Fri.Jan 06, 2023

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FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug from Eisai, Biogen in closely watched decision

Healthcare Dive

The agency’s approval comes months after a large clinical trial showed the drug, called Leqembi, could slow the disease’s progression. Yet experts have raised concerns about its safety.

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Could the EU's decision against Meta affect data privacy policies in the U.S.?

Healthcare It News

Facebook parent company Meta this week was fined 390 million euros, or more than $414 million, by European Union regulators in a major decision around its online ad targeting and privacy policies. It's one of the more significant findings so far under EU's General Data Protection Regulation – and could potentially have implications for how the company operates in the U.S.

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New York nurses reach deals with some hospitals, others still plan strike

Healthcare Dive

Thousands of nurses across eight hospitals initially intended to begin an open-ended strike on Monday. Three hospitals have averted strikes after reaching tentative agreements.

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Comprehensive IAM helping boost patient access in Florida

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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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Feds propose ban on noncompetes

Healthcare Dive

In the historic proposal, the FTC said noncompetes harm competition, suppress labor mobility and reduce wages even for those not bound by the agreements.

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Why the digital health user experience is key to senior uptake

Mobi Health News

Digital health can help seniors age in place, but companies should consider usability and accessibility for their devices to succeed with the population, said panelists at CES 2023.

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New Ways To Close the Health Equities Gap

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Karen Conway, vice president of healthcare value, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX). The cost of healthcare disparities has been long and deeply felt by patients and their families, but it wasn’t until the high rates […]. The article New Ways To Close the Health Equities Gap appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Oak Street names first chief wellness officer

Healthcare Dive

Deb Edberg has been a practicing physician with Oak Street since 2019.

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Technology Will Make The Care Team Evolution Possible In 2023

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Frank Harvey, CEO, Surescripts. Healthcare faces daunting challenges and uncertainty as we look to the future. But we know one thing to be true: passionate advocates across the industry are working each day to […]. The article Technology Will Make The Care Team Evolution Possible In 2023 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Carbon Health announces another round of layoffs, corporate restructuring amid challenging market conditions

Fierce Healthcare

Carbon Health announces another round of layoffs, corporate restructuring amid challenging market conditions. hlandi. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 20:01.

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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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liberDi receives FDA 510(k) for its digital dialysis clinic

Mobi Health News

The company’s Intelligent Dialysis Assistant allows patients to undergo dialysis outside a clinic while being remotely supervised by a healthcare professional.

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The Heart Health Continuum at #CES2023 – From Prevention and Monitoring to Healthy Eating and Sleep

Health Populi

“Are we losing the battle against heart disease?” asks the lead article featured in the January 2023 issue of the AARP Bulletin. “Despite breathtaking medical advancements since President Harry Truman declared war on heart disease 75 years ago, researchers have observed a disturbing trend that started in 2009: America’s death rate from heart-related conditions is climbing again,” the detailed essay explains.

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Researchers crawled search engines and searched the dark web to find out the true extent of healthcare ransomware attacks

Fierce Healthcare

Researchers crawled search engines and searched the dark web to find out the true extent of healthcare ransomware attacks. aburky. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 13:25.

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Virtual Reality to Improve Kidney Education to Dialysis Patients in Rural Mississippi

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Fresenius Medical Care North America was awarded more than $130k grant from the Mississippi Department of Health’s Office of Rural Health and Primary Care to provide local dialysis patients the opportunity to virtually experience a day-in-the-life of a home dialysis patient – helping them to better understand what this form of treatment entails. – The grant allows FKC to provide its dialysis centers in Mississippi with virtual reality headsets and initi

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Delivering Value-Based Care in 2023

HealthIT Answers

Will primary care models get us closer to value-based care? Will telehealth continue to expand? More predictions on how value-based care will look in 2023. The post Delivering Value-Based Care in 2023 appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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How FTC's noncompete agreements rule could impact healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

How FTC's noncompete agreements rule could impact healthcare. fdiamond. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 15:55.

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Real-World Data Startup Crescendo Health Launches with $3.2M

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Crescendo Health , a real-world data startup that’s drastically reshaping how clinical researchers get access to hard-to-reach patient data to support their clinical research today officially announced its launch with $3.4M in seed funding from Define Ventures as well as the founders and CEOs of many other well-known organizations. – Founded by the co-founder of Datavant ( merged with Ciox in a $7 billion deal), and a top product-management leader from G

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Compliance Carl Deals with the Eternal Compliance Question

Healthicity

It’s a question that must come at some point in every compliance professional’s career , and today it came for Carl. It seems simple enough – you send out company-wide annual compliance training and before it even has a chance to hit every inbox, your phone rings. Your chat notification dings.

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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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JPM23, Day 1: CVS Health backs $25M investment in Array Behavioral Care

Fierce Healthcare

JPM23, Day 1: CVS Health backs $25M investment in Array Behavioral Care. hlandi. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 16:50.

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CommonSpirit Health Facing Class Action Lawsuit over Ransomware Attack and Data Breach

HIPAA Journal

The Chicago, IL-based health system, CommonSpirit Health, is facing a class action lawsuit over its October 2022 ransomware attack. Malicious actors gained access to its IT systems on September 16, 2022, and deployed ransomware on October 2, 2022. The attack forced the shutdown of its electronic medical record system and caused considerable disruption over several weeks, with the catholic health system having to cancel many appointments.

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Industry Voices—Pushing toward a new standard in kidney care

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—Pushing toward a new standard in kidney care. pminemyer. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 11:13.

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Navigator Guide FAQs of the Week: Comparing Plans

Center for Health Insurance Reform

Open Enrollment is drawing to a close; in most states, consumers only have until January 15 to sign up for a 2023 marketplace plan. To help with last-minute shopping for health insurance, this week's set of FAQs from our Navigator Resource Guide focuses on comparing plan options. Continue reading → The post Navigator Guide FAQs of the Week: Comparing Plans appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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HPH Sector Warned About Clop Ransomware-as-a-Service Operation

HIPAA Journal

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has shared information on the Clop (Cl0p) ransomware-as-a-service operation, the affiliates of which are known to conduct attacks on the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector. Clop ransomware was first detected in February 2019 and is the successor to CryptoMix ransomware. The group is highly active and was apparently unaffected by the arrest of six operators of the ransomware in 2021, with activity continuing despite the arrests.

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NHS App to gain new features and functionality in 2023

Digital Health News

The NHS App is to gain new functionality to help patients take more control of their healthcare, including booking flu jabs and GP communication.

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Washington Attorney General Sues Plastic Surgery Provider for HIPAA Violations and Falsely Inflating Online Ratings

HIPAA Journal

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing a plastic surgery provider for falsely inflating online ratings, bribing, and threatening patients, and alleges the actions of the practice violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against the Seattle plastic surgery clinic Allure Esthetic and its owner Dr.

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GE HealthCare hires Kass-Hout as first CTO and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Dr. Taha Kass-Hout joins the newly spun-out company from Amazon Web Services.

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.

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Corporate Investors in Primary Care — Profits, Progress, and Pitfalls

NEJM

Recent multibillion-dollar acquisitions by Amazon and CVS reflect a trend toward corporate investment in primary care, which could threaten equitable access to care, raise costs, and reduce physicians’ clinical autonomy.

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Elevance Health rolls out a nutrition tracker in its Sydney member app

Fierce Healthcare

Elevance Health rolls out a nutrition tracker in its Sydney member app. pminemyer. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 15:38.

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Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our communities predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.

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Healthcare adds 55K jobs in December, totaling 580K new roles since 2021, federal data shows

Fierce Healthcare

Healthcare adds 55K jobs in December, totaling 580K new roles since 2021, federal data shows. dmuoio. Fri, 01/06/2023 - 13:43.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.