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Study: Scheduling systems lead to longer wait times for Black patients

Healthcare It News

A study published earlier this month in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management found that scheduling systems that rely on machine learning to identify patients with the highest no-show risk can lead to longer wait times for Black patients. In response, researchers developed a methodology aimed at both reducing racial disparity and achieving scheduling efficiency.

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Carrot Health Joins 2021 Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Carrot Health, a leading provider of healthcare solutions powered by consumer and claims data, ranked among the top 400 fastest-growing private companies in its inaugural appearance on the 2021 Inc. 5000. The company revealed today that […]. The article Carrot Health Joins 2021 Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Verily teams up with Mayo Clinic to develop clinical support tool

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Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Dr. David Nash, Katherine Capps To Headline hc1’s 2021 Precision Health Virtual Summit

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. hc1, the leader in critical insight, analytics, and solutions for precision health, announces that Katherine Capps and David Nash, MD, MBA, will deliver the mainstage keynote addresses at its second annual Precision Health Virtual Summit. […]. The article Dr.

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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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Remote Patient Monitoring is Building the Plane While It’s Taking Off

Healthcare IT Today

As we put together our list of top remote patient monitoring (RPM) companies, I realized that the RPM solutions and the market itself were still in the early stages. Unlike the live video telehealth which matured really quickly during COVID-19 and was already maturing prior to COVID, the RPM market is still in its early […].

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Innovation Options For Healthcare IT leaders

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jörg Schwarz, director of strategy and solutions, Infor Interoperability The COVID-19 pandemic has served as an innovation catalyst for many healthcare delivery organizations. Within a short period of time, health systems had to find ways […].

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The Future of Healthcare: How Emerging Technologies Have Transformed Today’s Healthcare Contact Center

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Tim Eyre, CMO, Aceyus. The healthcare system was turned upside down when the pandemic hit, transforming the overall communication structure throughout healthcare facilities. As a result, contact centers became a critical beacon of hope […]. The article The Future of Healthcare: How Emerging Technologies Have Transformed Today’s Healthcare Contact Center appeared first on electronichealthr

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ACA navigators expected to quadruple in 2022 after $80M increase in funding

Fierce Healthcare

ACA navigators expected to quadruple in 2022 after $80M increase in funding. rking. Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:27.

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Ketamine One, OVR Technology Partner to Provide Scent-Enabled Virtual Reality for Patients

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Ketamine One is now collaborating with OVR Technology to provide a first-of-its-kind VR scent experience as part of its patient treatment programs to provide its INHALE Wellness Platform over an initial term of two years in Ketamine One’s clinics. The INHALE Wellness Platform is an olfactory-enabled VR platform designed to deepen immersion, promote relaxation and help manage stress.

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AccessDX Holdings Acquires 2bPrecise

Healthcare IT Today

Combined capabilities create industry’s most advanced precision medicine enablement solution AccessDX Holdings, an international provider of advanced laboratory diagnostic solutions, has acquired 2bPrecise™ from Allscripts Healthcare Solutions. A recognized leader and innovator in healthcare informatics, 2bPrecise enables organizations to amplify their precision medicine strategies by delivering point-of-care insights so providers can identify patients at risk […].

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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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Ontada, Merck Partner to Facilitate Real World Evidence Studies for Cancer Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Ontada , McKesson’s oncology and insights business, announced a strategic agreement with Merck , known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, that will facilitate the development of real-world research excellence and innovation. This agreement enables the two healthcare leaders to harness the power of real-world evidence (RWE) towards the common goal of improving patient outcomes and the quality of cancer care. – Ontada and Merck’s combined experience an

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Study finds AI chatbot could help college students with anxiety, depression

Mobi Health News

Students in the intervention groups were given an AI chatbot called Tess.

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MedStar Health, MercyOne, Moffitt Cancer Center, Others Double Down on Digital Transformation

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – AVIA , the nation’s leading healthcare innovation network, today announced that the following six new health system Members joined the AVIA Network to accelerate their digital strategies and advance digital capabilities: Lee Health , LifeBridge Health , MedStar Health , MercyOne , Moffitt Cancer Center , Multicare. Additionally, AVIA had a record of 100% plus renewal rate from existing Members. – Executive leaders from health systems are prioritizing digital a

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Olive launches in-house studio to boost digital health startups

Mobi Health News

Olive Ventures’ portfolio already contains two companies, Violet and Rotera, that it’s helping get off the ground.

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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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Optum: 4 drugs in the pipeline payers should be watching

Fierce Healthcare

Optum: 4 drugs in the pipeline payers should be watching. pminemyer. Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:41.

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COVID and Zoom Meeting Humor – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

Happy Friday everyone! You made it through another week. During these COVID times, that feels like a valued achievement. There’s been a lot happening in the world of health IT this week, so I’m ready for the weekend. Hopefully, these cartoons will give you a smile to start your weekend off right. This seems like […].

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AI software enables remote monitoring of vital signs in premature babies

Mobi Health News

Developed by researchers from an Australian university, the software can also detect a baby's face in a hospital bed.

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Telehealth startup Calibrate clinches $100M in fresh funding to expand its weight loss platform

Fierce Healthcare

Telehealth startup Calibrate clinches $100M in fresh funding to expand its weight loss platform. elucas. Fri, 08/27/2021 - 14:09.

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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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Beamtree acquires healthcare analytics firm Ainsoff, announces appointment of Dr Mark Britnell as committee chair

Mobi Health News

The company, formerly known as Pacific Knowledge Systems, will absorb three applications by Ainsoff that help reduce the risk of death for seriously ill patients and automate key clinical processes.

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Children's Hospital Association asks Biden for federal support as pediatric COVID-19 cases rise

Fierce Healthcare

Children's Hospital Association asks Biden for federal support as pediatric COVID-19 cases rise. rking. Fri, 08/27/2021 - 12:41.

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Older adults more likely to use digital MSK program, Hinge study finds

Mobi Health News

Digital programs are promising for the growing number of older adults who have musculoskeletal pain, said the study’s authors.

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Nearly Half of Americans Have Experienced Challenges Obtaining Specialty Medications

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – RxBenefits , the employee benefits industry’s first and only technology-enabled pharmacy benefits optimizer (PBO), announced the results of a new study which reveals that 73% of Americans are currently covered by their employers health benefits plan with prescription drug coverage, with 80% stating it is very or somewhat important that their current or future employer cover the cost of their — or their family members — specialty medications. – The

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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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Dental startup Overjet scoops up $27 million in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

The company will put the funding toward market adoption and new product creation.

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Alight Acquires Expert Medical Advice Platform ConsumerMedical

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Alight Solutions , a cloud-based provider of integrated digital human capital and business solutions announced it will acquire ConsumerMedical , a clinical advocacy and expert medical opinion company that serves 6 million people through the nation’s largest employers, health plans, carriers and private exchanges. This is a key move as healthcare navigation services is a rapidly expanding market and one that’s critical to Alight’s growth. – With its comprehensi

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Israel’s Illumigyn to export “revolutionary” device to the UAE and rest of GCC

Mobi Health News

The medical device company has signed an MoU with DHI 2048 to deploy 2,500 systems to the region by the year 2025.

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Google dismantles health division; FDA grants first full approval of a COVID-19 vaccine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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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Roundup: ANDHealth receives $14M in gov't funding, Zhongchao launches ovarian cancer patient management platform and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, digital health firms in Myanmar and the Philippines are offering free virtual doctor consultations.

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Roundup: Cera pledges to train 500 refugees from Afghanistan, Radar Healthcare software to be rolled out in UAE and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, Alder Hey Children's NHS FT launches innovation lab for tech startups.

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Australian medtech startup Nutromics bags $4M in pre-market funding for continuous molecular monitoring device

Mobi Health News

The CMM platform renders real-time, continuous molecular-level insights that help inform dosing decisions.

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