HealthIT Answers
AUGUST 28, 2023
By Katie Brenneman - With health system executives investing more and more each year in AI, the global AI market in healthcare is expected to reach around $120 billion by 2028. Already, the innovations that are available that leverage AI are making a significant impact on the industry. The post Discover the Cutting Edge: The Impact of AI on Healthcare Security appeared first on Health IT Answers.
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 28, 2023
Telehealth options helped providers meet increased patient demand for mental healthcare services during the pandemic, according to a new report.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 28, 2023
Clínica Alemana Osorno, located in southern Chile, has introduced digital communication workflows that leverage connected care. Digital workflows are helping the clinic create a better patient experience, enhance workforce efficiency and increase access to care across its 46 medical specialties and four facilities. With more than 300,000 outpatient appointments per year, Clínica Alemana Osorno is one of the largest healthcare providers in southern Chile.
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 28, 2023
The ruling, which targets guidance related to the independent dispute resolution process, prompted the CMS to again pause all federal disputes.
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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 - Telehealth
AUGUST 28, 2023
The commitment to telehealth from CMS offers medical specialties the freedom to innovate and provide better and more equitable care, says Dr. Robert Murry, chief medical officer of NextGen Healthcare and a practicing family physician.
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 28, 2023
The insurer will offer ACA marketplace plans in two fewer states after announcing it would expand its presence on the exchanges last year.
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 28, 2023
Understand the financial and operational benefits of adopting a cloud-based healthcare data integration engine.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 28, 2023
Earlier this year, HCA Healthcare launched a pilot program that equipped 75 emergency room physicians at four hospitals with Google’s AI technology, utilizing an ongoing partnership with Google Clo | HCA Healthcare wants to spread generative AI tools beyond four hospitals in an initial pilot program, as well as incorporate Google's medical LLM.
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 28, 2023
Healthcare executives are more likely than those in other industries to label staffing shortages a business risk, according to a report from business services firm PwC.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 28, 2023
For something as important and as sensitive as healthcare, there are plenty of rules and regulations in place to protect both patients and organizations. However, with healthcare being ever-evolving our regulations are also ever evolving. This can make it extremely difficult to not only follow all of the ones in place today but to prepare our organizations for the upcoming regulations.
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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.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 28, 2023
Erica Jain, CEO and co-founder of Healthie Healthcare providers depend on comprehensive patient data to make fast, informed decisions. Unfortunately, our existing healthcare ecosystem has evolved into a collection of data silos that have, over the years, multiplied because of legacy healthcare systems that have stacked on top of one another. These silos of data were constructed around intentional business decisions to hold data, making it harder for new entrants – both EHR platforms and pr
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 28, 2023
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced< | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts tapped Paul Long to serve as the health plan’s chief consumer experience officer.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 28, 2023
Eyal Feldman is Founder & CEO of Stampli Is Accounts Payable the weakest link in your medical facility’s growth strategy? At first glance, the answer to that question may seem to be a resounding “no.” The standard playbook for success in the medical facility industry focuses on factors like identifying and delivering in-demand services, establishing a strong brand and building relationships with local hospitals and physicians to create a referral network.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 28, 2023
Rite Aid is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy within a few weeks to help restructure its debt and potentially halt ongoing lawsuits. | The bankruptcy would reportedly pause the many legal claims against the retailer and allow it to consolidate and resolve them in one place.
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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
AUGUST 28, 2023
Annmarie Ison, Head of Customer Service for the Oncology Software Solutions Business Line at Elekta The complex and dynamic landscape of multimodal cancer care is boosting demand for oncology-specific technological innovations. The need for elevated cancer care is steadily climbing, compelling software developers to create increasingly integrated and sophisticated solutions.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 28, 2023
L.A. Care Health Plan is investing $4.05 million in a street medicine initiative to expand access to care for unsheltered people. | Nine organizations offering street medicine services will each receive up to $500,000 from the health plan. The program aims to beef up street medicine teams serving LA, as well as to ensure people without stable housing do not drop off Medi-Cal amid Medicaid redeterminations.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 28, 2023
What You Should Know: – The Sequoia Project , an advocate for health information exchange and health IT interoperability , was chosen by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to continue as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). – The non-profit was awarded a five-year contract to continue the public-private engagement in support of a nationwide fr
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 28, 2023
Bon Secours Mercy Health took its ongoing spat with regional Elevance Health plans to the next level on Monday, filing suit against the insurer alleging that it owed more than $93 million in unpaid | Bon Secours Mercy Health took its ongoing spat with regional Elevance Health plans to the next level on Monday, filing suit against the insurer alleging that it owed more than $93 million in unpaid claims.
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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.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 28, 2023
What You Should Know: In recent years, the complex payer claims and administration market has seen several changes. Historically, payers have used multiple technology vendors and homegrown tools to meet their broad functionality needs. Now, payers are looking to consolidate platforms to improve efficiency and their ability to manage multiple business lines.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 28, 2023
As health plans drop costly GLP-1 drugs, controversially leaving people without access to potentially life-changing therapies, health companies are hoping to fill the marketplace void to provide be | Obesity impacts roughly 40% of Americans, but insurers are becoming less willing to cover weight loss drugs for the disease. Health companies are looking to bridge the gap.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 28, 2023
What You Should Know: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced the release of two new display models for the healthcare industry , engineered to enhance the patient experience. The HCU7030, available for hospital or healthcare environments , and the HCF8000, designed for both healthcare and hotel settings , bring an integrated pillow speaker interface, superior visuals with 4K resolution and peak HDR (High Dynamic Range) performance for a more comfortable and enjoyable user experience.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 28, 2023
Nationwide hospital finances hit a rough patch in July as reduced patient volumes, a bump in bad debt and charity care whittled operating margins. | Patient volumes, particularly in outpatient settings, saw a steep month-over-month decline while Medicaid redetermination appears to have sparked a bump in bad debt and charity care, per Kaufman Hall.
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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.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 28, 2023
What You Should Know: – Talkiatry announced that it has expanded its Child & Adolescent psychiatry services to 31 states, adding Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oregon, Alabama, and Louisiana, alongside 26 previously launched states. The five new states represent an under-18 population of 58 million. – Led by double board-certified, award-winning psychiatrist Dr.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 28, 2023
For the 61st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Josh Otten, Director of IT Solutions Engineering and Design and Architecture at Adventist Healthcare to dive into the world of IT infrastructure! We kick off this episode by talking about the biggest IT infrastructure challenges Otten has faced recently. Otten shares how he was able to approach these challenges and the benefits he has received in doing so.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 28, 2023
What You Should Know: In recent years, the complex payer claims and administration market has seen several changes. Historically, payers have used multiple technology vendors and homegrown tools to meet their broad functionality needs. Now, payers are looking to consolidate platforms to improve efficiency and their ability to manage multiple business lines.
HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 28, 2023
Ransomware groups have accelerated their attacks and are now spending less time inside victims’ networks before triggering file encryption, according to the 2023 Active Adversary Report from Sophos. The data for the report came from the first 6 months of 2023 and was gathered and analyzed by the Sophos X-Ops team. The median dwell time for ransomware groups fell from 9 days to 5 days in the first half of 2023, which the researchers believe is close to the limit of what is possible for hackers.
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.
Center for Health Insurance Reform
AUGUST 28, 2023
A massive coverage transition is underway for millions of people who have relied on Medicaid throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. After a three-year pause, states have begun disenrolling residents from Medicaid, leaving millions of people in need of new coverage. A secret shopper study conducted in June 2023 suggests that people losing Medicaid are facing aggressive marketing of limited benefit products.
HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 28, 2023
When determining if telling a story about a patient is a HIPAA violation, it is necessary to take into account who is telling the story, why the story is being told, and what information about the patient is revealed in the story. One of the objectives of the Privacy Rule is to protect patient privacy. The Privacy Rule tries to achieve this objective by stipulating which uses and disclosures of Protected Health Information (PHI) are permissible, which a patient should be given an opportunity to
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 28, 2023
FOLX Health (FOLX, pronounced “folks”) is the leading healthcare providers for the LGBTQIA community. Today they serve over 12,000 members. FOLX uses technology, like telehealth, that allows patients to access care when it is convenient for them and in a place where they feel comfortable and safe. Their use of technology and the personalized care they deliver has led to extremely high patient satisfaction scores and patient loyalty.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 28, 2023
In addition to the Nectar Allergy Center in New York, the company's offerings include a compounding pharmacy, lab testing facility and telehealth network of allergists.
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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.
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