Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Dr. Eric Liederman, director of medical informatics for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, says good communications with patients about cybersecurity protection is essential – even as risks to protected health information are on the rise, from external bad actors and insider threats. Growing patient discomfort in sharing health information Beyond health system disruptions such as ransomware that can compromise patient data , cybercriminals are increasingly going after individual patients

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The company said the COVID-19 pandemic, rising labor costs and a “problematic” implementation of the No Surprises Act challenged its finances.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

By Aziza Ahmed On August 21, 2023, the 11 th Circuit issued a decision that allowed a ban on transgender care to go into effect in Alabama. The Alabama ban, formally called the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act , is one of the most extreme of the many bans on gender affirming care. The law defines sex as the “biological state of being female or male, based on sex organs, chromosomes and endogenous hormone profiles…genetically encoded into a person at the moment of conception

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MRO Compliance

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

​I recently sat down with MRO’s chief product officer, Mo Weitnauer, on our podcast show Follow the Medical Record. Mo and I discussed the world of clinical data exchange and its crucial role within the healthcare industry. We then chatted about the need for payers and providers to work together in order to improve patient experience, and more broadly, requester experience.

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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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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The PE firm and its anesthesia network rolled up multiple physician practices over the past decade decade, creating a dominant provider and charging Texans “tens of millions of dollars” more each year for anesthesia services, regulators allege.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Federal regulators have accused a major Texas-based anesthesia provider and its parent private equity firm of a decade-long, three-pronged scheme to suppress competition and drive-up prices. | U.S. Anesthesia Partners and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, its private equity backer, have "cost Texans tens of millions of dollars more each year" by suppressing competition over the course of a decade, the regulator alleges.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Despite a recent leadership shakeup and sub-par third quarter financial results, Walgreens’ executives maintain that its transformation from a retail store to a full-blown healthcare company is the | Walgreens execs gave reporters a peek behind the curtain at its Chicago primary care office and micro-fulfillment center. Here's what we learned.

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

AphA have written to NHSE CEO Amanda Pritchard to raise concerns about the omission of any mention of data and analytics in the latest Workforce Strategy.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Artificial intelligence soared to the top spot in an annual survey that measures what emerging technology excites hospital executives as having the potential to transform the industry. | Hospital executives in a new survey called AI the most exciting emerging technology, while patient care replaced patient access as to what respondents most want technology to tackle.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Bethany Holmes, Head of Hint Connect at Hint Health While the Great Resignation may be ending, the Great Retention is in full swing. During the pandemic, Americans got comfortable with the flexibility workplaces provided – not just in terms of working remotely, but in flexible and convenient benefits as well. While employees are quitting less than the historic high recorded in 2022, employees are demanding better benefits from their employers.

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Adopting PRSB’s information standard to support person-centred care planning would be a ‘pragmatic’ step in the right direction for trusts, integrated care systems and suppliers.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

TeleVox , the industry-leading provider of omnichannel digital patient engagement technology, has acquired the Odeza patient engagement business from Ensemble Health Partners (Ensemble) , the leading revenue cycle management company for hospitals, health systems, and physician practices. Additionally, TeleVox and Ensemble will make TeleVox’s technology available to Ensemble’s customers, offering healthcare providers a comprehensive solution from patient acquisition to discharge and beyond.

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Oracle Health last week promised to deliver new next generation EHR features following its acquisitio of Cerner health and rebranding as Oracle Health.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

CommonSpirit Health announced this week the launch of a value-based care platform that will spread and support best practices learned during recent years across the Catholic giant’s 24-state footpr | Called Population Health Services Organization, the platform will leverage the nonprofit health system's scale and recent learnings to bolster networks across its 24-state footprint, execs say.

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Advertiser: Evisort

The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Narinder Singh, co-founder and CEO at LookDeep Health The potential of AI in clinical settings is clear, yet adoption of the technology continues to lag. Despite the myriad ways it can alleviate the burden placed on healthcare professionals, there is still significant staff skepticism to embrace AI. Narinder Singh, co-founder and CEO at LookDeep Health , believes that this reluctance and skepticism is a result of ambiguity over what AI even means.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Will O’Connor, M.D., chief medical information officer, TigerConnect When the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that COVID-19 was no longer a global pandemic, everyone breathed a maskless sigh of relief and tried to put […] The article The Crucial Link: How Nurses and Patients Benefit from Enhanced Clinical Communication appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Generative AI has the potential to play a “transformational” role in the evolution of healthcare, but a regulatory framework is essential.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The following is a guest article by Byron Crowe, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Solera Demand for mental services has never been higher, and an ongoing shortage of psychiatrists and psychologists is preventing millions of Americans from timely access to mental health services. And the timing couldn’t be worse — findings from Solera Health’s recent Mental Health Index , a nationally representative survey of over 3,000 U.S. adults, found that 42% of Americans continue to be bothered by symptoms of a

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Advertiser: Celo

In this ebook, you will learn about the 18 PHI indicators, the legal requirements and penalties surrounding PHI, and how your healthcare teams should securely exchange this data. Key takeaways from this ebook: Gain confidence in identifying PHI. Acquire practical implementation strategies for exchanging PHI within your organization. Emphasize the importance of using compliant communication tools within healthcare teams.

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

What You Should Know: Metriport , the company on a mission to provide instant and efficient access to comprehensive patient medical data, is launching its Medical API—the world’s only open-source, single API platform—to retrieve patient clinical histories from all major electronic health records (EHR) systems. With an innovative engineering approach, Metriport delivers a wealth of enterprise-grade patient information to organizations ranging from very large healthcare providers to the new, small

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Oracle Health last week promised to deliver new next generation EHR features following its acquisitio of Cerner health and rebranding as Oracle Health.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

What You Should Know: Virtual sitting and virtual nursing solutions are receiving attention from healthcare organizations. Although the use of virtual nursing especially is not yet widespread, and although both use cases often require a significant up-front investment in equipment, organizations are interested in their potential to improve patient outcomes, alleviate staffing shortages, and reduce costs.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Postmenopausal patients can get a prescription for ASCEND Therapeutics' EstroGel by scheduling an appointment with a LifeMD provider through the pharma brand's website.

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Advertiser: Evisort

Evaluating and selecting the right contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform can be complicated. However, by getting the right people involved, prioritizing your business needs, and testing your technology options, you can make it easier.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This policy watch provides an overview of the current debate and key questions related to abortion surrounding the fourth reauthorization of PEPFAR.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Ophelia, a provider of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, is joining forces with Vori Health, a musculoskeletal (MSK) and orthopedic care provider, to help patients manage pain in an opioid-free | Vori will refer patients to Ophelia for opioid use disorder treatment, while Ophelia will refer patients to Vori for opioid-free musculoskeletal pain management.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Salt Lake City-based Select Health and its pharmacy benefits manager Scripius will be one of the first health plans in the U.S. to provide member access to Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, meaning members will have direct access to the prescription drug service.

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Medical Gas Compliance

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Keeping your medical gas systems operating properly isn't the only challenge that affects patient safety. It is about time that these formerly Hospital Acquired Infection or Hospital Associated Infections were seriously attacked. In recent years, these infections have been responsible for 270,000 deaths and cause an estimated 1.7 million illnesses in the United States per year.

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Advertiser: Abyde

85% of practices are not complying with the government’s HIPAA standards. The large majority of practices are likely trying to protect patients’ information, but they may not be doing all that they need to meet government requirements. Not complying with HIPAA has definite drawbacks, with one major one being massive fines. The government can fine up to 1.5 million dollars for a single HIPAA breach incident - an amount that would put most small practices out of business.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As states continue to work through the yearslong backlog of Medicaid eligibility determinations, procedural coverage losses remain a major concern. | As states continue to work through the yearslong backlog of Medicaid eligibility determinations, procedural coverage losses remain a major concern.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The company will use the funds to expand internationally, initially focused on the Japanese and Brazilian markets.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

What You Should Know: Suki, the leader in voice artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare, and MEDITECH , a leading electronic health record vendor, announced today a partnership to bring the power of Suki’s ambient listening and generative AI to MEDITECH users. Suki will integrate its flagship product, Suki Assistant, into MEDITECH Expanse, the industry’s first EHR designed for the native web.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

One of the biggest networks for sharing health data in the country is CommonWell Health Alliance. After some changes in the industry and some acquisitions, CommonWell was in need of a new technical service provider to continue their interoperability work and to finish their work to become a QHIN under TEFCA. After a thorough evaluation process, CommonWell just announced the selection of ELLKAY as their new technical service provider.

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Advertiser: Evisort

In The Forrester Wave™ Contract Lifecycle Management, Q3 2023, Evisort has debuted as a Strong Performer.