Healthcare It News
JULY 11, 2023
Dr. Adrienne Boissy, Qualtrics' chief medical officer and staff neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic, explains that, because consumers are making value-based decisions and care about privacy, they should be codesigning healthcare AI.
Healthcare Dive
JULY 11, 2023
Rock Health’s latest report found U.S. startups raised $6.1 billion across 244 deals in the first half of 2023. If investment stays at the same pace, the sector is facing its lowest funding year since 2019.
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Fierce Healthcare
JULY 11, 2023
Hospitals told a major Senate panel that a $385 million bucket of annual emergency preparedness funding up for reauthorization should “be at least doubled” if the country’s healthcare system is to | A flat reauthorization of the money spent preparing hospitals for public health emergencies is insufficient "to help rebuild the program after years of underfunding," the hospital lobby told lawmakers Monday.
Healthcare Dive
JULY 11, 2023
Two years after an overhaul designed to decrease documentation burden, clinicians are writing even longer notes, according to Epic Research.
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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?
Health Law Advisor
JULY 11, 2023
On June 16, 2023, Nevada enacted Senate Bill 370 (“ SB 370 ”), which imposes broad restrictions on the collection, use, and sale of consumer health data. This law is set to go into effect on March 31, 2024. SB 370 is the third state law of its kind, aimed at regulating consumer health data and entities not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) or other sector specific federal laws.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 11, 2023
Mental health conditions are the leading cause of maternal mortality, and most pregnancy-related deaths are | Mental health conditions are the leading cause of maternal mortality. Yet despite national guidance, addressing them remains complicated.
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Fierce Healthcare
JULY 11, 2023
Price transparency has been a key focus for policymakers looking to address rising health costs, but experts say breaking through that black box won't solve the problem wholesale. | Price transparency has been a key focus for policymakers looking to address rising health costs, but experts say breaking through that black box won't solve the problem wholesale.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 11, 2023
Opioid addiction and overdose-related deaths reached an all-time high in 2022. The opioid crisis has strained health systems, overwhelmed emergency responders and placed a heavy burden on social services. THE PROBLEM Before the advent of telehealth in addiction treatment, people seeking medical help for opioid use disorder faced several challenges that limited their access to care.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 11, 2023
Drug shortages can drive up costs for patients, and a new analysis suggests ways these issues could be avoided. | Prior research about drug shortages looked at frequency and intensity. New Rand research looks at how they affect consumers.
HealthIT Answers
JULY 11, 2023
By Beth Friedman - HFMA 2023 was held at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee. The event promised the conference would “embrace the need for change.” And change is certainly required against the backdrop of declining profitability and 0.3% median year-to-date operating margins. The post Five Top Takeaways from HFMA Annual Conference 2023 appeared first on Health IT Answers.
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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
JULY 11, 2023
SimpliFed, a national provider of lactation and baby feeding support, is now in network with Optum’s VA Community Care Network. | The new deal grants female veterans in the eastern half of the U.S. access to virtual baby feeding support, available seven days a week, at no cost to the patient and no limits on number of appointments.
Health IT Security
JULY 11, 2023
The 40,823 individuals impacted by the breach at global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe had previously been impacted by a 2020 breach involving a vision benefits plan.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 11, 2023
After a wild ride in 2020 and 2021, the digital health funding market is entering a new reality with fewer deals and smaller average check sizes. | After a wild ride in 2020 and 2021, the digital health funding market is entering a new reality with fewer deals and smaller average check sizes.
HIT Consultant
JULY 11, 2023
Sarah Reilly, SVP, Product and Strategy, Lucet The growing demand for behavioral healthcare in America is putting a serious strain on both payers and providers with no signs of slowing down anytime soon. A report from Mental Health America found that one in five U.S. adults has a mental illness. Furthermore, concerns around the state of youth mental health, which exploded during the pandemic, continue to grow at an alarming rate.
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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.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 11, 2023
Virgina providers Riverside Health System and UVA Health have cut a strategic partnership deal that expands complex care access and coordination for patients in the eastern part of the state. | The new strategic agreement gives the academic health system a 5% ownership stake in nonprofit Riverside Health System. With that, UVA Health has committed to expanding care in Riverside's markets as well as to a bidirectional sharing of expertise on clinical program development, medical research and
HIT Consultant
JULY 11, 2023
What You Should Know: The Sequoia Project and AHIMA , today announced the launch of a new initiative called Data Usability Taking Root to make health data more useful. 11 organizations have already committed to participating in the group and implementing and improving the best practices for data usability created over three years by 260+ Sequoia members.
Mobi Health News
JULY 11, 2023
The digital health platform will be available to the health systems' patients and team members 24/7 for mental health support.
HIPAA Journal
JULY 11, 2023
The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group (CWG) has published a Coordinated Healthcare Incident Response Plan ( CHIRP ) that can be used as a template by healthcare organizations to develop a coordinated cybersecurity incident response plan. Given the frequency of cyberattacks on the healthcare sector and the harm that these incidents can cause, it is vital for healthcare organizations to develop, implement, maintain, and test an incident res
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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.
Kaiser Health News
JULY 11, 2023
POTTSTOWN, Pa. — The public school system here had to scramble in 2018 when the local hospital, newly purchased, was converted to a tax-exempt nonprofit entity. The takeover by Tower Health meant the 219-bed Pottstown Hospital no longer had to pay federal and state taxes. It also no longer had to pay local property taxes, taking away more than $900,000 a year from the already underfunded Pottstown School District, school officials said.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 11, 2023
The following is a guest article by Philip Russmeyer, Founder and CEO at FITFILE Patient health and activity data has the potential to be an invaluable resource for healthcare organizations. The vast quantity of data points generated each day could be used to improve treatment pathways, manage demand and capacity, raise safety standards, and accelerate research projects.
Digital Health News
JULY 11, 2023
Putting an understaffed NHS on a sustainable footing will require a focus on preventative care and self-management of health, especially for the over-50s,
HIPAA Journal
JULY 11, 2023
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations to two hospitals over health and safety failures, resulting in almost $24,000 in fines. Florida Behavioral Health Facility Fined for Failing to Protect Workers from Workplace Violence OSHA conducted an investigation of UHS of Delaware Inc.- Wekiva Springs Center LLC, which does business as Wekiva Springs Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, in response to an alarming number of incidents involving workplace violence.
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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.
Becker's Health IT
JULY 11, 2023
The healthcare industry is suffering from a cybersecurity workforce shortage as it has been harder for organizations to recruit, train and retain skilled cybersecurity employees, but hospital and health system chief information security officers told Becker's that this can be alleviated if organizations start to look outside the box for talent and provide greater incentives for cybersecurity training.
HIPAA Journal
JULY 11, 2023
You can file a report with OSHA by phone, fax, email, regular mail, via an online contact form, or by visiting an OSHA office in person. However, some channels of communication are not appropriate for some types of reports. These are the most common reasons for filing a report with OSHA: To report an emergency, severe injury, or fatality. To alert OSHA to unsafe working conditions.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 11, 2023
Healthcare organizations must seek out the same types of supply chain efficiencies as the leaders in other industries, particularly in the face of inflation, rising labor costs, and tighter reimbursement models that erode their revenue. LogicSource specializes in driving savings in non-clinical spending, which typically accounts for over 20% of a health system’s annual revenue.
Health IT Security
JULY 11, 2023
Healthcare organizations are increasingly connecting devices to their networks to enable efficiency. But security risks must be considered, which is where IoT security vendors come in.
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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.
HIPAA Journal
JULY 11, 2023
Nashville, TN-based HCA Healthcare, the largest health system in the United States with more than 180 hospitals and 2,300 healthcare sites, has announced that an unauthorized individual had obtained the protected health information of patients. While the total number of affected individuals has not yet been confirmed, the breach is understood to have affected 11 million+ patients, which would make this the joint third-largest healthcare data breach to be reported by a HIPAA-regulated entity.
Verisys
JULY 11, 2023
Announcing Verisys Insights Insights is your go-to source for all your provider data, credentialing reports, and primary source verification (PSV) images. We’ve reimagined and rebuilt our reporting portal for improved user experience and added new functionality. Insights will replace our legacy CVOne product by the end of July 2023. Insights portal introduces three new functions: 1.
Becker's Health IT
JULY 11, 2023
As hospitals and health systems connect more medical devices to their IT networks, they are turning to Internet of Things security programs to shield them from hackers. Here are the top seven healthcare IoT security vendors, according to a July 11 KLAS Research report.
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 11, 2023
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is launching an inquiry into a practice used to coax patients into paying for routine care with medical credit cards and installment loans. | A new probe will look at predatory practices urging patients to use medical credit cards or installment loans rather than more affordable alternatives to pay for routine medical care.
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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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