KevinMD

MAY 14, 2024

Introducing OpenAI’s GPT-4o is just the beginning of a transformative journey in health care. As we look to the future, it is essential to ensure that advancements in AI, particularly in sensitive sectors like health care, are grounded in security and fairness. With strict adherence to HIPAA-compliant servers and proactive measures to eliminate bias in Read more… Envisioning the future of health care with OpenAI’s GPT-4o: potential innovations under secure and unbiased conditions ori

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Mobi Health News

MAY 2, 2024

Dr. Julia Frydman will be the oncology-focused company's first medical director for palliative care. She will oversee its new Enhanced Supportive Care program.

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Health Populi

MAY 17, 2024

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that surging hospital prices are helping to keep inflation high. Hospital costs rose 7.7% last month, the highest increase in 13 years. This chart from WSJ’s reporting illustrates the >2x change in the CPI for hospitals vs the overall rate of price increases. Hospitals are not alone in price cliffs, with health insurance premiums spiking last year at the fastest rate in a decade, the Labor Statistics data showed. “For patients and their

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the integration of virtual care has become pivotal in reshaping patient experiences. Amanda Bury, chief commercial officer at Infermedica, a digital health company specializing in AI-powered systems for symptom analysis and patient triage, knows telehealth's potential to enhance and optimize patient experiences and outcomes while emphasizing convenience, affordability and empowerment – tying in responsible AI innovation and strategies for e

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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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FierceHealthIT

MAY 9, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday it has established a new task force to take on healthcare monopolies and collusion. | The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday it has established a new task force to take on healthcare monopolies and collusion.

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KevinMD

MAY 6, 2024

In the bustling city of New York lived a young woman named Emily. Emily wasn’t a health care provider or even remotely associated with the medical field. She worked as a graphic designer, spending her days creating stunning visuals for advertising campaigns. One evening, while browsing the internet, Emily stumbled upon an article titled “Why Read more… The universal impact of health care informatics originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 6, 2024

The Agency has qualified Apple's atrial fibrillation history feature as a medical device development tool, allowing it to be used in clinical trials.

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Health Populi

MAY 2, 2024

While people in the U.S. perceive a dramatic rise in mental health conditions among fellow health citizens growing over the past five years, people note barriers of cost, insufficient supply of providers, and stigma as barriers to getting care in the latest Gallup and West Health poll on the subject. In West Health’s words , three-quarters of Americans feel that, “mental health takes a back seat to physical health” in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2024

While telehealth alone doesn't appear to add significantly to a primary care physician's workload, mixing modalities – telehealth and in-person hybrid care environments – led to a 6% increase in time spent with documentary and EHR work, new research shows. WHY IT MATTERS These were among the results of an April study by MedStar Health Research Institute and Georgetown University School of Medicine published in JAMA Network Open , which focused on how hybrid care environments

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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

MAY 15, 2024

U.S. | Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Bill Cassidy want to reform how primary care providers get paid through Medicare, and they also want to hear from the healthcare industry about the best way to do it.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 17, 2024

In a strategic move to bolster its position in cutting-edge medical devices, Samsung Medison , a global medical equipment company and subsidiary of Samsung Electronics , has officially announced its acquisition of Sonio SAS , a leading fetal ultrasound AI software company. Founded in 2020 with a mission to advance women and children’s health worldwide through medical innovations, Sonio has developed innovative IT solutions and AI features specifically tailored for obstetrics and gynecology

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KevinMD

MAY 11, 2024

The landscape of the modern doctor’s office has changed remarkably over the last decade, especially with the emergence of artificial intelligence. The days of turning to Google for medical questions are becoming fewer and far between as large language models such as ChatGPT or Bing chatbot are helping to create personalized and comprehensive responses to Read more… Artificial intelligence: Revolutionizing patient education in primary care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 10, 2024

Med-Gemini-3D can read 3D scans, generate radiology reports and answer questions, while Med-Gemini-Polygenic can predict health outcomes based on genomic data.

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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.

Health Populi

MAY 9, 2024

Yesterday, the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means passed six pieces of legislation that would bolster telehealth in the U.S. for the next two years, assuring several aspects of access for health citizens across the country. “One of our top priorities on this Committee is helping every American access health care in the community where they live, work, and raise a family,” Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) explained in his introductory statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2024

It's National Nurses Week 2024 , and it's time to celebrate the more than 5 million RNs nationwide who are so essential to care delivery. But overshadowing the celebration are many challenges impacting the nursing workforce. Chief among them: critical staffing challenges. Some federal and state legislators are seeking to mandate patient-caregiver ratios to help improve care and reduce nurse burnout.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 15, 2024

NEW YORK CITY—Uber Health will begin rolling out a new solution designed for caregivers this summer, the company announced at its annual product event Wednesday. | Uber Caregiver will allow care-receivers to add a caregiver to their Uber profile so they can see and spend their health benefits on eligible services, request rides to doctor’s appointments or order groceries.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 17, 2024

Enhancing Patient Outcomes and Surgical Care Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly revolutionizing the field of healthcare, but its integration in surgery has been relatively nascent. However, a recent study published in Nature 1 explores the potential of AI in surgery, highlighting its multifaceted improvements in preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care.

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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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KevinMD

MAY 15, 2024

If you’re a physician reading this, the concept of burnout likely needs no introduction. The harsh realities of our profession—long hours, extreme stress, mounting paperwork—have taken an immense toll on clinicians across every specialty. Everywhere you look, it seems there’s another survey about the escalating number of physicians who self-identify as burning out.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2024

Walmart is closing Walmart Health and Walmart Health Virtual Care, saying the business model was not profitable nor sustainable. The Walmart Health centers opened in 2019. "Through our experience managing Walmart Health centers and Walmart Health Virtual Care, we determined there is not a sustainable business model for us to continue," the company said by statement.

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Optimum Healthcare IT

MAY 15, 2024

Optimum Healthcare IT announced today that its ServiceNow offering, Clinician Connect, is available in the ServiceNow Store. The post The Impact of AI Trust and Literacy in Your Health System appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2024

The American Telemedicine Association held its 28th annual conference, ATA Nexus 2024, this past week in Phoenix. The goal was to gather innovators, changemakers and healthcare providers to lead efforts to improve access to quality care with telehealth and remote monitoring. The theme was "The Next Chapter in Virtual Care," examining new realities, highlighting lessons learned, and sharing actionable insights and use cases, while convening thought leaders, frontline providers and patie

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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

MAY 13, 2024

The gap between insurance plans and Medicare's payments to hospitals for inpatient and outpatient services widened over the course of just a couple of years, a new study from RAND Corporation | A new report from RAND Corporation highlighted just how much more employers and private insurers are paying hospitals for inpatient and outpatient services.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

It’s been a bad couple months for cybersecurity in healthcare. Or maybe it will end up being a good thing. I remember after the devestation of Hurricane Katrina, we all woke up to the need for better disaster recovery and business continuity. While it’s amazing to consider two breaches and ransomware incidents the size of Change Healthcare and Ascension could happen so closely together, it’s very clear that healthcare is a target and we need to massively increase our investm

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KevinMD

MAY 9, 2024

AlphaFold Three is a monumental leap forward in biomedical research and drug discovery, signaling a new era where artificial intelligence (AI) merges seamlessly with molecular biology to unlock mysteries that have long eluded scientists. Developed by Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, AlphaFold 3 is not just an upgrade to its predecessors; it’s a transformative tool Read more… Revolutionizing medicine with AlphaFold 3: the new frontier in biomedical research originally appeared in KevinM

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Mobi Health News

MAY 14, 2024

North Carolina-based Cone Health, Virginia health system Sentara Health and Kentucky community health center A Plus Family HealthCare will utilize TytoCare in local schools.

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DigitalHealth

MAY 9, 2024

Six mental health trusts in London to roll out digital tool to support people detained under the Mental Health Act (MHA), OneLondon has announced.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2024

Walmart is closing Walmart Health and Walmart Health Virtual Care, saying the business model was not profitable nor sustainable. The Walmart Health centers opened in 2019. "Through our experience managing Walmart Health centers and Walmart Health Virtual Care, we determined there is not a sustainable business model for us to continue," the company said by statement.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 2, 2024

Google and DeepMind released an open access paper on their newest artificial intelligence tools intended for use in hea | Results released by Google on Med-Gemini's performance show that it outperforms existing AI/ML including GPT-4 on over a dozen industry benchmarks.

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