KevinMD

MAY 6, 2024

In the bustling city of New York lived a young woman named Emily. Emily wasn’t a health care provider or even remotely associated with the medical field. She worked as a graphic designer, spending her days creating stunning visuals for advertising campaigns. One evening, while browsing the internet, Emily stumbled upon an article titled “Why Read more… The universal impact of health care informatics originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 6, 2024

The Agency has qualified Apple's atrial fibrillation history feature as a medical device development tool, allowing it to be used in clinical trials.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2024

Walmart is closing Walmart Health and Walmart Health Virtual Care, saying the business model was not profitable nor sustainable. The Walmart Health centers opened in 2019. "Through our experience managing Walmart Health centers and Walmart Health Virtual Care, we determined there is not a sustainable business model for us to continue," the company said by statement.

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Health Populi

MAY 2, 2024

While people in the U.S. perceive a dramatic rise in mental health conditions among fellow health citizens growing over the past five years, people note barriers of cost, insufficient supply of providers, and stigma as barriers to getting care in the latest Gallup and West Health poll on the subject. In West Health’s words , three-quarters of Americans feel that, “mental health takes a back seat to physical health” in the U.S.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the integration of virtual care has become pivotal in reshaping patient experiences. Amanda Bury, chief commercial officer at Infermedica, a digital health company specializing in AI-powered systems for symptom analysis and patient triage, knows telehealth's potential to enhance and optimize patient experiences and outcomes while emphasizing convenience, affordability and empowerment – tying in responsible AI innovation and strategies for e

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Digital Health Global

MAY 7, 2024

WeightWatchers for Business and Personify Health have announced a strategic partnership aimed at supporting employers in providing weight health care solutions for their workforce. Personify Health clients will now have integrated access to WeightWatchers for Business’s full-spectrum weight health platform. This platform is customizable to support benefit coverage decisions and offers a flexible spectrum of care that can grow in intensity from behavioral to medical interventions.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 2, 2024

Dr. Julia Frydman will be the oncology-focused company's first medical director for palliative care. She will oversee its new Enhanced Supportive Care program.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 1, 2024

It can be very overwhelming scrolling though job board after job board in search of a position that fits your wants and needs. Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. Here’s a quick look at some of the health IT jobs we found: Director of Business Development – Healthcare Information Technology – Planet Technology Coding Mana

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2024

While telehealth alone doesn't appear to add significantly to a primary care physician's workload, mixing modalities – telehealth and in-person hybrid care environments – led to a 6% increase in time spent with documentary and EHR work, new research shows. WHY IT MATTERS These were among the results of an April study by MedStar Health Research Institute and Georgetown University School of Medicine published in JAMA Network Open , which focused on how hybrid care environments

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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.

FierceHealthIT

MAY 6, 2024

The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be fully solvent for longer than previously projected, according to an annual Medicare Trustee report. | The Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund won't run out of money as quickly as expected. Here's how federal officials are reacting.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 3, 2024

OXFORD, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arcturis Data Limited (“Arcturis”), a UK leader in Real World Data and Evidence, and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (“OUH”) a global exemplar in clinical, research and digital health excellence, announce today that they are to embark on a focussed initiative to develop deep, multi-modal data to enable researchers to assess the benefit of standard and new treatment options for cancer patients.

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Digital Health Wire

MAY 2, 2024

White flags are flying left and right, with Walmart announcing its retreat from care delivery less than a full week after Optum made a similar surrender. Walmart’s five-year foray into primary care is ending with the closure of 51 health centers, the shuttering of its telehealth service, and the cancellation of any active ambitions in the space. The press release chalked up the “difficult decision” to a challenging reimbursement environment and high operating costs, which ultimately made the bus

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2024

Walmart is closing Walmart Health and Walmart Health Virtual Care, saying the business model was not profitable nor sustainable. The Walmart Health centers opened in 2019. "Through our experience managing Walmart Health centers and Walmart Health Virtual Care, we determined there is not a sustainable business model for us to continue," the company said by statement.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

MAY 1, 2024

The scale of UnitedHealth Group's sprawling empire was under the microscope on Wednesday as CEO Andrew Witty testified before a key Senate panel about the cyberattack on Change Healthcare that's ha | The scale of UnitedHealth Group's sprawling empire was under the microscope on Wednesday as CEO Andrew Witty testified before a key Senate panel about the cyberattack on Change Healthcare that's had ripple effects across healthcare.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 3, 2024

In a significant development for digital health technology, the atrial fibrillation ( AFib ) detection feature on Apple Watch devices has become the first to be qualified under a program recently introduced by the FDA. This program, known as the Medical Device Development Tools ( MDDT ) framework, aims to reduce the regulatory burden of evaluating new technologies and speed up the review process.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2024

The new platform for will offer video visits for rare disease diagnosis and longitudinal care.

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DigitalHealth

MAY 7, 2024

A new AI tool has been used for the first time at St Bartholomew's to help identify when actions have not been taken that could cause harm or care delays.

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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 IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2024

It's National Nurses Week 2024 , and it's time to celebrate the more than 5 million RNs nationwide who are so essential to care delivery. But overshadowing the celebration are many challenges impacting the nursing workforce. Chief among them: critical staffing challenges. Some federal and state legislators are seeking to mandate patient-caregiver ratios to help improve care and reduce nurse burnout.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 2, 2024

The Cigna Group posted a $277 million loss in Q1 on the back of investment losses, according to its earnings report released Thursday. | The Cigna Group posted a $277 million loss in Q1 on the back of investment losses, according to its earnings report released Thursday.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 3, 2024

Transcarent , a health and care platform, has announced a successful Series D investment round, raising $126 million. The funding round was led by General Catalyst and 7Wire Ventures , with participation from new investors Geodesic Capital and Memorial Hermann Health System. Previous investors, including Threshold Ventures , Kinnevik, Ally Bridge Group , Human Capital , Merck Global Health Innovation Fund , Alta Partners , and Leaps by Bayer , also contributed.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 2, 2024

The company will use the funds to accelerate its AI capabilities and for strategic and commercial growth.

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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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DigitalHealth

MAY 3, 2024

Pharmacy system supplier Invatech is to roll out its technology across Wales following the completion of live testing at a site in the north of the country.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2024

A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association finds significant association between the use of telehealth services and improved healthcare access and outcomes in communities negatively impacted by health disparities. But to truly achieve those quality improvements – while tackling social determinant of health challenges and trimming costs – virtual care should be delivered with a bit more of a hands-on approach, said Dr.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 1, 2024

A newly formed group of women’s health companies aims to tackle gaps in care, with a focus on improving outcomes while reducing costs. | A newly formed group of women’s health companies aims to tackle gaps in care, with a focus on improving outcomes while reducing costs.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 2, 2024

NOVA LIMA, Brazil–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Afya Limited (Nasdaq: AFYA; B3: A2FY34) (“Afya” or the “Company”), the leading medical education group and digital health services provider in Brazil, announced today that it has entered into a share purchase agreement for the acquisition, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Afya Participações S.A., of 100% of the total share capital of Unidom Participações S.A.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 3, 2024

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 6, 2024

Each day that passes, I’m seeing how ambient clinical voice has become the most impactful part of health IT since the $36 billion of stimulus money for EHR software. What’s most exciting about this technology is that it’s mature enough to be used by doctors and provide a lot of value today and yet we’re still in the early days of what’s going to be possible with this technology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2024

Internal sponsors have been hugely helpful in encouraging their peers to adopt telehealth and RPM at Providence, says Dr. Eve Cunningham, the health system's chief of virtual care and digital health, and a HIMSS24 Changemaker.

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