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Kaiser closes Geisinger acquisition, launching Risant Health

Healthcare Dive

The deal closed roughly a year after it was first announced. Geisinger is the first health system to join Risant, but it’s far from the last — the hospital operator wants to acquire at least four additional nonprofits.

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Telehealth groups urge DEA to release virtual e-prescribing rules

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With current pandemic-era flexibilities for telemedicine set to expire at the end of 2024, several telehealth groups and major health systems are calling on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to work faster in crafting a new proposed rule regulating the prescribing of controlled substances via telehealth. The American Telemedicine Association, the Alliance for Connected Care, the Consumer Technology Association, the Partnership to Advance Virtual Care, Allina Health, Johns Hopkins, Mass Ge

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Blue Shield of California and Providence at stalemate over contract negotiations

Healthcare Dive

It's the latest negotiation to spill out of the boardroom and into the public eye as tensions between providers and payers ramp up.

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Rush Memorial's virtual ICU reduces transfers, boosts patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Not too long ago, Rush Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Indiana, did not have the capability to staff an ICU 24/7. Physicians and nurses were only able to provide ICU care on a part-time basis. THE PROBLEM This was something staff was looking into even before COVID, as they were thinking about what was best for their patients and their families when it comes to being admitted to the hospital.

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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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Intermountain-owned Saltzer shutters operations, sells clinics

Healthcare Dive

The financially strapped physician group finalized a midnight deal to sell some services to Trinity Health-owned Saint Alphonsus Health System and Intermountain Medical Imaging of Idaho.

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Boston Medical Center launches new hospital-at-home program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hospital patients with conditions like pneumonia, dehydration and heart failure have been shown to experience shorter recovery times with fewer complications when they receive more cost-effective healthcare at home – and many health systems have been preparing for this future. Boston Medical Center is making a new high-acuity, hospital-at-home service available to help patients recover in the comfort of their homes, the health system announced Wednesday.

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Epic plans to launch AI validation software for healthcare organizations to test, monitor models

Fierce Healthcare

As artificial intelligence rapidly advances in healthcare, the industry is grappling with how to evaluate AI models for accuracy and performance and monitor the technology for any downstream advers | The healthcare industry is grappling with how to evaluate AI models for accuracy and performance and monitor the technology for any downstream adverse outcomes.

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CMS finalizes ACA network adequacy rule

Healthcare Dive

Starting in 2026, plans sold in state-based exchanges will be required to meet time and distance standards for provider access that are already applied to plans sold federally.

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Startup Manifold secures $15M for its AI-based clinical research platform

Fierce Healthcare

Initially founded as an AI lab in 2016, startup Manifold is using its AI expertise to modernize the tech infrastructure of clinical research organizations to help accelerate cancer studies. | Initially founded as an AI lab in 2016, startup Manifold is using its AI expertise to modernize the tech infrastructure of clinical research organizations to help accelerate cancer studies.

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Digital Lifelines support vulnerable people in Scotland

Digital Health News

The Digital Lifelines programme in Scotland is supporting vulnerable people who may be at risk of drug-related harm by equipping them with digital devices.

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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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HHS: Medicare incentives, penalties for hospitals could help stem drug shortages

Fierce Healthcare

To address the nation’s drug shortages, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is floating a plan that would attach new Medicare payments and penalties to hospitals’ supply chain practic | A white paper penned by HHS outlines a potential program that would push hospitals toward inventory and purchasing practices that reinforce long-term supply chain resiliency.

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Digital Health Unplugged: Developing the next generation of NHS CIOs

Digital Health News

On the latest Networks series episode, focused on developing the next generation of NHS CIOs, Jordan Sollof is joined by Abigail Harrison and Adam Ansell.

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CVS rolls out tuition assistance, scholarship programs for pharmacists

Fierce Healthcare

CVS Health is aiming to bolster the pharmacy workforce with new scholarship and tuition assistance programs for people looking to enter the field. | CVS Health is aiming to bolster the pharmacy workforce with new scholarship and tuition assistance programs for people looking to enter the field.

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Bringing Contextualized Health Data into the Diagnostic and Treatment Process

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare has always relied on data. What’s changed is the explosion of data in healthcare and the availability of this data to clinicians as well as a whole host of healthcare professionals. Bringing context and meaning to this vast amount of data including unstructured health data is going to be key for every healthcare organization. We sat down with Dr.

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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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With Steward's struggles on full display, clinicians, lawmakers sound the alarm on private equity's impact on healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

With Steward's struggles on full display, clinicians, lawmakers sound the alarm on private equity's impact on healthcare dmuoio Wed, 04/03/2024 - 17:12

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Providence launches digital health company Praia Health with $20M

Mobi Health News

The newly formed company enables third-party consumer offerings to be integrated into health systems' digital systems to help scale consumer healthcare platforms.

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'Podnosis': A closer look at social prescribing and the impact of the arts on our health

Fierce Healthcare

Social prescribing is an emerging movement in healthcare, where providers may recommend personalized doses of arts and culture as part of a comprehensive care plan. | This week on "Podnosis," we explore the field of social prescribing and the role of arts and culture in shaping the future of mental health treatment.

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Technology must enhance, not detract from, clinicians’ interactions with patients

Digital Health News

The NHS needs to prioritise the delivery of agile, intuitive systems that enable clinicians to focus on patients, not technology, writes Epro’s Chandu Wickramarachchi

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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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Hackensack Meridian Health fined $100K for HIPAA violation

Becker's Health IT

HHS fines Hackensack Meridian Health $100,000 for failing to provide timely access to patient records, emphasizing the importance of this right for healthcare.

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GE HealthCare Launches Caption AI on Vscan Air SL Wireless Handheld Ultrasound System

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – GE HealthCare is revolutionizing cardiac assessments at the point of care with the launch of Vscan Air SL with Caption AI. – The innovative solution combines the portability and ease of use of the Vscan Air SL handheld ultrasound with the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to guide clinicians in capturing high-quality cardiac images and automatically estimate ejection fraction.

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Commonwealth Fund launching task force on employer-sponsored coverage

Fierce Healthcare

Employer-sponsored coverage remains the main way half of Americans secure healthcare, and the Commonwealth Fund said Thursday that it would launch a new task force aimed at addressing affordability | Employer-sponsored coverage remains the main way half of Americans secure care, and the Commonwealth Fund said Thursday that it would launch a new task force aimed at addressing affordability and access.

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California system in downtime after cyberattack

Becker's Health IT

Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Health's IT systems have been disrupted by a cybersecurity incident, according to a post on the system's Facebook page.

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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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Apple’s Vision Pro Makes History in First-Ever Use During Shoulder Replacement Surgery

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – eXeX , a leader in artificial intelligence-enhanced surgical logistics software, has achieved a historic milestone by successfully incorporating the Apple Vision Pro spatial computing headset in a Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. – The historic procedure, conducted by Dr. G. Russell Huffman, MD, MPH of Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, took place at AdventHealth Surgery Center Innovation Tower in Orlando, Florida.

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GE HealthCare bolsters portfolio with acquisition of MIM Software

Mobi Health News

The acquisition will boost GE HealthCare’s software offerings in oncology, neurology and cardiology.

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Estonian Biobank selects PacBio for whole genome sequencing

Digital Health News

PacBio's Revio HiFi sequencing system is to be used to sequence the entire genomes of 10,000 participants of the Estonian Biobank.

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Pager Health announces three new generative AI apps

Mobi Health News

The AI-enabled offerings will be built into Pager’s Connected Care platform.

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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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Safety in Health Care Ties Closely to Workforce Well-Being – Updates from Press Ganey and ECRI

Jane Sarashon

“First, do no harm” is a key M.O. in health care. The phrase “patient safety” summons up a list of common sources such as medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections, diagnostic errors, among other adverse events and harms people experience in the course of receiving health care. While safety outcomes and health care organizations’ “safety cultures” are improving, there is evidence in the U.S. that people — both patients a

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Health insurer MotivHealth partners with AZOVA for doula support services

Mobi Health News

The partnership will give MotivHealth members access to highly qualified doulas through Birth Doula Support Memberships.

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – April 3, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

It can be very overwhelming scrolling though job board after job board in search of a position that fits your wants and needs. Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. Here’s a quick look at some of the health IT jobs we found: Clinical Documentation Specialist – Emerson Health Manager Applications – Information Service EMR Ap

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Seen and unseen: A closer look at barriers to inclusive care for trans men

Fierce Healthcare

This week on "Podnosis," we are exploring a topic that hits close to home for many: the struggles faced by LGBTQ+ patients, particularly trans men, when seeking healthcare services. | This week on "Podnosis," we are exploring a topic that hits close to home for many: the struggles faced by LGBTQ+ patients, particularly trans men, when seeking healthcare services.

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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.