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Hold off telehealth rule changes, health tech industry urges Medical Board of Australia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Medical Software Industry Association has called on the Medical Board of Australia to think twice about imposing changes to telehealth rules, saying there could be "serious unintended" consequences. In a statement, the peak organisation for the health technology industry noted "significant" oversights from the Medical Board's public consultation on its proposed telehealth guidelines.

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Court of Appeal affirms that Optum’s arbitration requirements are unenforceable

Natalia Mazina

The California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District has just affirmed the holding of a trial court that Optum’s arbitration clause in its manual is unconscionable and unenforceable. I have previously covered this case here. But in a nutshell, a group of California pharmacies brought a case against Optum alleging misrepresentation, fraud, and breach of contract.

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Not a Point but a Trajectory

HealthIT Answers

New On Demand Healthcare Upside/Down: With guest John Nosta, founder and president of NostaLab. John makes the case for accepting ChatGPT as part of the world we live in and finding ways unlock its potential. The post Not a Point but a Trajectory appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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 Are Hospitals Ready for Alzheimer’s Treatment Approval?

HIT Consultant

John Showalter, MD, Chief Product Officer at Linus Health The FDA’s recent accelerated approval of Leqembi was welcome news across the Alzheimer’s community. However, few health systems, medical practices, or providers are prepared for the extraordinary public interest in a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease – especially not one targeting mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and early dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease – that is likely headed their way soon.

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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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Study flags safety risks with Australian prescription apps

Mobi Health News

There could be drug misuse and adverse side effects and drug interactions with mobile app prescribing.

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Leveraging Collaborative Problem-Solving in UX | symplr

Symplr

How we hacked our UX design process At symplr, we encounter a variety of challenging problems that demand innovative and effective solutions for the nine in ten U.S. hospitals that use our solutions. What follows is the story of how our user experience (UX) team harnessed the power of cross-team collaboration to solve a particularly complex problem.

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Don’t Drink ONC’s Glass-Half-Full Hospital Interoperability Report

HealthIT Answers

By David Burda - Yes, my journalistic skepticism borders on cynicism. But come on already! Nearly 40 percent of hospitals in the U.S. still fail to meet the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ definition of interoperability. The post Don’t Drink ONC’s Glass-Half-Full Hospital Interoperability Report appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Bonus Features – March 19, 2023 – Info for 81% of physicians is inconsistent in major health plan provider directories, 48% of health systems using AI for workforce management, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Drop in Chinese investments pulled down digital health VC funding in APAC in 2022: report

Mobi Health News

VC funding in the world's second-biggest digital health ecosystem decreased by 41% year on year.

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A Legislative Cuff around the Pharmaceutical Industry in Pakistan

HealthLaw Prof Blog

Shan Ali (Bahria University Islamabad), Hamza Khalid Niazi (Independent), Syed Zaheer Hussain Shah (Bahria University Islamabad), Sadia Tanveer (Independent), A Legislative Cuff around the Pharmaceutical Industry in Pakistan, 8 J. Islamic Countries Soc’y Statistical Sciences 3 (2022): The profit-oriented pharmaceutical.

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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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Access to Post-secondary Education in Canada for Students with Disabilities

HealthLaw Prof Blog

Laverne Jacobs (University of Windsor), Access to Post-secondary Education in Canada for Students with Disabilities, Int'l J. Discrimination & L. (Forthcoming): Article 24(1) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) provides a commitment to.

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