Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Telehealth has undergone a transition from pandemic-era lifeline to convenient outlet for routine follow-ups, treatment of minor illnesses and mental health service.
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 3, 2023
By Alice Fox Technological artifacts do not exist in a vacuum: they bear the undeniable markings of human histories, politics, blind spots, and biases – for better and worse. Consider, for example, the video game: everything in a video game must be created, decided upon, and often negotiated in a dynamic and lively way. As I have written elsewhere , video games can directly embody and reproduce harmful stereotypes and misconceptions, while neatly packaging these dispositions as “the way th
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Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
In a letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the American Hospital Association said the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights rule regarding the use of online tracking tools is at odds with existing HIPAA rules and could cause meaningful harm to patients and public health. "Congress should urge OCR to withdraw the rule immediately," AHA said in its response to a request for information on data privacy and HIPAA.
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The health insurer expected to be offered a contract to manage the care of Medicaid seniors in a new long-term services and supports program, but wasn’t able to stand up a dual-eligible special needs plan in time.
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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
OCTOBER 3, 2023
A long and deeply-reported feature story in The Washington Post on Tuesday put a spotlight on the stark effect that an epidemic of chronic illness is taking on too many millions of Americans. "Forty years ago, small towns and rural regions were healthier for adults in the prime of life. The reverse is now true," according to the Post. "Urban death rates have declined sharply, while rates outside the country’s largest metro areas flattened and then rose.
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The nonprofit’s contract labor expenses continued to grow following “unprecedented highs” last year.
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Digital Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
A new report into cyber security has revealed that security budgets in healthcare businesses are under pressure, but help could come in the form of AI.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
When it comes to kidney disease, the numbers speak for themselves: 130,000 Americans are diagnosed with chronic kidney disease each year, and one in three adults is at risk of developing the diseas | Amidst these challenges, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed policies that will undermine the individuals they seek to serve – those living with kidney failure.
Digital Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS FT is preparing for the long-awaited go live of its new £450 million Epic electronic patient record (EPR) on Thursday 5 October.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers are poised to launch a strike Wednesday that organizers are describing as “the largest healthcare worker strike in U.S. history.” | A Tuesday statement from participating unions showed no signs of slowing down. The large nonprofit provider and insurer, which said it hopes for final-day deal, plans to keep hospitals and EDs open should the three-day demonstration become a reality.
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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
OCTOBER 3, 2023
What You Should Know: symplr®, a leader in enterprise healthcare operations software, has announced the findings of its second annual symplr Compass Survey. The research captured sentiments from CIOs/IT leaders, all members of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), and clinicians at top U.S. health systems assessing decision-maker’s views of the impact of technology on clinicians and patient care.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Insurtech Alignment Health is teaming up with grocery delivery company Instacart to roll out co-branded Medicare Advantage (MA) plans next year in 13 California and Nevada counties.
Electronic Health Reporter
OCTOBER 3, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. All businesses need to ensure that their customers are satisfied with their experience. But it’s especially important for healthcare businesses. After all, those customers are typically patients who have a strong emotional investment in the […] The article How Healthcare Businesses Can Better Serve Their Patients appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
I know several colleagues who, like me, trained to be doctors but they later pivoted to take on largely administrative roles working for health plans. | Health plans rely on their own guidelines, or those licensed from third parties, which have been designed to help them control costs. They do not always agree with guidelines that were designed to be used directly by healthcare professionals.
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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.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 3, 2023
So many topics to cover in healthcare but tragically so little time! We don’t even have the time or word count to cover it all in this article, so instead we will be focusing on healthcare interoperability. What isn’t being talked about enough when it comes to sharing health data? At the recent Civitas Conference, we took the time to ask various members of our talented Healthcare IT Today Community to see where their thoughts were on this subject.
Digital Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The Department of Health and Social Care said it will invest £30 million in innovative technology for the NHS to help cut waiting lists and speed diagnosis.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The Deal Helps Strengthen and Scale Avel eCare’s Acute and Post-Acute Care Telemedicine Services to Meet the Growing Demand for Hospitalist and Senior Care Support Amidst Challenges of Clinician Burnout and Staffing Shortages Avel eCare , the nation’s leading provider of clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services, today announced the acquisition of Fident Health, a Texas-based virtual hospitalist provider dedicated to delivering high-quality telemedicine care to rural and suburban communities.
Total HIPAA
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Culture takes shape in every type of organization, whether it’s a business or a sports team. This happens as certain behaviors become the norm, whether by design or by accident. Prosperous companies make deliberate choices about the qualities they want their team members to have, and they work on nurturing common attitudes and behaviors that align with their mission.
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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
OCTOBER 3, 2023
What You Should Know: Wolters Kluwer Health has launched AI Labs, a collaborative resource that brings the power of generative AI to UpToDate, its market leading clinical decision support (CDS) solution, helping medical professionals make more informed decisions. UpToDate is used by more than two million users at over 44,000 healthcare organizations in over 190 countries.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The following is a guest article by Yoni Lavi, Founder and CEO at Qtrac Few things should take priority over access to necessary medications, particularly prescriptions. However, managing your prescription medications at the pharmacy isn’t always easy. Staff shortages, constantly changing regulations, and growing demand make it difficult to keep up with optimizing procedures and protocols.
Digital Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Patients at North Tees NHS Foundation Trust can now use Health Call's patient engagement platform in the NHS App to manage their appointments.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The California-based company added a senior vice president of marketing and general manager of MapEnhance to its team and launched its new AI-enabled MapLab.
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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.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Violence in healthcare workplaces is a growing concern, with clinicians and other workers facing alarming rates of violence on the job. | Violence in healthcare workplaces is a growing concern, with clinicians and other workers facing alarming rates of violence on the job. In this week’s episode of “Podnosis,” Fierce Healthcare’s Anastassia Gliadkovskaya sits down with Andrea Mazzoccoli, Ph.D., the former chief nurse and quality officer for Bon Secours Mercy Health, to delve into the urgent need
Becker's Health IT
OCTOBER 3, 2023
University of California San Diego School of Medicine received a $9.5 million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to conduct health cybersecurity research.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Elation Health has long been known as an electronic health record provider, but the company has set its sights on being an "all-in-one" technology solution for primary care practices. | Elation Health has long been known as an electronic health record provider, but the company has set its sights on being an "all-in-one" technology solution for primary care practices.
Digital Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Leading healthcare operations technology provider Agilio Software has bolstered its patient engagement software offering with the acquisition of iatro.
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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.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
CellFE, a tech-enabled cell engineering platform, and Plenful, a workflow-automation platform for pharmacy operations, also garnered investment.
Digital Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
NerveCentre has been chosen to provide software for an Ireland-wide deal covering emergency departments and unscheduled care services.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
A 14-hospital system in Michigan said it is investigating reports that millions of its patients’ data “may be available on the dark web” following a security breach that reportedly affected its com | Though the 14-hospital organization said its systems remain operational, a ransomware group claimed to still have a backdoor into its system.
HealthIT Answers
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The Tate Chronicles episode NOW on demand. Host Jim Tate talks to Dr. Charles Bell of CereCore. His 40 years of experience in direct healthcare delivery and related technology gives him a unique perspective on the intersection of healthcare and technology. The post Building the Bridge Between Healthcare and Technology appeared first on Health IT Answers.
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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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