Fri.Nov 18, 2022

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‘Not in la la land’: As digital health funding ebbs, VCs urge startups to be conservative

Healthcare Dive

The explosion of funding during the pandemic was a good thing, but the ongoing market correction is a good thing too as only the best business models will survive, prominent investors argued at HLTH.

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Book Review: ‘The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India’

Bill of Health

By Aparajita Lath. The Truth Pill , authored by Dinesh Thakur and Prashant Reddy , is a monumental work that convincingly shows that drug regulation is but a myth in India. In their investigative style, the authors explain drug regulation in India through the lens of history, both Indian and global. The book’s combination of history and contemporary issues makes for an immersive and compelling read.

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One Medical’s innovation chief on Amazon, Medicaid and more

Healthcare Dive

Rushika Fernandopulle discussed how remote work trends are affecting the business, One Medical’s ongoing shift toward risk and its interest in Medicaid.

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Cornell Scott-Hill makes big strides with specialist telemedicine

Healthcare It News

Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut, as a community health center, always had faced a range of treatment barriers that made it difficult, if not impossible, for patients to attend in-person appointments pre-COVID – and for which telemedicine would have been a viable alternative. THE PROBLEM. Among these barriers: the lack of transportation or financial resources to pay for taxis or buses; lack of resources to provide child or dependent care in order to attend appoint

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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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15K Minnesota nurses could strike again

Healthcare Dive

Nurses at 15 hospitals in Minnesota walked off the job for three days in September but later returned to work without new contracts. On Nov. 30, they’ll vote on whether to authorize another strike.

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Modern Health Data Management Requires a Proven Patient Identity Solution

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Gevik Nalbandian, vice president of software engineering, Lyniate. As healthcare providers manage market shifts such as value-based care, increased consumer expectations, staffing shortages, changing reimbursement models, and competition from non-traditional healthcare players including Alphabet, […].

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From finding the right candidates to keeping them, how hospitals are using AI to address workforce needs

Fierce Healthcare

From finding the right candidates to keeping them, how hospitals are using AI to address workforce needs. aburky. Fri, 11/18/2022 - 15:25.

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Advocate Aurora remains in the red with reduced investments, higher labor costs

Healthcare Dive

The nonprofit health system’s results add to the chorus of hospital providers reporting continued labor challenges.

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Control The Costs You Can: Empower Providers To Adjudicate Real Costs At Point of Care

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By G.T. LaBorde, CEO, IllumiCare More than half of hospitals in the U.S. are projected to experience negative margins in 2022, with expenses estimated to increase by nearly $135 billion over 2021 levels, according to […]. The article Control The Costs You Can: Empower Providers To Adjudicate Real Costs At Point of Care appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Feds Issue Warning to HPH Sector About Aggressive Hive Ransomware Group

HIPAA Journal

The Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation first emerged in June 2021 and has aggressively targeted the health and public health sector (HPH) and continues to do so. From June 2021 until November 2022, the group conducted attacks on more than 1,300 organizations worldwide, generating more than $100 million in ransom payments. Victims in the HPH sector include the public health system in Costa Rica, Partnership HealthPlan of California, Memorial Health System, Missouri Delta Medical Center

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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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A Detailed Guide On Prior Authorization Process In RCM

Medisys Compliance

In no small measure, the difficulty of providing patients with the proper care at the appropriate time has skyrocketed up the graph, and the conflict between cost-conscious insurance companies, patients, and their doctors won’t go away any time soon. Sounds like a dilemma? We all can agree to the stemmed fact that finding innovative ways to improve care delivery has been a goal for many healthcare executives as the healthcare landscape continues to get more complex.

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Osso VR and American College of Cardiology to Develop Immersive Training for Cardiovascular Professionals

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Osso VR , a virtual reality (VR) company in healthcare, and the American College of Cardiology (ACC ), a global nonprofit dedicated to transforming cardiovascular care announced a new collaboration to develop an immersive, VR-enabled training program for cardiovascular professionals. – The collaboration builds upon the ACC’s long tradition of educational excellence and will support more than 56,000 cardiovascular professionals with state-of-the-art procedural

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Embracing the eClinicalWorks Cloud to Support Medical Practice Expansion

Healthcare IT Today

When we look at all the expansion of healthcare organizations that’s happening, we often forget about some of the IT implications that this expansion includes. In fact, I’m sorry to say that IT is often just an afterthought when healthcare organizations choose to expand. While IT isn’t a major factor in the decision to expand, IT is a major factor in determining the success of that expansion.

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Moving from data collection to action: Health system execs weigh in on addressing disparities systemwide

Fierce Healthcare

Moving from data collection to action: Health system execs weigh in on addressing disparities systemwide. agliadkovskaya. Fri, 11/18/2022 - 17:07.

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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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Theranos' Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison

Mobi Health News

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the scandal-ridden blood-testing startup, was found guilty on four of 11 charges in January.

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UHB CEO David Rosser to take on regional digital health and care role

Digital Health News

Professor David Rosser, the long-serving high-profile CEO of University Hospital Birmingham NHS FT, is to step down to take on a new regional digital role.

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Sanders, Cassidy in line to lead pivotal Senate HELP committee in next Congress

Fierce Healthcare

Sanders, Cassidy in line to lead pivotal Senate HELP committee in next Congress. rking. Fri, 11/18/2022 - 16:16.

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Population health in action: a Primary Care Network approach to health inequalities

Digital Health News

North Lewisham Primary Care Network has developed an innovative programme which uses the power of data to focus resources towards people most at risk of health inequalities. The integrated dataset provided by Oracle Cerner is supporting more proactive health screening, identifying health conditions earlier.

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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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Privacy and Security — Protecting Patients’ Health Information

NEJM

The most comprehensive U.S. medical privacy provisions, the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, provide patients with important protections and place obligations on providers, but they have limitations.

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SonderMind acquires mental health monitoring, support company Total Brain

Mobi Health News

Total Brain's tools include mental health assessments and tracking, screeners for common conditions and self-care programs.

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CDC: Home births soared to a 30-year high in 2021

Fierce Healthcare

CDC: Home births soared to a 30-year high in 2021. fdiamond. Fri, 11/18/2022 - 14:51.

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Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives

Digital Health News

Digital Health’s monthly roundup includes a collaboration for the Royal College of Radiologists and xWave plus a PACS for West Midlands pathology networks.

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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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The Path to Patient Empowerment: Hospitals are granting patients access to their health information, but is that enough?

Healthcare IT Today

The 21 st Century Cures Act codifies immediate access to health information for patients. The Act paves the way for patients to become more pro-active partners in their care. Access alone, however, is not sufficient. There is little value for patients to access health information they cannot understand. This is especially the case with radiology. A typical radiology report contains a lot of medical jargon and data that can be misinterpreted easily by those without medical training.

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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Notifies 12K of Healthcare Data Breach

Health IT Security

NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP)… read more

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Wheel Acquires GoodRx Care Backend Technology to Strengthen its Virtual-First Care Platform

Healthcare IT Today

The deal accelerates Wheel’s growth into new markets and expands its existing partnership with GoodRx through multi-year agreement. Wheel , the health technology company powering the future of care, today announced it will acquire GoodRx Care ‘s backend virtual care technology, including its clinician-centric EMR, powerful clinical management tools, and flexible patient experience software.

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Protecting Transgender Health and Challenging Science Denialism in Policy

NEJM

Misused clinical research and disinformation have provided legal cover for bans on gender-affirming health care. Collaboration between medical and legal experts could help defeat such bans.

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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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IT issue forces Rhode Island hospital to cancel surgeries

Becker's Health IT

Wakefield, R.I.-based South County Hospital canceled surgeries on Nov. 17; patients were called and informed that the hospital's technology was "down," GoLocalProv reported Nov. 17.

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Editorial: Lessons for American Healthcare Providers from the Australian Medibank Health Record Breach

HIPAA Journal

The U.S. healthcare industry is currently engaged in a cyber war against a widely dispersed set of adversaries, which include hordes of financially-motivated hackers and organized cybercriminal groups, hacktivists, and nation-state-sponsored threat actors. Ransomware has become an epidemic, and while there are signs that attacks are leveling off or decreasing, the healthcare industry has yet to see such a dip, now being the most targeted sector.

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Friday at Five: Reports and Surveys from HLTH

HealthIT Answers

HLTH 2022 had concluded in Las Vegas this week. Among the multitude of announcements we found five interesting reports and studies. Take a look. The post Friday at Five: Reports and Surveys from HLTH appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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AdvancedMD to Roll Out 35+ Updates in Major Product Release

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – AdvancedMD announced its 2022 Fall product release that includes 35 new features added to its suite of all-in-one medical office and remote care cloud software. This marks one of the largest product release updates in AdvancedMD history, reflecting the robust nature of the leading cloud-based platform used by more than 40,000 practitioners across 13,000 practices, and 850 medical billing companies. . – AdvancedMD’s fall release ensures more unified and smoothe

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.