Tue.Nov 21, 2023

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Where are all the nurses? Hospitals, advocates disagree on crisis

Healthcare Dive

Hospitals and nursing unions clash on what’s driving sluggish application rates for open registered nurse positions at hospitals — a lack of qualified candidates or a lack of interest.

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Judging in the Pandemic – A Malawian Perspective

Bill of Health

By Zione Ntaba Malawi is not a stranger to public health crises in the last number of years, having faced a severe HIV epidemic and several cholera outbreaks continuing into 2023. Nevertheless, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a major panic in the country’s legal system and judiciary. COVID-19 brought to fruition a major ethical dilemma in ensuring the justice system’s continued functioning, while also protecting the lives of all those involved, and simultaneously ensuring the promotion

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PeaceHealth will pay up to $13.4M to settle charity care probe

Healthcare Dive

The Washington-based nonprofit said their policies center care, "not maximizing collections." The state's attorney general said the hospital failed to notify patients about financial assistance options.

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Prisma Health saves $4M, and counting, with patient engagement tech

Healthcare It News

Prisma Health, the largest nonprofit healthcare provider in South Carolina, says that by integrating digital patient communications, it's decreased no-shows to the tune of $4 million in savings within the first two years. That achievement, accomplished with help from patient engagement company Artera, is estimated to result in an $8 million overall cost savings.

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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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Fairview won’t renew current contract with University of Minnesota

Healthcare Dive

The current partnership, which operates M Health Fairview, will end in 2026, but negotiations toward a new contract will continue, according to the nonprofit.

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Doctomatic helps providers to collect readings from remote patients

Healthcare It News

HIMSS23 Europe Startup PitchFest winner Doctomatic captures and assesses remote patient measurements using visual AI. Carmen Pauline Rios Benton, cofounder of the Spanish startup, shares the details.

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Steering healthcare's digital evolution: Marrying technology with the human element

Healthcare It News

Artificial Intelligence Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Patient Engagement Population Health Workforce "Through my involvement with HIMSS Europe and EMRAM stage 7 validations, I’ve observed that the most successful organisations in healthcare IT are those with a stable, digital-savvy culture." Dr Ana Rafaela Prado In the swiftly changing healthcare landscape, the fusion of technology and patient care is increasingly integral.

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Talkspace inks $26M contract with NYC to provide free mental health services to teens

Fierce Healthcare

Online therapy company Talkspace with provide free virtual mental health services to more than 400,000 adolescents and teens in New York City. | Talkspace CEO Jon Cohen, M.D. believes the company has a "moral imperative" to help address teen mental health. There's also a smart business case for building out its virtual mental health offerings for adolescents and teens.

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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

The evolution of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals has been remarkable. They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association ( AHIMA ), sees a bright future for the HIM industry. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Jennifer Mueller, AHIMA President and the Vice President & Privacy Officer at the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center ( WHAIC ) to the

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Wound care manufacturer controversy calls attention to shady dealings

Fierce Healthcare

Legacy Medical Consultants, a wound care manufacturer, is under fire for its business practices that critics say are another example of companies in the industry exploiting the Medicare system. | An independent investigation has shed light on one wound care manufacturer's rebate scheme that puts the onus on providers to report payments correctly.

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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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NHS England awards £330m Federated Data Platform contract to Palantir

Digital Health News

NHS England has awarded a contract to operate its future £480m federated data platform to US data analytics giant Palantir and joint bidders Accenture.

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Why Medicare Advantage is lacking on cancer care

Fierce Healthcare

A City of Hope analysis found that Medicare Advantage members faced a delay of two weeks or more between diagnosis and their first course of therapy.

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UC Davis Health Launch Continuous Monitoring Program for Bone Marrow Transplant Patients

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: BioIntelliSense , a continuous health monitoring and clinical intelligence company, and California-based UC Davis Health, announce the launch of a new in-hospital monitoring initiative for patients hospitalized for Bone Marrow Transplant and Hematology/Oncology services. The transformational program leverages the BioIntelliSense FDA-cleared BioButton® wearable devices, algorithmic-based data analytics, and clinical intelligence system to monitor for subtle changes in vital

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Lost in the mix of Medicaid 'unwinding': Kentucky cut off her healthcare over a clerical error

Fierce Healthcare

The day her Medicaid coverage ended, Beverly Likens was in the hospital after a scary trip to the emergency room. | Millions of people nationwide have lost Medicaid benefits after a pandemic-era mandate for coverage expired in March—most of them for administrative reasons unrelated to their actual eligibility.

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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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Tata Consultancy Services Faces $125M Loss in Epic Systems Legal Battle

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest information technology services company, has been ordered to pay $140M in punitive damages to Epic Systems Corporation in a long-running legal dispute over intellectual property, Business Standard reports. – The decision by the Supreme Court of the United States upholds a lower court’s ruling and will have a significant impact on TCS’s financial results for the third quarter of 2023.

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Making the Patient Portal Relevant at Community Health Alliance

Healthcare IT Today

Patient portals and digital patient engagement stymie many healthcare providers, especially small ones with few resources. Community Health Alliance (CHA) a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving 27,000+ patients in Reno, Nevada, is using an old-school way to encourage use of its online patient portal – by having in-person conversations about it.

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Memorial Hermann Deploys Laudio’s AI Workflow Automation Platform for Frontline Support

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Laudio, an innovator in frontline leader solutions that drive efficiency and engagement for health systems, today announced that Memorial Hermann Health System is implementing Laudio’s platform to enhance employee efficiency and engagement. The non-profit, award-winning health system committed to creating healthier Houston communities began its rollout at Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital, with plans for a system-wide expansion.

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The Best Global Brands Through a Lens on Health – Reading Interbrand’s 2023 Annual Report

Health Populi

“Businesses which have witnessed a rise in brand value…have all transcended their established category norms and play a more significant and meaningful role in society and consumers’ lives,” we learn in the Interbrand Best Global Brands 2023 report, subtitled, “How Iconic Brands Lead Across Arenas. Most brands stagnated or lost ground in terms of brand value in 2023, with average growth rate of 5.7% compared to 16% in 2022.

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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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Integrated Digital Service launches remote tech trial in Leeds

Digital Health News

Luscii and the Integrated Digital Service are running a remote monitoring trial to reduce healthcare appointments for those with long-term health issues.

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Memorial Hermann Health System, AI-enabled Laudio partner for frontline leaders

Mobi Health News

The healthcare system became a strategic investor in the Boston-based company and will utilize Laudio to enhance worker efficiency and engagement.

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NHS expands use of Covid-19 research platform to find new treatments

Digital Health News

The NHS is to expand the use of a research platform behind the roll-out of new Covid-19 treatments to help drive advances for other major diseases.

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Patient Engagement Pioneer Rx.Health Joins Commure

Healthcare IT Today

Now Available as Commure Engage, Rx.Health Uses AI and Automation to Streamline Clinical Care Coordination for Payors, Providers, and Life Science Organizations Commure, Inc. , a leading healthcare technology company committed to connecting, protecting, and empowering the healthcare workforce, today announced that intelligent clinical automation platform Rx.Health is now part of its suite of solutions as Commure Engage.

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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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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ?

Digital Health News

Today's briefing covers Bart's migration to Medisoft's specialty opthamology EMR mediSIGHT and AstraZeneca launching a digital solutions business.

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Syra Health scores contract to assess racial, ethnic approaches to health in Texas

Mobi Health News

The healthcare technology company will evaluate the impact of the City of San Antonio's Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) project.

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George Eliot Hospital signs with Accurx for patient communication platform

Digital Health News

Accurx has deployed its patient communication platform to George Eliot Hospital to help tackle waiting lists and transform cancer pathways.

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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Indian IT company's appeal in Epic trade secret case

Fierce Healthcare

The U.S. | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected India-based Tata Consultancy Services' appeal against a $140 million punitive damages order passed by a district court relating to a trade secrets dispute with Epic.

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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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Palantir’s road to the Federated Data Platform contract: a timeline

Digital Health News

NHSE’s procurement for the Federated Data Platform and award of a £330m contract is story that has stretched over more than three years.

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PeaceHealth repaying $13.4M to low-income patients to settle charity care investigation

Fierce Healthcare

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Monday that his office had reached an agreement with PeaceHealth in which the nonprofit will refund millions to those who qualified for and should | An investigation found that the nonprofit had not been notifying low-income patients of their charity care eligibility before billing for care, the Washington Attorney General's Office said.

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Northamptonshire goes live with integrated shared care record

Digital Health News

The Northamptonshire Care Record (NCR) is now live, joining up care records for more than 800,000 people in the county.

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The Future State of Interoperability

HealthIT Answers

Join us for the State of Healthcare Interoperability Virtual Summit 2023 on Dec. 6th starting at 12pm ET. Today we are highlighting the fifth panel session moderated by Jim Tate, sponsored by NextGen Healthcare, and with panelists Muhammad Chebli, Justin Villines, and Lisa R. Nelson. The post The Future State of Interoperability appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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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.