Tue.Jul 18, 2023

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Teladoc expands Microsoft partnership to add AI documentation tools

Healthcare Dive

The telehealth company plans to integrate Microsoft’s AI-enabled notetaking tools in its hospital platform, allowing physicians to automatically transcribe clinical notes during virtual patient exams.

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Changi General Hospital's 'robot trio' complements nursing care

Healthcare It News

Changi General Hospital has deployed a trio of autonomous mobile robots in and around the emergency department to complement nursing care. HOW THEY WORK These meter-high robots, equipped with sensors, speakers and a touchscreen display, are capable of moving around crowds on their own without bumping into people and other moving objects, according to CGH.

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Colorado to shut down failing Friday Health Plans

Healthcare Dive

State regulators had initially hoped the insurtech could operate for the rest of the year, but Colorado’s insurance division became concerned about Friday’s longevity after placing the insurer into rehabilitation.

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Examining the Climate Change-Migration Nexus from a Disability Lens

Bill of Health

By Divya Goyal Growing interest in recognizing and promoting migration as a form of climate adaptation risks exacerbating existing inequalities and generating new ones for disabled people. Scholars, policymakers, and advocates in this field need to pay greater attention to the impact of climate-induced migration on disabled people, document the experiences of disabled people with climate-induced migration and displacement — with a particular focus on their vulnerabilities and capabilities — and

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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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FTC withdraws ‘outdated’ antitrust policy statements. Hospitals cry foul.

Healthcare Dive

Hospital groups said they were deeply disappointed with the decision, which removes a guidepost for those looking to consolidate without attracting the ire of regulators.

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Teladoc Health will integrate Microsoft AI for automated clinical documentation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The expanded partnership allows clinical documentation from virtual care visits to be automatically generated using Microsoft's AI capabilities, including GPT4.

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Singapore's A*STAR, EVYD announce $8M project to support digital health collabs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Health tech company EVYD Technology and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore's lead R&D agency, have launched a joint AI research lab focused on population health and digital health. At the same time, they announced a S$10 million ($7.5 million) project under the joint lab to facilitate multi-institutional, cross-border collaborations in digital health.

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Extreme heat drives $1B in excess healthcare utilization per year, study estimates

Fierce Healthcare

Emergency visits and inpatient admissions for conditions related or adjacent to extreme heat events are costing the U.S. | A recent extrapolation of Virginia weather trends and care utilization data suggests that about 234,000 excess emergency department visits and 56,000 hospital admissions occur nationwide due to heat event days.

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The Future is Now: How AR is Changing the Healthcare Landscape

HIT Consultant

Kelly Peng, CEO and CTO of Kura Technologies Not long ago, augmented reality (AR) sounded like something straight out of a sci-fi novel. Today, the rapidly-evolving technology is beginning to change the way many industries function, and healthcare is one of the very promising areas. A doctor’s office a decade in the future could look very different from a doctor’s office of the present; as AR and virtual reality tools develop, they will fundamentally elevate the quality and convenience of heal

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Medicare proposes broadening Alzheimer's brain scan coverage

Fierce Healthcare

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could remove PET scan restrictions to better determine whether patients qualify for new drugs and to shine light on whether a drug is slowing | CMS could remove PET scan restrictions that limit just one brain scan per clinical trial to better determine whether new Alzheimer's drugs are slowing cognitive decline.

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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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Teladoc Health & Microsoft Expands Generative AI Integration

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Teladoc Health today announced an integration expansion with Microsoft , leveraging AI to help minimize administrative burden and identify potential hazards. – The integrated solutions will enhance the power of our Solo platform for hospitals and health systems to better support the clinical workforce. These innovations powered by Microsoft AI tools will minimize administrative burden by automating clinical documentation during virtual and in-patient care. 

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Early pandemic relief funding to hospitals differed by communities' race, ethnicity makeup, HHS OIG finds

Fierce Healthcare

Fewer target Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments sent to hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic’s opening year reached hospitals serving patient populations with more Hispanic/Latino Americans, acc | The government watchdog found that hospitals serving heavier concentrations of Hispanic/Latino Americans were tied to lower Provider Relief Fund payments in 2020.

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High Vendor Churn May Be On the Horizon in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

During the COVID-19 pandemic, dozens of technologies were rapidly acquired and deployed by healthcare organizations like telehealth, remote patient monitoring and digital patient intake. According to a new report from Panda Health, now that the pandemic has subsided, organizations are revisiting those purchase decisions. Seven solution categories were identified as likely to experience moderate to high levels of churn in the next two years.

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Teladoc Health will integrate Microsoft AI for automated clinical documentation

Mobi Health News

The expanded partnership allows clinical documentation from virtual care visits to be automatically generated using Microsoft's AI capabilities, including GPT4.

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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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FCC proposes cybersecurity 'trust mark' for connected health devices

Becker's Health IT

Connected health devices could soon get a cybersecurity "seal of approval" under a new program from the Federal Communications Commission.

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CISA Publishes Factsheet to Help Businesses Securely Transition to Cloud Environments

HIPAA Journal

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a new resource that healthcare organizations can use to guide them through the transition from on-premises to cloud and hybrid environments. The fact sheet provides information on the digital tools that can be used to ensure that critical assets are secured and sensitive data is safeguarded.

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BeeKeeperAI Raises $12.1 Million Series A to Accelerate AI Development on Privacy Protected Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

BeeKeeperAI, Inc. , a pioneer in zero-trust, collaboration software for the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), today announced that it has closed $12.1 million in Series A financing. The round was led by Sante Ventures, with participation from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, AIX Ventures, Continuum Health Ventures, TA Group Holdings, and UCSF.

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Generative AI Tool Without Ethical Restrictions Offered on Hacking Forums

HIPAA Journal

Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Google Bard have restrictions in place to prevent abuse by malicious actors; however, security researchers have demonstrated these control measures can be bypassed and there is considerable chatter on hacking forums about how the ethics filters of tools such as ChatGPT can be circumvented to get the AI tools to write phishing emails and malware code.

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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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Reimagine Care, DispatchHealth partner for home oncology care

Mobi Health News

The partnership allows cancer patients to access coordinated in-home care that includes their cancer care team and the two companies.

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HC3 Shares Tips for Defending Against AI-Enhanced Cyberattacks

HIPAA Journal

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT can be used as virtual assistants, for customer support, quickly retrieving and summarizing information, and automating repetitive administrative tasks. As such they have tremendous potential in many industries, including healthcare. While there are considerable advantages to AI-based tools, they can also be misused by malicious actors, and there is growing evidence that cyber actors are using these tools to speed up and scale their a

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East Kent Hospitals procures Qure.ai through NHS SBS Framework

Digital Health News

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is using AI-powered software procured through the NHS SBS Framework to analyse chest x-rays.

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U.S. Has the Highest Rate of Gun Deaths for Children and Teens Among Peer Countries

KFF

Firearms were responsible for 20 percent of all child and teen deaths in the U.S. for both 2020 and 2021, compared to an average of less than 2 percent in similarly large and wealthy nations, according to a new KFF analysis. This puts the U.S.

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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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Herefordshire and Worcestershire deliver ePMA in 10 weeks

Digital Health News

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust have deployed an ePMA from Better Meds with deployment taking just 10 weeks.

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2 brothers plead guilty to roles in $67M Medicare fraud scheme

Fierce Healthcare

Two Florida brothers are staring down lengthy prison sentences after pleading guilty to playing a role in a fraud scheme that raked in $67 million from Medicare. | Two brothers pleaded guilty last week to defrauding Medicare of $67 million by selling beneficiaries genetic tests and durable medical equipment that they didn’t need.

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Imagine360 Suffers Third-Party Data Breach, 112K Impacted

Health IT Security

Imagine360 disclosed a third-party data breach to HHS involving its file-sharing platform, Citrix, resulting in exposed Social Security numbers and PHI.

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88% of U.S. providers plan to increase third-party technology spending

Redox

New study reveals digital transformation as the key driver for health technology investment upswing in 2023-2024 MADISON, Wis., July 18, 2023 — Many hospitals and health systems are still struggling to recover from one of the toughest financial years on record, yet 88% plan to increase their third-party technology investments in 2023-2024 This is just one insight from “ Buyer Mindsets: Health Technology Perspectives from Clinical and Clinical IT Leaders ,” a new InfoBrief* from the IDC , a leadi

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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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MOVEit Transfer Cyberattack Impacts 1.2M at Pension Benefit Information

Health IT Security

More than 1.2 million individuals were impacted by a data breach at Pension Benefit Information (PBI).

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'Podnosis': How reprocessing can reduce waste, and choice architecture and incentive design

Fierce Healthcare

This week on "Podnosis," we talk with Daniel Vukelich, the president at the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors, about how reprocessing can reduce waste. We also talk with Dr. | This week on "Podnosis," we talk about how reprocessing medical devices can reduce waste. Also under discussion is the role of choice architecture in value-based care.

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The Problem With Modern Disinfectants & What The Future of Infection Protection Should Look Like

HIT Consultant

Dr. Vikram K. Kanmukhla, VP of Technical Product Management for AvantGuard, Inc. Keeping surfaces pathogen-free is crucial in preventing the transmission of diseases and infections. Pathogens are microorganisms that can cause illness, and they can easily spread from contaminated surfaces to people who come into contact with those surfaces. This is a major concern in healthcare settings such as hospitals, where pathogens can spread easily and cause infections in vulnerable patients.

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With a $50M springboard, a new initiative plans to evaluate digital health tools

Fierce Healthcare

A novel $50 million nonprofit initiative, dubbed the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI), launched Tuesday to evaluate emerging health technology solutions to cut through the hype and ident | A novel $50 million nonprofit initiative, dubbed the Peterson Health Technology Institute, launched Tuesday to evaluate emerging health technology solutions in order to separate the wheat from the overhyped chaff.

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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.