KevinMD

MAY 4, 2023

Well before the advent of chat GPT, popular culture has explored how technology might affect health care, often with a dystopian bent. Take, for example, the 2013 sci-fi movie Elysium, set in 2154 (spoilers ahead). Matt Damon’s character, Max, is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation when his factory supervisor threatens to fire him if Read more… How popular culture has historically portrayed tech in health care and what we can learn from it in the ChatGPT era originally appeared in KevinM

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

According to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine this past week, artificial intelligence chatbot assistants can provide responses to patients' health questions that are of comparable quality – and empathy – to those written by physicians. A team of licensed healthcare professionals compared physicians' and the chatbot’s responses to patients’ questions asked publicly on the social media forum Reddit’s r/AskDocs in October 2022, but were summarily won

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2023

The following is a guest article by Steven LeBoeuf, Ph.D. , Co-Founder & President at Valencell Over the past decade, a motley bouquet of press releases [ 1 , 2 , 3 ], media reports [ 4 , 5 , 6 ], and peer-reviewed articles [ 7 , 8 , 9 ] has led to excitement, confusion, and disappointment regarding the alluring prospects of cuffless, calibration-free blood pressure (BP) monitoring in wearables.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2023

The group who received an interactive DVD and patient navigation services delivered by phone was nearly six times more likely to be up-to-date on breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screenings compared with a cohort who received usual care.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 1, 2023

The following is a guest article by Heather Lane, Senior Architect of Data Science at athenahealth Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have transformed numerous industries in recent years, and healthcare is no exception. AI-powered chatbots, such as ChatGPT, have emerged as tools that have the potential to drastically transform healthcare and the delivery of personalized care.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 2, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Bobby Sherwood, vice president of product development, GuidingCare. A lack of interoperability permeates U.S healthcare. Despite the rapid adoption of new technologies, we have failed to fully realize some of the most impactful opportunities […] The article 3 Interoperability Considerations For Health Plans appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 4, 2023

Diabetes management company Hygieia extended its Series B round, and Autonomize AI, a workflow platform for healthcare and life sciences, also announced funding.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

Mergers and acquisitions in healthcare remain strong as providers seek to meet cost and quality goals to meet the demands of value-based reimbursements while health IT companies pursue increased market share or partnerships that scale innovation, said to David Chou, a technology leader with deep integration experience in the healthcare space, earlier this year.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 3, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Hari Prasad, founder and CEO, Yosi Health. Wasteful administrative costs are crippling healthcare. That’s the key finding of a recent research brief published by Health Affairs, a leading journal of health policy under the […] The article Combatting Wasteful Administrative Costs At the Practice Level appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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.

Health Populi

MAY 4, 2023

Reviewing the annual 2023 report from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science discussing The Use of Medicines in the U.S. is always a detailed, deep, and insightful dive into the state of prescription drugs. It’s a volume speaking volumes on the current picture of prescribed meds, spending and revenues, health care utilization trends, and a forecast looking out to 2027.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 5, 2023

Boehringer Ingelheim and Click Therapeutics initiate clinical trial on PDTx treatment for schizophrenia and Akili's EndeavorRx shows promise for adults with ADHD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

In-person visits are still perceived more positively than virtual visits when it comes to telehealth quality, outcomes, convenience and utility, according to a soon-to-be-released healthcare survey of more than 6,000 consumers in the U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, Australia and Germany. The survey was conducted by research and consulting giant EY – and it has plenty more to say about the state of healthcare and health IT today.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 5, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Bill Stone, CEO, AllClear Healthcare. Despite major changes in the healthcare system over the last few years, it’s still hard for many patients to get answers for the causes of chronic or sudden-onset health […] The article How Private Practices Can Leverage Personalized Health Diagnostics appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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.

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2023

The stunning achievements of chatGPT (along with the enormous work that remains to be done) raise the questions of how generative AI will change industries and interactions. As the term “generative AI” indicates, these technologies use AI to communicate, not to do predictive analytics or alter events. Thus, according to Murray Brozinsky, Chief Strategy Officer at Amwell , generative AI will automate peripheral aspects of communication rather than affect health care directly.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2023

AmerisourceBergen will support the distribution of h2o's Apple Watch-enabled prescription digital therapeutic for Parkinson's disease monitoring.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

A new health project in Adelaide seeks to provide virtually-delivered primary care services to patients with chronic conditions. Led by Flinders University, the safe@home project has received nearly $1.1 million (around $700,000) in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. HOW IT WORKS The project will provide patients with chronic conditions, especially those living in low-income communities, with access to daily/regular integrated primary care services through virtual car

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 5, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Eric Hyman, vice president of of corporate and product marketing, GTT. Telehealth and telemedicine have made rapid advancements in the past few years. However, while these advancements greatly improved access to healthcare services, they’ve […] The article How Healthcare Can Evolve Its Approach To Fighting Cyber Threats appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 4, 2023

The IHE IT-Infrastructure committee continues to produce new and improved specifications for HIE interoperability. This spring we are publishing a supplement that was out for public-comment, a whitepaper that was out for public-comment. We are placing into Public-Comment an IG publisher formatted Profile that was previously published, and a brand-new Implementation Guide supporting Privacy Consents and enforcement.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 3, 2023

The startup plans to file with the FDA to add other monitoring abilities and to introduce the product later this year.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

More residential aged care residents in Western Sydney can now access an IT-enabled urgent care service by the New South Wales government following its expansion. The inTouch urgent care service provides patients with less urgent conditions with access to comprehensive health assessment via video conferencing and direct support from GPs and aged care staff.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 4, 2023

GREENWICH, Conn. & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amulet Capital Partners, LP (“Amulet”), a middle-market private equity investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare sector, today announced a significant growth investment in minds + assembly (“m+a” or the “Company”), an industry-leading full-service, design-centric agency and commercialization platform focused on the healthcare sector.

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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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MAY 4, 2023

Wondering if there's any news about AI? Just from yesterday, May 3, 2023 – that list goes on and on. MIT Technology Review packs all the AI news that’s fit to pack into an up-to-the-minute digest. The New York Times attempts similar for the uninitiated. So does the Wall Street Journal. In the world of hype for those who have followed the tech industry, the phrase ‘greatest thing since sliced bread’ comes to mind.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 5, 2023

Simon-Kucher's Jan Bordon and Kay Schultze discuss how to encourage uptake for digital health products.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality "Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving the Diagnostic Process" is a free quality improvement program designed to help practices improve the cancer diagnostic process. It is led by NORC at the University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University and Baylor College of Medicine. Cancer diagnosis is a complex, multistep process that takes place over time and often involves several specialties.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 4, 2023

Edo Banach brings more than two decades of experience transforming how clients approach end-of-life and home-based care to improve the quickly evolving health care delivery system WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a multidisciplinary, integrated professional services firm, announced today that Health Partner Edo Banach has joined the Firm in Washington, D.C.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 4, 2023

Horizon taps AI provider Solera Health in effort to offer more customized care to members fdiamond Thu, 05/04/2023 - 14:16

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Mobi Health News

MAY 2, 2023

The jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case related to the Apple Watch's health monitoring capabilities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 3, 2023

The North Carolina Health Information Exchange Authority, housed within the state's Department of Information Technology, announced this week that it's working North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services to launch the N.C. Stroke Registry. WHY IT MATTERS The effort, which will depend on the state's health information exchange, NC Health Connex, is designed to improve care coordination for stroke, which is the fourth leading cause of death in North Carolina and the fi

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