Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

By Jon Larsen and Sterling Johnson Addressing the opioid crisis cannot stop at providing better access to treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) , expanding and enhancing harm reduction efforts, and reimagining the role of law enforcement, as explored previously in this blog series. The response must go further to make treatment and harm reduction more effective, by acknowledging the opioid epidemic as a reflection of the conditions of the whole society , identifying those conditions, and addre

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

On the insurer’s earnings call, analysts peppered Centene with questions about its Medicare Advantage business until its CFO attempted to change the subject.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Mynd Immersive – a technology company that specializes in extended reality therapies for aging adults – will collaborate with VA Immersive, part of the VA's Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning, to address the psychological wellbeing of Vietnam veterans. WHY IT MATTERS The company said the three-year cooperative research and development agreement will enable the combination of advanced virtual reality technology with o

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The purchase comes as Dignity’s parent CommonSpirit Health has struggled financially, posting a $441 million operating loss in its first quarter.

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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?

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There are a variety of applications of ChatGPT and LLMs in healthcare, and various uses that have the potential to help or harm patients. Dr. Srinivasan Suresh, VP, CIO and CMIO at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, digs into these tools.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Connected care at-home technologies enable behavior change and empower individuals and clinicians to make informed decisions about healthcare treatment. By using them, providers can enhance patient engagement, allowing for personalized and proactive care management that drives better health outcomes and better care experiences. Moreover, these at-home and remote patient monitoring technologies can optimize resource utilization, streamline care delivery, reduce length of stays in the acute settin

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Centene posted $45 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2023, with its profitability for the full year growing notably compared to 2022. | Centene posted $45 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2023, with its profitability for the full year growing notably compared to 2022.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

What You Should Know: – TRIPP , the award-winning wellness company, announces its arrival on the highly anticipated Apple Vision Pro , redefining the boundaries of personalized well-being experiences. – The integration with Apple Vision Pro unlocks TRIPP’s most immersive and visually captivating journey yet, seamlessly blending awe-inspiring worldscapes with users’ surroundings through Apple Vision Pro’s groundbreaking spatial computing capabilities.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Several COVID-era flexibilities relied upon by opioid treatment programs and their hundreds of thousands of patients will become permanent later this year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Healt | The final rule allows some providers to prescribe medication for opioid use disorder like buprenorphine via telehealth without an initial in-person exam. It also allows them to dispense unsupervised, take-home doses of methadone to relatively stable patients.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Eric Zerneke, Chief Growth Officer at Zerigo Health What You Should Know: – Zerigo Health , a provider of digital home treatment solutions for chronic skin conditions like psoriasis and eczema, announced today the appointment of Eric Zerneke as its Chief Growth Officer. – With Zerneke’s leadership and expertise, Zerigo Health is poised for significant growth, expanding access to its transformative phototherapy solution and empowering more individuals to take control of their sk

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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.

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, retailers and other industry players look to expand their businesses and gain a competitive edge. | Missouri's $10 billion health system merger, Cardinal Health's $1.2 billion specialty care play and more merger and acquisition news from January.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Brings Total Raised to Over $42 Million Co-Founder of Nexus NeuroTech and Former Verily President of Medical Devices Jordi Parramon Joins as New Board Member Rune Labs , a precision neurology software and data company, today announced a strategic round of $12 million, increasing the total amount raised by the company to over $42 million. The round was led by new brain disorder fund, Nexus NeuroTech Ventures, with participation from existing investors, including Eclipse, DigiTx Partners, Moment

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Becker's Health IT

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

After taking its EHR offline after its servers were compromised, Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health has successfully brought its patient records system back online as of Feb. 5.

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MedTrainer

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

MedTrainer, an industry leader in healthcare compliance software, now offers 30 hours of continuing education (CE) approved by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). These courses combined with MedTrainer’s expansive CE course library , provide all recertification points for Certified Medical Assistants (AAMA) in one cloud-based platform.

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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.

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

David Minikin, General Manager at epocrates What You Should Know: – athenahealth, Inc. , a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and health systems, today announced the appointment of David Minkin as the new general manager of epocrates. – epocrates, an athenahealth company, delivers digital clinical decision support to over one million prescribers nationwide.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The new year is a time of personal growth and self-improvement. We all set out with a list of resolutions, determined to become the best versions of ourselves. While we are still in this mindset, let’s talk about how we can also improve as health IT leaders. Aristotle believed that in order to become a virtuous person, you must do virtuous things.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

What You Should Know: – GrandPad , the leading tablet specifically designed for seniors, announces a groundbreaking innovation: Grandie , the first-of-its-kind AI-powered virtual companion tailored to older adults. – The patent-pending technology aims to revolutionize the way seniors connect, engage, and enjoy the digital world, fostering meaningful interactions and personalized experiences.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Envision Radiology wanted more control over how healthcare information was shared so they could focus on delivering outstanding patient experience and outcomes. With DataFirst’s Silverback platform and close partnership, they achieved their goal. Here’s how. At the 2023 Annual RSNA Conference (RSNA23), Healthcare IT Today arranged for an exclusive interview with Beau Jones, President & CEO at DataFirst and Jeff Emery, CIO/CTO at Envision Radiology to learn more about their deep collaboration

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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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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

What You Should Know: – The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced they are joining forces to invest over $20 million in a groundbreaking initiative to improve health information technology (IT) adoption and capabilities in behavioral healthcare settings. – The strategic collaborative effort, aligned with the HHS Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration and the Pr

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Microsoft's invitation-only Pegasus Program provides mentoring services to help startups scale cloud-based tools and cloud resources.

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Digital Health News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A successful pilot programme to test pioneering new sensor equipment from health technology provider 2iC-Care has concluded in Wirral.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Healthcare technology company athenahealth announced a new general manager of the company's digital clinical decision support subsidiary epocrates.

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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.

Digital Health News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This briefing includes TidalSense developing AI-powered tech for COPD sufferers and Cyted receiving FDA clearance for its EndoSign cell collection device.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) unveiled what it’s calling its reproductive health care team in order to broaden the care options available to women. | Massachusetts Blues unveils a program featuring reproductive healthcare teams that the insurer says will guide women through every stage of pregnancy and well beyond.

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HealthIT Answers

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

NOW on demand, The Tate Chronicles with host Jim Tate and guest Michele Darnell, President and Chief Commercial Office at Secure Exchange Solutions. The topic is the current state of interoperability including gaps, challenges, and what lies ahead. The post What Lies Ahead in Interoperability? appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Startup Homeward is now a B Corp-certified company as it doubles down on its focus to improve rural health and expand its services to more patients. | As the company deepens its relationships with payers in Michigan and Minnesota to serve wider populations, achieving B Corp certification alongside its existing public benefit corporation status reinforces Homeward's commitment to the rural communities it works in, executives said.

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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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HealthIT Answers

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

By William Hersh, MD - When I was putting the finishing touches on the 4th edition of my textbook on information retrieval in the domain on biomedicine and health in 2020, I wondered whether the major problems in the field of IR were mostly solved. The post Whither Search? A New Perspective on the Impact of Generative AI on IR appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Digital Health News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Egress Group has acquired health data migration specialist Stalis to enhance its ability to offer complete, end-to-end data management expertise.

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Becker's Health IT

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

IT and phone systems were still down Feb. 6 at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, nearly a week after the organization took them offline to deal with a cybersecurity incident.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If the first HHS settlement of 2024 is any indication of what’s to come, it’s going to be an expensive year for violators of HIPAA. On February 6, 2024, Montefiore Medical Center reached a settlement with the HHS over potential HIPAA Security Rule violations. To close the investigation, Montefiore agreed to pay $4.75 million and submit to a corrective action plan.

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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.