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‘I don’t feel safe.’ Abortion bans add new uncertainty to fertility treatment

Healthcare Dive

State laws banning abortion could also impact people trying to conceive via in vitro fertilization and bring new legal risks for providers.

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Using Legal Preparedness to Minimize Liability Barriers to Accessing Pandemic Vaccine and Medical Countermeasures

Bill of Health

By Ana Ayala*, Anthony Brown, Emanuele Cesta, Katherine Ginsbach, Sam Halabi, Dawn Mapatano*. In a public health emergency, pharmaceutical manufacturers’ liability concerns can slow the deployment of urgently needed vaccines and other medical countermeasures (MCMs). Products used during public health emergencies raise unique issues either because of their novelty, scale and type of proposed use, or regulatory pathway.

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Hospital efforts to tackle social determinants of health stall, data shows

Healthcare Dive

The study of hospitals serving vulnerable patient populations said limited resources and workforce constraints may be stifling progress.

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Concerned About Your Unborn Baby? What You Need to Know About Genetic Anomalies

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. A genetic disorder is a medical condition that is brought on by changes in one’s genes or chromosomes. There are between 20,000 and 25,000 genes in every human body, and these genes determine which traits […]. The article Concerned About Your Unborn Baby?

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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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The future of healthcare is in proteomics

Healthcare Dive

Proteins can shed light on current health status and the likelihood of future severe health events.

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Misinformation, distrust and language barriers are hindering health equity

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Teladoc Health Appoints Laizer Kornwasser as President, Enterprise Growth & Global Markets

HIT Consultant

Laizer Kornwasser, President, Enterprise Growth & Global Markets at Teladoc Health. What You Should Know: – Teladoc Health announced that is has named Laizer Kornwasser as President, Enterprise Growth & Global Markets, effective October 24, 2022. As President, Laizer will be focused on further unlocking the revenue and growth potential of the company and optimizing performance across Teladoc’s four market channels: US Group Health, International, Hospitals and Health Systems, and

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WSJ: Cerebral to lay off about 20% of staff

Mobi Health News

A Cerebral spokesperson said the cuts were "focused specifically on realizing operational efficiencies while prioritizing clinical quality and safety across the organization.

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WELL Health to Acquire EMR, Billing and Clinical Assets from CloudMD

Healthcare IT Today

WELL Health is acquiring CloudMD’s Cloud Practice entity which includes OSCAR based Juno EMR or “Electronic Medical Record” and ClinicAid billing Software applications as well as three primary care clinics located in the province of British Columbia. The combined entities serve more than 2,500 healthcare practitioners across Canada and represent WELL’s entrance in the Alberta and Saskatchewan markets for its EMR and billing products. .

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Aidoc partners with Us2.ai on echocardiogram analysis tool

Mobi Health News

Aidoc will integrate Us2.ai's algorithm for analyzing echocardiograms into its proprietary operating system.

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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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Government Issues Warning to Healthcare Organizations About Daixin Team Extortion and Ransomware Attacks

HIPAA Journal

A relatively new data extortion and ransomware gang known as Daixin team is actively targeting U.S. healthcare organizations, prompting a warning from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Daixin Team first appeared on the radar in June 2022, with the group predominantly conducting data extortion and ransomware attacks on organizations in the health and public health sector (H

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Unified Women's Healthcare acquires menopause care platform Gennev

Mobi Health News

The acquisition will expand Unified's portfolio of women-focused companies to include menopause-relief offerings in all 50 states.

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The Misadventures of Ada: ICD-10 Cartoon, "When Pigs Fly (And Bite)" W55.41XA

Healthicity

Like many of us, Ada decided to take an Instagram-worthy trip to an apple farm.

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SEHA to pilot Lunit's AI radiology solutions

Mobi Health News

The proof of concept trial will include both Lunit's AI solutions for chest x-ray and mammography analyses.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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WakeMed Announces Meta Pixel-Related Breach Affecting 495,000 Patients

HIPAA Journal

WakeMed Health and Hospitals, a health system with multiple healthcare facilities in metropolitan Raleigh, NC, has recently notified around 495,000 patients that some of their protected health information may have been impermissibly disclosed to Meta/Facebook due to the use of Meta Pixel tracking code on its website. The privacy violation was announced by the health system on October 14, 2022, with WakeMed stating that the code was first added to its website and MyChart patient Portal in March 2

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4 ways remote work impacts cybersecurity

Becker's Health IT

Remote work is no longer just a COVID-19-era precaution; rather, it is a permanent option for the changing workforce. However, remote work presents new cybersecurity challenges. TechRadar compiled a list Oct. 24 of four ways that remote work impacts cybersecurity.

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Meta Facing Scrutiny Over Use of Meta Pixel Tracking Code on Hospital Websites

HIPAA Journal

Meta is facing further scrutiny of its privacy practices related to its Meta Pixel JavaScript code, which has been added to the websites and web applications of many U.S. hospitals to allow them to track user activity. Meta Pixel is a snippet of JavaScript code that can be used by website owners for tracking user activity through the use of cookies.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 42: Revenue Cycle Management with Donald McGruder

Healthcare IT Today

For the 42nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Donald McGruder, Chief Information and Revenue Integrity Officer at South Shore Hospital Chicago , at the HCP Conference. This time we’re diving into revenue cycle management (RCM). McGruder shares the topics and projects he’s keeping an eye out for. Then, we discuss his expanding risk surface when it comes to security.

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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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Neurology MIND Care PLLC Confirmed as HIPAA Compliant

HIPAA Journal

Neurology MIND Care PLLC, a private practice in Merrick, NY that specializes in cognitive behavioral neurology and dementia consultations, has recently been confirmed as having an effective HIPAA compliance program by Compliancy Group. The healthcare services provided by Neurology MIND Care naturally involve contact with patients’ identifiable protected health information, which requires compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its Privacy, Security, Br

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Some CHI Memorial systems restored weeks after CommonSpirit ransomware attack

Becker's Health IT

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CHI Memorial restored some EHR functions Oct. 21, more than two weeks after a ransomware attack shut down IT systems belonging to its parent company, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, a CHI Memorial spokesperson told Becker's.

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September 2022 Healthcare Breach Report

Compliancy Group

Each month, we review healthcare breaches posted on the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) online breach portal to determine the leading causes and how the incidents could have been prevented. The OCR publicly posts healthcare breaches that affected 500 or more individuals to ensure that all affected patients know their information could have been potentially compromised.

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Should I Get Another Booster? How Doctors Can Help Patients Navigate the Next Phase of COVID-19

HIT Consultant

Dr. Joe Nicholson, Chief Medical Officer at CareAllies. The general consensus is that COVID-19 in some form is here to stay. As people come to terms with this reality, primary care providers may be getting more questions from patients – especially older and immunocompromised ones – asking for advice on how to handle different situations. Should I get another booster?

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Signet Invests in LAXAI

McGuire Wood

Signet Healthcare Partners has completed a growth capital investment in LAXAI, according to a news release. LAXAI , with U.S. offices in Massachusetts and California, is an integrated contract research, development and manufacturing organization. Founded in 2007, the company’s solutions include drug discovery, chemical process research and development and manufacturing for pharmaceutical, biotech and specialty chemicals companies located throughout the world.

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JPMorgan Chase Launches 3 Advanced Primary Care Centers 

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Vera Whole Health announced a collaboration with Central Ohio Primary Care (COPC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to launch three new on-site advanced primary care centers across the company’s Columbus offices. – These new centers provide a full suite of comprehensive in-person and virtual health and wellness services for more than 20,000 JPMorgan Chase employees.

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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Health Populi

What happens to a health care ecosystem when the volume of patients and revenues they generate decline? Add to that scenario a growing consensus for a likely recession in 2023. How would that further impact the micro-economy of health care? A report from Trilliant on the 2022 Trends Shaping the Health Economy helps to inform our response to that question.

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Humana Taps Cohere Health to Streamline Prior Authorizations for Cardiovascular & Surgical Specialties

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Health insurer Humana has expanded its partnership with Cohere Health to streamline the prior authorization process for cardiovascular care and surgical specialties. Both these care pathways are clinically complex, involving multiple exchanges between primary care physicians and specialists, which can contribute to costly and unnecessary variations in care. – For surgical services, Humana staff will use the Cohere Unify™ platform to accelerate patient access t

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.

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Is Zoom HIPAA-Compliant?

HIPAA Vault

Zoom technology has helped connect people in unprecedented ways; but is it safe for healthcare?

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Unite Us to Power Arizona’s Social Determinants of Health Referral System

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Contexture , Arizona’s health information exchange (HIE), today announced that Unite Us will serve as the technology platform for CommunityCares , the statewide referral system designed to address social determinants of health (SDOH) needs in Arizona. – Unite Us is an enterprise technology company providing the digital infrastructure to power connected health and social care ecosystems.

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NHS launches online site finder for monkeypox vaccine

Digital Health News

A new site finder for the monkeypox vaccine has been rolled out online by the NHS to encourage more people to come forward who are eligible for the jab.

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Daixin Team targeting healthcare organizations with ransomware, US agencies warn

Becker's Health IT

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and HHS issued a joint warning Oct. 21 about ransomware group Daixin Team, which is targeting U.S. healthcare and public health organizations.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.