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How healthcare organizations should prepare for generative AI

Healthcare Dive

Michael McCallen, managing director in Deloitte’s Health Care Strategy practice, explains why a governance structure is key to successful adoption of artificial intelligence.

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Beyond the hype: How AI engages patients and relieves clinician burnout

Healthcare It News

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to relieve clinician burnout, as well as to help patients access care more easily. MEDITECH’s EHR platform, Expanse, leverages AI to create actionable insights that can support clinical decision-making from patient data gathered both inside and outside the organization. Join MEDITECH’s Director of Marketing, Rachel Wilkes, as she talks about use cases for AI in healthcare and pilot programs using Expanse to enhance patient care and gives

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Change Healthcare faces potential class action as lawsuits rack up

Healthcare Dive

At least six federal lawsuits seeking class-action status were filed since the cyberattack, alleging the technology firm didn’t have reasonable cybersecurity measures in place.

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Latest healthcare delivery efficiency tools in Australia

Healthcare It News

ASX-listed medication management platform MedAdvisor is working to introduce conversational AI to elevate the patient experience for its partner pharmacies. It recently partnered with United States-based Brand Engagement Network (BEN), whose AI assistants – combined with MedAdvisor's insights into pharmacy patient engagement – can help deliver a "personalised, conversational experience" for patients.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

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?

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WellSpan Health expands AI-powered clinical documentation applications at scale

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Nuance on Wednesday that announced that York, Pennsylvania-based WellSpan Health and more than 60 additional healthcare organizations are in the process of implementing DAX Copilot embedded within Epic electronic health records. WHY IT MATTERS DAX Copilot is currently the only fully embedded ambient documentation tool currently operational within Epic electronic health records and has more than 55 healthcare organizations using it, Nuance said in the announcement.

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Connecting to discuss AI's healthcare uses at HIMSS24

Healthcare It News

The 2024 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition takes place on March 11-15, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. Learn more and register.

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Mark Cuban's drug company inks first health system partnership to sell directly to Community Health Systems

Fierce Healthcare

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company has found its first national health system buyer for hospital drugs currently in short supply. | The 71-hospital for-profit is the first national health system buyer to cut a deal with the billionaire-backed generic drug maker. The companies are kicking off their partnership in CHS' Texas and Pennsylvania hospitals.

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Follow the (Medical) Record: Technology Culture with Mark Thomas

MRO Compliance

Healthcare NOW Radio Podcast Network · Follow the Medical Record: Mark Thomas, MRO's CTO On this episode, host Don Hardwick invites Mark Thomas, MRO’s chief technology officer to discuss developing a technology team structure and culture for high productivity and efficiency.

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Salesforce launches healthcare data platform Einstein Copilot: Health Actions

Mobi Health News

The software company is launching its new AI-powered healthcare product that uses health organization's data to personalize patient care to reduce administrative tasks.

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ICHRA is having a moment. VCs are taking notice and looking to invest in the emerging space

Fierce Healthcare

Individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements, otherwise known as ICHRA, are enjoying a surge in popularity. | Venture capital firms are looking toward the ICHRA market as a potential opportunity because of its growing popularity among small employers and remote companies.

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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 Role of Remote Monitoring In Rural Communities: How Can It Provide Better Patient Care?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jared Lisenby, chief sales officer, Azalea Health. Telehealth services have become more popular, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted its importance as a necessary solution for rural health clinics (RHCs). RHCs face distinct business […] The article The Role of Remote Monitoring In Rural Communities: How Can It Provide Better Patient Care?

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Hackensack Meridian hospitals first to attain Joint Commission's new sustainability certification

Fierce Healthcare

Four Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) hospitals are the first in the country to achieve the Joint Commission’s sustainable healthcare certification. | Four Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals are the first in the country to achieve the Joint Commission’s sustainable healthcare certification. The voluntary program for hospitals went into effect at the start of this year and provides a framework to help organizations tackle decarbonization efforts.

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UK health IT community loses one of its brightest and warmest stars

Digital Health News

Ewan Davis, one of the most original and influential thinkers in UK health IT, and particularly primary care and open platforms, passed away suddenly last month.

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Biden to call for drug negotiation expansions, stronger reproductive care access at SOTU

Fierce Healthcare

Healthcare policy wins and promises of further action on prescription drug prices, insurance coverage and reproductive care access are primed for the spotlight when President Joe Biden takes the ro | Speech previews from the White House celebrate and call for expansions to the Inflation Reduction Act. Reproductive care is also expected to headline, as are efforts around coverage parity and antitrust.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

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.

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HealthSnap Closes $25 Million Series B Funding Amidst Continued Triple Digit Growth of Remote Patient Monitoring and Chronic Care Management Platform

Healthcare IT Today

New Investment is Led by Sands Capital, with Participation from Comcast Ventures, and Follows Enterprise Health System Expansions HealthSnap , a Miami-based Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Chronic Care Management (CCM) solution for healthcare providers, today announced its Series B financing totaling $25 million. The round was led by Sands Capital , with new investments from Comcast Ventures , Acronym Venture Capital , and Florida Opportunity Fund.

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Johns Hopkins Hospital Launches Smartphone-Based Would Care Pilot Program

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Healthy.io, the global leader in transforming the smartphone camera into a medical device, is launching a groundbreaking program utilizing smartphone-based technology to improve wound care management for patients suffering from chronic diabetic wounds. This pilot program expands access to Healthy.io’s Minuteful for Wound solution to patients in the division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy department at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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Health Leaders cautiously welcome £3.4 billion NHS investment in digital

Digital Health News

Health leaders have given a cautious welcome to the Spring budget's announcement of £3.4 billion of investment in NHS digitisation.

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Home-Based Care Provides Powerful Example for Harnessing Technology Across the Care Continuum

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Laura Templeton , Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Compassus There’s no denying that increased delivery of patient care in the home was accelerated by the pandemic. The upward trend continues today, driven by the growth of our aging population and the continued adoption of technology. Many patients now prefer to receive care at home, when possible, and almost 93% of older adults say aging in place is important to them.

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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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WellSpan Health Leverages Nuance DAX Copilot to Enhance Patient and Provider Experiences

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Nuance Communications, Inc. , a Microsoft Company, today announced that WellSpan Health is advancing its leadership in providing high-quality provider and patient experiences by adding the Nuance Dragon® Ambient eXperience™ (DAX™) Copilot solution to its existing deployment of innovative solutions to automate and accelerate the creation of clinical documentation during exam room and telehealth visits.

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First Analysis Invests in Dina, Provider of Home-Centered Care Coordination Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

Digital Network Management and Coordination Solutions to Help Health Plans and Providers Improve Access to Home Centric Care First Analysis , a leading venture capital investor, has made a new investment in Dina , a provider of digital network management and coordination solutions for the Medicare Advantage and Managed Medicaid markets, with a focus on coordinating supplemental benefits and long-term services and supports (LTSS).

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Teladoc Health Expands Obesity & Weight Management Capabilities with GLP-1 Support

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Teladoc Health, Inc. (NYSE: TDOC) , the global leader in whole-person virtual care, today announced expanded capabilities designed to help employers and health plans manage rising demand for anti-obesity medication such as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists and support safe, sustainable weight loss and cardiometabolic health improvement for members.

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WellSpan Health aims to improve the patient experience with Nuance’s DAX copilot

Mobi Health News

DAX copilot will be embedded into Epic systems and use generative AI to help providers focus more on patients and less on administrative tasks such as clinical notes.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

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.

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EPR focus is “blinkered” and attention should be elsewhere – Steve Sawyer

Digital Health News

Access HSC managing director Steve Sawyer has said that it is “blinkered” to solely look at and worry about EPRs because “it is not about the EPR anymore”.

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HIMSS24 preview: combating counterfeit drugs in a health system

Mobi Health News

Gee Mathen, director of pharmacy clinical applications and technical services at Texas Children's Hospital, discusses his upcoming HIMSS24 session "Combating Counterfeit Drugs and the Drug Supply Chain Security Act.

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Why healthcare cyberattacks last so long

Becker's Health IT

The cyberattack on Change Healthcare that has caused disruptions across a wide swath of the industry has entered its third week. But why do these IT outages last so long?

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Health Care Sharing Ministries Leave Consumers with Unpaid Medical Claims

Center for Health Insurance Reform

Last year, Colorado became the first state to require comprehensive data from all health care sharing ministries (HCSMs) selling memberships in the state. In a post for the Commonwealth Fund, CHIR’s JoAnn Volk and Justin Giovannelli, along with attorney and health policy consultant Christina L. Goe, take a look at data from Colorado’s first HCSM report.

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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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Wheel partners with Talkspace, Cost Plus Drugs and Health Gorilla to build out virtual care network

Fierce Healthcare

Austin, Texas-based Wheel continues to build out its health tech partnerships to integrate more virtual care capabilities into its platform. The company has added three big healthcare players— | Austin, Texas-based Wheel continues to build out its health tech partnerships to integrate more virtual care capabilities into its platform. The company has added three big healthcare players—Talkspace, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company and Health Gorilla—to its virtual care network.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

Digital Health News

Today's briefing includes NHS England publishing guidance on network segmentation and Sonari Analytics and Candel Therapeutics announcing a partnership.

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Magentus takes shot at genAI with Google Cloud and more partnership briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, Medibank's health service unit has tied up with Amwell to support the virtual delivery of its new preventative care program.

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Evernorth expands GLP-1 program, unveils new Behavioral Health Care Group

Fierce Healthcare

As part of its investor day on Thursday, Cigna's Evernorth arm announced an expansion to its GLP-1 management solution as well as the launch of a new behavioral-health-focused medical group. | As part of its investor day on Thursday, Cigna's Evernorth arm announced an expansion to its GLP-1 management solution as well as the launch of a new behavioral health-focused medical group.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

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.