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Major hospitals still noncompliant with price transparency rules

Healthcare Dive

No hospitals in HCA Healthcare, Tenet, Providence and UPMC systems were fully compliant with federal price transparency rules, according to a new analysis.

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What do consumers want from telehealth?

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Private equity notched second-highest year of healthcare dealmaking in 2022, Pitchbook finds

Healthcare Dive

Deal activity is expected to slow in the first half of 2023 amid staffing-related margin pressures, liquidity constraints and a difficult PE fundraising market, according to the market data firm.

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Virtual care system designed for COVID-19 grows into a multiuse digital health tool

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In 2019, Cleveland-based University Hospitals saw an opportunity to use automation and digital care technologies to improve patient engagement, clinical care and outcomes. THE PROBLEM Ultimately, the health system was looking for ways to improve patient engagement first and foremost and then wanted to see how it could use automated tools to improve outcomes.

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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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CVS taps new chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer

Healthcare Dive

Shari Slate will lead the company’s strategy concerning its diversity and community initiatives.

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An inflection point for healthcare

Healthcare Dive

We are at a pivotal moment in the advancement of healthcare. If we act now, we can improve care.

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Payer Plugs Gap with Innovative Alliance

MRO Compliance

Payer Plugs Gap with Innovative Alliance February 6, 2023 Health Payer Specialist And to gather additional contextual data that is not included in the claims data, CareFirst has partnered with Rockford, Ill.-based FIGmd, a software platform that supports data submission processes within different health systems across the country. “The whole idea of FIGmd is that we’re going to be getting clinical information that typically is not shared via claims and it’s a huge gap.

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VMware ESXi Servers Targeted in Large-Scale Ransomware Campaign

HIPAA Journal

The French Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR) has warned about an ongoing ransomware campaign targeting VMware ESXi hypervisors that have not been patched against the critical heap-overflow vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-21974. VMware issued a patch on February 3, 2021, to fix the vulnerability; however, hundreds of VMware ESXi virtual machines are still vulnerable to the exploit and are now being attacked.

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Generative AI in Healthcare – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 107

Healthcare IT Today

For the 107th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are diving deep into generative AI (You may know it better as ChatGPT) in Healthcare! First, we share how we think generative AI will impact the world of healthcare. Then, we speculate on the different use cases we can see generative AI playing a part in. Next, we discuss how people’s trust in healthcare may or may not change based on generative AI.

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Provide Real Value in Your Applications with Data and Analytics

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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ShiftMed Raises $200M to Expand Nurse Staffing Marketplace

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today ShiftMed , one of the largest W-2 healthcare workforce management platforms, announced $200M in funding led by Panoramic Ventures with participation from Blue Heron Capital and Audacious Capital. – ShiftMed plans to use the latest round of funding to help solve healthcare workforce issues across a variety of care settings, with an emphasis on expanding into health systems.

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Implementing the Family Glitch Fix on the Affordable Care Act’s Marketplaces

Center for Health Insurance Reform

A record number of people have signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces. This historic enrollment coincides with a new rule that fixes the “family glitch,” a former policy that blocked over 5 million people from accessing marketplace subsidies. In a post for the Commonwealth Fund’s To the Point blog, CHIR experts highlight the variety of activities undertaken by the ACA’s marketplaces to implement the family glitch fix.

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Simple HealthKit Raises $8M to Transform Health Diagnostics and Follow-Up Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Simple HealthKit raises $8M in Series A funding led by Initialized Capital to address health inequity with the first human-centric, end-to-end healthcare platform that builds and delivers diagnostics, treatment and follow-up care for all – The Series A round also included participation from seed investors Kleiner Perkins , Kapor Capital and Quest Venture Partners , bringing Simple HealthKit’s total funding to date to $12M.

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Highmark Health Phishing Attack Affects 300,000 Patients

HIPAA Journal

Pittsburg, PA-based Highmark Health, the second largest integrated delivery and financing system in the U.S., has recently announced that an unauthorized individual has accessed the email account of one of its employees following a response to a phishing email. After the employee clicked the link in the email and disclosed their credentials, the account was accessed remotely by an unauthorized third party who potentially viewed and exfiltrated emails and attachments from the account.

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Best Practices for Sharing Protected Health Information (PHI)

Explore essential topics in this ebook, including what constitutes PHI and how to identify it using 18 indicators. Gain insights into the importance of safeguarding PHI to protect patient privacy and learn about the severe consequences of HIPAA violations. Discover practical strategies for securely exchanging PHI within your healthcare organization, including assessing risks and implementing effective safeguards.

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Experts sound alarm on 'preventable public health crisis' as virtual prescribing for opioid use disorder now in limbo

Fierce Healthcare

Experts sound alarm on 'preventable public health crisis' as virtual prescribing for opioid use disorder now in limbo aburky Mon, 02/06/2023 - 18:17

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Study: ChatGPT gave 'largely appropriate' answers to cardiovascular disease prevention questions

Mobi Health News

According to a research letter published in JAMA, the AI chatbot provided appropriate answers for 21 of 25 questions.

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CVS closing in on deal to buy Oak Street Health to expand primary care footprint: WSJ report

Fierce Healthcare

CVS closing in on deal to buy Oak Street Health to expand primary care footprint: WSJ report hlandi Mon, 02/06/2023 - 22:19

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The Christie becomes first specialist cancer trust to deploy CardMedic

Digital Health News

The Christie has deployed the CardMedic app to help address communication barriers at the trust and tackle health inequalities.

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.

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ShiftMed clinches $200M in fresh funding as investors bet big on healthcare staffing companies

Fierce Healthcare

ShiftMed clinches $200M in fresh funding as investors bet big on healthcare staffing companies hlandi Mon, 02/06/2023 - 07:57

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Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Diverts Ambulances Due to Cyberattack

HIPAA Journal

Last Thursday, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) in Florida was forced to take its IT systems online, divert ambulances, and suspend all non-emergency medical procedures due to a cyberattack. The hospital issued a statement confirming that it would only be accepting patients with Level 1 traumas from its immediate service area while the cyberattack is investigated and systems are restored.

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Wyden pledges to defend drug price negotiation powers in light of pharma pushback

Fierce Healthcare

Wyden pledges to defend drug price negotiation powers in light of pharma pushback rking Mon, 02/06/2023 - 15:46

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Nurse staffing agency ShiftMed scores $200M

Mobi Health News

The company will use the funds to expand its services into other sectors of the healthcare market.

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The Essential Guide to HIPAA-Compliant Messaging for Home Care Teams

Explore the risks posed by non-compliant consumer apps like Instagram and WhatsApp in healthcare settings. Learn about potential HIPAA penalties and use a self-evaluation flowchart to determine your organization's need for HIPAA-compliant messaging. Discover straightforward steps to implement secure communication solutions efficiently, ensuring compliance and protecting patient data effectively.

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Report: Only quarter of hospitals analyzed complied with key price transparency rule

Fierce Healthcare

Report: Only quarter of hospitals analyzed complied with key price transparency rule rking Mon, 02/06/2023 - 11:09

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2023 Health Datapalooza

HealthIT Answers

Starts on February 23rd - The 2023 Health Datapalooza will once again bring together attendees from across the health care landscape to discuss the future of health data and the policies and innovations that will spark real transformation in health care.   The post 2023 Health Datapalooza appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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A new COVID-19 subvariant is a growing concern for experts. Here's why

Fierce Healthcare

A new COVID-19 subvariant is a growing concern for experts.

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TEFCA QHIN Announcement Live Stream

HealthIT Answers

February 13, HHS will recognize the first set of applicant organizations that are approved for onboarding as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) under TEFCA. The post TEFCA QHIN Announcement Live Stream appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Using Data & Analytics for Improving Healthcare Innovation and Outcomes

In the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, delivering data insights to end users or customers can be a significant challenge for product managers, product owners, and application team developers. The complexity of healthcare data, the need for real-time analytics, and the demand for user-friendly interfaces can often seem overwhelming. But with Logi Symphony, these challenges become opportunities.