Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2022

Telemedicine is on an all-time high. The requirements of the contagious COVID-19 and the subsequent loosening of governmental regulations and commercial payer rules have finally propelled telehealth into the mainstream. Travel to virtually any U.S. healthcare provider organization today and its teams are conducting some kind of telehealth. Justin Miller , vice president of customer success at eVisit, a telemedicine technology and services company, did just that.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2022

The four top trends to watch for this week at CES 2022 are transportation, space tech, sustainable technology, and digital health, based on Steve Koenig’s annual read-out that kicks off this largest annual conference featuring innovations in consumer electronics. Last night, Steve discussed these trends for media attendees, of which I am one (gratefully) participating in #CES2022 virtually from the hygienic comfort and safety of my home health hub (more on that later in this post).

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2022

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 1/7 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Sarah Krüg (@sarahkrug1) and Matt Sakumoto (@MattSakumoto) on the topic “Enhancing Digital Empathy and Reimagining the Telehealth Experience.” As telehealth is increasingly adopted across all care settings, […].

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 4, 2022

A postponed launch and technical hurdles have hampered the testing phase of digital prescriptions in Germany, and the country now enters a prolonged piloting phase at the start of 2022.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 4, 2022

Hackers hit Broward Health network, potentially exposing data on 1.3M patients, staff. hlandi. Tue, 01/04/2022 - 17:14.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 4, 2022

The company said the smart scale will be available in the latter half of 2022 following regulatory clearance.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 4, 2022

le. What You Should Know: – Clear Arch Health, a division of MobileHelp and a leading provider of remote patient monitoring (RPM) and mobile personal emergency response system (mPERS) solutions, today announced the company acquired Life Care Solutions (LCS), a division of Resideo. – Life Care Solutions has been a global leader in the remote patient monitoring industry for two decades, with a complete RPM solution to help streamline care coordination and improve outcomes.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 4, 2022

Walmart Health exec Osborne leaves the retailer amid ongoing leadership changes. hlandi. Tue, 01/04/2022 - 13:17.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 4, 2022

What You Should Know: – symplr , a global leader in enterprise healthcare operations including governance, risk management, and compliance (“GRC”) SaaS solutions announced it has agreed to acquire Midas Health Analytics Solutions (“Midas”) from Conduent Incorporated for $340M. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. – The acquisition highlights symplr’s aggressive M&A

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 4, 2022

Patient and provider experiences have to be top-of-mind in the year ahead, with special attention to stressed hospital workers and underserved populations, healthcare vendor leaders say.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 4, 2022

What You Should Know: – Aetion , a real-world evidence (RWE) tech platform, has just announced its acquisition of Replica Analytics , a pioneer in using ML to generate synthetic data. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. – This acquisition allows Aetion to solve for one of the toughest problems in RWE: access to fit-for-purpose data.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 4, 2022

Healthcare Dealmakers—Oracle's $28.3B Cerner buyout; Cancer Treatment Centers of America joins City of Hope. dmuoio. Tue, 01/04/2022 - 16:11.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 4, 2022

Rob Cohen, CEO at Bamboo Health. What You Should Know: – Bamboo Health™, formerly Appriss Health and PatientPing, today announced that Rob Cohen, president and general manager of Bamboo Health, is assuming the role of CEO effective December 16, 2021. Appriss CEO Krishnan Sastry is now executive chairman for Bamboo Health and serves as an advisor to Cohen. – The promotion comes as Bamboo Health transitions from one of several business units under the Appriss Inc. name to an independen

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 4, 2022

The jury found Holmes, 37, guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud by lying to investors.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 4, 2022

What You Should Know: – Caira Surgical , a revolutionary computer-assisted navigation system for joint replacement surgery raises $5M from series seed investors to include a leading OUS Strategic and several MedTech venture funds. These include U.S.-based Mountain State Capital; Amsterdam-based Snowboat BV, a Dutch fund formed by the founders of Avania Clinical (previously Factory-CRO); and Grenoble, France-based Haventure, founded by Stephane Lavallee, Ph.D.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2022

While this trend hasn’t gotten as much attention as one might expect, US healthcare organizations are reaching a new level of AI acceptance. In fact, if a recent Optum survey is any indication, the vast majority of healthcare players have AI strategies in place. According to the study, 85% of respondents reported having an AI […].

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 4, 2022

Centene completes acquisition of Magellan Health. pminemyer. Tue, 01/04/2022 - 15:37.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 4, 2022

The company merge will further innovate digital healthcare in the UK.

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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 4, 2022

Nurses vote to end 10-month strike at Tenet Healthcare's St. Vincent Hospital. dmuoio. Tue, 01/04/2022 - 11:24.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 4, 2022

German startup seeks to tackle shortage of dermatologic care in country's largest healthtech Series A raise.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 4, 2022

Symplr to buy Midas analytics solutions suite from Conduent in $340M all-cash deal. rtorrence. Tue, 01/04/2022 - 12:38.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 4, 2022

The acquisition comes less than a year after Aetion landed $110 million in Series C funding.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 4, 2022

AbbVie latest drugmaker to impose 340B restrictions on sales to contract pharmacies. rking. Tue, 01/04/2022 - 15:45.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 4, 2022

Midas will bring a data set of 100 million claims.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 4, 2022

Medicare Part B spent $1.5B on COVID-19 tests in 2020, other testing decreased. rking. Tue, 01/04/2022 - 14:29.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2022

Acquisition of Midas software solutions rooted in improving clinical and financial outcomes for hospitals and health systems symplr®, a global leader in enterprise healthcare operations including governance, risk management, and compliance (“GRC”) SaaS solutions, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) and Charlesbank Capital Partners (together with its affiliates, “Charlesbank”), announced today […].

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 4, 2022

Real-world evidence firm Aetion grabs privacy-protected synthetic data provider Replica Analytics. rtorrence. Tue, 01/04/2022 - 14:54.

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HIPAA Vault

JANUARY 4, 2022

If “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” applies to 2021, Healthcare as an industry should certainly emerge more robust. The industry faced employee shortages, reputational attacks, and the formidable challenges of administering care in new and agile ways during a pandemic. And if that wasn’t enough, it was pummeled by a flurry of devastating.

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Dot Compliance

JANUARY 4, 2022

Life science organizations are embracing technological innovation at a swift and significant pace. Here are three healthcare technologies that will impact life science organizations in 2022, from design through manufacturing, supply chain to end of life. 1. Reaching the patient remotely. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development and adoption of medical solutions that allow clinicians to diagnose and treat patients remotely.

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Verisys

JANUARY 4, 2022

By Scott Alsup. Consider partnering with a Credentials Verification Organization (CVO) to save time and expedite your provider credentialing. It can be difficult for health plans to complete provider credentialing without the help of a CVO. As the largest CVO in the United States, Verisys can help by tracking two categories of non-responsive providers: PSV004 stands for Primary Source Verification 004, which means no application received.

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