Healthcare It News

APRIL 29, 2024

Improvements in public health case administration, faster prior authorizations for specialty medications and rideshare delivery of lab kits for wellness are just a few interesting goals making vendor news in April. Salesforce for public health and other government agencies could integrate natural language processing to ease administrative burdens and generate richer case files.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 29, 2024

Risks associated with the tests have increased, requiring greater oversight to protect patients, the agency contends.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 29, 2024

A nurse by training, Tim Ashe, chief clinical officer at Wellsky, knows the challenges that burnout, staffing shortages and bed capacity have on clinicians and the health system.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 29, 2024

The rise in denial rates is more than a mere statistic; it's a symptom of a broader systemic challenge that calls for strategic foresight and robust expertise.

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

HIT Consultant

APRIL 29, 2024

What You Should Know: – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized significant changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) , aiming to improve consumer protection in the digital age. – These updates clarify the rule’s application to modern technologies like health apps and expand the information healthcare providers must disclose in the event of a data breach.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 29, 2024

Regulators have been pursuing more enforcement actions against health applications sharing consumers’ data. Friday’s final rule should give those actions more heft.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 29, 2024

Top healthcare organizations use three proven strategies to strengthen culture while integrating AI.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 29, 2024

Juan Lavista Ferres, head of Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss his book on ethically using AI to impact humanity positively.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 29, 2024

The Nashville, Tennessee-based operator is the latest for-profit system to report stronger than expected inpatient volumes and tempered expenses.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 29, 2024

Jim Broome, President and CTO, DirectDefense It’s not a matter of if but when an organization will face a security incident. In 2023, the healthcare industry faced its toughest year, with over 124 million health records breached in a total of 725 hacking incidents, according to The HIPAA Journal. This trend shouldn’t come as a surprise given how hospitals and medical offices are relatively lucrative and easy targets for cyberattacks due to the combination of outsourced services and soluti

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Feeling overwhelmed by medical waste regulations? This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of medical waste disposal, ensuring you stay compliant and prioritize safety. Inside you'll find: Clear categorization: Learn to precisely classify medical waste for proper handling and disposal. Labeling & Storage: Discover best practices for clear labeling and secure storage of medical waste.

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 29, 2024

"It's the center of the industry we're most concerned about, which is the healthcare industry," Oracle chairman Larry Ellison said.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 29, 2024

Becky Watkins, Senior VP of Client Solutions of ResultsCX When interacting with industries such as retail, hospitality, and finance, we’ve all become accustomed to quick, effective, and personalized customer service. It’s no surprise that when it comes to healthcare, consumers are now seeking a better customer experience on par with the quality of the clinical care they have come to expect.

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Digital Health News

APRIL 29, 2024

Research from The Health Foundation has explored the technologies saving clinicians time right now, and those that have potential for the future.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2024

For the 139th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are talking about the patient experience! Putting patients first and focusing on the patient experience is something a lot of organizations have been talking about as a priority for a while now, but do they really mean it? We kick off this episode by diving into this topic and debating whether or not organizations truly care about the patient experience.

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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

Digital Health News

APRIL 29, 2024

The shared care record for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICS has rolled out Docobo remote monitoring technology, supporting out-of-hospital care.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 29, 2024

What You Should Know: – CLEW , a provider of clinical intelligence and predictive surveillance, has announced the general availability of its FDA-cleared AI platform. – The FDA-cleared AI platform empowers healthcare providers with the ability to identify patients at risk of deterioration up to eight hours earlier than traditional methods.

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Digital Health News

APRIL 29, 2024

Changes have been proposed to the existing sick note system, that would see an NHS algorithm enable patients to generate their own sick note.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2024

Is anyone not obsessed with weight? The health care field certainly is. Researchers have found ties between high body weight and an oversized list of unhealthy conditions. Payers have invested enormous amounts of money in decreasing individuals’ body weights. A Congressional bill would promote behavioral therapy for obesity and extend Medicare coverage for drugs treating obesity.

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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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Mobi Health News

APRIL 29, 2024

The telemedicine giant reported a net loss of $81.9 million in the first quarter of the year and a 20% increase in EBITDA year-over-year.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2024

A Portland, ME-based accounting and consulting firm has recently reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General that involved the personal information of 1,107,354 individuals. Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, LLC (BerryDunn) provides health data analytics services to healthcare providers, health insurers, and government regulatory and healthcare policy agencies and its clients provide BerryDunn with personal and health data to allow the firm to perform its contracted services.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2024

With Over $100M in Total Funding, the Telemental Health Company is Poised for its Next Phase of Growth Telemental health company Brightside Health today announced a strategic Series C raise led by S32, as well as the appointment of industry titan Trip Hofer to the Board of Directors to advise on go-to-market strategy and execution. This news builds on the company’s recent momentum, including new and expanded payer partnerships to support Medicaid and Medicare lives and notable results for its

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule on April 26, 2024, that updates the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule. The update includes revised definitions that encompass health apps and other technologies not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), clarification of what the FTC considers a breach of security, new requirements for the content of breach notifications, changes to the timeframe for issuing notifications, and an expansion of the permit

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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 29, 2024

MultiPlan is in the legal crosshairs of another healthcare system over contracts and services provided to partner health plans that providers have described as collusive and anticompetitive. | Allegiance Health Management is the latest provider organization to come out against MultiPlan's out-of-network claim repricing business. Its class action filed last week also lists UnitedHealth, Elevance and Aetna among its defendants.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 29, 2024

The wearable device enables scientists to hasten their analysis of skincare cosmetic products by up to 10 times.

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Becker's Health IT

APRIL 29, 2024

Learn how a recent phishing attack on a Los Angeles health system compromised patient information after 23 employees fell for a fake link.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 29, 2024

Our monthly round up of nurses news, from the associations, providers, hospital systems, and nurses themselves. The post NursesNOW Roundup April 2024 appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2024

Section 11(c) of the OSH Act prevents employers discriminating against employees when they exercise their rights to engage in a protected activity as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Act. However, before filing an 11(c) complaint with OSHA, it is important to understand what activities are protected and what OSHA defines as discrimination.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 29, 2024

Starts October 15th - Join Civitas Networks for Health for their 2024 Annual Conference –"Bridging Data and Doing" at the Detroit Renaissance Marriott Hotel and Convention Center. Early bird registration open through May 31st! The post Civitas 2024 Annual Conference appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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American Medical Compliance

APRIL 29, 2024

The following Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in Nursing Homes Training educates healthcare personnel (HCP) on how to properly recognize and prevent elderly abuse from occurring in nursing homes. The safety and dignity of residents in nursing homes are paramount concerns that require vigilant oversight and dedicated training. Unfortunately, instances of abuse are all too common in these settings, necessitating a robust response to protect some of our most vulnerable citizens.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 29, 2024

By John Blair MD - In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American healthcare system began a long-overdue reckoning with the social and racial inequities that have traditionally plagued the nation and generated significant disparities in health outcomes. The post How QHINs Can Relieve Inequity in Interoperability appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.