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Amazon to buy One Medical for $3.9B

Healthcare Dive

The all-cash deal for San Francisco-based One Medical comes after months of speculation about a potential acquisition, but Amazon as the buyer comes as a surprise.

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One man’s quest to rid health IT investing of systemic racial and gender bias

Healthcare It News

Health equity is one of the hottest topics in healthcare today. Removing structural inequalities from the delivery of care and improving care outcomes among women, people of color and LGBTQ people is a high priority for forward-looking health systems. Daryn Dodson is CEO and founder of Illumen Capital. His firm is an impact fund of funds addressing systemic inequity by reducing racial and gender bias in investing.

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High childcare stress linked with health worker burnout, JAMA study finds

Healthcare Dive

Workers identifying as racial or ethnic minorities were 40% to 50% more likely to report having high childcare stress than White respondents, according to researchers.

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The Only Moral Abortion is…

Bill of Health

By Carmel Shachar. Since June 24, 2022, I have spent a lot of time thinking through the post- Roe legal and ethical landscape, both publicly and privately. Very often, the discussion is centered about the impact that Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will have on patients whose health or lives are threatened by their pregnancies — such as people with ectopic pregnancies, missed miscarriages with a high risk of sepsis, and preeclampsia — and the physicians who care for them.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

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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CDC backs Novavax's protein-based vaccine for COVID-19

Healthcare Dive

Health officials argue a new type of shot could help to persuade unvaccinated people, although some surveys suggest that might not be the case.

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Amazon makes further healthcare inroads with $3.9B One Medical deal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Amazon and One Medical announced their plans to merge on Thursday morning, in a $3.9 billion mega deal that would see the retail giant continue its ambitious string of healthcare acquisitions. Under terms of the merger agreement, which is subject to customary closing conditions, Amazon will acquire One Medical for $18 per share in an all-cash transaction.

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Roundup: Monash Health sets up virtual clinic for blood pressure management and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Monash Health pilots virtual clinic for blood pressure management. Monash Health, a public health service in Victoria, has piloted its pharmacist-led virtual clinic for managing the blood pressure of patients with chronic diseases. Dubbed Optimising One Medication with Patients (OOMPa), the virtual clinic sees patients for the titration and adjustment of their blood pressure medication.

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Elevance shares fall as medical spending metric increases

Healthcare Dive

Bloomberg reported the drop was the largest intraday decline in two years for Elevance, formerly known as Anthem.

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Amazon to acquire primary care company One Medical for $3.9B

Mobi Health News

"We think healthcare is high on the list of experiences that need reinvention," Neil Lindsay, SVP of Amazon Health Services, said in a statement.

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Securing the Internet of Medical Things: 10 Effective Ways

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Vinugayathri Chinnasamy from Indusface. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is revolutionizing the healthcare industry by creating a connected infrastructure of medical systems and services that are helping enhance patient outcomes. But they come with newer security risks too. 63% of healthcare organizations in 2019 faced security incidents owing to the insecure and unmanaged Internet of Medical Things.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Medable, Withings partner to use connected devices in decentralized clinical trials

Mobi Health News

The partnership will allow Withings' connected scales, blood pressure monitors and sleep-tracking mats to integrate with Medable's trial platform.

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Letting Data Flow Quickly to Unlock Actionable Insights in Patient Care

HealthIT Answers

By Laura Breedlove - Healthcare data is a powerful tool that can reveal critical trends across multiple demographics. With more use of EHRs, data has become more readily available across health systems including lab tests, treatments, diagnoses, genetics, environment and lifestyle. The post Letting Data Flow Quickly to Unlock Actionable Insights in Patient Care appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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RapidAI Awarded FDA Clearance for AI-Powered CT Scans to Identify Intracerebral Hemorrhage

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – RapidAI , the global leader in neurovascular and vascular AI-enhanced clinical decision support and patient workflow, today announced it has received FDA clearance for Rapid Hyperdensity , the newest addition to the RapidAI platform. – The tool empowers physicians to quickly assess the severity of injury in patients with acute neuro conditions such as traumatic brain injury and brain hemorrhages – allowing for better and faster patient care decisions.

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Department of Justice Announces Seizure of $500,000 in Ransom Payments Made by U.S. Healthcare Providers

HIPAA Journal

The U.S Department of Justice has announced that around $500,000 in Bitcoin has been seized from North Korean threat actors who were using Maui ransomware to attack healthcare organizations in the United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued a security alert warning that North Korean hackers have been targeting the healthcare and public health sector in the United States using Maui ransomware since at lea

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

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.

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Medable Partners with Withings Health Solutions to Integrate Health Devices in Decentralized Clinical Trials

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Medable Inc. , the leading SaaS platform provider for patient-centered clinical trials, today announced a new partnership with Withings Health Solutions , the business-to-business division of Withings, one of the global leaders in at-home connected health. – Withings’ devices will seamlessly connect to Medable’s decentralized clinical trial platform, reducing the burden on sponsors and sites while empowering patients to participate in trials from home.

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A Look at the Biggest Challenge Healthcare RCM Professionals Face

Healthcare IT Today

When you attend a conference, it’s always fun to see if there’s a kind of theme or hot topic for those attending the conference. At this year’s HFMA annual conference the big theme I kept hearing over and over had to do with staffing challenges. Needless to say, the world in general and healthcare in particular has been hit hard with staffing challenges.

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Amazon to Acquire One Medical for $3.9B

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Today Amazon and One Medical announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire One Medical. Under terms of the agreement, Amazon will acquire One Medical for $18 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion, including One Medical’s net debt. One Medical Background.

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Featured Health IT Job: eCQM/dCQM Measure Developer – CORE

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the eCQM/dCQM Measure Developer – CORE position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yale New Haven Health and is in Connecticut. Here’s a description of the position: The Yale/Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) is a leading national outcomes research center dedicated to transforming healt

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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techUK report highlights key digital recommendations for ICSs

Digital Health News

The chairs and deputy chairs of the Digital Health Networks provided the foreward for the 'Right from the Start' and welcomed the report.

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[Podcast Episode] How to Pass a Radiation Oncology Audit

Healthicity

When it comes to coding Radiation Oncology services, a thorough knowledge of items like the isodose plan.

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HHS Approves Nation’s First Section 1332 Waiver for a Public Option–Style Health Care Plan in Colorado

Center for Health Insurance Reform

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently approved a new Section 1332 waiver authorizing Colorado’s public option-style law. The waiver approval marks the first time the federal government has taken action to approve state legislation introducing new, more heavily regulated plans into Affordable Care Act marketplaces to compete against traditional plans.

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Digital Health Unplugged: Taking a look at IT and data in primary care

Digital Health News

Hannah Crouch is joined by Dr Hussain Gandhi, or as some of you may know him on Twitter as Dr Gandalf, the Digital and Tech GP.

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.

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CVS seeks verification on drugs with possible abortion use

Modern Healthcare

Spokesman Mike DeAngelis said the policy started the first week in July in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Texas.

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The Methodist Hospitals Settles Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit for $425,000

HIPAA Journal

The Methodist Hospitals Inc. has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit and has created a fund of $425,000 to cover claims from victims of a 2019 data breach that affected almost 70,000 current and former patients. The Gary, IN-based healthcare provider reported an email security incident to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights on April 4, 2019, that resulted in the exposure and potential theft of the protected health information of 68,039 patients.

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Resident Burned after Smoking Cigarette While Connected to Oxygen

Med-Net Compliance

A nursing and rehab center in North Carolina is being investigated by the State Agency after a resident accidently set herself on fire in her room. The local police department reported that a woman at the nursing home was connected to an oxygen tank and tried to smoke a cigarette, causing a burst of flames that badly burned her. Staff members used blankets and fire extinguishers to put out the flames.

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Completing an Application for a Nursing License? Here Are Some Helpful Tips!

The Health Law Firm

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The process of obtaining a nursing or health care professional license is not only challenging, but it’s also time-consuming. If you have a criminal conviction or unique circumstance which may negatively impact your ability to be granted a health care license, it's imperative that you consult with an experienced attorney.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Beware of Third-Party Trackers Like Meta Pixel. Ignoring Them Could Be Costly.

HIPAA & Health IT

If you are dealing with sensitive information of any kind (yes, this includes precise geolocation, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc), but especially health information (and yes, reproductive health information too), do yourself a favor: Scan your website for third party trackers like Meta Pixel. Talk to your tech folks to understand better what is going on and whether this is going on behind a log-in.

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Telemedicine Special Fraud Alert

Med Law Blog

The US Office of Inspector General (OIG) released another in a series of Special Fraud Alerts on July 20, 2022, this one directed to potentially fraudulent telehealth, telemedicine, and telemarketing service fraud schemes, collectively referred to as “Telemedicine Companies”. The alert is based upon OIG’s perception that these Telemedicine Companies are engaged in schemes to pay kickbacks to practitioners to generate fraudulent orders for medical services, specifically: Durable medical equipmen

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Health IT Business News, Financial Edition – July 21, 2022

HealthIT Answers

Business news from Health Catalyst, NextGen Healthcare, Intelerad Medical Systems, Canvas Medical, Luna, Cohere Health, Geisinger Health Plan, SyTrue, Alegeus, HealthSherpa, Essence Group, Wolters Kluwer Health, Vim, Pivot Point Consulting, PeriGen, Osso VR, and more. The post Health IT Business News, Financial Edition – July 21, 2022 appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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54% of healthcare organizations hit with cyberattacks in the last year, survey says

Becker's Health IT

More than half of healthcare organizations have been targeted by hackers in the past year, with most organizations feeling ill-prepared for such attacks, according to a survey from digital security company SecureLink.

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Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing

The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.