Mon.Nov 07, 2022

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VillageMD to acquire Summit Health in nearly $9B deal

Mobi Health News

Walgreens-backed VillageMD signed an agreement to purchase Summit Health, a multispecialty medical practice and parent company of urgent care provider CityMD. The deal is expected to close early next year.

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Where will advances in remote cardiac and kidney monitoring lead?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Remote biometric monitoring technology company Biotricity recently announced securing National Institutes of Health funding from the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute with plans to launch a study of its Bioflux-AI technology. Bioflux-AI combines an FDA-approved, high-precision, small mobile cardiac telemetry device with AI-driven algorithms specifically trained for the prediction of stroke in stage 4 and stage 5 chronic kidney disease patients.

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Pediatric behavioral health startup Brightline lays off 20% of its workforce

Mobi Health News

The layoffs come three months after a $10 million extension that brought its Series C round to $115 million.

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UnitedHealth continues to lead the way on insurer profits in Q3. Here's how its competitors fared

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealth continues to lead the way on insurer profits in Q3. Here's how its competitors fared. pminemyer. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 15:36.

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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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OneStudyTeam, Antidote partner to aid in clinical trial workflow

Mobi Health News

The partnership will offer one platform for clinical trial sponsors, sites and participants.

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BetterHelp Revenue on the Rise Despite BetterHelp Controversies

Telebehavioral Health Institute

BetterHelp is reportedly one of the largest employers of behavioral professionals worldwide. Operating in multiple countries, BetterHelp provides online counseling services to consumers and has marketed its online therapy jobs through well-known behavioral leadership groups, including the homepage of the American Counseling Association. In February of 2022, BetterHelp posted a robust financial performance for 2021, reporting $700 million in global revenue.

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Walgreens' VillageMD inks $9B deal to buy Summit Health, marking largest physician deal of the year

FierceHealthIT

Walgreens' VillageMD inks $9B deal to buy Summit Health, marking largest physician deal of the year. hlandi. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 11:57.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 43: HIE with Henry Vynalek

Healthcare IT Today

For the 43rd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Henry Vynalek, Director of HIE & IT Operations at Ohio Health Information Partnership. This time we’re diving into the world of HIEs! We look at what the IT stack looks like for an HIE. Next we discuss the biggest challenges HIEs are facing. Vynalek then shares what interoperability challenge he wishes he could get rid of.

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Mental healthcare can get a boost from telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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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'Well-intentioned, poorly executed waste': How tech companies aim to reduce billions in wasteful spending

FierceHealthIT

'Well-intentioned, poorly executed waste': How tech companies aim to reduce billions in wasteful spending. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 23:29.

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High Costs a Key Focus for Healthcare Providers According to AGS Health

Healthcare IT Today

Health systems and physician practices are struggling with profitability as costs continue to rise while revenue remains flat. To endure, organizations will need to look to creative talent solutions, process automation, and other technologies – particularly in revenue cycle management (RCM). Healthcare IT Today recently connected with Patrice Wolfe, CEO and Thomas Thatapudi, CIO at AGS Health , a provider of RCM services, technologies, and support to healthcare organizations.

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Medical supplies company CCS leverages chronic care experience to address gestational diabetes

FierceHealthIT

Medical supplies company CCS leverages chronic care experience to address gestational diabetes. aburky. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 15:04.

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MediQuant Completes Acquisition of Knowledge Based Systems (KBS)

Healthcare IT Today

Tuck-in Acquisition Provides Immediate Value Through Channel and Market Expansion. MediQuant , LLC, a leading provider of enterprise data archive technology for the healthcare industry and creator of DataArk ®, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. (KBS), a privately held company located in the Dulles Technology Corridor of Washington, D.C.

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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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Charity care accounts for less than 1.4% of operating expenses at half of US hospitals, KFF finds

FierceHealthIT

Charity care accounts for less than 1.4% of operating expenses at half of US hospitals, KFF finds. dmuoio. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 17:05.

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Ria Health Awarded $2 Million from NIH for Telehealth Clinical Trial

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Ria Health , a leading telehealth provider specializing in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) treatment, announced receipt of a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a randomized, controlled trial evaluation of Ria Health’s intervention to increase telehealth screening and treatment for alcohol use disorders. It invovles the evaluation of Ria Health’s medically assisted treatment program’s effectiveness—The Ria Health Program—for decreasing problem drinking and re

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CMMI aims to bolster primary, specialty care coordination via new payment models

FierceHealthIT

CMMI aims to bolster primary, specialty care coordination via new payment models. rking. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 15:53.

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Remote Patient Monitoring Device for MCI Patients

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) will be piloting a new remote monitoring (RPM) technology through Nuvance Health in West Connecticut, one of the first health systems in the United States to pilot RPM with this population. Neuroglee Connect ™ is a virtual neurological specialty care program for clinical care teams to provide ongoing, personalized support for patients with MCI and caregivers from the comfort of their homes.

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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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What a divided Congress could mean for healthcare in the next year

FierceHealthIT

What a divided Congress could mean for healthcare in the next year. rking. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 16:49.

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Gaming Addiction: How Metacognition, Desire & Craving Influence Problematic Use of Video Games

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Among individuals of all ages, gaming addiction has been an issue of concern for many years. It is comparable to any other addiction in terms of its effect on health and quality of life. In a study of mostly males (81.8%) between the ages of 18-to 58-years-old, Bonner and colleagues (2022) examined the metacognitive model of desire thinking and craving (MMDTC) and whether this model predicted gaming addiction.

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Payers recover overpayments 50% faster with enterprise technology: study

FierceHealthIT

Payers recover overpayments 50% faster with enterprise technology: study. jpiatt. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 12:43.

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7 Tips for a Safe and Healthful Holiday Season

Advanced Medical Reviews

It seems like just yesterday summer was on the scene, bringing warm weather, family vacations and an array of outdoor sporting activities. However, winter will be here soon, with the season starting in the Northern Hemisphere on December 21.

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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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Cross-market hospital consolidation is on the rise and understudied, researchers say

FierceHealthIT

Cross-market hospital consolidation is on the rise and understudied, researchers say. dmuoio. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 14:54.

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The New Rules of Healthcare Platforms: Value Creation Shifts from Pipes to Platforms

E-CareManagement

by Vince Kuraitis and Randy Williams. Value for customers is created differently on platforms than by traditional product/service business models. Today we'll present and discuss the metaphor of how traditional businesses can be thought of as "pipelines" and how these pipes differ from digital platforms. A New Series. This post is the first in a new series: "The New Rules of Healthcare Platforms.

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Expanded Medicaid coverage may lower kidney-related hospitalizations

FierceHealthIT

Expanded Medicaid coverage may lower kidney-related hospitalizations. fdiamond. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 13:04.

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Optimizing product/market fit through user research

MDisrupt

In practice, achieving product market fit is not as easy as digital health companies think. Learn here how to get product market fit effectively and easier.

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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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For Health Plans, Member Engagement Is Everything

FierceHealthIT

For Health Plans, Member Engagement Is Everything. mteefey. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 13:15.

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Q3 2022 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Insights

Corp Advisory Solutions

The post Q3 2022 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Insights appeared first on Corporate Advisory Solutions.

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Kaiser Permanente reports $1.55B net loss, red operations in Q3 2022

FierceHealthIT

Kaiser Permanente reports $1.55B net loss, red operations in Q3 2022. dmuoio. Mon, 11/07/2022 - 10:51.

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