Healthcare It News
JUNE 21, 2023
Patient engagement is a hot topic among healthcare provider organization executives. Especially as people have begun approaching providers more as consumers than patients, it is critical that providers be able to engage with their patients as effectively as possible. Florian Otto is CEO and cofounder of Cedar, vendor of a financial engagement platform.
Healthcare Dive
JUNE 21, 2023
An analysis by KFF found state spending on Medicaid fell during the COVID-19 pandemic even as enrollment soared. But spending will likely increase as the federal government begins to pare back its increased contribution.
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Bill of Health
JUNE 21, 2023
By Timothy Bonis Premiering tonight on PBS , the film Below the Belt sheds light on endometriosis by documenting four women’s experiences with the disease. Endometriosis is a silent crisis. One in ten women have it, yet, on average, people with the condition see seven doctors before they get diagnosed. Many experience severe pain, and the disease costs the American economy $80 billion annually in lost productivity, but the standard treatments are outdated and ineffectual.
Healthcare Dive
JUNE 21, 2023
The department sent a cybersecurity notification to the sector about TimisoaraHackerTeam after an attack on a U.S. cancer center that “significantly reduced” its capability to treat patients.
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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
JUNE 21, 2023
Discussion of an app for children with ADHD that improves attention and cognition, from Scott Kollins, chief medical officer at Akili Interactive.
Healthcare Dive
JUNE 21, 2023
The healthcare workers union said the findings raise questions about potential corporate interference to decrease the number of patients who die in HCA hospitals, and urged both HCA and regulators to investigate.
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Healthcare Dive
JUNE 21, 2023
At least six companies have emerged to help unstick what developers say is a “bottleneck” in advancing complex genetic treatments.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 21, 2023
Even in the face of substantial headwinds, dealmaking in the healthcare industry hasn't fallen off, according to a new analysis from PwC. | Even in the face of substantial headwinds, dealmaking in the healthcare industry hasn't fallen off, according to a new analysis from PwC.
Health IT Security
JUNE 21, 2023
Cyber resilience is crucial to business continuity amid a cyber incident. As such, cyber resilience should be top-of-mind for organizations undergoing digital transformation efforts.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 21, 2023
The southeastern region of the U.S. | The southeastern region of the U.S. scored worst across the board in the Commonwealth Fund’s annual scorecard on states' healthcare system performance.
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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.
Health IT Security
JUNE 21, 2023
Even though cybersecurity trust is clearly an issue, some trust is also misplaced, with 66 percent of security leaders trusting employees to prevent cyberattacks more than their own teams.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 21, 2023
What You Should Know: Nuance Communications announced that Cleveland-based University Hospitals has chosen Nuance Patient Engagement Solutions to improve patient experiences by providing streamlined, secure, around-the-clock support to patients. The future of healthcare depends on the unified communication between patients and providers. Nuance’s platform integrates directly into University Hospital’s existing infrastructure and extends the capabilities of the EHR to accelerate the moder
HIPAA Journal
JUNE 21, 2023
Onix Group, a Pennsylvania-based real estate development firm and provider of business management and consulting services, is being sued for failing to prevent a ransomware attack in which the hackers stole the protected health information of 320,000 individuals. The ransomware attack was detected by Onix Group on March 27. The forensic investigation confirmed that hackers had access to its internal network between March 20 and March 27, 2023, during which time they exfiltrated files that contai
HIT Consultant
JUNE 21, 2023
Bruce Orcutt, SVP at ABBYY There was an overwhelmingly consistent message from healthcare providers at the recent innovation conference PegaWorld iNspire – the need for better handling of information to reduce paperwork. While this may come as no surprise, it was interesting to hear about some of the different challenges organizations are facing and the technologies being considered to solve them.
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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.
HIPAA Journal
JUNE 21, 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was due to issue a final rule that would implement new regulatory requirements for publicly traded companies to disclose material cyber breaches in their regulatory filings within 4 days of the discovery of a breach. The decision has now been delayed until at least October 2023. A draft rule was proposed in March 2022 to improve transparency about cybersecurity incidents at publicly traded companies.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 21, 2023
What You Should Know: The American Medical Association (AMA) announced today nine organizations selected as recipients of the 2023 Electronic Health Record Use Research Grant Program. This year’s grant recipients will divide $589k to fund research examining patterns of EHR use to inform solutions that prevent clinician burnout and turnover, enhance high-quality patient care, and improve workflows, teamwork, and resource allocation at the practice level.
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 21, 2023
AI and technology like ChatGPT are only becoming more and more present in our conversations for the future of healthcare. In many ways, these conversations are optimistic, thinking of all the ways that AI can change the world. But there are still plenty of fear in these tools, as it’s hard not to worry about being replaced by a robot. This is what we are talking about today, AI and technology like ChatGPT and their presence in healthcare.
HIPAA Journal
JUNE 21, 2023
Atlanta Women’s Health Group, P.C., has recently confirmed that the protected health information of up to 33,839 current and former patients has been exposed and potentially stolen in an April 2023 cyberattack. A security breach was detected on April 12, 2023, and third-party cybersecurity experts were engaged to determine the nature and scope of the incident.
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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.
Digital Health News
JUNE 21, 2023
The regionalisation of NHS imaging services facilitated by the cloud is a promising stepping-stone towards more integrated care. AI's potential, however, is taking longer than expected to be fulfilled. By Owen Hughes.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 21, 2023
The death spiral for Friday Health Plans continues, as insurance officials in North Carolina placed the troubled insurer into receivership and
Digital Health News
JUNE 21, 2023
Labour is committed to digital and pinning hopes of NHS renewal on AI. But the shadow Health Secretary should understand there are no easy wins in digital transformation.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 21, 2023
UPMC has signed a non-binding letter of intent to affiliate Washington Health System, a two-hospital nonprofit community health system based in Pennsylvania, according to a release shared Tuesday.< | Two-hospital Washington Health System said it chose UPMC over competitor Allegheny Health Network due to the organizations' long history of clinical collaborations.
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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.
Digital Health News
JUNE 21, 2023
A review of clinical studies has confirmed that the TidalSense AI-powered N-Tidal device can improve the accuracy of COPD diagnoses.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 21, 2023
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has dethroned Boston Children’s Hospital in the latest release of U.S. | A change in the annual list's methodology that deemphasized expert opinion helped Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center top the nine-year champion Boston Children's Hospital.
Digital Health News
JUNE 21, 2023
Kooth has been commissioned to deliver free, confidential and personalised digital mental health support for 16-26-year-olds in the Inverclyde area.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 21, 2023
The health tech industry may be in the middle of a market downturn but Aledade has picked up more than $380 million in venture capital dollars in the past 12 months. | The health tech industry may be in the middle of a market downturn but Aledade has picked up more than $380 million in venture capital dollars in the past 12 months.
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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.
Digital Health News
JUNE 21, 2023
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has signed an Innovation Partnership agreement with Accurx, a software company joining up healthcare communication around each patient. Like all NHS Trusts, UHL is aiming to bring down its elective backlog and address long waiting lists for patients.
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 21, 2023
The following is a guest article by Mike Pattwell, Principal Business Advisor, Value Based Care at Edifecs Consumers are at the heart of healthcare — their fears are forcing healthcare innovators to shift priorities to deliver consumer-centric digital health offerings. This is true today, tomorrow, and far into the future. With inflation brings financial concerns that lead to cost-cutting efforts often resulting in poorer health outcomes from millions of Americans.
Digital Health News
JUNE 21, 2023
John Quinn, the current interim NHS England CIO, is set to be confirmed as the new NHS England CIO, following a lengthy recruitment process.
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 21, 2023
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Sr. Infrastructure Engineer position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is a hybrid position requiring one day a week in either the Albany, New York or Manhattan, New York office.
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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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