Bill of Health

JANUARY 12, 2023

By Aparajita Lath. Last month, the patent battle between COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers continued with BioNTech/Pfizer filing a strong defense and counter-claim to Moderna’s allegations of patent infringement. In their initial August 2022 complaint , Moderna alleged that three of its mRNA patents were infringed by Pfizer/BioNTech. Interestingly, as of January 12, 2023, Moderna has listed 10 patents covering Spikevax (its mRNA vaccine) on its website.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 12, 2023

A new study, led by health policy researchers from Rand Corporation, and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, surveyed pediatric nurses at an urban children's hospital to assess the factors that may or may not be contributing to feelings of burnout. WHY IT MATTERS. The research – controlling for role, location and unit – found that higher levels of nurse burnout were linked to a greater workloads around quality improvement efforts.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 12, 2023

About 7,000 nurses at two New York hospitals returned to work Thursday after a three-day walkout.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 12, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The healthcare sector is rapidly evolving, with clinical researchers and scientists discovering new diseases and treatments. And with various technological advancements today, medical workers can be supported in providing excellent quality patient care in clinics, […].

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Omada expects to reach “thousands” of known patients in the new partnership, CEO Sean Duffy told Healthcare Dive.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 12, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Gait is now recognized as the 6th vital sign and serves as a valuable indicator of health and mobility status. Previously, clinically-validated gait analysis technology was only available in lab settings, making it costly and […]. The article Providers Can Now Learn More About Their Patients with Accessible Gait Analysis Technology appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 12, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Darren Ghanayem and Maria Turner, managing directors, AArete. America boasts the greatest advancements in medical research in the world: more Americans have received the Nobel Prize in medicine than Europe, Canada, Japan, and Australia […]. The article Medical Billing Needs To Catch Up with Modern Medicine appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 12, 2023

The company's CEO said the layoffs will help Verily refine its strategy, prioritize its product portfolio and simplify its operating model.

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

JANUARY 12, 2023

It is a safe bet that the title of this article would come in last place for the “most popular topic” award. The start of a new year is always a good time to reflect and also look ahead and do our best to prepare. Last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had its busiest year with the announcement of its 22 nd enforcement settlement on December 15, 2022.

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HealthIT Answers

JANUARY 12, 2023

Health IT business news from NextGen Healthcare, Healthmark Industries, EHNAC, ECG Management Consultants, HHS Technology Group, Force Therapeutics, Verana Health, Sight Sciences, CipherHealth, SADA, Edifecs, OncoHost, Relative Insight, Ordr, Cylera, Cisco, and more. The post Health IT Business News – January 12, 2023 appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

Vijay Kedar, Co-Founder and CEO at Tomorrow Health. Health systems will realize their challenges are not transitory but systemic: This year saw health systems facing a myriad of compounding threats – from historic inflation exacerbating their cost structures, front-line clinician burnout driving widespread labor shortages, and increased capacity issues that left patients in hospital facilities one full day longer than in the prior year.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Healthcare organizations can put a host of cybersecurity measures in place to secure their networks and prevent direct attacks by malicious actors, but significant challenges are faced securing the supply chain. Healthcare organizations use vendors to provide services that cannot be handled in-house, and while they provide important services they also create risks that need to be effectively managed.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

What You Should Know: – Higher prices across most health-related goods and services have consumers reeling to find better options to save money. – Starting today, these consumers have access to SmartRx , the newest prescription discount card. While designed to compete directly with GoodRx, SingleCare, Carecard, SmartRx (a division of Smarty ) acts as a premium health savings that goes beyond prescription drugs.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Also, Dozee has received capital backing from British International Investment for its hospital bed upgrade project.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

d’Artagnan Osborne, GM of Payment Solutions at Kareo, a Tebra Company. Staffing shortages, cost of care delivery and reimbursement changes have put more pressure on healthcare practices to do more with less. Recent technology advancements have come to the rescue and enabled healthcare organizations to simplify processes, improve communication efforts and ultimately support staff and patients alike.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 12, 2023

The UK-based company will form an advanced clinical trials division offering digital health solutions for each phase of the development process.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

Cancer death rate declined by 33% since 1991 as treatment advances, study finds. rking. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 16:36.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2023

One of the problems with developing legislation for the entire healthcare industry is rules must be written for organizations of different sizes, with vastly different business models, budgets, staffing levels, and capabilities. Rules need to be written that are sufficiently flexible to accommodate this variety and be appropriate for all organizations and their unique operating structures.

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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.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

JPM23: As the conference closes, here are the trends payers need to watch. pminemyer. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 13:15.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 12, 2023

The newly spun-off GE HealthCare entered into an agreement to acquire IMACTIS, developer of CT interventional guidance technology.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

Researchers raise questions about the safety of home infusion therapy. fdiamond. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 10:31.

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Digital Health News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Alcedis has been acquired by Huma, with the combined company offering a one-stop shop for remote access, data, logistics and execution.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

Transcarent inks another major hospital partnership to expand access to medical specialists. hlandi. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 13:52.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

Milwaukee County is at the forefront of addressing racial inequity. During the COVID-19 pandemic they cross referenced vaccination rates with the CDC’s social vulnerability index and plotted the results using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. Armed with this powerful insight, the County was able to increase vaccinations in populations that needed them the most and by doing so increased the safety of the entire County.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

MedPAC calls for slight pay update to 2024 Medicare rates for hospitals, physicians. rking. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 14:33.

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Digital Health News

JANUARY 12, 2023

The government has pledged to invest in 29 new NHS breast cancer screening units, along with various upgrades, to be directed to areas most in need.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

'Megamerger' flurry caps off another year of low-volume, high-value hospital M&A. dmuoio. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 16:20.

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Digital Health News

JANUARY 12, 2023

An upgrade to the Nobi smart lamp means as well as AI-powered fall detection is can also monitor users' vital signs to detect health issues.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 12, 2023

Walmart rolls out its partnership with Avanlee Care using technology to support millions of unpaid caregivers. aburky. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 16:25.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 12, 2023

An over-arching theme of the 2023 CES conference was Human Security for All, abbreviated as HS4A. And what, you might ask, do “human” and “security” have to do with the largest annual consumer technology conference, held last week in Las Vegas? Here’s what. “This is the first CES not only in the new post-pandemic or live-with-pandemic era.

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