Healthcare Dive
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Regulators finalized a number of rules Thursday with sweeping implications for providers in the Medicare program, including rates for next year that doctors and hospitals slammed as insufficient.
Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
By Sharona Hoffman Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are questionnaires that patients fill out on tablets or other computers or devices. They ask patients to check boxes in answer to questions about their symptoms, treatment effects, and ability to function physically, emotionally, and socially. They thus may solicit very sensitive information about matters such as anxiety, depression, and sexual satisfaction.
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Healthcare Dive
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
As of Wednesday, Minnesota hospitals must check patients' financial assistance eligibility prior to sending debts to collections, as a part of a multi-year push around charity care oversight.
Healthcare It News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Emory Healthcare is using three medication management services offered within Fuzion by DrFirst, a platform that provides clinicians with medication history, to streamline workflows for its clinicians and improve medication adherence for its patients. WHY IT MATTERS Patients at Emory Healthcare could have less chance of adverse drug events and know what they will pay for prescriptions at the pharmacy before they leave the doctor's office or hospital with AI-driven insights.
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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 IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
South Korea forms national bio-health commission The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) has recently enacted the presidential decree that establishes the Bio-health Innovation Commission. This commission, according to a press release, seeks to foster the local bio-health industry and provide systemic support for the integration of the latest technologies, including AI and nanotechnology.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
What You Should Know: – Videra Health has introduced Ava, an AI-powered digital health companion designed to improve patient engagement and care delivery for healthcare providers and payers. – Videra Health’s AI digital health companion aims to enhance patient compliance, awareness, and involvement in their own care, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Digital Health News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Professor Bob Wachter believes the NHS requires ‘a new central investment’ to achieve digital maturity and realise the potential of emerging technologies.
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Also, new AI-powered mobile apps in Hong Kong support at-home stroke rehabilitation and the mental health of parents of children with special education needs.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Among a rush of new changes in 2024, Independence Blue Cross is introducing new health plans, increased access to virtual care and in-network dental plans. | Independence Blue Cross is prioritizing three new health plans and virtual care as part its batch of offerings heading into 2024.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
In an insightful conversation with Healthcare IT Today, Rob Fox, the Chief Executive Officer of OntarioMD , shared the organization’s pivotal role in advancing healthcare in Ontario. OntarioMD is embarking on two ambitious initiatives. One is aimed at helping Electronic Medical Record (EMR) users in Ontario drive down costs and have a bigger voice with vendors.
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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
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Innovation is often measured and marked by disruption – particularly in healthcare. | Innovation is often measured and marked by disruption – particularly in healthcare.
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of the Digital Medicine Society, which co-hosts the CancerX initiative, discusses advances in improving cancer care options via digital innovation.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Matt Cohen, Director of AI, Loyal As the buzz around ChatGPT and generative-AI continues, it’s important for health leaders to look past their excitement around these new tools and remain committed to ensuring patient trust is a top priority. Consider that six out of every ten patients are reportedly uncomfortable with providers relying solely on AI for specific healthcare needs, and while ChatGPT may appear to provide impressive responses, there’s still room for error and data misinformation, w
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Nashville-Based Uniguest Acquires pCare, a Leader in Interactive Patient Engagement Systems Uniguest , a global leader in digital engagement technology to multiple end markets, has announced the acquisition of pCare , a New York-based provider of interactive patient engagement systems designed to improve patient outcomes and experience while making the work of healthcare teams safer and simpler.
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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.
Becker's Health IT
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Millions of patients at Chicago-based Cook County Health could have had their protected health information stolen as the hospital's former medical transportation services firm, Perry Johnson & Associates, suffered a data breach, CBS News reported Nov. 3.
Digital Health News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton and Chesterfield Royal Hospital have picked Nervecentre as the preferred supplier for a new joint EPR system.
HealthIT Answers
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
ViVE 2024 - Join them in Los Angeles, February 25 - 28, and connect with like-minded change-makers who are reshaping the future of healthcare, harnessing the power of AI and cutting-edge technologies to enhance patient care, streamlining operations, and driving innovation like never before. The post What’s New at ViVE 2024 appeared first on Health IT Answers.
Digital Health News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Daye has expanded the capabilities of its diagnostic tampon to now include STI screening, helping to make the testing process easier and quicker.
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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.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
The following is a guest article by Ravi Pratap, Co-Founder and CTO at Beaconstac Technology provides the foundation of modern healthcare, with the potential to generate $410 billion in annual revenue by 2025. Efficient IT solutions in healthcare organizations ensure optimal patient care and seamless operational functionality. One such technology professionals often overlook is the QR code.
Digital Health News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
The 6th instalment of the DigitalHealth.London Launchpad programme is open for companies nearing launch stage of their health-focused product or service.
Becker's Health IT
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Patients of Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care may be eligible for a piece of the $12.2 million settlement the health systems reached over the use of pixel tracking technology.
Digital Health News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Today's briefing covers Navenio's membership in Amazon Web Services and stroke research nurses from Sheffield winning a Nurses Times award.
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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.
AIHC
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Improving Quality of Care by Addressing Preventable Harm Written by Joanne Byron , BS, LPN, CCA, CHA, CHCO, CHBS, CHCM, CIFHA, CMDP, COCAS, CORCM, OHCC, ICDCT-CM/PCS Human error is a major cause of patient harm and prevents the delivery of safe, quality care even in today’s heavily regulated environment. The Joint Commission publishes Sentinel Events and other agencies study and report statistics on human errors resulting is morbidity and/or mortality.
Digital Health News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Nottingham University Hospitals has confirmed that issues with its IT systems following a power outage have been resolved and the trust is now back online.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Karen Schulte, president of the Medicare division for SCAN Health Plan, believes the nonprofit model brings unique advantages when working to reach reach populations in need. | In a keynote on Friday morning at the Fierce Health Payer Summit in Austin, Karen Schulte, president of the Medicare division for SCAN Health Plan, praised the nonprofit model's ability to better reach populations in need.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
What You Should Know: Verana Health® (Verana), a digital health company helping to revolutionize patient care and clinical research by unlocking the potential of real-world data, and the Foundation Fighting Blindness – the world’s leading organization committed to finding treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases—announce a partnership focused on providing the life sciences community with deeper and broader data to optimize and expedite clinical trials.
Speaker: Amy Anderson
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.
Compliancy Group
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Where data breaches and cyber threats are of constant concern, trust has become a crucial factor for businesses. Clients and customers want to be assured that their sensitive information is in safe hands when they engage with an organization. This is where SOC 2 comes into play. SOC 2 (Service Organization Control Type 2) is an auditing framework designed to ensure the security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of customer data.
Verisys
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Healthcare Fraud Crackdown! Each month we will give a roundup of recent healthcare fraudsters and compliance busters. Here is a round up of bad actors: Entity Fraud Cardiac imaging company and founder to pay historic $85M settlement Full Story Genomic Health Inc. to Pay $32.5 Million to Resolve Allegations Relating to the Submission of False Claims for Genomic Diagnostic Tests Full Story Exagen Inc.
McGuire Wood
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
The regulatory landscape for telehealth prescribing of controlled substances is evolving. In episode 13 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled , host Stephanie Kennan covers the DEA’s recent extension of pandemic-era telehealth prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances through 2024, marking the second extension. Originally set to expire in May, these extensions followed extensive public input, including 38,000 comments and two telemedicine listening sessions.
Hanys
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
This week's update includes emergency proposed regulations on clinical education and simulation experience in nursing education programs and the expansion of registered nurses to administer the RSV vaccine. Also included is a notice of adoption allowing licensed spouses of service members to be eligible for licensure in New York. Stay up to date on recent regulatory activity with HANYS' regulatory chart.
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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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