Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

According to a press release, Metropolis Healthcare , Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, and CŌRE Diagnostics will be adopting Qritive's Pantheon image management system and AI solutions as part of their respective pathology modernisation strategies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2022

According to a press release , the surgeon, 56-year-old Dr. Elemer Raffai, is accused of allegedly submitting false claims to Medicare in exchange for kickbacks from telemedicine companies. Attorney's Office press release.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 11, 2023

Healthcare ransomware attacks have at least doubled in the past 5 years, data recovery from backups has decreased, and it is now common for data to be stolen and publicly released following a successful attack, according to a new analysis recently published in the JAMA Health Forum. The analysis revealed late reporting in 54.3% of attacks.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The settlement, announced in a press release on the HHS site, resulted in a $100,000 fine, two years of OCR monitoring, and the requirement to adopt a corrective action plan. Our settlement highlights how ransomware attacks are increasingly common and targeting the health care system. 21CO) faced a $2.3

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The Health Law Firm Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

and Britain, said a hacker may have stolen the personal data of about 11 million patients in a data breach. A press release warned patients [.] Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 11, 2023, HCA Healthcare, which operates 180 hospitals in the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 19, 2024

Sharing more details about the project, he said: "Alvernia Connect represents a leap forward in our digital engagement with doctors and patients. " The first module of Alvernia Connect is targeted to be released anytime soon this first quarter of the year.

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Hanys

JUNE 17, 2022

Learn more about our recipients' contributions to New York healthcare in HANYS' press release. New York State Assemblymember Richard Gottfried and longtime hospital executive Kenneth Roberts were recognized for their outstanding service in the healthcare field during HANYS' 53rd Annual Membership Conference.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 17, 2021

"By supplying Amazon Care as a workplace benefit, employers are investing in the health and well-being of arguably their most important asset: their employees," reads a press release. For immediate needs, patients can use Amazon Care to assess and treat illnesses and injuries on demand," reads the release.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2021

They found that virtual care services benefited patients more if they continued for about a year rather than ending after six months. About half studied telehealth's effect for one chronic condition, and half examined its effectiveness for multiple conditions. However, they said, more data is still needed. ON THE RECORD.

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Compliancy Group

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Joseph’s Exposes Patient Information to a News Reporter During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Saint Joseph’s Medical Center was the subject of an Associated Press article discussing the medical center’s response to the public health crisis. The article in question provided information about patients, including photographs taken on site.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 12, 2023

WHAT IT'S ABOUT The 400-bed hospital joint venture by Ramsay Health Care Australia and Sime Darby Malaysia seeks to "revolutionise" healthcare delivery through its latest service called Connected Care. Private tertiary hospital Subang Jaya Medical Centre has launched what could be the first connected health service in Malaysia.

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MRO Compliance

APRIL 17, 2023

a clinical data exchange company, is honored to announce a new success story released today by KLAS Research’s K2 Collaborative , formerly the KLAS Research Payer/Provider Initiative. About LifeBridge Health LifeBridge Health is one of the largest, most comprehensive providers of health services in Maryland. Norristown, Pa.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 11, 2022

WHAT IT'S ABOUT. In a press statement, the union government said it aims to open at least one Tele-MANAS cell in each state or union territory across the country. Additionally, about 900 counsellors have been trained by NIMHANS for the programme. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Health Populi

APRIL 26, 2022

Together, these patient groups represented about 19 million patients’ perspectives for 2021. Health Populi’s Hot Points: In its study press release, PatientView included this quote from a national cancer patient group representative from the U.S. Transparency. Support and services. Patient-group relationships.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

54% of clinicians surveyed for the 2023 report still identify nurse shortages as a pressing health priority. Participants across both Clinician of the Future reports spotlight concerns around overwhelming resource issues for healthcare systems worldwide, even as they face substantial treatment backlogs.

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MRO Compliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

We are all excited about the next phase of our partnership and to realize the untapped potential that accelerating clinical data exchange between payers and providers will have on improving patient outcomes and lowering cost.” Press contact information: Stephanie Kindlick, MRO, (610) 994-7500, ext. In 2021, CareFirst invested $26.2

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MRO Compliance

APRIL 10, 2023

About NCQA NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. About MRO MRO is accelerating the exchange of clinical data throughout the healthcare ecosystem on behalf of providers, payers and users of clinical data. Press contact information: Stephanie Kindlick, MRO, (610) 994-7500, ext.

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Health Populi

JULY 14, 2023

I wrote about Perrigo’s Opill here in Health Populi in May 2023 as a “signpost on the road to retail health.” Opill ® is the first ever birth control pill available over the counter in the United States,” the company’s press release explained yesterday when the news went live.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 27, 2021

"Currently, these scheduling systems are penalizing Black patients for not showing up based on socioeconomic issues that are out of their control," said Shannon Harris, an assistant professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business who co-authored the study, in a press release accompanying the findings.

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Health Populi

JUNE 15, 2023

We often talk about “the last mile” as the difficulty in getting broadband to cover folks in rural areas or bringing a product to fruition for delivery in a market. ” The Uber Health website asserts that, “We help complete the picture of care for healthcare organizations.”

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Healthcare Law Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

On January 4, 2023, the Department of Justice issued a press release stating that Jet Medical Inc. ” The press release warned that “[t]he resolution of this matter illustrates the government’s emphasis on combating health care fraud. Pre-submission Meetings.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) recently released two sets of principles that highlights its concerns in two prominent computing issues: privacy and AI. The issue takes on new urgency since evidence has emerged about the manipulation of voters and exploitation of children. HIPAA was last revised in 2013.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Justin McMartin, Product Manager at Surescripts to get an answer to that question…and to learn more about the company’s interoperability efforts, their QHIN plans, and the different kinds of data requests they are seeing on their platform. Why would they do this? billion e-prescriptions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 13, 2022

According to a statement released by the U.S. In total, according the agency, the two co-owners received about $32 million from marketing companies, with RediDoc paying several million dollars in kickbacks to doctors who were located in dozens of states around the country. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2023

"States report valuing the enhanced access to behavioral health and other services that telehealth can foster, but they also have a range of concerns about the quality of services delivered via telehealth," she told Healthcare IT News by email. " THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Med Com Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

To learn more about MCC’s $5.7M Series A financing, the press release can be accessed here. To learn more about MCC, view MCC’s documentary segment that aired on CNBC here: [link]. This reached: the 380K people who walk and drive in times square daily, the 170k employees who work in times square, and.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2021

"When the COVID-19 pandemic began, we saw a need for telehealth care delivery drones to provide healthcare in the home and in locations where access to care is not readily available," said Debi Sampsel, director of telehealth at UC's College of Nursing, in a press release. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 16, 2024

Imperial's newly opened overseas research centre, Imperial Global: Singapore, is collaborating with NTU Singapore researchers on the IN-CYPHER programme "to tackle existing security challenges and to protect emerging sensing technologies – and their data – from being compromised," a press statement read.

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Medisys Compliance

JULY 29, 2022

CMS had shared this guidance because of a press release from an ophthalmology practice that described use of bladeless, computer-controlled laser surgery for cataract removal. We hope above mentioned Medicare guidelines for laser-assisted cataract surgery billing would clear confusion about Medicare coverage for these services.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2022

content to learn about how people can benefit from using the company’s app … for, Ordering prescriptions (90-day supply). How much do I love this media campaign from Walgreens , collaborating with the foursome The Old Gays who have a growing multi-million person fan base on TikTok? A whole lot! Receiving delivery same-day.

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Jane Sarashon

JANUARY 19, 2024

Elevance Health, the health plan organization comprising XXX plans serving 117 million members, launched a program to channel mobile phones and data plans into the hands of some Medicaid plan enrollees, explained in the organization’s press release on the program.

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 26, 2024

In a press release accompanying the Final Rule, HHS reports that “The Final Rule strengthens th e Health Insurance Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule by prohibiting the disclosure of protected health inform ation (PHI) related to lawful reproductive healthcare in certain circumstances.”

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Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2024

While the study’s press release asserts there may be “progress” given the percent of doctors citing burnout fell by 4 percentage points from 53% of doctors in 2022 to 49% in 2023, it is obvious the U.S. Why would doctors not tell anyone about their feelings of depression? One-half of U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2023

WHAT IT'S ABOUT According to a press release, the A*STAR-EVYD Joint Lab will be applying AI to resolve industry-specific challenges for population health and digital health. At the same time, they announced a S$10 million ($7.5

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Let’s start with the news about CrossFit and 23andMe, then synthesize some key market forces that will help us anticipate more ecosystem change for 2022 and beyond. ” Together, these two cases — occurring within days of each other — tell us a lot about how U.S. The converging factors are: Primary care.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Check out CommonWell’s press release and Kno2’s timeline. If they’re still not QHINs a year from now, then maybe there’s something to write home about. How about the QHIN announcement? Both organizations have announced their intent to complete the QHIN onboarding process. Anything surprise you?

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Health Populi

JULY 11, 2019

“Clover Therapeutics was created to address the significant unmet needs in chronic progressive diseases in the Medicare population,” Cheng Zhang, Head of Clover Therapeutics, is quoted in the press release. Department of Veterans Affairs is also collaborating with Civica Rx.

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