Health Populi

MARCH 29, 2023

The U.S. spends more on health care than any other nation in the world. Yet Americans’ health outcomes rank relatively low compared with other wealthy peer nations on Planet Earth, manifesting a low return-on-investment for this huge financial spend. Nowhere is this more evident than in America’s place in equity compared with nine countries, shown in the graph on health care system performance from The Commonwealth Fund’s perennial study, Mirror, Mirror – the latest versi

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2023

Epic's plan for the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition next month is to showcase all the ways the company is helping health systems and other care providers, says Erika Koch, project manager on the company's events team. In paying homage to its Wisconsin campus in the booth – including some of its artwork and penchant for fireplaces and cozy seating – the goal is to welcome any and all to not only learn about the latest product innovations, but to come and t

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 29, 2023

The groups argue the expansion of the FCA would threaten the “legitimate business activities of every government contractor, hospital, healthcare provider, health insurance provider, and grant recipient in the nation.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2023

Dr. Shelly Nash will offer more details during the HIMSS23 session "Creating Technology to Empower Patients and the Home Dialysis Experience." It is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19, at 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. CT at the South Building, Level 4, room S406 A.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 29, 2023

Expenses were still high in February, though rising prices for goods and services were more to blame than costly labor, according to the report.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 29, 2023

Amazon Pharmacy is currently offering coupons for eight brand name medications treating diabetes, asthma, obesity, emphysema and others, and said it plans to add more coupons over time.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2023

Data breaches have recently been reported by Blue Shield of California, US Wellness Inc., Health Plan of San Mateo, and the California Department of Health Care Services. Blue Shield of California – GoAnywhere Hack Blue Shield of California (BSC) has confirmed that the protected health information of 63,341 individuals has been stolen in a hacking incident that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer-as-a-service (MFTaaS) application.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 29, 2023

Insurance and provider lobbies called on the CMS to delay the rule earlier this month, saying the methodology was flawed and arguing the 30-day comment period didn't give them enough time to analyze the proposed changes.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 29, 2023

The top story ViVE2023 wasn’t a major product launch, new legislation, or a mega-merger. Instead, the entire industry seems to be waiting for better times to arrive. Vendors are waiting for the economy to turn around. Providers are waiting for labor costs to stabilize. Investors and funders are waiting for companies to show more market traction. Only must-do projects and must-have solutions continue to have momentum.

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85% of practices are not complying with the government’s HIPAA standards. The large majority of practices are likely trying to protect patients’ information, but they may not be doing all that they need to meet government requirements. Not complying with HIPAA has definite drawbacks, with one major one being massive fines. The government can fine up to 1.5 million dollars for a single HIPAA breach incident - an amount that would put most small practices out of business.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2023

A round-up of data breaches that have recently been reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights, state Attorneys General, and the media. Atlantic General Hospital – Ransomware Attack Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) in Berlin, MD, has recently reported a ransomware attack to the Maine Attorney General that has affected up to 30,704 individuals.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 29, 2023

One of the most frustrating burdens on health care workers today is the drag of administrative tasks. New AI technologies that interpret and generate natural human speech (illustrated most famously in ChatGPT) can remove more of the burden of such tasks. According to Stead Burwell, co-founder and CEO of Outbound AI , a well-tuned AI agent can do many tasks at 50-80% the cost of human workers.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 29, 2023

Panelists at ViVE 2023 discussed the future of preventive medicine as retail chains and virtual care players push into the space and more patients avoid primary care altogether.

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Total HIPAA

MARCH 29, 2023

HIPAA compliant text messaging apps protect sensitive data, like Protected Health Information (PHI) in transit. Today, everyone uses text messaging (“texting”) for easy and quick communication. It is a great tool for convenience and efficiency, but most users don’t realize that texting is an unencrypted form of communication. Text messages can be intercepted at any point in transmission.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 29, 2023

The online pharmacy is partnering with GSK, Kaléo, Novo Nordisk and Dexcom to include coupons for their brand-name medications.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 29, 2023

What You Should Know: – Inato , a technology platform that connects pharma companies (trial sponsors) with community-based trial sites raises $20M in new funding (A2) led by Cathay Innovation with participation from existing investor Obvious Ventures and new investors La Maison and Top Harvest Capital. Inato works with many of the top 30 pharmaceutical companies worldwide to make clinical trials more inclusive. – The new funding will fuel Inato’s continued product innovation, interna

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 29, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the PACS Administrator (Hospital Software Analyst II) at Natividad position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Natividad and is in Salinas, California. Here’s a description of the position: Inspiring Healthy Lives through Community At Natividad, our dedication to the people of Monterey County is at the heart of everything we do R

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 29, 2023

Andrew Miller, CTO at Elucid What You Should Know: – Elucid, Inc. , a medical technology company providing physicians with AI-powered imaging analysis software to assess cardiovascular disease, has hired Andrew Miller as its chief technology officer (CTO). – As CTO, Andrew will lead the technology strategy and oversee the engineering team’s execution.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 29, 2023

Signify Health CEO says CVS deal will 'turbocharge' home health provider's roadmap hlandi Wed, 03/29/2023 - 19:57

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 29, 2023

What You Should Know: – From 2020 to 2021, telehealth utilization declined 76 percent nationally while, during that same period, retail clinic utilization increased 51 percent nationally. – Retail clinic growth had the greatest increase among all alternative places of service studied—retail clinics, urgent care centers, telehealth and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs)—as well as emergency rooms (ERs), in a new FAIR Health white paper containing the sixth annual edition of FH® Healthc

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 29, 2023

UnitedHealthcare to begin reducing prior authorizations this summer pminemyer Wed, 03/29/2023 - 17:02

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 29, 2023

What You Should Know: CareRev , a technology platform reimagining healthcare staffing by connecting hospitals and health systems with local nurses and other healthcare professionals for daily shifts, announced its expansion into Delaware with a partnership with Beebe Healthcare. Beebe will utilize CareRev’s technology to identify and hire qualified local Delaware talent to support their full-time hospital staff and ultimately improve patient safety and outcomes.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 29, 2023

The company targets to receive a similar clearance from the US FDA by yearend.

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Medical Gas Compliance

MARCH 29, 2023

Every smooth-running healthcare facility has a time when they need to shut down some part of their medical gas system for maintenance or installation. The effect of this downtime is that many departments in the building are taken out of their comfort zone. Here are some ways to make the process easier for everyone involved.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 29, 2023

Survey Shows the Terrifying Truth About America’s Healthcare Affordability Crisis: Patients Put off Care for Years due to Costs mteefey Wed, 03/29/2023 - 19:41

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Digital Health News

MARCH 29, 2023

A new report from Mobiquity has revealed the top mechanisms for encouraging patient engagement when designing healthcare apps to support chronic conditions.

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