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Government watchdog warns of Medicaid oversight gaps

Healthcare Dive

The CMS doesn’t require states to report data on outcomes or care denials, and has made “delayed” progress on plans to analyze the information and make it public, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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Regulating International Commercial Surrogacy

Bill of Health

By Hannah Rahim In January 2024, Pope Francis called for a universal ban on surrogacy as a threat to global peace and human dignity, claiming that the practice is a “grave violation” of the mother and child’s dignity and based on the “exploitation of situations of the mother’s material needs.” Surrogacy raises complex ethical and legal issues, particularly in cases of international surrogacy, where people seek surrogacy services from another country.

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‘As fast as possible but no faster than is safe’: Hospitals, tech companies confront AI governance

Healthcare Dive

Regulators seeking to erect guardrails around AI are facing a Sisyphean task, experts said at HIMSS. How do you oversee something that is constantly changing?

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#FierceMadness: Grab a bracket and vote for the most overused buzzword in healthcare!

Fierce Healthcare

The NCAA basketball tournament gets underway today, and the Fierce Healthcare team is gearing up yet again for our annual #FierceMadness competition. | The NCAA basketball tournament gets underway today, and the Fierce Healthcare team is gearing up yet again for our annual #FierceMadness competition.

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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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Microsoft’s health VP takes on responsible AI

Healthcare Dive

David Rhew talks about Microsoft's new AI governance network and the tech giant’s take on federal regulators’ plan to more actively oversee health AI.

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Change attack update: UnitedHealth launching medical claims solution 

Becker's Health IT

UnitedHealth Group has advanced more than $2 billion to providers and is launching software for medical claims preparation beginning March 18 following the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare subsidiary in late February.

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Arming Patients with Accurate Medical Information To Improve ER Outcomes, Wait Times

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jennifer Devening, CEO, YourHealth. In the controlled chaos of the emergency room (ER), time and accuracy are of the essence. Not only do they impact care outcomes, but also quality, safety, costs, and patient […] The article Arming Patients with Accurate Medical Information To Improve ER Outcomes, Wait Times appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Increase customer satisfaction with accurate person data

Healthcare Dive

Why health tech leaders must prioritize Enterprise Master Person Index technology for their products.

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Clover Health, Quarter Health team up against serious mental illness

Fierce Healthcare

High-risk Clover Health members can now take advantage of Quartet Health's behavioral health offerings to help individuals suffering from serious mental illness. | Quartet Health is partnering with Clover Health to help the insurtech's most complex patients suffering from serious mental illness.

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For accelerated healthcare performance, jump into the data lakehouse

Healthcare Dive

Learn how a data lakehouse optimizes business intelligence and outcomes in healthcare.

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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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Missouri Violence in the Workplace for Healthcare Employees

American Medical Compliance

The following Missouri Violence in the Workplace for Healthcare Employees course is designed to educate healthcare providers (HCP) on how to protect themselves and others from violence that occurs in the workplace. Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site.

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Digital Health Unplugged: Navigating career paths in NHS leadership

Digital Health News

Jordan Sollof is joined by Shera Chok, Ben Jeeves, Portia Eze and Andrew Griffiths to explore the dynamic landscape of career development in digital health.

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Biden's new executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize women's health

Fierce Healthcare

President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Tuesday instructing federal agencies to ramp up research into women’s health, with cross-department priorities ranging from women’s midlife health c | The White House is greenlighting new federal research into post-menopause healthcare conditions, Medicare coverage, data collection, provider resources and AI-supported women's health research.

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Nevada Violence in the Workplace for Healthcare Employees

American Medical Compliance

The following Nevada Violence in the Workplace for Healthcare Employees course is designed to educate healthcare providers on how to protect themselves and others from violence that occurs in the workplace. Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site.

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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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The New Era of Virtual Care: Why Convenience Isn’t Enough Anymore

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The COVID-19 pandemic propelled virtual care from a niche service to a mainstream necessity. However, as we move into a new era, consumer preferences surrounding virtual care are evolving, according to data from Rock Health’s 2023 Consumer Adoption of Digital Health Survey. – The survey reveals that virtual care adoption has plateaued at a high level, with 76% of respondents having ever used it.

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New Jersey Violence in the Workplace for Healthcare Employees

American Medical Compliance

Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site. Threats and verbal abuse can lead to physical assaults and even homicide. It can have an impact on employees, clients, customers, and visitors. What you will learn: Introduction to violence in the workplace What is workplace violence?

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Digital Health News - Untitled Article

Digital Health News

New Victoria Hospital has selected MEDITECH Expanse as its new EPR to advance care delivery and remain competitive in the healthcare market.

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Vermont Violence in the Workplace for Healthcare Employees

American Medical Compliance

Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site. Threats and verbal abuse can lead to physical assaults and even homicide. It can have an impact on employees, clients, customers, and visitors. What you will learn: Introduction to violence in the workplace What is workplace violence?

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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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Weaving the AI Threads Together: Essential Conversations for Integrating AI in Healthcare Transformation

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Demetri Giannikopoulos, Vice President of Innovation at Aidoc In the ever-evolving landscape of AI, 2024 stands out as the year where artificial intelligence is poised to claim the coveted title of Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Nowhere is the buzz around AI more palpable than in healthcare circles, where the promise of AI to revolutionize a complex and, in many ways, fragmented system looms large.

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The state of digital health funding and what investors are seeking

Mobi Health News

Experts discussed what investors look for when considering funding a digital health startup and what teams should focus on when developing a product.

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Despite Employer Insurance, Millions Still Struggle to Afford Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – A new study by Paytient , a provider of healthcare affordability solutions, sheds light on the surprising struggles of many Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance. – The study, titled “ The Hidden Lives of Workplace-Insured Americans ,” commissioned from independent research group Nonfiction , reveals a troubling reality – millions are effectively self-insured due to high deductibles, leading to delayed care, financial strain, and a neg

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Community Diagnostic Centres deliver over seven million vital checks

Digital Health News

Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) have delivered more than seven million tests, checks and scans on NHS patients across the country.

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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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Lunit Expands AI-powered Cancer Screening Solution to France and Portugal

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Lunit (KRX:328130.KQ), a provider of AI-powered cancer diagnostics and therapeutics solutions, announced today two significant commercial agreements that mark its continued European expansion. – These strategic deals will bring Lunit’s AI-powered cancer screening solution to healthcare providers in France and Portugal, aiding in the fight against cancer.

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Change hack raises bigger questions for healthcare security

Becker's Health IT

The Feb. 21 cyberattack on Change Healthcare is raising questions about how prepared healthcare is when it comes to cybersecurity, Politico reported March 18.

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NVIDIA Healthcare Launches Generative AI Microservices for Drug Discovery

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: NVIDIA today launched more than two dozen new microservices that allow healthcare enterprises worldwide to take advantage of the latest advances in generative AI from anywhere and on any cloud. The new suite of NVIDIA healthcare microservices includes optimized NVIDIA NIM AI models and workflows with industry-standard APIs, or application programming interfaces, to serve as building blocks for creating and deploying cloud-native applications.

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East Suffolk and North Essex sign EPR contract with Epic

Digital Health News

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust have signed a contract for an electronic patient record with supplier Epic.

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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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Veradigm to Acquire ScienceIO

Healthcare IT Today

Veradigm to Leverage ScienceIO’s Leading Healthcare Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform on the Company’s Large-Scale, High-Quality Data Set to Build Advanced, Private Language Models for Healthcare Expected to Provide Highly Differentiated and More Advanced Products to Veradigm Customers Acquisition Will Help Accelerate Platform Improvements Across the Veradigm Network, including the Provider, Payer, and Life Sciences Businesses Next-Generation Products Expected to Improve Outcomes and Lower C

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February Research Roundup: What We’re Reading 

Center for Health Insurance Reform

In February, CHIR used Leap Day to catch up on the latest health policy research. This month we read studies on the uninsurance rate, dynamics between the small-group market and individual Marketplace, and the availability of mental telehealth services.

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Ripped from the Headlines: Is Healthcare More Risky Because of Consolidation? – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 136

Healthcare IT Today

For the 136th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are taking a look at the recent headlines to discuss if healthcare has become more risky due to consolidation. The first news we look at is the massive Change Healthcare breach and how the size of your organization causes major risk when security incidents happen. Then we take a look at Walgreens shutting down VillageMD and debate whether or not large companies are more likely to shut down care centers in order to make a profit with no

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63% of known exploited vulnerabilities found on healthcare networks

Health IT Security

A recent study shows that most CISA-tracked known exploited vulnerabilities are found on healthcare networks, with medical devices at risk.

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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.