HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Biden Administration is considering new rulemaking to update HIPAA to better protect reproductive health information, following the Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which removed the federal right to abortion and left it to individual states to decide on the legality of abortions for state residents. Currently, at least 24 U.S. states have implemented bans on abortions or are likely to do so, with 12 states already having a near-total ban.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The HHS Office for Civil Rights is facing a “severe strain” on its staff and budget amid rising breaches and complaints, according to the agency’s annual report to Congress.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Developed using OpenAI's ChatGPT and trained on healthcare-specific prose, the online DocsGPT offers doctors a chance to test and weigh in on AI-powered product development. Testing AI for workflow 'scut' OpenAI developed ChatGPT, which launched in November as a prototype, using multiple learning methodologies. Human trainers, in collaboration with Microsoft on Azure's supercomputing infrastructure, created reward models to improve its performance.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

About 64% of adults in a Medicaid-enrolled family said they did not know they may lose coverage once pandemic-era policy ends and eligibility checks resume on April 1, a survey from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

By John Culhane The United States Supreme Court poses a serious threat to public health, but not because the majority of the justices are necessarily opposed to laws and policies designed to protect and further public health and safety. The problem, rather, is the justices’ commitment to other projects that they deem more central to their anti-administration and pro-religion ideology.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Short-term plan operators will likely ramp up their marketing in April to nab new consumers from the Medicaid churn, but health policy experts largely aren't concerned.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

BroadbandOhio, a division of the Ohio Department of Development, selected OCHIN as its statewide telehealth administrator to help expand healthcare services for Ohio’s K-12 students. WHY IT MATTERS The new initiative aims to help administrators in at least 10 districts implement school telehealth programs. BroadbandOhio plans to establish a steering committee with other state agencies to oversee OCHIN’s efforts, according to the announcement.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. AGS Health, a leading provider for tech-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions and strategic growth partner to healthcare providers across the U.S., announces the acquisition of the India-based patient access outsourcing business unit of the […] The article AGS Acquires Offshore Patient Access BPO Unit From Availity appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

According to a review of studies published in the Lancet Digital Health, "a real risk of reidentification exists" when sharing data from wearable devices.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

What You Should Know: – Nebraska-based Bluestem Health today announced it has launched an AI-based virtual medical assistant powered by Mediktor. This is available for both established and non-established patients to efficiently assess their symptoms online and direct them to the appropriate level of care. – Mediktor combines AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning technologies for the first clinically validated digital medical assistant, proven in clinical trials

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Becker's Health IT

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In 2022, the number of patient records breached increased by 18 percent compared to 2021 to 59.7 million, according to a new report from healthcare analytics company Protenus Breach Barometer.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

What You Should Know: – Indegene , a digital-first, life sciences commercialization company launches metaverse capabilities to support life sciences organizations with a variety of use cases, including health care provider (HCP) interactions, HCP education, and patient education. – Indegene’s domain expertise will provide life sciences organizations a foundation for navigating the complexity of this emerging technology and the flexibility to create tailored virtual worlds.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Office for Civil Rights brings 2 reports to Congress regarding state of HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity aburky Tue, 02/21/2023 - 14:54

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

What You Should Know: – Vysioneer , a provider of applied AI for Oncology, today announced a data-sharing agreement with Pfizer , a global leader in pharmaceuticals. The agreement aims to lay the foundation for the application of AI in oncology clinical trials. As part of the agreement, Vysioneer gains access to one of Pfizer’s oncology clinical trial datasets to apply Vysioneer’s advanced machine-learning techniques to facilitate the drug efficacy assessment process, thereby a

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

What You Should Know: – Ascensia Diabetes Care , a global diabetes care company announces a landmark global collaboration with SNAQ , an award-winning app-based solution that offers key insights on food and nutrition for people with diabetes (PWDs). – As part of the strategic collaboration, Ascensia and SNAQ will integrate their solutions to empower more PWDs to make impactful mealtime decisions, with a goal to improve diabetes management.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

CMS: Tighter price transparency enforcement, standardized requirements for hospitals are on the horizon dmuoio Tue, 02/21/2023 - 15:15

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

What You Should Know: – AGS Health , a provider for tech-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions announces the acquisition of the India-based patient access outsourcing business unit of the Florida-based healthcare technology company Availity. – With more than half of U.S. hospitals anticipating a year of negative margins, achieving full and accurate reimbursement for services has never been more critical.

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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.

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Becker's Health IT

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Medical Center is facing a lawsuit for a December ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information of 671,000 patients, nj.com reported Feb. 20.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Freehold Township, NJ-based CentraState Healthcare System has recently confirmed that its network was compromised by unauthorized individuals in December 2022. Unusual activity was detected within its computer systems on December 29, and immediate action was taken to isolate the network and block unauthorized access. CentraState has been working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and independent cybersecurity experts to investigate the breach and has determined that the unauthorized party

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Diathrive Health users will have access to Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company's low-cost diabetes medication and testing supplies.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Program promises to take a team approach to tackling severe kidney disease fdiamond Tue, 02/21/2023 - 09:48

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The following is a guest article by John Gaede, Director of Information Systems at Sky Lakes Medical Center. Imagine a rural business is the victim of a cyberattack. A nefarious person or group convinces an unsuspecting employee to open an email promising a bonus. Within 12 hours, every piece of technology connected to that network, and every process needed to conduct daily operations, is paralyzed.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Senators urge CMS to rethink narrow Medicare coverage for Alzheimer's drugs pminemyer Tue, 02/21/2023 - 16:17

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

With a dedicated focus on hearing care, the funding will strengthen Tuned’s ability to bridge the gap between audiologists and the general public as a key employee benefit Tuned , a digital hearing health company focused on providing hearing care for all, today announced that it raised $3.5 million in funding led by Distributed Ventures with participation from Idealab NY and Elements Health Ventures.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) in Pennsylvania has confirmed that it is dealing with a ransomware attack that was detected on February 6, 2023. An announcement was made on Monday confirming the Russian-speaking ransomware gang, BlackCat, was behind the attack and demanded a ransom, but no payment was made. Brian A. Nester, LVHN President and CEO, said the attack has not affected its operations and care continues to be provided to patients.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Over one in three U.S. consumers use a health app or wearable technology device to track some aspect of their health. “The public’s use of health apps and wearables has increased in recent years but digital health still has room to grow,” a new poll from Morning Consul t asserts, published today. Among digital health tech users, most check into them at least once every day in the past month.

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Digital Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The BEACH building at the Royal Bournemouth hospital has selected Ascom to provide its healthcare communications technology.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The company also announced it added over 450 primary care practices to its nationwide network for 2023.

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Digital Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has revealed how the use of innovative technology is helping staff spend more time with patients.

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