Where hospital-at-home and clinical informatics are heading
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Kaiser Permanente to acquire Geisinger, form company to operate other nonprofit systems
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 26, 2023
Buying Risant represents an opportunity for Kaiser to expand its reach nationwide through targeted acquisitions of nonprofit community health systems.
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How Royal Adelaide Hospital is reducing their 'hidden waitlist'
Healthcare It News
APRIL 26, 2023
The Royal Adelaide Hospital has figured out a way to address its "hidden waitlist" or long wait periods for outpatient appointments. WHY IT MATTERS The hospital worked on a joint project with Personify Care and Healthcare Logic to use digital patient pathways to communicate patient appointments, replacing traditional phone calls and letters.
Kaiser names new chief digital officer
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 26, 2023
Nari Gopala has previously served in leadership positions at Amazon Web Services, Daybreak Game Company and Sony Online Entertainment.
Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data
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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?
Teladoc-Philips partnership enables neonatal virtual care in rural Queensland
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 26, 2023
A new virtual care programme is providing round-the-clock access to neonatal care in rural Queensland. US-based companies Royal Philips and Teladoc have tied up to help deliver the Neonatal Virtual Care programme to hospital chain Mater. The said programme, which was co-designed by the Mayo Clinic, provides patients, parents and bedside clinicians in Central Queensland with 24/7 access to senior neonatologist support.
GoodRx co-CEOs out; former GoDaddy CEO to serve as interim chief executive
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 26, 2023
The leadership transition comes after a difficult few years for GoodRx, which announced in September that it planned to eliminate 16% of its workforce.
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Humana boosts 2023 expectations for Medicare Advantage growth
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 26, 2023
The insurer reported favorable MA inpatient utilization as COVID-19 claims decreased in the first quarter.
Kaiser Permanente to acquire Geisinger Health in bid to launch multi-system VBC platform
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 26, 2023
Kaiser Permanente to acquire Geisinger Health in bid to launch multi-system VBC platform dmuoio Wed, 04/26/2023 - 12:49
UHS continued COVID recovery as behavioral, acute volumes boosted Q1 results
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 26, 2023
The operator posted increases in acute care and behavioral volumes while tempering labor costs.
Healthcare Industry Facing Increased Malware and Ransomware Threats
HIPAA Journal
APRIL 26, 2023
Ransomware actors continue to target the U.S. healthcare sector, cybercriminals are increasingly using malware to steal data and provide persistent access to healthcare networks, and legitimate penetration tools are being used to mask malicious activity amongst genuine use of these tools by red teams. These are some of the findings from the latest Global Threat Intelligence Report from Blackberry, which is based on threats detected by its Cylance Endpoint Security solution over 90 days from Dece
Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices
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FDA approves new ALS medicine in precedent-setting decision
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 26, 2023
The conditional approval is likely to influence how other experimental treatments for the nerve-destroying disease are tested and reviewed.
CMS announces tighter price transparency enforcement as Congress grills Chiquita Brooks-LaSure on weak compliance
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 26, 2023
CMS announces tighter price transparency enforcement as Congress grills Chiquita Brooks-LaSure on weak compliance dmuoio Wed, 04/26/2023 - 18:19
Walmart Health Continues 2024 Expansion into Oklahoma
HIT Consultant
APRIL 26, 2023
What You Should Know: Walmart Health announced its expansion into the state of Oklahoma, with four new health centers in the Oklahoma City area in 2024. This expansion into Oklahoma is a continuation of Walmart Health’s commitment to making quality healthcare more convenient, accessible and affordable for customers in the communities we serve. The new state-of-the-art facilities will be approximately 5,750 sq ft, located beside Walmart Supercenters, and will feature Walmart Health’s full suite
OIG audit reveals lack of data sharing led to $128M in duplicate payments by Medicare, VA
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 26, 2023
OIG audit reveals lack of data sharing led to $128M in duplicate payments by Medicare, VA aburky Wed, 04/26/2023 - 13:01
How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering
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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.
5 Digital Health Executives Share Their Key Takeaways from HIMSS23
HIT Consultant
APRIL 26, 2023
John Erwin , CEO of Carenet Health I was pleased with the robust turnout at HIMSS this year; it does seem like the healthcare industry is making up for the lost time from the pandemic. The topics that dominated the conference included teasing out the nuanced approach to safely deploying Chat GPT/AI into the industry (and when not to), health equity, and the patient journey.
NIST Releases Discussion Draft of NIST CSF 2.0 Core
HIPAA Journal
APRIL 26, 2023
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is in the process of updating the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 1.1 and plans to release the complete draft version 2.0 in the summer. A discussion draft has been published that includes updates to the Core elements of the Framework and NIST is seeking concrete suggestions on how the Framework can be improved ahead of the publication of the complete draft.
ROI Healthcare Solutions Provides the Returns Healthcare Organizations Want
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 26, 2023
In these days of tightened payments and higher costs, organizations need to “do more with less” by finding better prices for their purchases while maximizing reimbursements—and above all, by making sure that technology improves ROI, according to Jeff Tennant, EVP of Healthcare IT Strategy & Services at ROI Healthcare Solutions. Tennant and his colleagues sat down with Healthcare IT Today to share how ROI (Return on Investment) is core to the culture of the work they do with heal
Philips & DoD Ink $10M Deal for AI-Wearable Disease Detection
HIT Consultant
APRIL 26, 2023
What You Should Know: The Department of Defense and Philips announced a $10M ​award​ to ​expand the readiness of our service members with the Rapid Assessment of Threat Exposure (RATE) AI wellness tool. The first group in this new cohort are the​Air Force First Sergeants, who are responsible for overall squadron health and wellness. RATE is an AI algorithm, trained on clinical data from hospital-acquired infections to work with any off-the-shelf wearable to detect possible infection, acting lik
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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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.
Remote patient monitoring poised to grow if reimbursement remains
Modern Healthcare
APRIL 26, 2023
Providers are using remote patient monitoring to extend care for chronic care patients in underserved areas but reimbursement for services is far from certain.
Humana posts stronger-than-expected Q1 earnings with robust membership growth
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 26, 2023
Humana posts stronger-than-expected Q1 earnings with robust membership growth hlandi Wed, 04/26/2023 - 07:30
GoodRx appoints interim CEO as cofounders step down
Mobi Health News
APRIL 26, 2023
Cofounders Doug Hirsch and Trevor Bezdek will transition to new roles within the company while supporting incoming interim CEO Scott Wagner.
Payers reduce admin costs by going back to basics with payment integrity
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 26, 2023
Payers reduce admin costs by going back to basics with payment integrity jpiatt Wed, 04/26/2023 - 16:09
Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements
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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.
HN launches £900,000 co-investment fund for NHS trusts and ICBs
Digital Health News
APRIL 26, 2023
Health Navigator Ltd (HN) has committed its feasibility study into its AI-Guided Clinical Coaching (AICC) programme into an investment fund for NHS trusts.
What gun violence costs U.S. healthcare: $1B in initial ER costs, hefty medical bills for patients
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 26, 2023
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Leveraging Data to Reduce Member Churn, Maintain Access to Care, and Avoid Care Gaps as a Result of the Medicaid Redetermination Process
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 26, 2023
The following is a guest article by Ashley Perry, MPH, Chief Strategy and Solutions Officer at Socially Determined When Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 , it decoupled the Public Health Emergency (PHE) from the Medicaid program’s continuous enrollment provision, which was implemented as part of the PHE in March 2020. It also established April 1, 2023 as the date on which the Medicaid redetermination process would resume nationwide.
Komodo Health unveils MapEnhance, a new centralized network of specialty data partners
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 26, 2023
Komodo Health unveils MapEnhance, a new centralized network of specialty data partners agliadkovskaya Wed, 04/26/2023 - 12:00
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.
Surgical collaboration app Chiefy raises $4.2M
Mobi Health News
APRIL 26, 2023
The startup said it will use the seed funding to accelerate product development and find customers.
Featured Health IT Job: Manager – Clinic Informatics Coordinator
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 26, 2023
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Clinic Informatics Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Cow Creek Government Office and is in Roseburg, Oregon. Here’s a description of the position: Position Purpose The Clinical Informatics Coordinator (CIC) will be responsible for the implementation and smooth operation of the Electronic Health Record (EHR)
GoodRx taps former GoDaddy exec Scott Wagner as interim CEO as founders step down from top leadership role
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 26, 2023
GoodRx taps former GoDaddy exec Scott Wagner as interim CEO as founders step down from top leadership role hlandi Wed, 04/26/2023 - 09:58
Deciphex expands its Exeter digital pathology facility
Digital Health News
APRIL 26, 2023
Deciphex has expanded its Exeter Science Park-based digital pathology facilities to keep up with growing demand the company is seeing for its services.
How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics
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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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