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How AI is revolutionizing patient care: Exploring the Humane Ai Pin and Rabbit R1

KevinMD

Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into health care transforms patient care, making it more personalized, efficient, and accessible. Two groundbreaking technologies, the Humane Ai Pin and the Rabbit R1, exemplify this shift. By enhancing communication, ensuring data security, and improving administrative and clinical operations, these devices promise a future where technology and human expertise merge to Read more… How AI is revolutionizing patient care: Exploring the Humane Ai Pin and Rab

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Q&A: Microsoft's AI for Good Lab on AI biases and regulation

Mobi Health News

Juan Lavista Ferres, head of Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss his book on ethically using AI to impact humanity positively.

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HIMSSCast: The need for home care continues

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A nurse by training, Tim Ashe, chief clinical officer at Wellsky, knows the challenges that burnout, staffing shortages and bed capacity have on clinicians and the health system.

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Teladoc reports a 3% increase in revenue to $646M in Q1 2024

Mobi Health News

The telemedicine giant reported a net loss of $81.9 million in the first quarter of the year and a 20% increase in EBITDA year-over-year.

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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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Here's what 'fair allocation' for GLP-1s and other weight loss drugs could look like

FierceHealthIT

Demand for GLP-1s and other weight loss drugs has yet to subside, and a new study aims to establish an ethical framework that can be used to ensure the patients who need these therapies can access | A new study aims to establish an ethical framework that can be used to ensure the patients who need these therapies can access them amid shortages.

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Oracle's move to Nashville for its world HQ signals broader ambitions for healthcare

FierceHealthIT

"It's the center of the industry we're most concerned about, which is the healthcare industry," Oracle chairman Larry Ellison said.

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Moderna revolutionizes operations with AI: ChatGPT Enterprise transforms workflows

Digital Health Global

In a groundbreaking collaboration, Moderna , renowned for its pioneering work in mRNA medicines, including the COVID-19 vaccine, joins forces with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT Enterprise across its operations, ushering in a new era of efficiency and innovation. Under the visionary leadership of CEO Stéphane Bancel, Moderna has embarked on an ambitious mission to infuse AI into every aspect of its business, from research and manufacturing to legal and commercial operations.

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The Health Foundation: technologies clinicians say can save the NHS time

DigitalHealth

Research from The Health Foundation has explored the technologies saving clinicians time right now, and those that have potential for the future.

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Patient Experience Insights – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 139

Healthcare IT Today

For the 139th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are talking about the patient experience! Putting patients first and focusing on the patient experience is something a lot of organizations have been talking about as a priority for a while now, but do they really mean it? We kick off this episode by diving into this topic and debating whether or not organizations truly care about the patient experience.

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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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Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent deploys remote monitoring from Docobo

DigitalHealth

The shared care record for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICS has rolled out Docobo remote monitoring technology, supporting out-of-hospital care.

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Lean Digital: How Apps and Services Can Help Control Weight

Healthcare IT Today

Is anyone not obsessed with weight? The health care field certainly is. Researchers have found ties between high body weight and an oversized list of unhealthy conditions. Payers have invested enormous amounts of money in decreasing individuals’ body weights. A Congressional bill would promote behavioral therapy for obesity and extend Medicare coverage for drugs treating obesity.

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NHS algorithm to enable patients to issue their own sick notes

DigitalHealth

Changes have been proposed to the existing sick note system, that would see an NHS algorithm enable patients to generate their own sick note.

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MultiPlan, major payers again accused of conspiring to limit provider reimbursement

FierceHealthIT

MultiPlan is in the legal crosshairs of another healthcare system over contracts and services provided to partner health plans that providers have described as collusive and anticompetitive. | Allegiance Health Management is the latest provider organization to come out against MultiPlan's out-of-network claim repricing business. Its class action filed last week also lists UnitedHealth, Elevance and Aetna among its defendants.

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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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Brightside Health Raises Strategic Series C, Welcomes Trip Hofer to Board of Directors

Healthcare IT Today

With Over $100M in Total Funding, the Telemental Health Company is Poised for its Next Phase of Growth Telemental health company Brightside Health today announced a strategic Series C raise led by S32, as well as the appointment of industry titan Trip Hofer to the Board of Directors to advise on go-to-market strategy and execution. This news builds on the company’s recent momentum, including new and expanded payer partnerships to support Medicaid and Medicare lives and notable results for its

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7 Mistakes You’re Making with Mental Health Telehealth

TheraNest

In our digital age, telehealth has become an invaluable tool for mental and behavioral health providers to reach and support a larger population of individuals in need. Telehealth is a great way to reach clients beyond your physical borders and can even help you find people in mental health deserts. While telehealth offers numerous benefits, such as increased accessibility and convenience, it also presents unique challenges and potential pitfalls.

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Best Practices for Hospitals Addressing Behavioral Health Platform Integration

Iris Telehealth

When health systems work to implement a new platform, not only do they need to ensure new platforms integrate into their current technologies, but they also must get team buy-in and ensure it makes their workflows and systems easier — not more complicated. For their behavioral health services in particular, many health systems rely on telehealth to help them reach patients.

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Fierce Healthcare Fundraising Tracker—Midi Health banks $60M for women's health; Lumeris pockets $100M

FierceHealthIT

A new year brings a new approach to tracking health tech and digital health investments. | Deerfield Management and BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners back Lumeris' $100 million equity capital raise; Midi Health picks up $60 million to scale up virtual women's care clinic and more funding news.

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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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Leveraging The SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework

LeanIX

SAP's Enterprise Architecture Framework is a road map for optimizing your enterprise architecture function, with best-practice guidance and a flexible, modular approach. Discover what you can learn from SAP's example and how LeanIX can support you in leveraging SAP methodology.

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Want to Increase Home Hemodialysis Uptake? Establish Group Training

FierceHealthIT

Home hemodialysis (HHD) may offer improved health and quality of life for patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), which affects more than 800,000 Americans.

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Integration of Remote Patient Monitoring in Chronic Disease Management

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Disclaimer: The information provided in this article is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as medical advice or a substitute for professional healthcare consultation. In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, the integration of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) has emerged as a pivotal strategy in the effective management of chronic diseases.

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European Parliament approves creation of the European Health Data Space: unified system for managing electronic health data across member states

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: On the 24th April 2024, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) approved the creation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The law will make it possible to transfer health data safely to health professionals in other EU countries (based on MyHealth@EU infrastructure), for example when citizens move to another state. It will be possible to download the health record free of charge.

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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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Delivering an Electronic Patient Record Discovery Programme for Cambridge and Peterborough ICS

Healthcare Innovation Consortium

Overview Healthcare Innovation Consortium (HIC) conducted an extensive piece of discovery on behalf of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care System (ICS) to explore Electronic Patient Record (EPR) renewal and procurement options. This was an important, strategic deliverable for the ICS and their acute trusts, which required our support to help them understand the true picture of financial envelopes available to the ecosystem, procurement, contractual and legal implications, and the mos

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HHS restores nondiscrimination protections, expands provisions to telehealth, AI

FierceHealthIT

The Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule reinstating certain regulatory protections against discrimination in healthcare that were stripped in a previous Trump-era rul | HHS added nondiscrimination requirements specific to telehealth and artificial intelligence in its update of the Affordable Care Act’s Section 1557 nondiscrimination rule.

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Transforming Vitals Collection and Automation at Skilled Nursing Facilities

AMD Telemedicine

Transforming Clinical Workflows w/ AGNES Vitals Connect: Case Study for Skilled Nursing Facilities Date: Archived from Live on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Are you ready to revolutionize the way your skilled nursing facility operates? Join us for an exclusive webinar that addresses workflow and financial challenges these facilities face, and delves into the transformative power of vitals automation.

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DOL set to reverse Trump admin's contentious association health plan policy

FierceHealthIT

The Department of Labor (DOL) will release a final rule that completely overturns a Trump-era policy allowing small businesses to skirt the Affordable Care Act (ACA) using association health plans. | The Biden administration agreed with concerns that a policy enacted to expand the use of association health plans bypassed protections put in place by the Affordable Care Act.

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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.