Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
A whistleblower and the DOJ allege that UPMC’s longtime head of cardiothoracic surgery, James Luketich, regularly performed as many as three complex surgeries at the same time and didn’t participate in critical portions of his procedures.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. THE OPPORTUNITY The COVID-19 pandemic created an immediate opportunity for UPMC Central to rethink healthcare beyond the walls of the office setting.
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Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The health system said contract labor increased 37% compared to the prior year as admissions declined year over year, due to capacity constraints and longer patient stays.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Today, many hospitals rely on Wi-Fi and public cellular for connectivity even though the limits of current Wi-Fi solutions are being reached. The mandates of improving quality of care and lowering costs mean that hospital IT directors should consider deploying new, private 5G networks. Healthcare facilities can create their own private cellular networks to help achieve HIPAA compliance, provide high availability for healthcare’s critical applications and create control and prioritization f
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Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
COVID-19 activity declined significantly through the year, allowing the hospital operator to reduce labor vacancies and stop capping bed capacities at behavioral health hospitals, executives said.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
With the Veris Cancer Care Platform, cancer care teams at the New Jersey Cancer Care, PA can now review patients' physiologic and clinical data in real time and deliver personalized care. WHY IT MATTERS Today, NJCC and Veris Health, a subsidiary of New York-based PAVmed Digital Health, announced that the cloud-based clinician portal was successfully integrated into the oncology practice's information technology systems.
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Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Brian Setzer has been at Walmart since 2021 serving as Walmart Health’s chief financial officer. He joined Walmart after seven years at Highmark Health, where he worked a variety of operating and financial management positions.
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The following is a guest article by Tamara Badza is a manager at Inviggo. The Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed the healthcare industry, allowing for the collection and analysis of vast amounts of data to improve patient outcomes. According to a report by Vantage Market Research, the Global IoT in Healthcare Market is currently valued at USD 73.5 billion and is expected to grow to more than USD 190 billion by 2028.
Electronic Health Reporter
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jason Warrelmann, vice president global services and process industries, UiPath. FHIR, or Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, are quickly being adopted on a massive scale. While only 24% of healthcare companies currently utilize application programming […] The article 3 Ways Process Automation Can Help with FHIR Adoption appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Elation Health continues to expand its primary care offerings. The company recently announced the strategic acquisition of Lightning MD , a cloud-based medical billing and claims management company. The acquisition adds revenue cycle capabilities to Elation’s clinical-first EHR and Best in KLAS , virtual care platform. “Healthcare technology is rapidly evolving, particularly in the primary care sector where we have the greatest opportunity to improve patient outcomes and raise the st
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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.
Electronic Health Reporter
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Sameer Bhat, vice president of sales and co-founder, eClinicalWorks. How has the pandemic changed your view of healthcare? For many patients, they recognized that the services their doctor was providing them wasn’t good enough. […] The article The Role of EHR Platforms and Technology In Concierge Care appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
DenovAI will create an AI-powered platform to discover potential antibodies from scratch, then suggest which ones can be used as effective drugs.
HIPAA Journal
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
On February 1, 2023, the Department of Justice filed a proposed order on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission prohibiting GoodRx from sharing the health information of its users with third parties for advertising purposes, following an investigation by the FTC. The FTC alleged that GoodRx – doing business as GoodRx Gold, GoodRx Care, and Hey Doctor (GoodRx) – violated the FTC Act by engaging in unfair and deceptive trade practices by sharing the data of millions of users without their co
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Hospitals' margins ticked downward in January but are still better off than much of 2022 dmuoio Tue, 02/28/2023 - 15:07
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HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
What You Should Know: – Today, Walmart announced a three-year agreement with the nonprofit organization, CareSource to address cardiometabolic conditions and maternal health in under-resourced and underserved communities. – The partnership expands the work Walmart and CareSource are doing to help improve care around maternal and child health in Georgia – the two launched a pilot in Georgia earlier this year to help Black maternal health across the state.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Experts push to remove barriers for physician-owned hospitals fdiamond Tue, 02/28/2023 - 14:42
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Anne Kim, Co-Founder and CEO of Secure AI Labs (SAIL) Clinical research is only as good and thorough as the data that’s available — and we need to do a better job of making that data accessible for researchers. Unfortunately, the majority of clinical data is based on the same clinical sites and makes conclusions off a limited range of data points. Clinical trials often exclude minorities, rare disease subtypes and other underrepresented populations.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Digital health startup aims to gamify medication adherence to tackle heart disease aburky Tue, 02/28/2023 - 12:44
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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.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
What You Should Know: – Today, the AI-powered genetic testing and precision medicine company Tempus announced that it has signed a significant strategic agreement with Pfizer to more precisely gather insights that will inform novel drug discovery and development in oncology. – Through this collaboration, Pfizer has access to Tempus’ AI-enabled platform and its library of de-identified, multimodal data to uncover insights that will power therapeutic development in oncology. – Pf
HIPAA Journal
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has restructured its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and has created new divisions that will help improve the enforcement of HIPAA and civil rights laws and clear the current backlog of complaints and investigations. OCR is the main law enforcement agency of the HHS and is responsible for enforcing 55 civil rights, conscience, and privacy statutes, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Informa
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
What You Should Know: – Today, Unite Us — a software company enabling collaboration across sectors to improve the health and well-being of communities — announced a partnership with Metro Mommy Agency , a full-spectrum doula service provider to improve the quality of maternity care for Black women in Miami-Dade County. – Black women in Miami-Dade face maternal and infant mortality rates 168% higher than white and Hispanic women in the county.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Rock Health’s 2022 Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey also found non-video telehealth offerings have become more popular.
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HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
What You Should Know: – New KeyCare survey finds nearly 7 in 10 (68%) of consumers who needed minor but urgent medical services while traveling in the prior year received care via telehealth visits with their regular physicians or affiliated members of their physicians’ care teams, outpacing all other care-delivery options. – Results are based on a survey of 400 consumers who have previously scheduled and completed telehealth visits and have a commercial health insurance plan.
Becker's Health IT
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The FBI says healthcare suffered more ransomware attacks than any other industry in 2022, though the agency may have helped stop more, BankInfoSecurity reported
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
What You Should Know: – Stratasys Ltd. today announced they have signed another agreement with RICOH USA to provide on-demand 3D-printed anatomic models for clinical settings. – The demand for additive manufacturing within the healthcare industry is continuously growing, and according to Grandview Research, the global healthcare additive manufacturing market size was valued at USD 1.6 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 22.6% from 2022 to 203
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
'Podnosis': The financial trends revealed in Q4 earnings, and refocusing on patient safety in a post-COVID era tcarey Tue, 02/28/2023 - 14:54
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Digital Health News
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Patients with heart failure in the Teesside region can use remote monitoring tools as North Teeside implements Health Call’s Heart Failure@Home solution.
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Aledade notches another acquisition, adds 450 practices to growing network as the primary care market heats up hlandi Tue, 02/28/2023 - 11:14
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Insurers seeing highest margins in Medicare Advantage: KFF study pminemyer Tue, 02/28/2023 - 16:03
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