Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

by Abeer Malik Imagine: Overjoyed at your pregnancy, you eagerly track every milestone, logging daily habits and symptoms into a pregnancy app. Then tragedy strikes—a miscarriage. Amidst your grief, authorities knock at your door. They’ve been monitoring your digital data and now question your behavior during pregnancy, possibly building a case against you using your own information as evidence.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Tragically, no matter how good you are at your job or how long you’ve done the job, human error is simply unavoidable. Just as many songs have stated, no one is perfect – you have made mistakes at your job in the past and you are going to make some in the future. However, that doesn’t mean that we just give up on trying to prevent the mistakes.

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Digital Health News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

West Hertfordshire patients will benefit from robotic surgery which will speed up recovery and get people home faster after joint operations.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Trusted by Sutter Health, Carle Health, and Over 250 Sites, Ferrum Health is a Secure, Enterprise-Grade AI Platform Ferrum Health , software for deploying AI into health systems, announced today that it has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round led by Foundry, with participation from Catalyst by Wellstar, Headwaters Ventures, and UnitedHealthcare Accelerator.

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Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – OpenNotes , an advocate for healthcare transparency, and Abridge , an AI-powered clinical documentation platform, have joined forces to improve patient engagement and understanding through enhanced AI-generated visit summaries. – The collaboration, part of the new OpenNotes Lab at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) , will leverage patient feedback and AI to create more effective and accessible patient-facing documentation.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – Definition Health , a UK-based, clinician-led HealthTech innovator, has secured £5.75 million ($7.5 million USD) in pre-seed funding for surgical care with innovative predictive AI. This funding will further fuel the enhancement of its platform, designed to seamlessly integrate into healthcare systems, transforming surgical workflows. – By delivering personalized, data-driven care, Definition Health’s platform improves surgical efficiency, reduces complicatio

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The following is a guest article by Ismail Moola, Co-Founder and CEO at TimeSmart.AI According to Deloitte more than half (57%) of health system executives expect talent shortages and workforce challenges will impact their organization’s strategy in 2024. As clinical workforce demand continues to outpace supply, which has been exacerbated by increased turnover and physician burnout this is creating upward pressure on compensation.

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Compliancy Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

When you work in healthcare, you must comply with the most rigorous regulations that safeguard patient health and privacy, protect workers, and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse of federal funds. Anyone in this industry should know the healthcare compliance laws and regulations that guide how they do their jobs and provide quality care. Federal healthcare compliance involves following regulations that cover various aspects of healthcare delivery, including treatments, prescribing medications, main

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Happy Friday everyone! You made it through another extraordinary week. Hopefully you’re recovering from the Halloween candy hangover and your blood sugar is dropping to normal levels. I always charge a dad tax on my kids candy which means I have too much candy since I have 5 kids. Although, they often don’t want to give me their Butterfingers (queue Bart Simpson) and I end up with a bunch of Snickers.

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Speaker: Brian Richardson, Brian Richardson, Founder and CEO of Richardson Consulting Group

Let’s face it—most ethics and compliance training programs aren’t winning awards for engagement. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be effective, captivating, and maybe even enjoyable! Join learning design expert Brian Richardson for a dynamic session on how to breathe new life into your ethics and compliance training. We'll explore innovative strategies to bring traditionally dry topics to life, making them resonate with learners and drive tangible change.

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Hanys

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

CMS announced that a downstate sub-region of New York will participate in the third cohort of AHEAD. Participating hospitals will work to manage healthcare costs, enhance primary care and promote health equity through a cooperative funding agreement, hospital global budgets and primary care investments. The voluntary initiative's two-year pre-implementation period starts in January, followed by eight performance years.

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Digital Health News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Following the Autumn Budget, members of the Digital Health Networks Advisory Panels have shared their views on the NHS funding plans.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Everyone agrees primary care is crucial to a functioning healthcare ecosystem and to a healthy society. | Everyone agrees primary care is crucial, yet it isn't working as well as it should be. A panel of primary care executives considered the drawbacks of the traditional model and opportunities for the sector at HLTH last month.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Health care fraud remains a significant focus for federal and state enforcement agencies, with particular attention placed on the integrity of Medicaid and Medicare billing. The health care sector, and addiction treatment providers in particular, face heightened scrutiny due to the high volume of claims and the vulnerability of patient populations, particularly those in opioid addiction treatment programs.

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Digital Health News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Emergency departments in three hospitals across Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have deployed Alcidion’s Miya Emergency system.

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HealthIT Answers

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Looking for a conference to attend this Winter? Check out our Friday at Five this week as we bring you five events to consider: 2024 ASTP Annual Meeting, Sharing Health Data: Challenges to Solve – Lessons to be Learned, CES 2025, ViVE 2025, and AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference. The post Friday at Five – Check out these Winter Conferences appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ: EVGN, TASE: EVGN), a leading computational biology company aiming to revolutionize life-science-based product discovery and development, today announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to develop a cutting-edge foundation model for generative small molecule de novo design, propelling Evogene’s ChemPass AI tech-engine to new levels of innovation. – ChemPass AI is a computational technology platform that directs and accelerates the dis

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Hanys

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Nursing home back-to-basics series: Site visit readiness Nov. 4 and 18 Healthcare Middle Manager Virtual Training Nov. 5-6 Government relations update series Nov. 8 Age-Friendly Health Systems Action Community recruitment webinar Nov. 13 Fall 2024 HIM user group meeting Nov. 14 Post-acute and continuing care quarterly meeting Nov. 20 Latest updates on HIPAA, web tracking and state privacy laws Nov. 21 Surgical Value Incubator: Identifying high-value solutions to improve surgical care Nov.

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Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk

In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The funds will be used to scale partnerships with health plans, employers and community-based public health agencies across the country.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Tenet Health has sold 14 hospitals this year for more than $4.8B, according to its third-quarter earnings call. Tenet sold the following: 1) an interest in five Alabama hospitals to Orlando Health, 2) three hospitals in South Carolina to Novant Health, 3) four California hospitals to UCI Health, and 4) two California hospitals to Advent Health. The sale proceeds are being used to deleverage Tenet’s portfolio and to invest in USPI, Tenet’s ASC company.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

MedAware's AI-enabled platform allows pharmacists and clinical care personnel to intervene with medication dosages and therapy changes before potential harm occurs.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Health tech company Artera built new artificial intelligence products to help administrative staff communicate with patients faster while also easing their workload. | Health tech company Artera built new artificial intelligence products to help administrative staff communicate with patients faster while also easing their workload.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

Hanys

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Are you interested in implementing Age-Friendly care? Register for our Nov. 13 recruitment webinar to learn more about our Age-Friendly Action Community and how it will guide participating health systems to achieve IHI recognition.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Private equity firm Francisco Partners plans to buy medical software company AdvancedMD from Global Payments for $1.125 billion dollars, the companies announced Wednesday. | Private equity firm Francisco Partners plans to buy medical software company AdvancedMD from Global Payments for $1.125 billion dollars, the companies announced Wednesday.

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KFF

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This issue brief identifies options and issues for PEPFAR to consider should it institute a new co-financing policy to encourage increased domestic resource mobilization from countries.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

by Elena Caruso While the exact definition of self-managed abortion remains blurred , it currently tends to refer to the end of a pregnancy through the autonomous administration of pills outside of a public health facility. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends self-management for pregnancies under 12 weeks, using a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol (or misoprostol alone) and it includes both medications in its list of essential medicines.

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