Tue.May 21, 2024

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UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx unveils new drug pricing model

Healthcare Dive

Major pharmacy benefit managers are rolling out a flurry of ostensibly transparent and cost-effective models to retain clients and placate scrutiny over their role in rising drug costs.

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National University Hospital testing predictive AI for Alzheimer's diagnosis and more AI briefs

Healthcare It News

National University Hospital testing Alzheimer's predictive AI from Korea Singapore's National University Hospital is collaborating with medical AI company Heuron from South Korea to test the latter's AI solutions for screening and predicting Alzheimer's disease. Heuron delivered its two solutions: Heuron AD, which provides quantitative analysis on brain atrophy, and Heuron Brain PET, which provides fast and accurate PET tracer quantification.

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Providers urge HHS to clarify Change data breach reporting requirements

Healthcare Dive

More than 50 provider groups are asking the federal government to publicly state that UnitedHealth should handle data breach reporting stemming from the cyberattack on its subsidiary.

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Educating patients to advocate for themselves and for policy change

Healthcare It News

Gözde Susuzlu Briggs, programme manager for the European Patients' Forum, discusses the "Data Saves Lives" initiative, which explains digital data and AI concepts to patients and encourages involvement in patient advocacy organizations.

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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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FDA seeks AI tech to predict, detect Parkinson’s symptoms

Healthcare Dive

By testing artificial intelligence and machine learning models, the agency hopes to come up with best practices for Parkinson’s measures from wearables and smartphones.

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Providence posts $360M net income in first quarter, rebounding from years of losses

Healthcare Dive

The nonprofit operator attributed the gain to increased admissions and improved reimbursement rates from payers.

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Cadence finds reduced cost and better outcomes for heart failure patients through remote monitoring program 

Fierce Healthcare

A new paper published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure shows that patients on Cadence’s remote physiologic monitoring program had better outcomes than patients eligible for the program wh | Deaths from heart failure are rising. National remote monitoring company Cadence published new evidence that RM for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) could be the missing link in heart failure treatment.

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How Technology Drives Value-Based Care

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Phyllis Wojtusik, Executive Vice President of Value-Based Care at Real Time Medical Systems. We all know that CMS is pushing hard towards value-based care. They’re goal is to have 100% of Medicare beneficiaries in a value-based care arrangement by 2030. We see a number of ACO approaches that make up these efforts, along with Medicare Advantage plans.

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Precision medicine company Tempus AI files to go public

Fierce Healthcare

Three years after talks of an IPO surfaced, health tech company Tempus AI lit the fuse and is looking to go public this year. | Founded in 2015, Tempus says it’s built the world’s largest library of clinical and molecular data along with an operating system to make those data accessible and useful for providers to inform patient care.

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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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Wysa Awarded $3.4M Grant to Develop Personalized Mental Health Support for Chronic Pain

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Wysa , a leading provider of digital mental health platforms, has been selected as a sub-awardee for a $3.4M grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) , part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). – The 4-year project, led by Washington University in St. Louis with Duke University as another sub-awardee, aims to develop personalized pathways for individuals managing mental health conditions alongside chronic pain.

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Children's hospital declares cyberattack over

Becker's Health IT

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago said it is "no longer addressing an active cybersecurity matter" after a cyberattack disrupted the hospital's operations earlier this year.

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Healthcare’s Trillion-Dollar Data Breach Crisis: Cybersecurity is a Matter of Life and Death

HIT Consultant

Arun Shrestha, CEO and Co-Founder of BeyondID Between January 1 and April 1, 2024, at least 16.6 million individuals were impacted by data breaches across the healthcare industry. Of those, 16.3 million – or 98 percent – were hacking/IT incidents according to the HIPAA Breach Report generated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Leeds Teaching Hospitals pilots app for Parkinson’s disease

Digital Health News

A smartphone app which aims to deliver more personalised care to Parkinson's disease patients is being trialled at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

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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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Uber Health launches caregiver-focused platform with health benefits insights

Mobi Health News

Caregivers can order rides and deliveries for their care recipients and pay for the service using the care receiver's health benefits.

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Northamptonshire hospitals are first to transition to local instance of FDP

Digital Health News

Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals have become the first pilot sites to transition to a local instance of the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP).

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Patient Input Can Improve AI Models in Health Care: Innovators

Healthcare IT Today

Doctors have recognized the importance of empowering patients and “ humanization” of care. But interventions based on artificial intelligence, particularly risk assessments, are being developed through black-box computer programs, walled off from human review. Can patients have a say in the AI models that are applied to them? Most AI would benefit from human review.

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Dr Jordi Piera Jiménez confirmed as keynote at Summer Schools 2024

Digital Health News

The leader of one of Europe’s most successful regional health information digitisation programmes, will be a keynote at Digital Health Summer Schools 2024.

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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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The U.S. and the International Health Regulations: Implications of an Amended Agreement

KFF

This brief reviews the proposed revisions to the World Health Organization-based agreement known as the International Health Regulations (IHR), and the implications for the U.S. WHO member states are expected to adopt the revised IHR at the World Health Assembly meeting this year. The U.S. government has been a leading proponent of many of the expected revisions to the IHR.

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Banner Health boosts investment in AI-powered automation tech to maximize operating rooms

Fierce Healthcare

Increasing surgical services revenue is a top priority for most health systems, but reliance on manual operating room scheduling and operational inefficiencies can impede these efforts. | Six months post-go-live, Banner Health reported strong initial results, proving out the potential for AI-based automation tech to maximize operating room access, unlock OR growth and reduce staff burden.

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Uber Health announces caregiver-focused offering with health benefits insights

Mobi Health News

Caregivers can order rides and deliveries for their care recipients and pay for the service using the care receiver's health benefits.

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Sanofi, Formation Bio, OpenAI Partner on AI-Powered Drug Discovery

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Sanofi , a global pharmaceutical leader, Formation Bio , an AI-powered drug developer, and OpenAI , a leading research and development company in artificial intelligence, have announced a groundbreaking collaboration. The first-of-its-kind partnership in the pharma and life sciences industries aims to leverage AI to accelerate drug development and bring new medicines to patients faster. – Sanofi, Formation Bio, and OpenAI believe this collaboration will be a g

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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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FHIR enables real-time radiology reporting in New Zealand and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, Optiscan is working with Mayo Clinic to develop a digital endomicroscopic imaging system for robotic surgery.

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Videra Health Secures 5.6M for AI-Powered Mental Health Screening & Monitoring

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Videra Health , a frontrunner in AI-powered mental health assessments raises $5.6M in Seed II funding led by Peterson Ventures , with participation from Mercato Partners , Epic Ventures , and Philo Ventures. – Videra Health aims to tackle these challenges by offering widespread, streamlined mental health screening and monitoring powered by AI technology.

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Avel eCare Acquires Hospitalist Telemedicine Provider ‘Horizon Virtual’

Healthcare IT Today

Latest Acquisition Further Advances Avel’s Leadership in Telemedicine by Enhancing its Ability to Support Hospitals and Health Systems Nationwide with its Acute Inpatient Model Avel eCare , the nation’s leading provider of clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services, continues to expand its nationwide leadership in telemedicine with the acquisition of Horizon Virtual, a Minnesota-based virtual hospitalist services provider.

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Navigating MSSP Quality Reporting

HealthIT Answers

By James Pelletier - In the realm of healthcare quality reporting, the method of data exchange plays a critical role in the accuracy, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of the process. That’s why providers need to understand which path is best for them when it comes to. The post Navigating MSSP Quality Reporting appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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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.