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FTC to bar another data firm from selling consumer location data

Healthcare Dive

The proposed settlement comes shortly after regulators settled separate allegations another company sold location data that could be used to track medical clinic visits.

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Contributed: Shortcomings and opportunities for health equity in pediatrics

Healthcare It News

Ian Miller, program lead at the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), highlights how digital health offerings can improve access to physical and mental healthcare for children.

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Intermountain’s Saltzer Health will close if it can’t find a buyer by spring

Healthcare Dive

The Idaho-based health group has until March 29 to find a buyer for its 11 locations, otherwise the facilities will shutter.

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AI innovator talks personalized treatment, telehealth enhancement and ethics

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize the way healthcare is delivered. And many healthcare professionals are exploring exactly what AI can do and deploying systems to help health systems manage care and patients manage their health. Dr. Renee Dua is founder of Heal, which provides physician house calls in New York City, and founder of Together by Renee, a healthcare assistant app that uses generative AI.

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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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Implementing high-tech, high-touch digital services to create more personalized, patient-centric care

Healthcare Dive

Improve the patient experience by addressing high interaction volume and channel complexity.

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'Podnosis': What’s next for health tech investing in 2024?

Fierce Healthcare

The digital health and health tech sectors had a tough year in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, navigating through a turbulent hype cycle. | This week on "Podnosis," Sofia Guerra and Steve Kraus from Bessemer Venture Partners sat down with Fierce Healthcare's Heather Landi to discuss the health tech sector's performance, unraveling the factors that contributed to its current state.

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How Artificial Intelligence is Combatting Physician Burnout, Keeping Communities Healthy

HIT Consultant

David Sides, CEO at NextGen Healthcare Doctors do so much to keep our communities thriving. Unfortunately, according to the American Medical Association, about 63 percent of physicians report experiencing emotional exhaustion at least once weekly. Exacerbated by the volume of clinical notes required at the end of the day, physician burnout can adversely affect patient care, leading to errors and reduced care quality.

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Centene names Wellcare CEO

Healthcare Dive

Michael Carson, a veteran of the insurance and value-based care industry, has been tapped to lead Centene’s Medicare business.

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Contributed: Shortcomings and opportunities for health equity in pediatrics

Mobi Health News

Ian Miller, program lead at the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), highlights how digital health offerings can improve access to physical and mental healthcare for children.

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AI in healthcare: A strategic response to today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities

Healthcare Dive

Discover how CorroHealth's AI solutions VISION & PULSE transform healthcare RCM, blending tech with human expertise.

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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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Defending Healthcare Data in 2024: 6 Basic Security Principles to Follow

HIT Consultant

Brian Montgomery, Senior Security Engineer, Altera Digital Health Research reveals that the total number of data breaches in healthcare has doubled over the last three years. If that doesn’t prompt you to reexamine your organization’s security posture, the financial toll of these incidents might be: The average cost of a healthcare data breach is now $11M.

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Tech Innovations that Will Revolutionize the Healthcare Industry In 2024

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Have you heard about the ultrasonic pocket devices that connect to your phone and that are 50 times less expensive than hospital machines? Or did you notice that virtual reality expedites cures in rehab centers? […] The article Tech Innovations that Will Revolutionize the Healthcare Industry In 2024 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Biden administration reinforces reproductive health obligations for payers, providers

Fierce Healthcare

The Biden administration’s healthcare regulators released new guidances, informational resources and other actions that reinforce payers and hospitals’ federal obligations surrounding reproductive | New letters and instructional materials out of HHS come amid reported contraception coverage barriers and escalating legal challenges over emergency abortion procedures.

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Viventium Appoints Navin Gupta as New CEO to Drive Growth in Post-Acute Care HCM

HIT Consultant

Navin Gupta, CEO at Viventium What You Should Know: – Viventium , a provider of SaaS-based human capital management (HCM) platforms for the post-acute care industry, has announced the appointment of Navin Gupta as its new CEO. – Gupta brings a wealth of experience in both healthcare and technology, which will be invaluable as Viventium looks to capitalize on the growing demand for its HCM solutions in the post-acute care space.

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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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6 Big Tech Companies in Healthcare – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 132

Healthcare IT Today

For the 132nd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are talking about 6 big tech companies in healthcare. But rather than just picking 6 big tech companies, we are going to have a little fun with it by leaving that selection up to random chance! We have compiled a list of 10 possible big tech companies to discuss and throughout the episode, we will randomly select 6 of them to discuss.

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LifeStance Health Appoints Dr. Ujjwal Ramtekkar as Chief Medical Officer

HIT Consultant

Dr. Ujjwal Ramtekkar, Chief Medical Officer at LifeStance Health What You Should Know: – LifeStance Health , a provider of virtual and in-person outpatient mental healthcare, announced today the appointment of Dr. Ujjwal Ramtekkar as its new Chief Medical Officer, effective January 22, 2024. – Dr. Ramtekkar succeeds Dr. Anisha Patel-Dunn, who is stepping down from the role to spend more time with her family.

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Empowering the Behavioral Health System with Home-Based Technology Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Eric Elliott, CEO at Altruix It is an exciting time to be in the behavioral health industry. From the massive expansion of telehealth brought on by the pandemic to prescription video games, promising new technological advancements coupled with a reduced stigma towards behavioral health conditions are making mental healthcare more accessible than ever before.

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AI Breakthrough for Lung Disease: Thirona’s LungQ Receives FDA Clearance

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Thirona , a pioneer in AI-powered lung analysis, received a major boost for its cutting-edge technology LungQâ„¢ with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its latest update, v3.0.0. – This FDA clearance paves the way for American hospitals to now harness the software’s advanced capabilities, marking a significant step forward in lung disease diagnosis and treatment.

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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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This startup is building a new model for primary and specialty care in Austin, Texas. It just secured $95.5M to fuel its growth

Fierce Healthcare

This startup is building a new model for primary and specialty care in Austin, Texas. It just secured $95.

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MHRA publishes regulatory roadmap for development of medical devices

Digital Health News

The MHRA has published its regulatory roadmap detailing how new regulations for medical devices are to be rolled out across the UK.

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Arbital Health Completes Acquisition of Santa Barbara Actuaries and Closes Series A Financing

Healthcare IT Today

Arbital Health’s Vision is to be the Neutral Adjudicator of Outcomes-Based Contracts, Helping Healthcare’s Shift to Value-Based Care Santa Barbara Actuaries is a Leading Specialist in the Design and Measurement of Value-Based Programs $10 Million Series A Investment Led by Transformation Capital, with Participation by Shaper Capital, Healthy Ventures, and Individual Data and Healthcare Luminaries Arbital Health , a technology startup focused on accelerating the healthcare industry

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ?

Digital Health News

This briefing includes PulseAI's new AI algorithm to enhance cardiac health monitoring and the WHO releasing new LLMs ethics and governance guidance.

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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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Centene taps veteran insurance exec to lead Wellcare unit

Fierce Healthcare

Centene has named a new chief executive to lead its Wellcare arm. | Michael Carson will step into the role of president and CEO of Wellcare, reporting to Ken Fasola, president of Centene.

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NHSE announces £16m procurement of teams to support EPR delivery

Digital Health News

NHS England said it had opened a tender to support provider organisations as they seek to get electronic patient records in place by the end of March 2026.

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Expert panelists call for more research on ADHD in women, girls

Fierce Healthcare

Experts called for more research focused on ADHD in girls and women in a panel in New York City last Thursday. | Recent data suggest that ADHD diagnoses have risen dramatically among women. But experts are not sure on what is causing that and there needs to be more research to better understand ADHD in women and girls.

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Maven Clinic delivers virtual menopausal support to BSI employees

Digital Health News

The Maven Clinic is offering its virtual menopausal support to employees of BSI to help support a more equitable and diverse workplace of the future.

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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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FHIR Roadmap for TEFCA Exchange V.2: FHIR APIs are on their Way into TEFCA Exchange

HealthIT Answers

By Chris Muir & Alan Swenson - On December 11, 2023, ONC and the TEFCA Recognized Coordinating Entity, The Sequoia Project, released the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Roadmap for TEFCA Exchange V.2. This version updates the previous roadmap and continues the momentum already established by providing more details and guidance for the future of FHIR in TEFCA.

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CHIME23 – What Area of Healthcare Needs More Investment and Why?

Healthcare IT Today

There are so many good ideas in healthcare, but tragically so little time, resources, people, and money. Because of our limitations, not every project immediately gets invested in and there are also lots of projects that had their investments slowly run dry until they disappeared entirely. The true tragedy of all of this is that even though we don’t have the resources to effectively do what we need to, these projects cannot move forward without investments and often get left behind, all th

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Sano Genetics Secures $11.4M to Turbocharge Precision Medicine Research

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Sano Genetics , a software company that is revolutionizing precision medicine research, has secured $11.4M in new funding. – This latest investment, led by Plural with participation from existing investors MMC Ventures, Episode 1, and Seedcamp , brings the company’s total funding to $22M. Revolutionizing Precision Medicine Research Founded by a trio of visionary minds – Patrick Short (CEO), Charlotte Guzzo (COO), and William Jones (CTO) – San

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Private Equity and Healthcare Consolidation: The Revolution in Antitrust Enforcement

McGuire Wood

The healthcare sector is witnessing a trend toward consolidation, but it’s not just big hospital mergers making headlines. Private equity is playing a pivotal role in driving smaller consolidations within healthcare provider services. In this episode of The Corner Series , McGuireWoods’ Geoff Cockrell talks to McGuireWoods antitrust partner Holden Brooks about the role of private equity in the evolving landscape of antitrust enforcement.

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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.