Bill of Health
OCTOBER 14, 2022
By Timothy D. Lytton. When pandemic response efforts are hampered by inadequate enforcement resources and political polarization, tort liability could, potentially, be a powerful public health tool. However, starting in the initial stages of the pandemic, tort reform advocates quickly secured for businesses sweeping immunity from negligence, thereby sidelining the tort system.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 14, 2022
A major ransomware attack at CommonSpirit Health has been disrupting medical operations across several states for nearly two weeks , leaving the Chicago-based health system scrambling to maintain patient care while it conducts a forensics investigation and works to bring its electronic health record systems back online. WHY IT MATTERS. After several days of cancellations and outage reports at CommonSpirit hospitals and medical facilities across several states, the country's biggest Catholic
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Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Payers can use the data to gain insights regarding the rates hospitals have negotiated with other payers, which potentially can be used during contract negotiations, BRG analysts argue.
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 14, 2022
By Alison Bateman-House, Hayley M. Belli, and Sage Gustafson. This series is adapted from a webinar hosted by PRIM&R on August 5, 2021: IRB Review of Expanded Access Protocols t hat Collect Real World Data: Considerations and Guidance. Read Part 1 here. Part 2: Possible Value of “Real World Data” Collected from Expanded Access. Real world data (RWD) are data relating to patient health status and/or the delivery of health care such as medical bills/claims, electronic health records, and produ
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Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Rittenmeyer lead the Dallas-based health system from 2017 until he stepped down as chief executive in 2021.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 14, 2022
David Rosen, a partner and public policy lawyer at Foley & Lardner, discusses the agency's recently wrapped Software Precertification (Pre-Cert) Pilot Program and what it means for the future of digital health regulation.
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Electronic Health Reporter
OCTOBER 14, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Travis Schneider, founder and Co-CEO, Tebra. Two-thirds of economists believe an economic downturn is in the pipeline for the U.S. economy. While there has been a myth that the healthcare industry is recession-proof, historically, […]. The article How Providers Can Recession-Proof Their Practice appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
HIPAA Journal
OCTOBER 14, 2022
The healthcare industry is extensively targeted by cybercriminals, who seek access to healthcare networks for a range of nefarious purposes. Medical records are highly prized, but why are medical records so valuable to criminals? Hackers are going to great lengths to gain access to healthcare network. Data compiled by HIPAA Journal from breach reports submitted to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) show the number of data breaches reported by HIPAA-regulated entities continues to increase ev
Electronic Health Reporter
OCTOBER 14, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Tiffany Lily, healthcare experience consultant, TTEC Digital. For years, patients had only a few channels in which they could interact with their healthcare providers. They saw their care team in-person during check-ups, interfaced with […]. The article How To Turn Telehealth Into a Comprehensive Digital Patient Experience appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Happy Friday everyone! We hope you had a great week and accomplished many great things. If it’s Friday, then it’s time to have a little fun in our ongoing series we call Fun Friday. That’s right, we share something funny and entertaining to get your weekend started off right. This week isn’t very IT focused, but if you’ve ever worked with doctors you can at least understand how unique each specialty is and this video illustrates it well.
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Electronic Health Reporter
OCTOBER 14, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jared Goldstein, COO, Wizecare. Over the past few years, and specifically due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the health and medical industry had to rely on technology to help with patient access, diagnosis, and treatment. […]. The article How Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) Is Changing the Way Patients Address Their Overall Health appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 14, 2022
What You Should Know: – Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology , recently announced the expanded rollout of its augmented reality (AR) surgical navigation solution – ClarifEye – to Japan, highlighting positive results in the first patients treated by the International University of Health and Welfare, Mita Hospital using this innovative 3D AR solution. – Installed on a Philips interventional X-ray system in a hybrid operating room at Mita Hospital, ClarifEye
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 14, 2022
I previously shared about the amazing time I had listening to patients and caregivers at the RARE Patient Advocacy Summit that is hosted by Global Genes. One of the sessions at the event was a number of organizations that have created health IT applications specific to rare disease. It was incredible to see how something like a rare disease could drive people to create solutions for themselves and their loved ones.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Trivia Frazier, Ph.D., MBA. Co-Founder, President, & CEO of Obatala Sciences, Inc. What You Should Know: – Obatala Sciences , a New Orleans biotechnology company recognized for speeding up therapies for obesity, diabetes, and cancer across diverse populations, recently announced the closing of a $3 million Series A finance round co-led by être Venture Capital and Ochsner Lafayette General Healthcare Innovation Fund II and joined by Benson Capital Partners, Elevate Capital Fund , and Th
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HIPAA Journal
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Businesses are appreciating the importance of cybersecurity and realizing that they need to invest more heavily in cybersecurity as threats are evolving at such a rapid pace. The challenge for businesses is ensuring that their defenses allow them to stay one step ahead of cybercriminals, but the frequency at which data breaches are being reported suggests many businesses are struggling to keep up the pace.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 14, 2022
What You Should Know: – Eclipse , a venture capital firm investing in the digital transformation of the world’s physical industries, and Mayo Clinic , a leading nonprofit health organization, recently announced the creation and seed funding of Nucleus RadioPharma, a new company built to ensure cancer patients can access potentially life-saving radiopharmaceuticals by developing technologies to modernize the clinical development, manufacturing, and supply chain of these promising new
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Also, Max Life in India has developed an analytics solution that detects inaccurate medical reports in real time.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 14, 2022
What You Should Know: – Haleon , a global leader in consumer health, and Microsoft Corp. announced a new collaboration to make everyday health more accessible for people who are blind, have low vision or have difficulty reading product labels due to low literacy. – Together, the companies are expanding functionality in the Microsoft Seeing AI app to provide consumers with more detailed labeling information for over 1,500 Haleon products across the U.S. and U.K.
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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.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Consumers can access HealthTap's virtual health services via a TV and connected camera.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 14, 2022
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Information Technology Manager position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Natividad and is in California. Here’s a description of the position: Natividad is currently seeking to fill a permanent, full-time Information Technology Manager in our Information Technology Department.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 14, 2022
According to reporting by TechCrunch, the company laid off around 500 employees.
Digital Health News
OCTOBER 14, 2022
This Digital Health News industry roundup includes a landmark for the Consultant Connect platform and a software integration for balance and Healthinote.
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Center for Health Insurance Reform
OCTOBER 14, 2022
It's officially fall, and along with the new season came an autumnal bounty of new health policy research. This month, we reviewed studies on the connection between medical debt and social determinants of health, private equity acquisition of physician practices, and controlling health care costs through state surprise billing laws. Continue reading → The post September Research Roundup: What We’re Reading appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.
Digital Health News
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Government funding of over £800m will be allocated by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to boost healthcare innovation.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 14, 2022
The company will expand its network and platform and increase R&D investments.
Digital Health News
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Dr Tim Ferris has claimed that the NHS as an organisation is too static and must learn from itself and from others internationally.
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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.
Med-Net Compliance
OCTOBER 14, 2022
A former physician with medical practices in New Jersey, New York, and Florida admitted wrongfully disclosing patients’ protected health information (PHI). He pleaded guilty to conspiring to wrongfully disclose patients’ individually identifiable health information to a pharmaceutical sales representative in violation of the criminal provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Compliancy Group
OCTOBER 14, 2022
As of September 23, 2022, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 225 additional vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog, bringing the total to 834. These are software and operating systems vulnerabilities exploited by cybercriminals in real-world attacks. Patching healthcare cybersecurity vulnerabilities upon discovery is critical to maintaining the security and integrity of any network.
The Health Law Firm
OCTOBER 14, 2022
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On August 24, 2022, managed healthcare company, Centene Corporation, agreed to pay $19 million to the State of Washington to settle fraud allegations. Centene owns and operates Sunshine State Health Plan, d/b/a Sunshine Health, in Florida. In addition, it has been reported that Centene/Sunshine Health reportedly has over $31 billion in contracts with the state of Florida alone.
The Health Law Firm Blog
OCTOBER 14, 2022
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Someone arrested for a criminal offense knows that it can lead to a criminal record that may or may not be on your record for the rest of your life. However, once you pay your fine and carry [.].
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