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Abortion providers in 3 states sue over mifepristone restrictions

Healthcare Dive

The Monday lawsuit seeks to remove safety restrictions on mifepristone or, alternatively, prevent further altering of access to the drug.

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Case Study: Banner Health

MRO Compliance

Case Study: Banner Health Background Summary Banner Health’s large in-house release of information (ROI) operation sought guidance on how to optimize their ROI. They also recognized the need for a new technology platform to manage ROI requests. Essential priorities to meet this need included increased security and compliance, risk mitigation, comprehensive technology, support services, and the ability to protect their organization with a trusted partner.

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Premier explores strategic alternatives, including a sale

Healthcare Dive

The group purchasing organization lowered its revenue outlook last week due to softer demand from its customers amid excess inventory levels.

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How Hospitals Can Use Their Historical Data To Their Advantage

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ophir Ronen, CEO, CalmWave. Hospitals routinely collect vast amounts of data, including information about patients’ health, care delivery, and organizational performance. This data could theoretically be utilized to drive huge improvements in health outcomes […] The article How Hospitals Can Use Their Historical Data To Their Advantage appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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NetGen Healthcare Reports Breach Affecting More than 1 Million Patients

HIPAA Journal

NextGen Healthcare has started notifying more than 1 million individuals across the United States about a hacking incident that exposed their protected health information. NextGen Healthcare is an Atlanta, GA-based provider of electronic health records and practice management solutions to doctors and ambulatory care providers. On March 30, 2023, suspicious activity was detected in its NextGen Office system and third-party cybersecurity experts were engaged to conduct a forensic investigation to

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Total Medical Compliance celebrates 27 years in OSHA and HIPAA compliance

Total Medical Compliance Resources

Indian Trail, NC – May 10, 2023/EINPresswire.com – Total Medical Compliance (TMC), a leading healthcare compliance company focused on OSHA and HIPAA education and training, is celebrating its 27 th year in business. Since its founding in 1996, TMC has established itself as a trusted partner for healthcare professionals and business associates seeking compliance services.

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Federal Court Dismisses FTC Complaint Against Kochava

HIPAA Journal

A complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against the mobile app attribution and analytics company, Kochava, has been dismissed by a federal judge, although the door has been left open for a revised complaint that makes stronger arguments that the actions of Kochava have caused harms to consumers. The FTC’s lawsuit against Kochava, filed in August 2022, alleged the company was selling the geolocation data of consumers gathered from their mobile phones without their knowledge.

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DEA Extends COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications for 6 Months

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued the “Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications” – a temporary rule that extends telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). · The temporary rule will take effect on May 11, 2023, and extends the full set of telemedicine flexibilities ado

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Take AI Out of the Conversation Completely and Focus on Results

Healthcare IT Today

When designing analytical systems for clinicians, “Take AI out of the conversation completely,” advises Sameer Sethi, Senior Vice President and Chief Data Analytics Officer at Hackensack Meridian Health. However, AI is woven throughout the 15-minute video interview below where Sethi is interviewed along with Prashant Natarajan, General Manager, Health & Life Sciences at H2O.ai.

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Northwell, Aegis Ventures launch AI company Optain with $12M

Mobi Health News

The startup plans to use AI-backed retinal imaging to find early signs of disease based on tech from Australian company Eyetelligence.

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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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Mobile apps boost outcomes in tandem with telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Scripps ransomware post-mortem reveals significant ripple effects for nearby hospitals

Fierce Healthcare

Scripps ransomware post-mortem reveals significant ripple effects for nearby hospitals aburky Tue, 05/09/2023 - 16:00

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Empowering Healthcare: The Transformative Role of Technology in Improving Patient Care

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Josh Coleman , Managing Partner at Treacy & Company by Cherry Bekaert Healthcare has undergone massive changes over the past few years. In response, healthcare providers and organizations have accelerated their efforts to leverage technology to keep up with new customer demands and provide high-quality care to patients.

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Cue Health lays off another 30% of workforce

Mobi Health News

In a letter to employees, CEO Ayub Khattak said the diagnostics company's new initiatives are "progressing well but are still early in terms of revenue generation.

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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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eVisit Announces the Acquisition of Bluestream Health

Healthcare IT Today

Market-leading virtual care operating platform to add digital front door capabilities , integrated language services , and innovative health system customers to help healthcare organizations simplify care delivery eVisit , the leading virtual care operating platform for health systems and large, complex healthcare delivery organizations, today announced it has acquired Bluestream Health , an innovative digital front door and virtual care workflow solution that manages patient and provider inte

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Pittsburgh Counselor Fined $15,000 for HIPAA Right of Access Violation

HIPAA Journal

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has announced its 44th enforcement action under its HIPAA Right of Access initiative with a $15,000 financial penalty for David Mente, MA, LPC, a licensed counselor that provides psychotherapy services in Pittsburgh, PA. The HIPAA Right of Access allows individuals to obtain a copy of their health information. Healthcare providers are required to respond to requests and provide the requested records within 30 days of the request being received, although a 30-day

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NHS Golden Jubilee reaches ROSA robot landmark

Digital Health News

NHS Golden Jubilee has carried out the second highest number of ROSA procedures across the UK, after reaching a landmark 100 orthopaedic joint replacements.

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NeuroFlow, Emory Healthcare partner to support psychiatric care

Mobi Health News

Patients in Emory's behavioral health program will utilize NeuroFlow's platform to have access to psychotherapy content between scheduled visits.

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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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Sunderland Royal Hospital rolls out digital portering

Digital Health News

Following a successful trial in its radiology department, Sunderland Royal Hospital has now rolled out digital portering task management software.

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New York health system notifies patients of 3rd-party data breach

Becker's Health IT

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health notified long-term care patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised due to a data breach at its consulting services vendor, Minimum Data Set Consultants.

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Digital Health Unplugged: The Shuri Network Bursary value

Digital Health News

Jordan Sollof is joined by Ling Lee, a GP and digital trailblazer fellow in Derby, to discuss her experience as a Shuri Network Bursary holder.

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The 'increasing risk' of being a health system IT security leader

Becker's Health IT

Hospital and health system IT security chiefs told Becker's the industry is dealing with increased pressure from ransomware attacks, budget constraints and personal liability concerns.

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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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CEO Mark Bertolini: Oscar Health to exit California's ACA exchange in 2024

Fierce Healthcare

CEO Mark Bertolini: Oscar Health to exit California's ACA exchange in 2024 fdiamond Tue, 05/09/2023 - 18:16

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Ultromics granted FDA Breakthrough Device Status

Digital Health News

Ultromics has gained FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for its AI-powered EchoGo Amyloidosis platform, which is speeding up diagnosis.

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Talent Tuesday: Nurse Turnover Rate Higher Than Pre-Pandemic Levels

HealthIT Answers

Vizient Inc. released its latest Workforce Intelligence Report, finding that regular nursing hours have begun to stabilize but continue to be supplemented by overtime and contract labor hours at higher than pre-pandemic levels. The post Talent Tuesday: Nurse Turnover Rate Higher Than Pre-Pandemic Levels appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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5 Simple Steps to Occupational Therapy HIPAA Compliance

Compliancy Group

You’re already busy, and now you’re frustrated by HIPAA. All the information out there is pretty vague, and you don’t know where to start. The good news is, you’ve come to the right place. HIPAA for occupational therapy practices can be broken down into a handful of steps. Complete a security risk assessment and implement remediation plans Create HIPAA policies and procedures Train employees annually Sign business associate agreements with business associate vendors Implement incident response a

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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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Human-Centered Design to Create More Efficient Workflows for Clinicians

HealthIT Answers

The Tate Chronicles episode now on demand. Host Jim Tate talks to Marcus Perez, President at Altera Digital Health at HIMSS23 in Chicago. Altera is a global company that offers health IT designed to enable clinicians to spend more time with patients and less interacting with technology. The post Human-Centered Design to Create More Efficient Workflows for Clinicians appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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M&A: MultiPlan Acquires Benefits Science LLC for $160M

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: MultiPlan , a provider of data-enabled cost management, payment, and revenue integrity solutions for 700+ healthcare payors announced the acquisition of Benefits Science LLC (BST) for $160M in cash and stock. BST was founded in 2012 by a group of MIT-trained experts in data science, including Dimitris Bertsimas, Ph.D., who is recognized as an early pioneer in healthcare analytics and who serves as the company’s chief data scientist.

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Another Mega-Merger: Is It Different?

HealthIT Answers

By Matt Fisher - Announced merger of Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger through the creation of a new non-profit parent entity ostensibly focused on value based care. The merger, which is still only announced, will bring together two prominent players in the integrated network space. The post Another Mega-Merger: Is It Different? appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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New York to Implement Mandatory Reporting of Healthcare Transactions; Other States Weigh Similar Legislation

McGuire Wood

As 2023 legislative sessions wind down, many states are considering bills that would require pre-close review or approval of healthcare transactions by a state agency or attorney general’s office, including one that passed this week in New York. Although the details vary, these laws would join a growing list of statutes already in place that require pre-close notification of qualifying transactions involving large healthcare entities but also smaller physician and dental groups (or individual pr

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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.