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Insurer prices vary widely by U.S. region, study finds

Healthcare Dive

Humana charged higher rates for the same services in the Upper Midwest and Southeast compared to the Central U.S. and Florida, according to new research published in JAMA.

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How a payer-provider collaboration around quality reporting can reduce costs and improve patient outcomes

MRO Compliance

Too often today, relations between provider and payer organizations can become contentious around issues related to payment and quality of care. Yet such conflict does not serve patients well, because it deflects these organizations’ attention from their underlying shared purpose: To work together to deliver well-coordinated, cost-effective healthcare to patients.

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GE HealthCare’s imaging AI will become ‘increasingly meaningful’ to growth: Moody’s

Healthcare Dive

Even if modestly accretive, AI could support longer-term revenue targets at GE HealthCare and its competitors, Moody’s analysts wrote.

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HHS proposes info blocking 'disincentives' for hospitals, clinician groups, ACOs

Fierce Healthcare

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its plan to keep healthcare providers in line with data blocking requirements. | Providers determined to have committed information blocking would face changes to their status in certain Medicare programs, and subsequently a hit to program payments. Enforcement would begin once the proposed rule is finalized.

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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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NHS England has not yet proven its case on FDP

Digital Health News

With the award of the Federated Data Platform contract said to be delayed until mid-November, NHS England appears to be seeking to drum up support for it.

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Biden to sign sweeping executive order pursuing 'safe, secure and trustworthy' AI development

Fierce Healthcare

President Joe Biden is set to sign a sweeping executive order establishing new safety, security and equity standards for artificial intelligence, including its use within the healthcare industry.

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Why AI Can Potentially Revolutionize Breast Cancer Detection

HIT Consultant

Teri Thomas, CEO and Managing Director at Volpara Health Breast cancer awareness is essential for early detection, which is critical for improving survival rates and reducing the burden of this disease. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but education and awareness should not be limited to just one month of the year. A large portion of the global population will experience or be impacted by breast cancer; one in eight women will face a diagnosis in their lives, and this affects both them

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Healthcare AI Edition: Buy or Sell – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 126

Healthcare IT Today

For the 126th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are once again back with everyone’s favorite game: Buy or Sell, only this time we are doing a special AI edition! For anyone who’s new or would like a reminder, in these episodes, we select a list of topics and then debate whether we believe something will happen or will have an impact on health IT (ie. we ‘buy’ it) or if we don’t think it will happen or it’ll have no impact (ie. we ‘sell’ it)

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Rymedi Raises $9M for Blockchain-Secured Data Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Rymedi, a healthcare data exchange platform with advanced blockchain security, has announced a Series A totaling $9 million with plans to expand the reach of their platform. The round was co-led by RW3 Ventures and White Star Capital with participation from Blockchange Ventures , Avalanche’s Blizzard Fund, and strategic angel investors from the healthcare industry.

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“We need to proceed with caution” as AI develops says Dr Halliday

Digital Health News

President of The Royal College of Radiologists Dr Katherine Halliday has said that “we need to proceed with caution” as AI in healthcare develops.

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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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Weave Launches AI-Driven Voicemail Transcriptions for Healthcare Providers

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Weave , a leading all-in-one experience platform for small and medium-sized healthcare practices, today announces the addition of AI-driven voicemail transcriptions to its Phones offering. Now available to Weave’s 27,000+ customers, Voicemail Transcription will enhance Weave Phones by automatically transcribing voicemails from patients, allowing for efficient, visible, and private reading experiences of voicemails.

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Global Coalition on Aging, partners launch community health initiative to address CVD in Baltimore

Fierce Healthcare

The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) has teamed up with local leaders to launch a community health initiative in Baltimore focused on addressing cardiovascular disease. | Supported by Novartis, the program is focused on reducing health inequities through community-led programming including health education, healthy food and preventive cardiovascular screening.

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Harmonic Health Launches Dementia Care Delivery Solution

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Harmonic Health , announced the launch of its comprehensive, evidence-based, dementia care model that bridges gaps in care by bringing together advanced technology and an expert care team to partner with physician, to provide comprehensive care management and support patients and caregivers facing neurodegenerative diseases. Harmonic launched its initial services with Stoney Batter Family Medicine , a trusted family medical practice serving over 24,000 patients within the D

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WellSky Acquires Corridor, Expands Commitment to Offering Best-in-Class Coding, Revenue Cycle Management Services for Post-Acute Industry

Healthcare IT Today

The Combined Companies will Work Together to Bolster Providers’ Ability to Improve Financial Performance and Succeed in Value-Based Care Arrangements WellSky , a leading health and community care technology company, announced today that it has acquired Corridor , an end-to-end tech-enabled services platform designed for the post-acute care industry’s toughest challenges, from HealthEdge Investment Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm.

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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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NextGen’s Mirth Connect Vulnerability Could Compromise Health Data

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Mirth Connect , by NextGen HealthCare, an open source data integration platform widely used by healthcare companies has been reportedly vulnerable that would allow cyberattackers to gain access compromise sensitive healthcare data. – The vulnerability, CVE-2023-43208 discovered a few months ago by IHTeam reveals versions prior to 4.4.1 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability.

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Q&A: Moon Surgical's Maestro System and assisting in laparoscopic surgery

Mobi Health News

Anne Osdoit, CEO of Moon Surgical, discusses the company's commercial version of its surgical robotics system that recently assisted laparoscopic surgeons in France.

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HHS Proposes Rule to Establish Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for healthcare providers found by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) to have committed information blocking – when a provider knowingly and unreasonably interferes with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information except as required by law or covered by a regulatory exception. – The proposed rule release

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Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Health Populi

Clinicians’ feeling burnout is the top morale challenge facing U.S. doctors, driven by turnover and understaffing, compassion fatigue, and challenges using digital tools — think EHRs. T he 2023 BDO Clinician Experience Survey “takes on” clinician burnout, connecting the strategic dots between the clinician experience and the patient experience.

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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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M&A: Vizient Acquires Physician Preference Card Solution PrefTech OR

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Vizient acquires PrefTech OR , a next-generation, cloud-based preference card management (PCM) software that helps healthcare providers optimize their operating rooms to increase workflow efficiency, lower costs and improve patient care. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. – PrefTech OR continuously monitors preference card quality, automatically generates actionable guidance and identifies savings opportunities.

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Warning on AI and Data in mental health: ‘Patients are drowning’

Digital Health News

AI and Data innovators need to act now to prevent patient harm using digital tools to support mental health, said a speaker at Digital Health AI and Data.

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Midi Health expands women's care access in all 50 states

Mobi Health News

The California-based virtual women's healthcare company will be available to employers nationwide beginning January 2024.

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Generative AI masterclass: focus on problem-solving and be confident

Digital Health News

Generative AI has the ability to be transformational as long as both clinicians and entrepreneurs working in the space are focused on problem-solving.

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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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Upcoming MIPS Important Dates and Deadlines

HealthIT Answers

Deadlines: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would like to remind clinicians of important upcoming Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) dates and deadlines: The post Upcoming MIPS Important Dates and Deadlines appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

Digital Health News

Today's briefing reports that patients preparing for surgery in Hull can get on-demand VR resources and that an AI-powered lamp is reducing care home falls.

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Health IT Product News Report October 2023

HealthIT Answers

Health IT product news from Ochsner Health, Carium, Augmedix, SAIGroup, H1, CharmHealth, Fairtility, ATA, IMPACT, TruBridge, Rimidi, OM1, AdvancedMD, Komodo Health, Early Check, Objective Medical Systems and more. The post Health IT Product News Report October 2023 appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Accurx launches five-point plan for modern general practice access

Digital Health News

Accurx, the communications platform powering 98% of GP practices, announces today a commitment to help 1,000 GP surgeries tackle the 8am rush.

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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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Increasing Access to Robotic Surgery

HealthIT Answers

By Emily Newton - Research positions surgical robots as game-changing for patients and surgeons. The robots can handle highly precise procedures on delicate body parts. The technology is liked because it allows more accuracy with magnified images from inside a person’s body on high-definition screens. The post Increasing Access to Robotic Surgery appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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New £100M fund to use AI’s potential in life sciences and healthcare

Digital Health News

A new mission announced by the Prime Minister will accelerate the use of AI in life sciences to tackle the biggest health challenges of our generation.

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Tenet Healthcare beats on higher volumes, strong acuity, modest physician fee growth in Q3

Fierce Healthcare

Tenet Healthcare dual strategy of rapid ambulatory surgical center additions and a shift toward high-acuity hospital care capabilities paid off in the third quarter, with earnings from both sides o | Executives hailed their company's two-pronged strategy of ASC growth and high-acuity hospital service lines for volume and revenue growth. Meanwhile, Tenet stood out from its peers this earnings season with a 15% rise in professional fees that landed "in line" with the company's

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Sustainable population health requires getting “everyone in the same room” 

Digital Health News

Sustainable and inclusive population health requires a number of prerequisites, including good leadership and appropriate technology.

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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.