Mon.Nov 06, 2023

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Medicaid disenrollments pass 10M as states continue eligibility checks

Healthcare Dive

States have assessed the eligibility of 28 million Americans to date, and terminated coverage for 35% of them, according to the latest data from KFF.

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An Antidote to Loneliness – Amazon’s 2023 Holiday Ad-Video Is A Lesson in Social Health, Aging and Love

Health Populi

To complement today’s sobering Health Populi post discussing Accenture’s 2024 Life Trends Study — an outlook for a decade of “deconstruction” based on technology and other trends in the ether — I share with you Amazon’s ad for this holiday season gift-giving motivation. The agency responsible for the campaign, Hungry Man and director Wayne McClammy, weave together a beautiful plotline of friendship, the Beatles’ In My Life, and a time-traveling ima

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Hospitals improve on infection control after COVID-19 spike: Leapfrog

Healthcare Dive

However, patient experience scores declined again, which could be the result of ongoing labor shortages, according to Leapfrog Group CEO Leah Binder.

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MA enrollees have fewer hospitalizations, Harvard study finds

Fierce Healthcare

Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries have better quality of care and health outcomes than traditional fee-for-service counterparts, researchers from Harvard Medical School found. | Another white paper released by Inovalon and Harvard Medical School highlights the benefits Medicare Advantage enrollees enjoy over traditional Medicare counterparts.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

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?

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Securing healthcare: Communication tools provide critical connections and more efficient operations during emergencies

Healthcare Dive

Dealing with natural disasters, severe weather events, active shooters, mass casualties and other external events requires hospital staff to coordinate with multiple outside agencies but communicating with stakeholders can be a challenge.

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MAVEN Project's specialty virtual care avoids $11M in unnecessary costs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The MAVEN Project is a nonprofit organization serving Federally Qualified Health Centers and free and charitable clinics, connecting expert specialty physician volunteers with clinic providers. Using telehealth technology, volunteers are working hand-in-hand with those on the front lines. They can consult on cases, serve as mentors, provide continuing education and collaborate with clinical staff.

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Cigna explores selling Medicare Advantage business: report

Fierce Healthcare

Cigna is looking into the possibility of selling its Medicare Advantage (MA) business, according to a report from Reuters. | Cigna may decide to sell off its Medicare Advantage business. The insurer is reportedly in early discussions with an investment bank to go over its options.

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Surescripts buys drug alternatives company ActiveRADAR

Healthcare Dive

Surescripts, fresh off an antitrust settlement with federal regulators, said the acquisition would help boost its e-prescribing network with information on therapeutic alternatives at the point of prescribing.

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Kaiser Permanente logs $239M net income, 0.6% operating margin in Q3 2023

Fierce Healthcare

Kaiser Permanente pulled in $239 million in net income during the third quarter of 2023, a turnaround from the $1.5 billion net loss the integrated system had seen a year prior. | The massive integrated nonprofit's $156 million operating income turns around the $75 million operating loss of the third quarter of 2022 but is a slight pullback from 2023's prior quarters.

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Drilling down on obesity drugs: What medtech executives are saying

Healthcare Dive

Investor concerns that interest in GLP-1s will slow demand for medical devices and procedures have shaved roughly $370 billion in value from stocks across the medtech sector, according to research.

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Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices

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.

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VR mental health platform XRHealth blasts off with NASA

Mobi Health News

XRHealth, HTC Vive and Nord-Space Aps engineered the Vive Focus 3 headset to withstand microgravity conditions to help treat astronauts' mental health in space.

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4 Steps to Take When Preventing Medical Supply Loss

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Oftentimes, medical facilities need to focus on preventing overstock and out-of-stock supplies needed to get their work done or when needed to provide their patients with the best care. But like any other business, sometimes, […] The article 4 Steps to Take When Preventing Medical Supply Loss appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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IoMT: Why Healthcare Organizations Should Pay Attention to the New U.S. Cyber Trust Mark

HIT Consultant

Shankar Somasundaram, CEO of Asimily The recently proposed U.S. Cyber Trust Mark is a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program operated by the FCC. It will initially provide IoT manufacturers with a certification label that signifies their compliance with cybersecurity guidelines and best practices—while providing consumers with more confidence when purchasing internet-connected devices.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 63: Patient Messaging with CT Lin, MD

Healthcare IT Today

For the 63rd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by CT Lin, MD, CMIO at UCHealth-Colorado to talk about patient messaging. To kick off the episode we dive into his work in sharing patient results and the efforts to keep it private. Next, we talk about how the sudden increase in patient messaging has led to some practices charging for the service to get Lin’s experience and thoughts on the topic.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

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.

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Verana Health Partners with Foundation Fighting Blindness to Integrate Genetic Testing Data into Real-world Evidence Research

HIT Consultant

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.

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Norton Healthcare still feeling effects of cyber event

Becker's Health IT

In May, hackers targeting Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare posted personal health information on the dark web; local news outlet WDRB reported Nov. 6 that the health system is still dealing with the fallout.

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Telemedicine Increases EHR Documentation Burden for Physicians, Study Reveals

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – A recent study reveals that telemedicine is related to increased EHR time for physicians in the ambulatory setting, primarily due to documentation of visits, and may require adjustments in productivity expectations and strategies to address EHR documentation burden for physicians in healthcare systems. – The longitudinal cohort study of 1052 ambulatory physicians conducted at UCSF Health analyzes the time physicians spent working in the EHR during patient sche

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PicnicHealth Acquires AllStripes, Fortifying its Role as the Leader in Patient-Centered Healthcare Evidence Generation

Healthcare IT Today

PicnicHealth , a patient-centered healthcare evidence generation company, today announced the acquisition of AllStripes , a platform dedicated to generating evidence about the rare disease community. This strategic consolidation establishes PicnicHealth as the leading patient-centric evidence-generation partner within a rapidly evolving life sciences landscape.

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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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Join us for the State of Healthcare Interoperability Virtual Summit 2023

HealthIT Answers

Wednesday December 6th - Join DirectTrust and Answers Media Network for a half-day virtual Summit on the current and future state of interoperability. This 5 panel event will offer insights and guidance on the path to data exchange. Register today! The post Join us for the State of Healthcare Interoperability Virtual Summit 2023 appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Walmart Health signs care coordination agreements with Florida health system, insurer

Mobi Health News

The retail giant will be a preferred provider through insurer Ambetter from Sunshine Health and streamline care-coordination services with health system Orlando Health.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

Digital Health News

This briefing features news from Digital Health and Care Wales, Technavio, medical VR provider Jolly Good and the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital.

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Navigator Guide FAQs of the Week: Who is Eligible for Marketplace Coverage?

Center for Health Insurance Reform

November 1 marked the first day of the Marketplace Open Enrollment Period in most states. CHIR recently updated its Navigator Resource Guide, and we’ll be highlighting frequently asked questions (FAQs) from the Navigator Guide throughout the annual enrollment window. This week, we’re taking a look at who is eligible for Marketplace plans.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

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.

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Health tech company Surescripts picks up ActiveRADAR to expand therapeutic alternatives to prescription drugs

Fierce Healthcare

Health information network Surescripts acquired ActiveRADAR to build out therapeutic alternatives for prescription drugs. | Health information network Surescripts acquired ActiveRADAR to build out therapeutic alternatives for prescription drugs.

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Greater Manchester trusts to deploy Clinisys LIMS

Digital Health News

Four trusts from the Greater Manchester Pathology Network are to deploy Clinisys' WinPath LIMS to help boost collaborative working across laboratories.

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Hospitals make progress on reducing infection rates but still fall short on patient experience, Leapfrog reports

Fierce Healthcare

U.S. | The Leapfrog Group's latest safety grades outlined improvements among hospitals' MRSA, CLABSI and CAUTI numbers compared to the pandemic's five-year high. On the other hand, patient-reported experience measures such as staff responsiveness and communication regarding medicines took "significant" hits.

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What’s Happening at the ONC

HealthIT Answers

Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including new proposals to establish disincentives for health care providers, a webinar to learn about the proposals in the rule, an updated version of the Security Risk Assessment Tool, & more.

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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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Cornwall first to deploy transformative digital care service

Digital Health News

People in Cornwall are to benefit from a new transformative digital care service that will support them to live independently in their own homes for longer.

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Safeguarding Patient Privacy through Proper Record Disposal

HealthIT Answers

By Art Gross - In the fast-paced world of healthcare, safeguarding patient privacy remains paramount. Yet, despite the diligence exercised in patient care, one area where vulnerabilities persist is record disposal. From the cluttered file rooms to the maze of electronic data, mistakes are made that can jeopardize sensitive patient information. The post Safeguarding Patient Privacy through Proper Record Disposal appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Ransomware gang 8Base strikes US healthcare sector

Becker's Health IT

Ransomware gang 8Base is emerging as a new threat to the U.S. healthcare sector after it attacked a medical facility in October, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center warned in a Nov. 1 alert.

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Is Your Organization HITECH Compliant?

AIHC

Written by the AIHC Education Volunteer Committee Contributors: Nancie Cummins, Sheryn Honest, Joanne Byron This article is written to help educate individuals new to HIPAA & HITECH compliance by addressing the basic elements needed for a health care organization and/or business associate to be in compliance with Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH).

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

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.