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Exploring the Benefits of Remote Cardiac Monitoring

HealthIT Answers

By Alena Nikuliak - Healthcare providers can now add remote cardiac monitoring to their repertoire. Recent advances in RCM has offered a new way for providers to manage the health of patients with heart conditions. The post Exploring the Benefits of Remote Cardiac Monitoring appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Roche, Lilly team on test for early detection of Alzheimer’s

Healthcare Dive

The tool is intended to help gauge whether patients should receive further evaluation to confirm a diagnosis.

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Woolworths-owned HealthyLife launches telehealth service with Global Health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Supermarket giant Woolworths' health and wellness subsidiary HealthyLife has started offering same-day telehealth services. It has tapped a third-party virtual platform provider, ASX-listed Global Health, to help connect patients with GPs, dietitians, and nutritionists who can provide health consultations, medical certificates, e-scripts and referrals.

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DOJ drops appeal against UnitedHealth’s acquisition of Change

Healthcare Dive

In a Monday filing with a federal appeals court, the DOJ-led group agreed to withdraw its suit against a ruling that had allowed the merger.

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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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How AI can ease the burden of stressed-out teletriage nurses

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Teletriage nurses often face intense pressure as they work in fast-paced situations while assessing patients, employing critical thinking and delivering high-quality care. This can lead to staff burnout – contributing to an already existing exodus among healthcare professionals. Adopting automation within teletriage services can make all the difference, according to Stephen Dean , cofounder of Keona Health, a healthcare customer relationship management technology and services vendor.

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Moderna CEO defends price of COVID shot at Senate hearing

Healthcare Dive

Stéphane Bancel said his company's planned price hike covers the higher costs of commercial sales. Sen. Bernie Sanders called it part of industry’s “unprecedented level of corporate greed.

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Delays in reporting led FDA to late cancer warning on breast implants, advocates say

Healthcare Dive

Cases need to be better tracked, and the cancer risks should be discussed with patients prior to surgery, patient advocates and physicians said.

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Love.Life Acquires Telemedicine Platform Plant Based TeleHealth Inc.

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Love.Life, a health and wellness company leading the convergence of food, medicine, and wellness therapies, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Plant Based TeleHealth Inc., a nationwide telemedicine service focused on the prevention and reversal […] The article Love.Life Acquires Telemedicine Platform Plant Based TeleHealth Inc. appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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QHINs Will Help Shine a Light on Data Quality

Healthcare IT Today

There has been a lot of activity and news coverage of Qualified Health Information Networks, or QHINs, recently. But what are they? and do we need to pay attention to them? As the industry gets ready to descend on Nashville for ViVE2023, we thought it would be helpful to get a primer on QHINs and discuss their potential impact. Healthcare IT Today had the chance to ask Charlie Harp, CEO of Clinical Architecture , for his perspective via email.

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5 Important Things to Know About Non-Emergency Medical Transportation

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. For most people, going to the doctor for a quick check-up usually just means driving to the hospital. However, some people either don’t have the means to travel or they might require special equipment or […] The article 5 Important Things to Know About Non-Emergency Medical Transportation appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Employer health benefits company Gravie scores $179M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Blood collection device maker Vitestro, tech-enabled baby bottle designer Emulait, digital health support platform Reveal HealthTech and AI-based testing platform PocDoc also received funding.

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5 Trends to Look for in Healthcare Cost Transparency

HIT Consultant

Paul Ketchel, CEO of MDsave Over two years have passed since the hospital price transparency rule was enacted. Unfortunately, America still struggles with high, painfully opaque pricing across healthcare that hurts employers, workers, patients, and taxpayers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced that in 2021, the nation spent $4.3 trillion on healthcare, nearly twice the average of other nations in the developed world.

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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Cardiovascular Associates Over 441K-Record Data Breach

HIPAA Journal

Cardiovascular Associates in Alabama is facing a class action lawsuit over a recently reported hacking incident in which patients protected health information (PHI) was stolen. The security incident was detected on December 5, 2022, and the forensic investigation determined hackers had access to its network for a week and exfiltrated files containing the PHI of 441,640 individuals, including names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and health, insurance, a

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Amwell Adds Cardiometabolic Program with DarioHealth Partnership

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Amwell , a leader in digital healthcare enablement, today announced the expansion of its digital clinical programs to include a cardiometabolic program, enabling health plans and clinicians to seamlessly connect members living with common chronic diseases, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, to Dario’s highly personalized digital therapeutic solution on the Amwell platform. – In partnership with personalized global digital therapeutic leader DarioHealth

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Patients want their medical test results immediately, even when its bad news, survey finds

Fierce Healthcare

Patients want their medical test results immediately, even when its bad news, survey finds hlandi Wed, 03/22/2023 - 12:13

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KLAS: 340B 2023 – Functionality & Pricing Drive Purchase Decisions

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Purchasing energy in the 340B market has been high in recent years as (1) healthcare organizations have sought to increase savings, particularly in cost centers like pharmacies, and (2) 340B vendors have expanded the types of customers they serve, according to a recent KLAS report. – This new report examines 49 recent purchase decisions validated by KLAS between October 2020 and October 2022 to understand why certain vendors are seeing the most purchase energy

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Senate panel advances bill to reform PBMs and bring more FTC scrutiny on industry

Fierce Healthcare

Senate panel advances bill to reform PBMs and bring more FTC scrutiny on industry rking Wed, 03/22/2023 - 14:47

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Q/A: Dr. Johnson Talks Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Care

HIT Consultant

Dr. Nathalie Johnson, MD FACS and President of The American Society of Breast Cancer Surgeons What You Should Know: – A recent study published in JAMA found that conventional genomic tests commonly used for breast cancer tumors can be less accurate for Black women. This news comes at a time when Black women with breast cancer are experiencing mortality rates that are 41% higher than white women. – Dr.

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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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FBI: Losses to Cybercrime Increased by 49% in 2022 to $10.3 Billion

HIPAA Journal

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has published its 2022 Internet Crime Report , which shows at least $10.3 billion was lost to cybercrime in 2022, up 49% ($3.4 billion) from 2021, despite a 5% reduction in complaints (800,944). Over the past 5 years, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has received reports of losses of more than $27.6 billion across 3.26 million complaints to IC3.

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Featured Health IT Job: Director, Information Technology and Security

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Director, Information Technology and Security position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by TransForm Shared Service Organization and is located in Windsor, Canada. Here’s a description of the position: Director, Information Technology & Security Position Summary The Director Information Technology & Security understands

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Halifax Health Partners with XSOLIS for Precision Hospital Utilization Reviews

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, XSOLIS , the AI technology company creating a more efficient healthcare system, announced a new partnership with Florida-based Halifax Health to achieve greater efficiencies between its utilization management and physician advisor teams across its three hospitals. – XSOLIS’ CORTEX® platform will help Halifax solve administrative challenges and mitigate revenue risk associated with misaligned care level status.

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Becerra takes bipartisan hits from senators over Medicare Advantage pay rule as lobbying efforts heat up

Fierce Healthcare

Becerra takes bipartisan hits from senators over Medicare Advantage pay rule as lobbying efforts heat up rking Wed, 03/22/2023 - 16:17

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Streamline Your Nursing Policy Review Process for Improved Efficiency

Healthcare Blog

Nurses and healthcare professionals are jugglers. We have many competing responsibilities to keep up with. An important, yet often overlooked, responsibility is to maintain healthcare policies. While this is an essential task, it can be time-consuming and tedious. Fortunately, there are ways to simplify the nurse policy review process. Use these steps to make it easier to stay up-to-date and compliant with the latest regulations.

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Loughborough Urgent Treatment Centre digitises patient pathway

Digital Health News

Loughborough Urgent Treatment Centre is introducing a digital triage solution to help tackle lengthy queues and spot more easily urgent cases.

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Warren pushes FTC to 'carefully scrutinize' CVS-Oak Street deal

Fierce Healthcare

Warren pushes FTC to 'carefully scrutinize' CVS-Oak Street deal pminemyer Wed, 03/22/2023 - 16:58

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Mindstrong sells tech assets to SonderMind, shuts down operations

Mobi Health News

The acquisition includes Mindstrong's technology assets and some of its employees.

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.

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Government sets strategy to bolster NHS and social care’s cyber defence

Digital Health News

The new strategy sets out five key ways to build cyber resilience in health and care by 2030 and is part of the government’s commitment to build a stronger, more sustainable NHS for the future.

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Hospitals re-evaluate masking, PPE as state mandates end

Modern Healthcare

Only a handful of states have lingering mandates requiring the use of masks in hospitals, meaning most healthcare facilities are free to once again make their own rules on PPE.

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The U.S. Government and Global Tuberculosis Efforts

KFF

This fact sheet explains the U.S. government's role in addressing the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, including the history of U.S. involvement and funding trends.

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UR Medicine Taps DexCare to Power On-Demand Video Visits

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – UR Medicine , the clinical enterprise of the University of Rochester Medical Center, has selected DexCare’s technology to power its Get Care Now Program and provide more patients with on-demand video visits. – By choosing DexCare to offer On-Demand Video Visits, UR Medicine patients now have access to immediate, high-quality care from the comfort of their own homes.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.