Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 8, 2025

The past year saw varying levels of digital transformations going around the health systems in Asia-Pacific. It has increasingly become evident that digitalisation – from nationwide networks down to individual hospitals – has become the rule in a post-pandemic world. AI and virtual care models continued to be the craze in healthcare, owing to their clear support for improving clinician productivity and patient outcomes.

Health IT 177

Health IT General practice HIE Telemedicine 177

KevinMD

JANUARY 21, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming health care, with a particular focus on enhancing patient care through precision medicine, advanced ultrasound guidance, and real-time treatment adaptation. These innovations promise a future where personalized treatment plans, more accurate diagnostics, and optimized care are not just possibilities but routine practice.

Health IT 276

Health IT 276

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 21, 2025

Chase County Community Hospital has faced a number of challenges similar to those confronted by many other rural health systems. Chief among them was a growing shortage of physicians, a problem projected to worsen in the coming years. THE CHALLENGE Chase is a 15-bed critical access hospital in Imperial, Nebraska. Like many rural healthcare organizations, the facility relies heavily on advanced practice providers – nurse practitioners and physician associates.

Telemedicine 168

Telemedicine Nursing eCare Telehealth 168

Mobi Health News

JANUARY 7, 2025

At CES in Las Vegas, Circular announced its next-generation health tracking ring with ECG capabilities, and VIV Health unveiled its ring with generative sleep aid sound technology.

306

306

Speaker: Brian Richardson, Brian Richardson, Founder and CEO of Richardson Consulting Group

Let’s face it—most ethics and compliance training programs aren’t winning awards for engagement. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be effective, captivating, and maybe even enjoyable! Join learning design expert Brian Richardson for a dynamic session on how to breathe new life into your ethics and compliance training. We'll explore innovative strategies to bring traditionally dry topics to life, making them resonate with learners and drive tangible change.

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2025

The following is a guest article by Ty Greenhalgh, Industry Principal of Healthcare at Claroty Cybersecurity in the healthcare sector faces persistent challenges despite increasing awareness and the implementation of targeted guidance, such as the HHS Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs) , which are nearing their one-year mark.

Public Health 135

Public Health Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare IT Leadership 135

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 15, 2025

Caregiving and other demands of an aging population gained significant government attention and new initiatives during 2024, all approved, with only reimbursed telehealth access remaining to be approved. Technology enablement and access will likely be components of each of these initiatives as they evolve. Clearly ore progress is required for protecting older adults from scams.

Medicare 126

Medicare Public Health Nursing Telehealth 126

KevinMD

JANUARY 28, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) advances are ushering in a new era of health care innovation, and small language models (SLMs) deployed on edge devices are leading the charge. Unlike large-scale AI systems, SLMs are lightweight, efficient, and capable of operating on localized devices such as smartphones, wearables, and IoT sensors. By combining the power of edge Read more Small language models and edge technology: Transforming health care delivery originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

Health IT 425

Health IT 425

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2025

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued its HHS Artificial Intelligence Strategic Plan , which the agency says will "set in motion a coordinated public-private approach to improving the quality, safety, efficiency, accessibility, equitability and outcomes in health and human services through the innovative, safe, and responsible use of AI.

Public Health 206

Public Health Interoperability Healthcare IT Health Information 206

Lloyd Price

JANUARY 16, 2025

Exec Summary: Small Language Models (SLMs) are a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that can process and generate human language. They are called "small" because they have fewer parameters (internal variables) than Large Language Models (LLMs). This makes them more efficient and easier to train, but also limits their capabilities. SLMs use a similar approach to LLMs, but with a smaller scale.

healthcare technology 121

healthcare technology Mental health Leadership Drug Development 121

Advertisement

Many administrators at large and small medical practices and labs can be fearful of bringing in a third party to help with their revenue cycle. For some, this is a fear of giving up control; for others, it is about avoiding staff losses. But a strategic approach with a partner that knows one-size-fits-all is not the solution for every customer, and instead, offers a tailored service that helps an organization close weaknesses in their billing operations by using a proven, highly professional, op

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2025

The Company Comes Out of Stealth with $5M and in Collaboration with 25+ Partners to Support Transparent and Accessible Data Analytics Tuva Health , the world’s first open-source healthcare data transformation platform, launched out of stealth today with $5M in seed funding. The company offers payers, providers, and pharmaceutical companies the ability to transform claims and EHR datasets into analytics-ready data tables via an open-source data model with built-in normalization, data qualit

Life Science 111

Life Science Pharmaceuticals Interoperability EHR 111

Health Populi

JANUARY 13, 2025

While nursing has ranked top of U.S. professions for honesty and ethics for over a decade, U.S. adults speak even more assuredly in 2025 that nurses far outrank other professions in America. according to the latest Gallup Poll. The study summary report is titled, “Americans’ Ratings of U.S. Professions Stay Historically Low.” The data speak for itself — in 2025, the margin of people who put nurses on top of all other professions in America is much wider than in past years

Nursing 156

Nursing Mental health Patient Experience 156

Mobi Health News

JANUARY 28, 2025

The multifunctional biomedical robot can do imaging, sampling, and laser ablation.

301

301

KevinMD

JANUARY 22, 2025

Since the release of large language models such as ChatGPT in November of 2022, medicine has been transformed in ways previously unimaginable by using artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool to solve problems. The use of natural language processing (NLP) in a transformer model allows physicians to explore the massive amount of data in a Read more How AI is transforming medicine faster than ever before originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

Health IT 264

Health IT 264

Advertisement

Discover everything healthcare providers need to know about secure messaging. Covering essential topics like HIPAA compliance, communication efficiency, and patient privacy protection, this resource is indispensable for professionals, caregivers, and administrative staff alike.📱 💬 Whether managing sensitive patient data, coordinating care teams, or streamlining workflows, discover actionable insights to implement secure messaging solutions effectively.

HIPAA

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 27, 2025

Clinical documentation requirements can be copious and time-consuming. While concurrent documentation is taught and encouraged, it is a skill that takes time to master – and even when done well can cause a clinician to feel or appear distracted during a patient visit. THE CHALLENGE Trying to actively listen and provide quality care while having to focus on recording accurate and complete details of a conversation in a note can be challenging even for an experienced therapist.

Telemedicine 161

Telemedicine Telehealth Healthcare IT 161

DigitalHealth

JANUARY 22, 2025

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust will trial a whole-brain computer interface to modulate brain-wide activity.

Mental health 126

Mental health 126

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2025

Healthcare is the last bastion for many technologies of yesteryear. Fax machines, pagers, compact discs (CDs), clipboards, printed educational materials, and only offering a phone number to book an appointment remain prevalent in healthcare despite having been all but phased out in other industries. Many of the speakers at conferences last year pleaded with audiences to put more effort into adopting modern approaches to better solve healthcares challenges like patient experience, interoperabili

Interoperability 110

Interoperability Patient Experience EHR Healthcare IT 110

Health Populi

JANUARY 14, 2025

There were over 4,500 exhibitors on the show floor of the 2025 CES in Las Vegas last week, addressing every imaginable aspect of consumers’ daily lives as we increasingly coexist with technology to support life, liberty, and our personal pursuits of happiness… … and health. My focus is always on health, and in the past decade and a half, health/care, everywhere.

Connected Health 156

Connected Health Primary Care Mental health EHR 156

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

Mobi Health News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Julia Strandberg, chief business leader of connected care and monitoring at Philips, told MobiHealthNews she anticipates continued mergers, partnerships and AI innovation in 2025.

Digital Health 300

Digital Health Connected Care 300

KevinMD

JANUARY 9, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an increasingly dominant topic in the daily news. From banking to birding, personalized marketing to publishing, and smart homes to sports, AI is permeating all aspects of society. In medicine … Read more… Navigating the world of artificial intelligence in health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

308

308

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 2, 2025

The promise of remote patient monitoring is showing itself in more and more telemedicine use cases, with huge potential for day-to-day wellness, management of chronic conditions and the promotion of health equity. Oren Nissim is CEO and cofounder of Brook Health, a care management company that uses telehealth and artificial intelligence for home-based care.

Remote care 186

Remote care Telehealth Primary Care Telemedicine 186

GlobalMed

JANUARY 21, 2025

As businesses and organizations place more emphasis on employee wellness, there’s a growing understanding that true well-being isnt just about mental, emotional, and physical health – it also involves environmental health. Sustainable wellness practices are emerging as an essential component of modern wellness programs, combining the goals of employee well-being with the importance of environmental responsibility.

Mental health 88

Mental health Telehealth 88

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

Proposed Changes Require Strong Cybersecurity The newly proposed changes to the 2013 HIPAA Security Rule published yesterday in the U.S. Federal Register include strict cybersecurity requirements that leave little wiggle room for healthcare providers, health plans, and their business associates to avoid implementing strong cybersecurity practices, including validation that their business partners also meet their HIPAA requirements.

HIPAA 117

HIPAA Health Information Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare IT 117

Health Populi

JANUARY 5, 2025

People are living everyday life in digital coexistence — where the connected technologies we use for communication and entertainment now enable life-flows across our lives, morning to night, at work and play and even while we’re sleeping. Welcome to the five key tech-trends for 2025, brought to life Sunday afternoon by Melissa Harrison, CTA’s Vice President of Marketing & Communications tag-teaming with Brian Comiskey, Senior Director, Innovation & Trends.

Mental health 156

Mental health Public Health Telehealth Connected Health 156

Mobi Health News

JANUARY 24, 2025

Ashkan Afkhami of BCG X sat down with MobiHealthNews during JPM to discuss the U.S. health system's strengths, challenges in cost control and the transformative potential of AI.

294

294

Digital Health Global

JANUARY 7, 2025

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft guidance titled “ Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations. ” This document outlines a Total Product Lifecycle (TPLC) approach to manage and market AI-enabled medical devices, addressing the unique challenges and risks of AI technologies.

Digital Health 88

Digital Health 88

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 21, 2025

For veterans that have had an in-person visit with Veterans Affairs' providers, the Drug Enforcement Administration is extending those provider-patient relationships to all VA practitioners engaging in telemedicine with the patient, DEA said in a statement Friday. Jointly released with the Department of Justice, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services, the new final rule says VA telehealth prescribers do not have to take p

Telehealth 166

Telehealth Telemedicine EHR Mental health 166

Health Recovery Solutions

JANUARY 21, 2025

When embarking on a remote patient monitoring (RPM) journey, it's easy to get caught up in the excitement of cutting-edge technology and its potential to transform healthcare delivery. However, a crucial element often overshadowed is the intricate world of RPM logistics. Efficient logistics are the backbone of any successful RPM program, ensuring seamless operations and maximizing return on investment (ROI).

105

105

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2025

The following is a guest article by Joseph M. Saunders, Founder and CEO at RunSafe Security Modern healthcare settings are full of devices that use software to manage and improve patient care, from MRI machines to CT scanners to infusion pumps. Healthcare providers rely on medical device manufacturers to deliver secure and effective software upfront, but securing software once these devices are already in the field is another challenge altogether.

Leadership 109

Leadership Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare IT Health IT 109