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Future of medical device cyber security

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: The future of medical device cyber security is a rapidly evolving landscape. As medical devices become increasingly connected to the internet, they are becoming more vulnerable to cyber attacks. In 2021, there were over 100 known cyber attacks on medical devices, and this number is expected to grow in the coming years. There are a number of factors driving the growth of cyber attacks on medical devices.

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Generative AI to accelerate drug discovery

Digital Health Global

Google Cloud has announced the launch of enhanced AI-powered tools aimed at advancing life sciences. These tools include the Target and Lead Identification Suite, an AI tool for life science researchers to better identify the function of amino acids and predict the structure of proteins, and the Multiomics Suite for discovering and interpreting genomic data and designing personalized genomic treatments.

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Surviving TMI and AI: the importance of self-initiated self-learning for future physicians

KevinMD

Although adult education is meant to be accomplished without spoon-feeding, academic physicians find it challenging to avoid spoon-feeding their medical students, residents, and fellows when designing curriculums for them during medical school and graduate medical education (GME). With the advent of the internet and digital information, the situation has become worse instead of better.

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How to Transition from Private Practice to a Telehealth Group

Iris Telehealth

Making the move from private practice to working for a telehealth group comes with a lot of benefits and considerations. In this blog, we’ll outline the pros and cons of making this switch and offer recommendations for making this transition seamless. Are you looking for something specific? Use this table of contents to jump where you need to go: Table of contents Why you might consider a transition to telehealth The benefits of working for a telehealth group How to make your transition to teleh

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Connected Health Initiative – Our Health IT Friend on Capitol Hill

Healthcare IT Today

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) is a non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of all health IT vendors. They are a trusted resource and voice for our industry so that policymakers at federal, state, and local levels can be better informed about emerging digital health technology. Vendors can help by contributing clinical efficacy studies to CHI’s new Digital Health Evidence Resource Database to bolster their advocacy efforts.

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Getting Health Care at a Retail Pharmacy vs a Retail Store: Consumers May Be Favoring the Pharmacist Versus the Retailer

Health Populi

Not all “retail health” sites are created equal, U.S. consumers seem to be saying in a new study from Wolters Kluwer Health, the company’s second Pharmacy Next: Consumer Care and Cost Trends survey. Specifically, consumers have begun to differentiate between health care delivered at a retail pharmacy versus care offered at a retail store — such as Target or Walmart (both named as sites that offer “health clinics in department stores” in the study press release

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Health Systems Must Move “Beyond the Walls” to Support Consumers’ Well-Being

Health Populi

Hospitals’ and health systems’ core competencies have been serving patients “within the walls” of their organizations and institutions. As health systems continue to evolve value-based services while meeting patients’ consumer-oriented demands for convenience and personalization, digital transformation is required, enabling care “beyond-the-walls.” We learn more about this vision and how to map the journey to getting there in the report Integrating digi

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Cognitive care needs can be identified by digital assessments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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The game-changing impact of AI regulation: Unlocking the potential in health care and society

KevinMD

The regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic in recent years, especially as AI systems like ChatGPT continue to grow in prominence. OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, emphasizing the need for collaboration between the government and private companies to create appropriate regulations.

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Real-Life Examples of HIPAA Violations and How to Avoid Them

Speaker: Jack Clough, Chief Growth Officer

Download our 30-minute webinar where we delve into real-life examples of HIPAA violations and preventative measures every organization should know! You will learn: The critical factors that lead to HIPAA violations and how to identify them. Three compelling real-life cases of organizations that faced severe HIPAA penalties. Proven strategies to safeguard YOUR organization against HIPAA violations.

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Fertility app Premom shared users' health data without consent, FTC says

Mobi Health News

The Federal Trade Commission alleges the company shared personal health information with two China-based firms, Google and analytics company AppsFlyer.

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Medical Debt: “The Debt of Necessity” – A Current U.S. Picture from the CFPB

Health Populi

On April 11, 2023, three of the largest U.S. consumer credit rating companies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — planned to remove medical bill collections that were under $500 from consumers’ credit reports. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) calculated that these medical bill “erasures” under $500 impacted nearly 23 million consumers and eliminated medical collections totally for 15.6 million people in the U.S. according to CFPB’s recently-pub

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Addiction recovery provider sees success with AI-enabled telehealth meds monitoring

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

An addiction medicine practice in Fishers, Indiana, run by Dr. Bill Farr has in two years seen a cohort of 100 patients remain in his medication-assisted treatment program 94% of the time using a new technology (developed by Farr) compared with 54% of the time without the technology. Farr runs the addiction practice and is cofounder of Atadas, a telehealth medication monitoring technology company.

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Understanding the Benefits of Data Registries for Advancing Patient Centricity and Research

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Leon Rozenblit, JD, PhD, Registry CoE, IQVIA, Alexandra Weiss, nonprofit strategy, patient organizations, IQVIA. The past few years ushered in a historic wave of innovation in the therapeutic development landscape, heightening the demand for high-quality, […] The article Understanding the Benefits of Data Registries for Advancing Patient Centricity and Research appeared first on electroni

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Voiceitt, Cisco partner to offer speech recognition for virtual meetings

Mobi Health News

Webex by Cisco will integrate Voiceitt's technology into its platform for people with non-standard speech to be easily understood during virtual calls.

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Kaiser Permanente discloses timeline, financial commitments for its VBC megadeal with Geisinger Health

FierceHealthIT

Kaiser Permanente discloses timeline, financial commitments for its VBC megadeal with Geisinger Health dmuoio Tue, 05/16/2023 - 12:40

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For Oak Orchard, telehealth relieves shortage of medical, dental and mental health pros

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

COVID-19 forced Oak Orchard Health, a health system based in Brockport, New York, to change the way it did almost everything at its health centers – beginning with its inability to see patients face to face. THE PROBLEM But services were needed more than ever. As a rural FQHC, it typically faced many challenges – challenges inflamed by the pandemic.

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Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Data in Action

Healthcare IT Today

Just when clinicians—inspired by the HITECH act and new forms of analytics—are grappling with new uses for traditional clinical data, they are being pushed to include a far vaster data set: social determinants of health (SDoH). There are often challenges when it comes to figuring out what types of SDoH data are relevant to each patient, and how to act on it to create healthier individuals and communities.

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How 3 Urgent Cares Tackled Key Metrics For Accelerated Growth

Considering the growth of your clinic? It’s difficult to advance any business today without using technology — but what will truly enhance your daily operations? How successful are other urgent care centers with these solutions? This article offers a glimpse into real-world technology experiences from urgent care centers like yours. Discover how various solutions can boost your growth potential and see firsthand how effective they are.

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Q&A: Professional soccer players score telehealth partner for mental health

Mobi Health News

Connor Tobin, professional soccer player and the cofounder and executive director of the United Soccer League Players Association, discusses a partnership with telehealth platform Onrise to support players' mental health.

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Cybersecurity attack against Amazon-owned online pharmacy PillPack exposed user health data

FierceHealthIT

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For Ryan Health, telehealth seeds planted during the pandemic have flourished

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Ryan Health is a federally qualified health center based in Manhattan that has been providing comprehensive and affordable primary and specialty care to New York’s diverse and underserved communities since 1967. Ryan Health has seven primary care centers, seven school-based health centers, two community outreach centers at transitional housing sites, and one mobile health center, all located throughout Manhattan.

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Advances in Early Diagnosis

Healthcare IT Today

For many of the most severe health conditions, early detection greatly increases the chance of successful treatment and much better outcomes. This article shows how some surprising technologies are improving the early detection of several conditions. Nutromics continuously monitors the delivery of an antibiotic used to treat sepsis. Eye-tracking from Tobii is used by several of its clients to detect certain kinds of autism as early as twelve months of age.

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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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Menopause care platform Gennev becomes Aetna in-network provider

Mobi Health News

Eligible Aetna commercial members will be able to access virtual visits with Gennev's doctors and dietitians without prior authorization.

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Axena Health Begins First-of-Its-Kind Global Study of Female Incontinence

Digital Health Global

Multi-year research to examine how women in low- and middle-income countries manage stigma, symptoms and engage in treatment Study begins in Nigeria and Kenya; data available in late 2023 NEWTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #DigitalHealth –Axena Health, Inc. (Axena Health), a women’s health medical device company focused on scalable treatments for female pelvic health, announced today a large-scale study that will investigate the burdens of incontinence on women in low- and middle-i

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Commercial payers frequently delayed paying out providers' claims in Q1, report finds

FierceHealthIT

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Spring Health IT Conference Review – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 114

Healthcare IT Today

For the 114th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are reviewing the Health IT Conferences we’ve had this spring! First we discuss the technology trends that we’ve seen this far. Next we examine what were the hot topics of discussions from all of the conferences. Then we share what we thought was missing and/or lacking from the spring 2023 conferences.

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

Running a healthcare facility requires precision and care, not just for patients but also for your staff. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps healthcare providers choose the best provider. Efficient payroll management ensures timely, accurate payments, critical for maintaining staff morale and trust. Compliance support helps navigate complex healthcare regulations and avoid costly fines.

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Pear Therapeutics assets sold for $6M at auction after bankruptcy

Mobi Health News

The prescription digital therapeutics companies' assets were sold to four bidders: Click Therapeutics, Harvest BIO, Nox Health Group and Welt.

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LRVHealth Raises $200 Million Fund V to Transform Healthcare from the Inside

Digital Health Global

Strategic Healthcare Venture Capital Platform Connects Largest Network of Healthcare Incumbents with Entrepreneurs Addressing the Industry’s Biggest Challenges & Opportunities BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– LRVHealth , the inside healthcare venture capital platform, today announced that it raised $200 million in its fifth fund to accelerate its track record of driving transformational change in healthcare.

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PBGH: What employers want to see as Congress aims to reform PBMs

FierceHealthIT

PBGH: What employers want to see as Congress aims to reform PBMs pminemyer Mon, 05/15/2023 - 16:13

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