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Improving Telehealth Patient Care in Real Time with AI

HealthIT Answers

By Zach Norton - Telehealth’s ease of accessibility has contributed extensively to scaling its systems over the past few years. The pandemic fueled this further, creating a requirement for extending the real-time reach of healthcare to remote locations. The post Improving Telehealth Patient Care in Real Time with AI appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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IBM installs quantum computer on-site at Cleveland Clinic

Healthcare Dive

The IBM Quantum System One is the first quantum computer solely dedicated to healthcare research, and the first IBM-managed quantum computer in the U.S. outside of IBM’s facilities.

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Public Health Law and Civil Rights Laws Must Work Together to Rise to the Challenge of Long COVID

Bill of Health

By Elizabeth Pendo Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for public health laws and policies that align with and reinforce civil rights protections for disproportionately impacted populations is greater than ever. In particular, disability rights laws will be critical for responding to the millions of Americans who experience lasting or recurring symptoms after acute COVID-19 infection (commonly referred to as “long COVID”).

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Microsoft’s Nuance integrates GPT-4 into medical scribe

Healthcare Dive

DAX Express will be Nuance’s first fully automated clinical documentation software. Historically, Nuance has sent the notes generated by its AI to a human for quality review before returning them to physicians.

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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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Even after the PHE, waves of innovation will continue

Healthcare It News

Dr. Vin Gupta will offer more detail during his HIMSS23 session "Keynote: Healthcare Disruption: Accelerated Opportunities for Care Delivery Alternatives." It is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19, at 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. CT at the West Building, Level 3, in the Skyline Ballroom, room W375.

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Arbiters instructed to resume No Surprises Act determinations

Healthcare Dive

The agency had previously paused and resumed earlier disputes between payers and providers after a Texas judge ruled against the federal government and vacated portions of the law that bans surprise billing.

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Revenue Integrity Trends To Support A Post-Pandemic Bounce-Back

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ritesh Ramesh, COO, MDaudit. Healthcare organizations undoubtedly felt a sense of relief as 2022 faded in the distance, taking with it a devastating financial performance that resulted in negative profit margins for more than […] The article Revenue Integrity Trends To Support A Post-Pandemic Bounce-Back appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Cleveland Clinic, IBM unveil first quantum computer dedicated to biomedical research

Fierce Healthcare

Cleveland Clinic, IBM unveil first quantum computer dedicated to biomedical research hlandi Tue, 03/21/2023 - 11:49

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4 Bariatric Innovations That Are Transforming the Weight Loss Industry

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Healthcare is continually evolving, with bariatric innovations transforming the weight loss industry. From the many artificial intelligence applications to the latest adaptive technologies, bariatrics constantly improves and grows while enhancing the surgery’s effectiveness.

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CMS ruling paves way for virtual reality companies to obtain reimbursement from payers

Fierce Healthcare

CMS ruling paves way for virtual reality companies to obtain reimbursement from payers fdiamond Tue, 03/21/2023 - 15:53

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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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5 Ways Pain Management Has Advanced with Technology

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. According to a report, about 50 million (20.4%) American adults had chronic pain, while 19.6 million (8%) experienced high-impact chronic pain. Sadly, researchers and doctors are discovering that painkillers, including over-the-counter medications and potent opioids, […] The article 5 Ways Pain Management Has Advanced with Technology appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Microsoft's Nuance reveals clinician note-taking tool with GPT-4

Mobi Health News

Nuance Communications said the app creates notes based on patient conversations that clinicians can then review.

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Microsoft's Nuance integrates OpenAI's GPT-4 into voice-enabled medical scribe software

Fierce Healthcare

Microsoft's Nuance integrates OpenAI's GPT-4 into voice-enabled medical scribe software hlandi Tue, 03/21/2023 - 21:32

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Feds Release Updated Threat Intelligence on LockBit 3.0 Ransomware

HIPAA Journal

A joint cybersecurity advisory has been issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) about LockBit 3.0 ransomware, also known as LockBit Black. The LockBit ransomware group has been in operation since at least September 2019 and is one of the most prolific ransomware groups.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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DOJ, state AGs drop appeal to UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare deal ruling

Fierce Healthcare

DOJ, state AGs drop appeal to UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare deal ruling pminemyer Tue, 03/21/2023 - 17:26

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Independent Living Systems Sued Over 4 Million-Record Data Breach

HIPAA Journal

It has only been a few days since the Miami-based healthcare administration and managed care solutions provider, Independent Living Systems (ILS), issued notification letters about a data breach affecting 4,226,508 individuals but a lawsuit has already been filed in response to the data breach. ILS Identified the breach in July 2022 and determined unauthorized individuals had access to its network between June 30, 2022, and July 5, 2022.

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Sana, Little Otter Partner to Give Adolescent Members and Their Families Access to Mental Healthcare

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Sana, a healthcare company that provides Fortune 500-level health benefits to small businesses at affordable prices, today announced a partnership with Little Otter, a digital mental health solution for children and their families. – Both Little Otter and Sana are aligned in their goal to provide comprehensive, high-quality mental healthcare to their members and their families.

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Turning Health Data Sharing Into Meaningful Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

In a recent video interview, Therasa Bell, President and CTO at Kno2 , revives the term “meaningful” in health care technology. However, in this case she is talking about establishing meaningful connectivity to drive individual outcomes for patients and healthcare organizations. Sometimes health IT professionals forget that the goal is not just to put data in an EHR or to provide interoperability of data between health IT software.

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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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AppliedVR Becomes First Virtual Reality Provider to Receive HCPCS Level II Code

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – AppliedVR , an immersive therapeutics (ITx) pioneer advancing a novel approach to medicine, today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established a unique Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II code (E1905) for its flagship product, the RelieVRx program. – Defined as a virtual reality (VR) cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) device that includes pre-programmed therapy software, CMS’ coding decision categorizes

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NHS programme uses tech to identify high-risk patients on waiting lists

Digital Health News

A new regional NHS programme is using technology to begin identifying high-risk patients on waiting lists to help reduce their risk of deterioration.

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Love.Life Acquires Telemedicine Platform Plant Based TeleHealth

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Love.Life , a health and wellness company leading the convergence of food, medicine, and wellness therapies, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Plant Based TeleHealth Inc., a nationwide telemedicine service focused on the prevention and reversal of chronic disease utilizing lifestyle medicine. – The company has been rebranded as Love.Life Telehealth and will add to the robust suite of medical offerings that Love.Life will feature in its physical locatio

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Senators say organ procurement organizations' recent spike in recovered pancreata is hard to digest

Fierce Healthcare

Senators say organ procurement organizations' recent spike in recovered pancreata is hard to digest dmuoio Tue, 03/21/2023 - 13:47

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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athenahealth Updates its Marketplace Program with Enhancements

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – athenahealth, Inc., today announced it significantly upgraded the athenahealth Marketplace with new features and capabilities designed to help customers and partners further extend the value of athenahealth’s solutions. – Over the last year, athenahealth has evolved the Marketplace program’s infrastructure and app store to help healthcare practices easily discover and quickly implement innovative solutions that support their efforts to improve clinical and ope

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Digital therapeutics startup Mindset Health scores $12M in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

It now plans to release more hypnosis-based DTx apps for anxiety, sleep, and chronic pain.

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Artera Launches with $90M for Multimodal AI, Predictive Cancer Tests

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Artera , the developer of multimodal artificial intelligence -based predictive and prognostic cancer tests, launches publicly today with $90M in funding. – The investment comes from a syndicate of prominent tech and healthcare investors, comprised of seven institutions (Coatue, Johnson & Johnson, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Walden Catalyst Ventures, TIME Ventures, Breyer Capital, The Factory) and 11 angel investors (Marc Benioff, Jim Breyer, Lip-Bu Tan,

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Digital Health Summer Schools 2023

Digital Health News

Digital Health Summer Schools 2023 returns 27-28 July, at the University of Birmingham, for two-days of rewarding education, networking and best practice exchange. Register your place today to learn from the very best digital health leaders from across the UK.

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

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.

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2 health insurance execs make list of the world's 10 most influential CEOs

Fierce Healthcare

2 health insurance execs make list of the world's 10 most influential CEOs pminemyer Tue, 03/21/2023 - 13:10

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Bardavon Health Innovations Offering First-of-its-Kind Safety Intelligence Suite to Protect the Labor Workforce

Healthcare IT Today

Bardavon has acquired the injury prevention company, Preventure, to expand its service line focused on personalized solutions that protect against musculoskeletal injuries Bardavon Health Innovations is furthering their mission of supporting the health and mobility of every worker – everywhere, by launching a complete Safety Intelligence Suite for employers and insurers.

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Maternal death rates spiked in 2021 to level not seen in decades: study

Fierce Healthcare

Maternal death rates spiked in 2021 to level not seen in decades: study fdiamond Tue, 03/21/2023 - 16:23

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Maven Clinic buys fellow virtual women's health company Naytal

Mobi Health News

Maven said the acquisition of London-based Naytal will accelerate its expansion in the UK and Europe.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.