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Weekly Roundup – April 27, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024. John Lynn connected with Mati Gill at AION Labs.

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Meta Faces Legal Firestorm As Hospitals Cite Its Pixel Tool In Health Data Breaches

Healthcare IT Today

In August, Meta was hit with a second class action lawsuit citing UCSF Medical Center and Dignity Health as co-defendants.

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Telehealth fraud: Tampa pharmacy owner faces 10 years for $931M conspiracy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Roix and HealthRight had already pleaded guilty in September 2018 to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for their roles in the incident, agreeing to pay restitution of $5 million. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @kjercich. Email: kjercich@himss.org.

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What’s a Problem, Technology, Opportunity, or Issue That Not Enough People are Talking About?

Healthcare IT Today

The world of healthcare IT is similar to the birth and expansion of our universe. And now, just like the expansion of our universe, healthcare IT is only picking up speed and getting bigger and bigger. It started out slowly until a big bang set it all off into motion. Alone, the task is impossible, but together we just might manage it.

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Virtual Care – negotiating barriers to adoption offers glimpses of an exciting future

Lloyd Price

It will have immediate potential to reduce the backlog of almost eight million operations, but it is also a template for healthcare systems struggling to cope with increased pressures, diminishing budgets and dawdling processes. Some of the recent deals underscore the importance of virtual care in the pharmaceutical industry.’

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Vendor Mashes Up Health Data With SDoH Information To Predict Med Compliance Problems

Healthcare IT Today

Medication non-compliance is a massively expensive and stubbornly persistent problem for the healthcare industry. Depending on the source you select and the data it uses, non-adherence is estimated to cost the U.S. health system between $100 billion and $300 billion per year.

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Navigating the Interoperability Maze: 3 Key Challenges for Healthcare Providers and Payers

Healthcare IT Today

Anthony has over 20 years of experience in technology and security supporting the healthcare industry vertical, including release of information, clinical manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. MRO is a proud sponsor of Healthcare Scene