Healthcare Dive
JANUARY 11, 2024
An upturn in the number of providers charging for messages suggests organizations now see e-visits as a long-term source of potential revenue, researchers said.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 11, 2024
Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger this week announced that it has received a $948,741 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, which it will use to build out its virtual inpatient nursing program. WHY IT MATTERS With the grant, disbursed as part of the USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine program, will be used to outfit Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital with new telehealth technologies as part of Geisinger's Virtual
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Healthcare Dive
JANUARY 11, 2024
More than 20 million Americans have signed up for Affordable Care Act plans since open enrollment began in November. Sign-ups are expected to continue to grow.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 11, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO — Virtual care company Hims & Hers is collaborating with Hartford HealthCare to connect patients in Connecticut with in-person primary and specialty care services. | Virtual care company Hims & Hers is collaborating with Hartford HealthCare to connect patients in Connecticut with in-person primary and specialty care services.
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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?
Healthcare Dive
JANUARY 11, 2024
The layoffs will primarily impact information technology employees, according to the health system.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 11, 2024
Generative AI models can identify social determinants of health (SDOH) in doctors’ notes, a new study finds. | The study showed that fine-tuned language models could identify the vast majority of patients with an adverse SDOH, which could augment efforts to identify patients who need social support.
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Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 11, 2024
YouTube has launched a new feature to help users quickly find actionable and easy-to-follow videos for basic first aid and emergency care from authoritative health organizations. | Viewers searching for certain acute health topics can now access short explainer videos at the top of search results from reputable sources, developed in partnership with Mass General Brigham and the Mexican Red Cross.
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 11, 2024
Nick Magnuson, Head of AI at Qlik With many economic hurdles this year including rising costs and inflation, the healthcare industry has had a challenging backdrop in which to operate. In a sector dedicated to improving and saving lives, healthcare has so much to gain by adopting new AI and machine learning (ML) technologies. The World Economic Forum sums up the transformative potential of AI and ML in this setting: from propelling the development of drugs and vaccines to improving medical diagn
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 11, 2024
Charges for electronic, asynchronous clinician-patient messaging — or e-visits — have persisted in the wake of an early-2020 spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. | After an early 2020 spike, monthly claims for e-visits rose from 64,000 in June 2021 to 107,000 by Sept. 2022. The total number of health systems with at least 50 logged claims also rose about 40% from Q3 2021 to Q3 2022.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 11, 2024
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. A new report by Emsisoft documents an increase in ransomware attacks in the US, with 2,207 US hospitals, schools and governments directly impacted in 2023. According to the report, last year a total of 46 hospital systems […] The article Ransomware Attacks Kill One Patient a Month – So Stop Them appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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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.
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 11, 2024
The following is a guest article by Oakkar Oakkar, Co-Founder and CEO at Keona Health Imagine a tool that puts your health information right at your fingertips. That’s what patient portals promise – a simple, digital way to access medical records, book appointments, and chat with doctors. They’re designed to make life easier for patients, and studies show they can even help reduce hospital visits, like in 2020 when heart failure patients using these portals saw fewer hospital readmis
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 11, 2024
Enrollment in individual market coverage continues to grow, and insurers are expressing concern about their ability to tailor coverage to different populations given limits on nonstandard plan opti | Enrollment in individual market coverage continues to grow, and insurers are expressing concern about their ability to tailor coverage to different populations given limits on nonstandard plan options.
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 11, 2024
The proposed class action lawsuit alleges the pharmacy benefits manager worked with rival PBMs to exert its influence in the market and fix reimbursement rates and fees.
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 11, 2024
Few people want to think about their health all the time, but many of us step on a scale every morning. Antoine Robiliard, vice president of Withings Health Solutions , explores the tensions of this interaction and the potential for making positive changes in patient lives in this video. Withings’s scales measure much more than weight: some can also report BMI, body composition, and electrochemical skin conductance, which helps diagnose the neuropathies and foot ulcers that are common in p
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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
JANUARY 11, 2024
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) has partnered with The Access Group to implement Access Patient Flow Manager (APFM).
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 11, 2024
What You Should Know: – St. Joseph’s/Candler Hospital and Morrison Healthcare are revolutionizing hospital food service with the first-ever implementation of Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology in a healthcare facility. – This groundbreaking move offers patients, visitors, and staff unprecedented convenience and 24/7 access to a variety of food and beverage options.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 11, 2024
Las Vegas — Artificial intelligence was dominating CES 2024 this week. | "For healthcare, the biggest issue right now is IP [intellectual property] protection and the way access to information may change going forward," entrepreneur Mark Cuban said during a CES panel.
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 11, 2024
What You Should Know: Shimmer , an innovative online coaching platform designed for adults with ADHD today announces it has raised $2.2 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by Worklife Ventures and SeedtoB Capital , with participation from Koa Labs , Aglaé Ventures, and Gaingels. The company plans to expand its AI-focused product development and launch a scientific study researching ADHD coaching outcomes under the auspices of leading universities in the United States and the United Kin
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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.
HIPAA Journal
JANUARY 11, 2024
OIG in healthcare stands for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) – the Office within the HHS responsible for reducing waste, fraud, and abuse in HHS programs and improving efficiency. The Office is the largest OIG in any Federal Department, and employs more than 1,650 auditors, evaluators, and investigators, who are supported by teams of staff with legal, technological, and analytical experience.
Digital Health News
JANUARY 11, 2024
Key NHSE figures Ming Tang and Professor Erika Denton have been confirmed as keynote speakers on the AI, Data and Analytics Stage at Rewired 2024 in March.
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 11, 2024
AI-powered dental practice technology company Peerlogic and AI-enabled clinical trial design company QuantHealth also scored investments.
Digital Health News
JANUARY 11, 2024
A new partnership between LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor and Preventx is helping to expand the former's STI testing service.
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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.
Becker's Health IT
JANUARY 11, 2024
As healthcare organizations across the country are seeing an increase in cybersecurity incidents coupled with a rise in violence against nurses, physicians and hospital staff, San Diego-based Scripps Health has hired a new secret weapon to try to make the organization safer.
Digital Health News
JANUARY 11, 2024
This briefing includes Veracyte agreeing to acquire C2i Genomics to expand its diagnostics platform and various AI healthcare developments in the USA.
Symplr
JANUARY 11, 2024
For those of us in the healthcare world, it feels like things have been moving at warp speed these past few years. Between dealing with a global pandemic, supply chain issues, staffing shortages, rising costs, and ongoing digital transformation needs, it's been a whirlwind. Yet, despite all the chaos, we continue to make progress – developing new therapies and technologies, expanding our understanding of diseases, and moving towards more personalized, patient-centric care and value-based care mo
HealthIT Answers
JANUARY 11, 2024
By Jim Tate - The ONC HIT-1 (Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing) Final Rule was published January 9th, 2024. Issued by the ONC, the Rule goes into effect February 8th, 2024. The post The ONC HTI-1 Final Rule in a Nutshell 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.
McGuire Wood
JANUARY 11, 2024
All sectors of the healthcare market are experiencing investments and growth. Dental and specialty dental practices are part of this growing trend. In this episode of The Corner Series , McGuireWoods partner Geoff Cockrell speaks with Karan Garg , a partner and head of healthcare services at Solomon Partners , a leading financial advisory firm and one of the oldest independent investment banks.
HealthIT Answers
JANUARY 11, 2024
Health IT business news from NextGen Healthcare, Solera Health, Relias, Paycor, Andor Health, ixlayer, Deepcell, emtelligent, Net Health, and more. The post Health IT Business News – January 11, 2024 appeared first on Health IT Answers.
Medisys Compliance
JANUARY 11, 2024
Chronic wounds are a significant healthcare burden, impacting millions of individuals and incurring substantial costs for both patients and providers. While the primary focus lies on healing and promoting patient well-being, the realities of wound care billing remain a complex web of regulations, codes, and reimbursement challenges. Understanding the true cost of wound care billing requires a deeper dive beyond the surface-level dressing changes and procedures.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 11, 2024
The hospital sector’s operating margins and their underlying performance metrics moved in a favorable direction across November, a trend that Kaufman Hall said turns the page from financial sustain | With much of the sector now shifting out of survival mode, many hospitals should start thinking less about cuts and more about reinvesting into new opportunities, Kaufman Hall advised.
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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.
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