Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Thirty-two percent of people appointed to positions at the HHS between 2004 and 2020 exited to the private sector, raising concerns about objectivity, according to new research.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
By Martin Jones Current and emerging medtech change how hospitals, clinics, and medical practices deliver care. Yet, healthcare organizations face workforce and security challenges – ones that must be met while also appeasing the growing demands from patients. Although pay increases and recruitment investments help, it’s not enough to stave off immediate and future problems.
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Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Only 40% of nursing homes nationwide complied with reporting requirements between 2016 and 2021, despite nursing homes being among the most dangerous workplaces in America, according to the Health Affairs study.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Value-based healthcare with two-sided risk led to a savings of about $14 million over two years, according to the Florida-based insurance plan and national primary care provider company that overse | The collaborative effort by Florida Blue and Aledade not only led to $14 million in savings, but also a reduction in hospitalizations and emergency department visits, according to the companies.
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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?
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Contrary to the drugmaker’s expectations, its top-selling cancer medicine Xtandi wasn’t picked as one of the first 10 drugs to face price negotiations.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
THE IQ-Creator Program supports healthcare professionals in creating content for underserved communities, while Aloud uses AI to dub videos in multiple languages.
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
HealthIT Answers
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
By Dave Bennett - As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve due to economic disruption, technological improvements, and patient expectations, the standard of optimizing healthcare performance must shift as well. Patients and their loved ones have become more consumer-driven and savvier over the last few years when it comes to selecting a health system and team for their care journey.
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
If the multimillion-dollar settlement is approved by a judge, patients who bought a Theranos blood test will receive double the amount they paid for it plus additional compensation.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Mary Bacaj, Ph.D., President of Value-Based Care at Conifer Health Solutions Poorly managed chronic conditions—most of which are related to lifestyle—cost employers $36.4 billion each year in the form of absenteeism and poor productivity. Add in coverage-related and other costs, and that number skyrockets to $575 billion. Coverage costs alone have increased by 47% over the previous ten years.
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The agency has made recommendations for selecting predicate devices, using clinical data and conducting performance testing for implants.
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Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
What elderly individuals consider to be threats to their health and well-being changed slightly from last year to this year, perhaps reflecting the receding of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the usual | Inflation is likely making it harder for seniors to get the care they need, according to a survey from insurtech Alignment Health.
HealthIT Answers
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Health IT business news from Brillio, Carium, NextGen Healthcare, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, ModMed, Talkdesk, Linus Health, AGS Health, ActualMeds, ShiftMed, Pure Storage, Qualtrics, Vitalchat, IMPACT, Vālenz Health, Koa Health, Together, and more. The post Health IT Business News – September 7, 2023 appeared first on Health IT Answers.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Prior authorization company Myndshft unites with philanthropic aid platform Atlas Health, and women's care company ProgenyHealth and insurer Community Health Choice also join forces.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
What You Should Know: Today, OM1 announced the launch of its Parkinson’s Disease datasets, enhancing its Mental Health & Neuroscience Real-World Data Network. OM1’s Mental Health & Neuroscience Real-World Data Network, which already includes robust datasets focused on Major Depressive Disorder, Multiple Sclerosis, Bipolar Disorder I and Schizophrenia, will further expand to include Alzheimer’s Disease in the coming months.
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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.
Digital Health News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Dr. Vin Diwakar, the incoming interim director of transformation for NHS England, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for Digital Health Rewired 2024.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
What You Should Know: Ibex Medical Analytics launches Galen Breast HER2™, a novel breast cancer AI-powered biomarker scoring solution developed in collaboration with AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo, to support improved patient outcomes. Galen Breast HER2 is an AI-powered biomarker scoring solution to aid pathologists with reproductible HER2 assessment for breast cancer.
Compliancy Group
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
In a stunning revelation, Forever 21, the fashion powerhouse, has recently alerted the Maine Attorney General about a breach that left their employees vulnerable. This breach involves the highly personal health plan information of a staggering 539,207 current and former employees. In an effort to mitigate the damage caused by this malicious intrusion, breach notification letters are being dispatched to all those who may have been affected.
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Philips Dreamstation CPAP What You Should Know: – Philips Respironics , has reached an agreement to resolve all economic loss claims in the US Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) related to Philips Respironics’ voluntary recall of certain sleep and respiratory care devices. – The agreement will provide predefined cash awards to all eligible participants in the US depending on the type of device, extended warranties on all replacement devices, and an additional cash award if they return
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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.
Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Criminals continuously devise new methods to exploit personal information for financial gain. One such method is vishing, a form of phishing that targets individuals through phone calls. Vishing scams pose a significant threat to the security and privacy of personal health information (PHI), making it crucial for healthcare organizations to understand and mitigate these risks.
HIPAA Journal
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
El Centro Del Barrio, dba CentroMed in San Antonio, TX, is facing at least two class action lawsuits over a June 2023 cyberattack in which hackers gained access to the personal and protected health information (PHI) of 350,000 patients. The attack was detected on June 12, 2023, and the forensic investigation confirmed unauthorized access to IT systems first occurred on June 9, 2023.
Digital Health News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Digital Health AI and Data 2023 has welcomed Nuance Healthcare as a major sponsor of the upcoming event which runs 30-31 October.
HIPAA Journal
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
IBM has recently announced that the sensitive data of patients of the Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems subsidiary, Janssen CarePath, has been exposed. IBM is a business associate of Johnson & Johnson and manages the application and database that supports the Janssen CarePath platform. Janssen recently became aware of a method that could be used by unauthorized individuals to gain access to the database and notified IBM, which worked with the database provider and remediated the prob
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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.
Digital Health News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The horrifying case of neonatal nurse and convicted murderer Lucy Letby raises questions for NHS leaders about how to respond to concerns about staff.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Employers' health benefits costs are set to rise 5.
Health IT Security
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
In a document that spans hundreds of pages, HHS and the FTC published letters sent to healthcare entities about third-party tracking tech use.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Instacart and Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), a nonprofit focused on improving health equity through food access, announced they will scale their Good Food for All program in four additi | Together, they will provide Fresh Funds, or a stipend for use on produce on Instacart.com, for more than 1,100 families total across Denver, Englewood, Milwaukee and Washington, D.C.
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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.
Jane Sarashon
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Workers in America are worried about the potential impacts that artificial intelligence (AI) could have on the workplace and jobs, according to Work in America: Artificial Intelligence, Monitoring Technology and Psychological Well-Being , a study from the American Psychological Association (APA). For many years, we’ve been tracking APA’s Stress in America studies gauging Americans’ mental health before the pandemic and during the pandemic.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The following is a guest article by Kern Smith, Mobile Security Expert at Zimperium The healthcare industry has been transforming radically over the past decade with the common goal of improving the way healthcare is delivered to patients. In the last few years alone, we’ve watched as healthcare organizations have quickly become mobile-powered businesses with the migration to electronic health records, patients increasingly using mobile apps to view test results, schedule appointments, contact t
HealthIT Answers
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
By Scott Stuewe - The business of identity, particularly in healthcare, is evolving rapidly, especially in light of the “app economy”. The COVID-19 outbreak has also raised the tenor of the discussion. The post Identity, Privacy, and the Quest for Scalable Trust: A Series appeared first on Health IT Answers.
HIPAA Journal
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The Minneapolis, MN-based medical device manufacturer Medtronic & the Illinois health system Edward-Elmhurst Health are facing class action lawsuits over the use of website tracking technologies, which passed sensitive customer data to third parties such as Google and Meta. Medtronic MiniMed and MiniMed Distribution Corp A lawsuit has been filed against Medtronic MiniMed Inc. and MiniMed Distribution Corp (Medtronic) over the use of tracking technologies in its InPen diabetes management app.
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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.
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