Health Populi
JUNE 23, 2023
If you live in Massachusetts, Hawaii, and New Hampshire, you win a kind of state lottery for public health and well-being, based on this year’s read of the 2023 Scorecard on State Health System Performance from The Commonwealth Fund. Here’s a picture of the annual study’s top-line findings, a roster of the fifty U.S. states ranked by a mash-up of health system indicators.
Healthcare Dive
JUNE 23, 2023
Sun Park’s background in healthcare and corporate finance, in addition to the long lead time between his appointment and start date as CFO, indicate Tenet’s efforts to ensure a smooth leadership changeover, according to analysts.
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Healthcare It News
JUNE 23, 2023
Before COVID-19, healthcare worker burnout had reached crisis levels , research from the National Academies of Medicine shows. More than 330,000 U.S. healthcare professionals left the industry in 2021, with many remaining workers considering leaving, reported commercial intelligence company Definitive Healthcare. For healthcare organizations, burnout leads to decreased productivity, with increased recruitment and training costs.
Healthcare Dive
JUNE 23, 2023
Deal volumes declined 4% in the year ended May 15 compared to 2022, according to a PwC report. But the consulting firm is “optimistic” about the sector’s M&A outlook for the rest of the year.
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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?
Healthcare It News
JUNE 23, 2023
In April, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals announced the formation of a new nonprofit organization, Risant Health, and its first acquisition, Geisinger Health. Dr. Jaewon Ryu, president and CEO of Geisinger Health, will transition from his current role to that of CEO of Risant Health when the deal closes. Healthcare Finance News interviewed Dr.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 23, 2023
Amazon Web Services launched a new innovation center focused on generative AI backed by a $100 million investment, its most recent bid to keep up with the AI race. | Amazon's cloud unit launched the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center with a $100 million investment, its most recent bid to keep up with the AI race.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 23, 2023
The need for capable healthcare staff was an urgent concern for me as my surgery for a major medical condition was placed on hold. | Unless we commit to a reliable and robust measurement system of hospital-acquired infections, we will continue to have a stressed workforce and need to rely on data generated in other countries.
HIPAA Journal
JUNE 23, 2023
Ransomware attacks on hospitals cause major disruption to healthcare operations over several weeks. During the acute and recovery phases, access is often prevented to electronic health records and critical IT systems which can naturally have an impact on patient care. Ransomware attacks cause disruption to workflows, increase wait times, and slow patient flow, which can increase patient transfers and complication rates and negatively affect patient outcomes.
Kaiser Health News
JUNE 23, 2023
A year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade , many physicians and hospitals in the states that have restricted abortion reportedly are refusing to end the pregnancies of women facing health-threatening complications out of fear they might face criminal prosecution or loss of their medical license. Some experts predict those providers could soon face a new legal threat: medical malpractice lawsuits alleging they harmed patients by failing to provide timely, necessary abortion care. “We will
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 23, 2023
Clover Health has reached a settlement in lawsuits alleging that the Medicare Advantage insurtech had not been forthright with investors when the company went public, the company announced in a
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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.
HIPAA Journal
JUNE 23, 2023
A lawsuit has been filed against Intellihartx, LLC, (aka ITx Companies), over a cyberattack by the Clop ransomware group that exploited a vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution. The protected health information of 490,000 patients of its healthcare clients was compromised in the attack in late January. Intellihartx was one of 130 GoAnywhere users to be affected.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 23, 2023
Optum Rx will add two more Humira biosimilars to its formulary later this summer. | Optum Rx will add two more Humira biosimilars to its formulary later this summer.
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 23, 2023
The healow suite of apps from eClinicalWorks opens up many common healthcare tasks to patients. In our recent video interview at the eClinicalWorks Enterprise Summit, Ben Broseke, IT Director at Orthopaedic Institute of Ohio, Inc. , describes the dramatic improvements in payments they go by deploying healow Pay. healow Pay is an online payments service that enables patients to pay their bill quickly online.
HIPAA Journal
JUNE 23, 2023
In a recently published analyst note , the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) draws attention to the practice of SEO poisoning – a tactic often used by malicious actors to trick individuals into disclosing sensitive information or downloading malware. Phishing is one of the most common ways that malicious cyber actors target individuals to gain initial access to healthcare networks; however, contact may be made with healthcare employees over the Internet.
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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.
Digital Health News
JUNE 23, 2023
Nottingham University Hospitals have deployed Nervecentre’s EPMA solution to improve safety, advance digital maturity, and provide insight into prescribing.
Center for Health Insurance Reform
JUNE 23, 2023
The U.S. House of Representatives Education and Workforce Health Subcommittee held a hearing on health care costs, competition, and transparency. CHIR’s Christine Monahan testified before the committee regarding consolidation in health care markets.
Mobi Health News
JUNE 23, 2023
To accelerate enterprise innovation, the new AWS Generative AI Innovation Center will connect the cloud provider's machine learning and artificial intelligence experts with customers and partners.
Digital Health News
JUNE 23, 2023
The government's £21 million funding boost for AI can help reduce the burden on the NHS and guarantee the sustainability of the health service.
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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.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 23, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released new details Thursday about how it plans to collect patient data as a condition of coverage for a new class of Alzheimer’s drugs, once the m | CMS released new details Thursday about how it plans to collect patient data as a condition of coverage for a new class of Alzheimer’s drugs, once the medications get full approval from the FDA.
Digital Health News
JUNE 23, 2023
Recently, there have been significant changes to the GP Contract including reduction to IIF indicators, worth £59m, and reallocation of £246m to the Capacity and Access Payment.
HIPAA Vault
JUNE 23, 2023
At HIPAA Vault, we’re sometimes asked how HIPAA Compliance relates to FISMA, a federal data security requirement. Here’s what you need to know: In the world of compliance requirements, two types of business organizations are generally distinguished. The first, known as the “private sector,” has to do with the for-profit, commercial industry, comprised of businesses.
Mobi Health News
JUNE 23, 2023
The digital health company has accepted a take-private proposal from AlbaCore Capital. Once solidified, Babylon will no longer trade on the NYSE.
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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.
Digital Health News
JUNE 23, 2023
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Sano Genetics and Predictive Health Intelligence have secured funding for a new system to identify liver disease earlier.
Mobi Health News
JUNE 23, 2023
Also, South Korean researchers have built an AI model for predicting the side effects of immunotherapy on a patient.
Digital Health News
JUNE 23, 2023
Our latest Movers and Shakers roundup features the appointment of a CIO at NHS England and movement between neighbouring East London trusts.
Mobi Health News
JUNE 23, 2023
i-SENS is also seeking CE certification for its CGM product in Europe.
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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.
Becker's Health IT
JUNE 23, 2023
The rise in hospital and health system cyberattacks is adding to the financial pressures many organizations are still facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bloomberg reported June 23.
Mobi Health News
JUNE 23, 2023
The company also added two new members to its board of directors and a new senior vice president for Medicare Advantage.
McGuire Wood
JUNE 23, 2023
Warburg Pincus has invested in ParetoHealth, according to a news release. ParetoHealth , based in Philadelphia, is a health benefits captive. Founded in 2011, the company provides employer healthcare benefits solutions designed to enable small and midsized businesses to self-fund their health benefits. Warburg Pincus , based in New York, is a global private equity firm focused on growth investing.
Compliancy Group
JUNE 23, 2023
Each month, we review healthcare breaches posted on the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) online breach portal to determine the leading causes and how the incidents could have been prevented. The OCR publicly posts healthcare breaches that affected 500 or more individuals to ensure that all affected patients know their information could have been potentially compromised.
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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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