Mon.Oct 09, 2023

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Kaiser Permanente strike ends — for now

Healthcare Dive

A historic three-day strike at Kaiser Permanente ended on Saturday. However, unions and the health system have not yet agreed to a new contract for over 75,000 workers, and the unions say another strike may be coming.

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Is the healthcare industry selling telemedicine short?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemedicine has had an interesting history. During what may be seen as the utopian period for telemedicine – the COVID-19 pandemic – telemedicine lived its gilded age. The pandemic was tragic from a health perspective, with so much loss of life. But it has offered technological advancements that are taking better care of people today and will set up healthcare workers for crises in the future.

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General Catalyst wants to buy a health system as testing ground for new venture

Healthcare Dive

The impending purchase is part of a new health business being spun out by General Catalyst, called the Health Assurance Transformation Corporation.

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HLTH23: Experts debate the flaws, future of Medicare Advantage

Fierce Healthcare

LAS VEGAS—Medicare Advantage (MA) has only grown over the last decade, and, in tandem, voices criticizing the program have gotten louder. | LAS VEGAS—Medicare Advantage has only grown over the last decade, and, in tandem, voices criticizing the program have gotten louder.

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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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Uber adds Optum-enabled benefits cards to health platform

Healthcare Dive

The new deal has made Uber a “patient entry point” into the health benefits system, according to Uber Health global lead Caitlin Donovan.

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HLTH23: Google Cloud rolls out new generative AI search tools for doctors, life sciences companies

Fierce Healthcare

LAS VEGAS—Google's cloud division unveiled new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities to help doctors and nurses quickly access patients' clinical notes and other medical information a | Google's cloud division unveiled new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities to help doctors and nurses quickly access patients' clinical notes and other medical information across different data sources.

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HLTH23: Clear partners with Verato, b.well to 'ditch the clipboard' and scale up digital identity tech in healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

LAS VEGAS—Despite all the digital innovation in healthcare, a visit to the doctor's office often entails filling out forms on a clipboard and repetitive paperwork. | Despite all the digital innovation in healthcare, a visit to the doctor's office often entails filling out forms on a clipboard and repetitive paperwork. Clear, a company well recognized for its biometric identity verification used in airports, wants to fix these pain points.

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Best Buy to sell continuous glucose monitoring systems

Healthcare Dive

It’s the tech retailer’s first foray into prescription-based medical device sales.

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Google debuts new Vertex AI Search capabilities for health providers

Mobi Health News

When combined with Med-PaLM 2, providers and life sciences companies can obtain answers to questions about patient medical records and general medical knowledge.

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Amazon Clinic considers partnering with physical providers for care referrals

Healthcare Dive

“There are some aspects of care that are better done in person,” a top Amazon exec said Sunday at HLTH.

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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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HLTH23: Highmark taps Spring Health to expand behavioral health access

Fierce Healthcare

LAS VEGAS — Highmark Health is joining forces with Spring Health to expand behavioral access for a wide swath of its members. | LAS VEGAS — Highmark Health is joining forces with Spring Health to expand behavioral access for a wide swath of its members.

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What is Your Perspective on TEFCA and QHINs?

Healthcare IT Today

Building a system that would allow us to simplify the exchange of information across the nation would a huge achievement. However, we have been operating without one for so long that we already have several different solutions in place to work around it. At the Civitas Conference, there was a lot of talk about TEFCA and QHINs and what their impact will be on healthcare and interoperability.

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Cedars-Sinai, K Health launch AI-driven virtual care app for new, existing patients in CA

Fierce Healthcare

As more patients seek tech-enabled care in the palm of their hand, providers are increasingly looking to expand their slate of virtual care offerings. | The app will make virtual care providers available around the clock for urgent issues and same-day appointments for primary care with the goal of reducing wait times for patients. All insurance types that Cedars-Sinai takes will be accepted.

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Samsung, b.well partner to provide longitudinal data to Galaxy smartphone users

Mobi Health News

The partnership, announced at HLTH 2023, will allow users to gain access to their longitudinal health data and connect with providers through the Samsung Health app.

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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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Boulder Care meets all quality metrics in first Medicaid pay-for-performance contract

Fierce Healthcare

Boulder Care, a telehealth provider for substance use disorder, has met all of its performance quality measures in a value-based payment arrangement with a managed Medicaid insurer in Oregon. | The contract with Umpqua Health Alliance links reimbursement to a set of patient outcomes. Boulder agreed to put a portion of its reimbursement for medical services at risk until quality performance metrics were achieved.

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AHIMA Launches Data for Better Health™ Initiative

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, the American Health Information Management Association ® (AHIMA) unveiled its groundbreaking initiative, Data for Better Health™ , at its annual conference, AHIMA23, in Baltimore, MD. – The Data for Better Health initiative is poised to revolutionize the healthcare landscape by enhancing awareness of the transformative potential of social determinants of health (SDOH) data to improve health outcomes.

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HLTH23: VC firm General Catalyst launches new company, plans to buy a health system

Fierce Healthcare

LAS VEGAS—Venture capital firm General Catalyst unveiled a new company Sunday designed to provide advisory services to health systems while also eyeing a big acquisition by next year. | Venture capital firm General Catalyst unveiled a new company Sunday designed to provide advisory services to health systems while also eyeing a big acquisition by next year.

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Labour’s Fit for the Future Fund to increase tech in the NHS

Digital Health News

The Labour Party has unveiled its proposals for a Fit for the Future fund, which would help to cut waiting lists by equipping NHS trusts with scanning tech.

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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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Reports: Walgreens workers staging walkouts starting today

Fierce Healthcare

Walgreens workers are expressing their dissatisfaction at current working conditions, as reports say pharmacy workers are planning a walkout from Oct. 9 to Oct. 11. | Walgreens pharmacy workers at some locations across the country appear to be leaving work for several days. Posts on social media platforms indicate they are protesting unfair working conditions.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

Digital Health News

Your morning summary of digital health news, information and events to know about if you want to be “in the know”.

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COVID-19 shined a spotlight on food insecurity. Here's how payers are tackling the issue

Fierce Healthcare

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored just how many food deserts dot the nation and how poor nutrition often lays the foundation for poor health.

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ShowdMe Announces Partnership with Spring Mountain Capital and Blue Heron Capital for Series A Funding Round and Expansion

Healthcare IT Today

ShowdMe , the premier compliance training partner for home care agencies and skilled nursing facilities, announces today a Series A investment led by Spring Mountain Capital and Blue Heron Capital. The funding will drive expansion for the Company, allowing for the hiring of new employees and continued growth of its products and services. ShowdMe chose to engage with the two firms after growing 90% year over year in 2022, obtaining over 100 new clients in the past 12 months, and achieving 98% log

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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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TAP social thanking platform launches new app for gratitude messages

Digital Health News

TAP social thanking platform has launched its TAP app - a way for the public to send messages of appreciation to healthcare workers.

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What If We Built a Consumer-Enchanting Health System in the Context of HLTH 2023? Building Blocks for the Scenario

Health Populi

What if… you were given the opportunity to build a health system from scratch in this new era of platforms, cloud computing, AI and machine learning, curious-digital-empowered consumers, and collaborators in retail and community settings operating close to peoples’ homes and workplaces? With the HLTH 2023 Conference meeting up in Vegas these past couple of days, this “what if” scenario can be constructed with announcements coming out of the meeting, coupled with recent de

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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust extends Sectra imaging tech

Digital Health News

A Surrey and Sussex healthcare collaboration has extended the use of Sectra's enterprise imaging technology to a third NHS trust.

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HLTH23: Samsung Health, b.well Integrate To Make Personalized Healthcare A Reality

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – b.well today announced at the HLTH 2023 conference that Samsung Health will use the b.well Connected Health platform to transform how consumers manage their health and engage with healthcare solutions and services. – This new offering will enable Samsung Health users to create a longitudinal health record, receive proactive health insights, and conveniently access care from a growing network of trusted providers — all through a single secure application on Gal

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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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HLTH23: UC health systems, Elevance collaborate with leading healthcare players to push ethical use of gen AI

Fierce Healthcare

LAS VEGAS—Innovations around generative AI are rapidly coming into the healthcare market. | Leading health systems are joining together with health plans, research organizations, tech companies and nonprofit associations to help bridge this gap by exploring uses, pitfalls, and best practices for Gen AI in health care and research, and accelerate execution and real-world evidence.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

Digital Health News

Your morning summary of digital health news, information and events to know about if you want to be “in the know”.

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Patient Data Security: Automation and BI-Driven Solutions

HealthIT Answers

By Mike Gunion - Part of our Cybersecurity Awareness Month. In an era where data is hailed as the 'new gold,' the healthcare sector's booming investment in technology is a testament to its value. Projections of AI in healthcare will soar to approximately $188B by 2030 from its current value of $11B. The post Patient Data Security: Automation and BI-Driven Solutions appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Concert Health, Mass General Brigham to integrate behavioral health services for all insurance types

Fierce Healthcare

Concert Health, a tech-enabled behavioral health medical group, is teaming up with Mass General Brigham to expand behavioral health services through primary care. | The program will be rolled out across the health system’s primary care, pediatric and OBGYN practices in Massachusetts, giving more than 400 primary care providers and their patients access to behavioral health 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.