medical services and personal work-flows for their care. Two years later, Experian provides a look into The State of Patient Access: 2023.

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How AI Is Revolutionizing Digital Patient Engagement

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Annalhees Elm, vice president, Nuance Patient Engagement. So many aspects of our lives happen on digital platforms these days. After the pandemic forced everyone to do more online, we’ve grown accustomed to using technology […] The article How AI Is Revolutionizing Digital Patient Engagement appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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NHS Cyber Strategy: Four data protection tips for healthcare organisations

DigitalHealth

With the NHS increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, NHS organisations must act to defend themselves and protect the privacy and wellbeing of patients, writes Jon Fielding.

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Apple unveils watchOS 10 with new features for mental health, vision health

Mobi Health News

The Apple watchOS 10 will allow users to track their emotions and moods, connect with mental health resources and measure time spent outdoors to reduce the risk of myopia.

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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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Generation Z is in mental health crisis – telehealth can help

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It's a challenging time to be a young person. Study after study has shown that stressors such as social media, bullying, loneliness and the pandemic are causing and exacerbating a wide array of mental health challenges among high school and college kids. And healthcare resources are not always readily available to help them. Among some recent stats: There are never-before-seen levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts among teens, according to a report from the CDC. 71% of college student

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Boosting health equity with RPM and hospital-at-home

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual care models can improve access and build personalized experiences for underserved patients, says Kuldeep Singh Rajput, founder and CEO of Biofourmis.

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This venture capitalist sees plenty of promise in AI in healthcare. But challenges are ahead, too

FierceHealthIT

“Garbage in, garbage out.” So goes the adage about computing that argues the results rendered by the “thinking” machines will be flawed if the information fed into the devices proves to be erroneou | Dennis L. McWilliams, a partner at Santé Ventures, says experts are still trying to figure out exactly how AI will fit into the healthcare system and who will pay for it.

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Nottingham City Council speeds up hospital discharge with Lilli technology

DigitalHealth

Lilli, a company using machine learning (ML) to improve home care, has recently announced transformational results from its trial with Nottingham on Call.

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Telehealth, interoperability and health equity at the fore for physician expert

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Dr. Laura Purdy, a telemedicine and digital health expert and a physician licensed in all 50 states, discusses helping medical professionals launch their digital health businesses with the aim of making care more accessible to all.

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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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AI-driven solutions for burnout, patient empathy, and worker shortage

KevinMD

A recent Medpage Today article reviews a research article published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Nidhi Subbaraman, in a topic-related Wall Street Journal article, also reviews this JAMA article and several pilot AI doctor response programs currently undergoing clinical testing. Both of these reviews indicate that AI-created responses to patient-driven online questions posed to doctors are viewed Read more… AI-driven solutions for burnout, patient empathy, and worker shortage originally appeared in

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Maternity care platform Pomelo Care raises $33M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Yuvo Health, a tech-enabled platform focused on federally qualified health centers, and value-based care company Syntax Health also secured funding.

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Consumers and Cancer: 3 Patient-Focused Charts From IQVIA on the State of the Oncology in 2023

Health Populi

It’s time for the annual ASCO conference, currently convening the American Society for Clinical Oncology in Chicago. Starting 2nd June, there have been dozens of positive announcements updating research and therapies bringing hope to the 2 million new patients who will be diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. in 2023, and millions of more people worldwide.

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Apple provides powerful insights into new areas of health

Digital Health Global

iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and watchOS 10 introduce mental health and vision health features, and the Health app arrives on iPad CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced new health features in iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and watchOS 10, expanding into two impactful areas and providing innovative tools and experiences across platforms. New mental health features allow users to log their momentary emotions and daily moods, see valuable insights, and easily access assessments and resources. iPhone, iPad, and App

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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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Healthcare Providers, Beware! Why Bad Bots Are A Cybersecurity Threat 

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Rob Falbo, vice president of healthcare solutions, Imperva. In most industries, an IT service outage can lead to lost revenue. In the healthcare industry, disruption of network or application services impacts critical patient care. […] The article Healthcare Providers, Beware!

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care.ai, Samsung partner for AI-powered patient monitoring via displays

Mobi Health News

Samsung will integrate the Orlando-based company's Smart Care Facility Platform into its displays to help with patient monitoring in the care setting.

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South Korea begins move to make telemedicine permanent

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare is pushing further to institutionalise telemedicine by launching a nationwide pilot of the service. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Under the three-month pilot, telemedicine services are only offered when a doctor deems it necessary and safe for target patients. They include patients 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 re

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Not covering emerging Alzheimer's drugs could cost Medicare billions: study

FierceHealthIT

Emerging Alzheimer’s disease medications come with high price tags, but researchers with the University of Chicago calculate that in the long run, it’s much less costly to cover these therapies for | Emerging Alzheimer’s medications come with high price tags, but researchers with the University of Chicago calculate that in the long run, it’s much less costly to cover these therapies for Medicare beneficiaries.

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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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AARP's AgeTech Collaborative -- mobility offerings 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

What is the AARP AgeTech Collaborative? AARP’s AgeTech Collaborative launched in 2021 with a splash (and 50 startups) that has widened into an age wave, or a sort of Match.com for age-related companies to find others, including collaborators, sponsors, pilots, and more. Today’s collection of 98 companies, many of whom have gone through the Innovation Labs incubator process, including pitch competition, Accelerator program, or were directly invited into the AgeTech Collaborative program.

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Exclusive: Digital Therapeutics Alliance, Healthware recommend digital therapeutics policy pathways in Europe

Mobi Health News

Alberta Spreafico, managing director of digital health and innovation at Healthware, shares how the report can guide companies' go-to-market strategies for entering the European market.

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Roundup: Telehealth providers needed in rural New Zealand and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Te Whatu Ora seeks rural telehealth service providers Te Whatu Ora, in collaboration with Te Aka Whai Ora, is seeking providers of rural telehealth services. Based on its proposal request, Te Whatu Ora aims "to provide rural communities with reliable and sustainable after-hours access, improve the access to primary and community care, and commission a national telehealth medical and specialist referral service.

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The latest generative AI efforts in healthcare: Carbon Health, Tempus launch tools for docs

FierceHealthIT

Advancements around large language models and generative AI in healthcare are ramping up quickly and it's challenging to keep up with the evolving news. | Carbon Health debuted hands-free charting — an AI-enabled notes assistant — in its proprietary EHR across each of its clinics and providers while Tempus rolled out an AI-enabled clinical assistant for oncologists.

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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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The State of Healthcare Interoperability: Solutions and Future Directions (Part 3)

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In the previous articles, we discussed the importance of healthcare interoperability and the factors hindering its progress. In this final part, we will explore potential solutions and future directions to accelerate the advancement of interoperability […] The article The State of Healthcare Interoperability: Solutions and Future Directions (Part 3) appeared first on electronichealthreporter

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Health tech startup Sami raises $18M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

RxLightning, a digital platform focusing on specialty medication distribution, and Canadian fertility startup Twig also scored investments.

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Australia’s Medical Board to disallow 'tick and flick’ online prescribing

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Medical Board of Australia, which is responsible for regulating medical practitioners in the country, has made some revisions to its telehealth guidelines. WHAT IT'S ABOUT A major change in the guidelines discourages the practice of prescribing without real-time direct consultation, whether in-person or via video or telephone, which the board claims is "not good practice.

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FTC adds a third GPO to its investigation into pharmacy benefit managers

FierceHealthIT

The Federal Trade Commission is building out its deep dive into the pharmacy benefit management industry yet again. | The Federal Trade Commission is building out its deep dive into the pharmacy benefit management industry yet again.

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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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Scaling Up For Success: Challenges and Solutions In Upstream Biotech Development

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Scaling up is a crucial step in the development of biotechnology processes, particularly in upstream biotech development. It involves transitioning from laboratory-scale production to larger volumes, enabling the efficient production of biopharmaceuticals and other biotech […] The article Scaling Up For Success: Challenges and Solutions In Upstream Biotech Development appeared first on elect

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Healthcare management platform Laudio scores $13M

Mobi Health News

Laudio will use the funds to scale its growth and product development, expand its sales team and invest in its AI and analytics platform.

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Paving the Digital Roadmap for the Patient Journey

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Patrick Reetz, Chief Product Officer at LinkLive The pandemic was the catalyst for digital healthcare and transforming modern patient care. But it happened abruptly, leaving many challenges in its wake. Dragged into this rapid shift, healthcare organizations adopted a plethora of communication endpoints without assessing their core attributes: adaptability, functionality, interoperability, effectiveness, and reliability.