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Johns Hopkins, Emeritus launch program to train healthcare leaders

Healthcare Dive

Although industry analysts have focused on staffing shortages following the coronavirus pandemic, the program aims to address a gap in business skills for healthcare executives.

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Amazon Clinic may delay its nationwide telehealth launch

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Amazon Clinic, with subscription-based telehealth services in 33 states, appears to be holding off on a promotional campaign announcing its nationwide expansion that was reportedly planned to launch today because of a letter asking about the telemedicine platform's patient privacy protections from Senators Peter Welch, D-Vermont, and Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts.

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Masimo shareholders elect activist investor’s two board candidates

Healthcare Dive

The vote approving Politan Capital’s nominees is “a clear mandate from shareholders that significant change is needed at Masimo,” said newly elected director Quentin Koffey.

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TrueCare graduates half its home hypertension patients from RPM program, and counting

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

TrueCare is a community health center in the North San Diego and Riverside Counties area focused on providing quality healthcare to underserved communities. THE PROBLEM Because it is a community health center, it provides care to underserved communities, which often have a higher prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension, or high blood pressure. That increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, two of the leading causes of death in the country.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

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?

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AHA ramps up criticism of site-neutral legislation

Healthcare Dive

Site-neutral payments ignore key differences between hospital outpatient departments and physician offices, the hospital lobby argued this week in a new report and briefing on Capitol Hill.

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Epic, Nuance bring ambient listening, GPT4 tools to the exam room to help save doctors time

Fierce Healthcare

Microsoft and Nuance Communications are building on their long-standing partnerships with Epic to broaden the availability of generative AI tools for medical note-taking. | Microsoft-owned Nuance Communications is building on its long-standing partnership with Epic to broaden the availability of generative AI tools for medical note-taking.

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Meals for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries cut mortality, improve outcomes: study

Fierce Healthcare

Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries given home-delivered meals in the four weeks after being discharged from a hospital were not only less likely to be readmitted within 30 days, they were also l | Kaiser Permanente Southern California found that a meal delivery program for Medicare Ad-vantage beneficiaries cut mortality rates, and improved outcomes overall, according to a study in JAMA Health Forum.

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15-Year Employee Privacy Breach Discovered by Metro Health System

HIPAA Journal

Metro Health System in Cleveland, OH, has discovered an employee has accessed patient records without a valid work reason. The unauthorized access was discovered on April 27, 2023, and the subsequent investigation confirmed that patient records had been accessed without authorization at various times over the past 15 years. The earliest incident occurred in 2008.

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Walgreens slashes financial outlook, ramps up efforts to drive profitability in healthcare unit

Fierce Healthcare

Drugstore chain Walgreens reported third-quarter sales were up nearly 9% to reach $35.4 million, but the company slashed its profit outlook for the year as it faces lower consumer spending and a dr | Drugstore chain Walgreens reported third-quarter sales were up nearly 9% to reach $35.4 million, but the company slashed its profit outlook for the year as it faces lower consumer spending and a drop in COVID-19 tests and vaccines.

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Eko Health Launches AI-Enhanced Digital Stethoscope

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Eko Health today announced the launch of its next-generation AI-enhanced digital stethoscope, CORE 500™. Engineered to enhance diagnostic accuracy and early disease detection, the CORE 500™ combines artificial intelligence (AI) software, high-fidelity audio experience, full-color display, and 3-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) to deliver an essential patient assessment tool for healthcare professionals (HCPs).

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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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ibml Acquires Exela Technologies’ IntelliScan Smart Scanning Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

Acquisition Positions ibml as the Clear Leader in the High-Volume Digitization Market Imaging Business Machines LLC (ibml ) , a global market leader in high-volume, mission-critical digitization and intelligent document processing (IDP) solutions, today announced the acquisition of Exela Technologies ‘ IntelliScan Smart Scanning Solutions (Intelliscan).

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Augmedics Raises $82.5M for Augmented Reality Spine Surgery Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Augmedics , a Chicago-based provider of augmented reality (AR) surgical navigation raises $82.5M in Series D funding led by CPMG and adds Evidity Health Capital as a syndicate partner, with participation from current investors H.I.G. Capital, Revival Healthcare Capital, Almeda Ventures and others. The company’s revolutionary xvision Spine System® allows surgeons to see patients’ anatomy as if they have “x-ray vision” and accurately navigate instruments and implants during s

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Atlantic General Hospital Increases Ransomware Victim Count to Almost 140,000 Individuals

HIPAA Journal

In March 2023, Atlantic General Hospital notified the Maine Attorney General that it had fallen victim to a ransomware attack in which the protected health information of 30,704 individuals was exposed; however, the ransomware attack was far more extensive than was previously thought and the total has been upwardly revised to 136,981 individuals. The attack was detected on January 29, 2023, and the forensic investigation confirmed hackers had access to its network between January 20 and January

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Abbott & WeightWatchers Launches Type 2 Diabetes Connected App

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: During the ADA’s annual scientific sessions in San Diego on Saturday, Abbott and Weight Watchers unveils its new new connected app experience for people living with Type 2 diabetes. The connected app experience, which is available now for people living with Type 2 diabetes, syncs key glucose data from Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 2 continuous glucose monitoring system within the WeightWatchers app, allowing people to learn how food and activity impact their glucose levels.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

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.

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Industry Voices—The ethical, business imperative to serve LGBTQ+ customers

Fierce Healthcare

What should we take away from the controversy surrounding Bud Light’s marketing campaign featuring transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney? | We assert that healthcare organizations have an obligation to put members of the LGBTQ+ community at the heart of their business strategies.

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Connected Medical Devices—the Next Target for Ransomware Attacks

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Ryan Witt, Healthcare Cybersecurity Leader at Proofpoint The Internet of Medical Things, or IoMT, is a deep web of interconnected devices that increasingly plays a vital role in care delivery. Unfortunately, these devices have also significantly enhanced healthcare’s cyber risk, and security researchers have raised alarms about the vulnerabilities of these devices for more than a decade.

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How Clinical Decision Support Can Help Alleviate Provider Burnout

HIT Consultant

Jordan Messler, MD, SFHM, FACP, Chief Medical Officer with Glytec As health systems look to heal from two years of pandemic-related struggles and skyrocketing costs, new data reveals an even more troubling issue – disturbing levels of burnout across the entire healthcare ecosystem. New research from Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that 63% of physicians report at least one symptom of burnout, a drastic increase from 46% in 2011.

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Technology & RCM & AI, Oh My!

Healthcare IT Today

It seems as though every day we have some kind of new technology or a breakthrough in how technology can be used in healthcare. And with each new development, we open a door for new ways for that technology to be used and adapted. This then opens another door, and so on until we have an endless cycle of innovation in healthcare. So with all of these incredible innovations, let’s take a moment to narrow our field down to Revenue Cycle Management (RCM).

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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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New Initiative Examines Misuse of Race in Medical Research

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Doris Duke Foundation (DDF) announce the launch of Racial Equity in Clinical Equations , a new initiative to examine the misuse of race in medical research. The foundation will provide $10M in new grants that will document the impact on patients of existing algorithms with potential race misuse, provide vital data to inform new guidelines, and ultimately enable the medical research community to identify a framework to reconsider and potentially revise the mathematical model

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'Podnosis': Medicaid eligibility determinations, healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community

Fierce Healthcare

Dr. Ramon Jacobs-Shaw is chief clinical officer at Belong Health. | This week on "Podnosis," we talk about the role commercial insurers play in Medicaid eligibility determinations. Also under discussion is healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community.

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Hospitals’ Financial Performance Fails to Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Hospital finances showed signs of stabilizing in May, amid slightly improving operating margins, declining expenses and notable increases in outpatient visits, according to the latest National Hospital Flash Report from Kaufman Hall. The National Hospital Flash Report draws on data from more than 1,300 hospitals from Syntellis Performance Solutions.

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Cancer treatment patients get symptoms remotely monitored at home

Digital Health News

Patients undergoing chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatment are being offered a new remote care service that monitors their progress and helps them manage symptoms at home.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

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.

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Healthcare deals may slow under FTC proposal

Modern Healthcare

The Federal Trade Commission proposed, among other things, requiring merging parties to disclose minority investors to potentially weed out conflicts of interest.

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Interview: Wei Pan, Head of Engineering, Celo Health

HIPAA Journal

As part of our interview series, we spoke with Wei Pan, Head of Engineering at Celo Health. Celo Health is the developer of a HIPAA-compliant secure messaging platform that enables healthcare teams to collaborate seamlessly and securely on patient care. Wei Pan, Head of Engineering at Celo Health Tell the readers about your career in the healthcare industry I hold more than 15 years of experience in software development, specifically in the area of healthcare security.

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Eight in ten UK health orgs have had a security breach since 2021

Digital Health News

New research has revealed that nearly eight in 10 UK providers of frontline healthcare services have experienced at least one data breach since 2021.

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What is the Mission of OSHA?

HIPAA Journal

The mission of OSHA is to ensure safe and healthy working conditions for workers in the United States by setting and enforcing workplace safety and health standards, and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance to employers. OSHA fulfills its mission by: Developing workplace safety and health standards. Providing training programs and employer education.

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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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Leeds Teaching Hospitals deploys AI software for breast cancer care

Digital Health News

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is trialling new AI-powered software that can help identify positioning errors in mammograms to improve breast cancer care.

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Hospital operating margins tick up in May thanks to trimmed labor costs, returning volumes

Fierce Healthcare

Nationwide hospital operating margins inched upward again in May thanks to a combination of reduced labor expenses and higher revenues, particularly in outpatient settings, according to the latest | Nationwide hospital margins benefited from reduced per-patient expenses and increases in both inpatient and outpatient revenues, consulting firm Kaufman Hall found.

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Stork Club adds new fertility centers to its national network

Mobi Health News

The family-building company's members will have access to Neway Fertility in Manhattan and five Utah Fertility Centers in Utah and Idaho.

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New playbook arms employers with blueprint for navigating PBM relationships

Fierce Healthcare

Pharmacy benefit managers and their role in the drug supply chain have been under the microscope, and a new playbook aims to arm employers with strategies to strengthen their negotiating power. | Pharmacy benefit managers and their role in the drug supply chain have been under the microscope, and a new playbook aims to arm employers with strategies to strengthen their negotiating power.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

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.