January, 2023

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Gaming tech is being used for dementia treatment

Healthcare It News

Research shows that apathy is a significant challenge for people living with dementia. They lose the ability to take initiative, which has an enormous effect on their emotional and physical wellbeing. This makes the disorder much harder to treat. THE PROBLEM Andrus on Hudson, based in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, serves and cares for individuals ("residents," to reflect the environment in which they receive care) who have various types of dementia.

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How technology will shape healthcare in 2023

Healthcare Dive

Experts gave predictions for virtual care, AI, the digital health market and data privacy this year.

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Does It Really Matter How the COVID-19 Pandemic Started?

Bill of Health

By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, much air time and social media space has been allocated to the lab leak vs. natural spillover dispute regarding the origins of SARS-CoV-2. To summarize briefly, the question is whether the pandemic was caused by a leak from a biosafety level (BSL) four lab in Wuhan, China , or whether it arose naturally as a consequence of a virus jumping from a bat to an animal and then to humans.

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How Healthcare Organizations Can Rise Above the Swelling Payment Epidemic

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Joe McMurray, senior vice president of patient experience, Zotec Partners. A July 2022 report confirmed what most providers have seen coming during this time of rampant inflation: Unexpected healthcare costs can be crippling for […] The article How Healthcare Organizations Can Rise Above the Swelling Payment Epidemic appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Download Your FREE HIPAA Checklist Now!

Confirm your healthcare compliance with our easy-to-use HIPAA checklist. Safeguard data, avoid penalties, and streamline security best practices effortlessly. As you know, HIPAA has many requirements, and just missing one could lead to devastating consequences for your organization. Don't miss out— get your free and instant download now!

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Three 2023 telemedicine trends that advance the 'new normal' in healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This past year may very well have been the year the "new normal" was sealed for healthcare – one that includes a lot more telehealth, remote monitoring and other virtual care than ever before. Technology has became culturally accepted as an integral part of the patient experience as telemedicine gained popularity. As healthcare providers look ahead to 2023, being at the forefront of what's next in telehealth and strategically integrating the technology necessary to stay there

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Featured Health IT Job: Sr. Solution Architect – Radiology

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Sr. Solution Architect – Radiology position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by e4 Services and is in Alabama. Here’s a description of the position: e4 is a Healthcare Consulting firm based in Philadelphia established in 2006.

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Artificial intelligence could save healthcare industry $360B a year

Healthcare Dive

Broader adoption of AI in healthcare is likely in the near future, and could come with a slew of benefits beyond financial gains, according to McKinsey and Harvard researchers.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement? The Battle Between Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Continues

Bill of Health

By Aparajita Lath. Last month, the patent battle between COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers continued with BioNTech/Pfizer filing a strong defense and counter-claim to Moderna’s allegations of patent infringement. In their initial August 2022 complaint , Moderna alleged that three of its mRNA patents were infringed by Pfizer/BioNTech. Interestingly, as of January 12, 2023, Moderna has listed 10 patents covering Spikevax (its mRNA vaccine) on its website.

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3 Tips for Implementing An IT Trend

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jordan Miller, MD, senior medical director of dermatology, ModMed. When consumer technology companies release smartphones and TVs with new and exciting capabilities, I tend to ask myself, “How valuable is this new feature?” or […] The article 3 Tips for Implementing An IT Trend appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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HC3 warns of Clop ransomware targeting medical images

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center said in its latest analysis that the Clop ransomware gang has shifted tactics, directly impacting the healthcare and public health sector. New baiting tactics for ransomware gang While Clop ransomware has been around since 2019 and experienced several arrests, the ransomware-as-a-service operation has had difficulties getting victims to pay the ransom.

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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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Meta Slapped with 390 Million Euro Fine for GDPR Violations

HIPAA Journal

A long-running investigation into the practices of obtaining consent from Facebook and Instagram users to use their personal data for advertising purposes has resulted in a €390 million ($414 million) financial penalty for Meta for violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) launched an investigation into Meta and its subsidiaries following two May 25, 2018 complaints from the privacy and data rights campaigner, Max Sch

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Could the EU's decision against Meta affect data privacy policies in the U.S.?

Healthcare It News

Facebook parent company Meta this week was fined 390 million euros, or more than $414 million, by European Union regulators in a major decision around its online ad targeting and privacy policies. It's one of the more significant findings so far under EU's General Data Protection Regulation – and could potentially have implications for how the company operates in the U.S.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders to target high healthcare costs as leader of influential committee

Healthcare Dive

The longtime Congressman and “Medicare for All” proponent will soon assume leadership of the Senate HELP committee, giving him sway in one of the nation’s most broadly influential health policy platforms.

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While Nurses and Doctors Still Rank Highest in Trust, Gallup Finds Trust-Erosion by Party ID

Health Populi

In the annual 2023 Gallup poll on honesty and ethics in professions in the U.S. , the good news for the human capital of health care is that nurses, physicians and pharmacists continue to lead Americans’ ratings across professions in first, second, and third place respectively. The bummer is that that trust equity has eroded in the past year — especially among health citizens who identify as Republican voters.

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Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing

The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.

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Blockchain Could Save Healthcare Billions Every Year

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Michael Kim, Senior Vice President/CIO at MultiPlan. In recent years, blockchain has been one of the most-hyped technologies: A public ledger that lives on a network of computers, each validating any changes in real-time. Unlike traditional distributed databases with centralized management, blockchain offers a shared database, providing security, transparency, traceability, and speed.

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Sanford Health's CIO talks virtual care, workforce challenges, modern data ecosystem

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It is an understatement to say Brad Reimer, CIO at Sanford Health, has his hands full. Sanford Health is a massive health system that serves the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska. Today, Reimer is in the middle of a $350 million virtual care initiative, working to overcome health IT workforce challenges, and building a modern data ecosystem – emphasis on modern.

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Why the digital health user experience is key to senior uptake

Mobi Health News

Digital health can help seniors age in place, but companies should consider usability and accessibility for their devices to succeed with the population, said panelists at CES 2023.

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HIMSSCast: 2023 forecast - 5G, AI command centers, hybrid work models and more

Healthcare It News

The recent IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Healthcare Industry 2023 Predictions report, offers some fascinating and provocative forecasts for what the next year – and years – might hold for care delivery and the technologies deployed to improve it. "Technological strategies and capabilities will determine how healthcare organizations navigate the aftereffects of the global COVID-19 pandemic combined with the impact of everything from inflationary pressures to supply chain constraints

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Best Practices for Sharing Protected Health Information (PHI)

In this ebook, you will learn about the 18 PHI indicators, the legal requirements and penalties surrounding PHI, and how your healthcare teams should securely exchange this data. Key takeaways from this ebook: Gain confidence in identifying PHI. Acquire practical implementation strategies for exchanging PHI within your organization. Emphasize the importance of using compliant communication tools within healthcare teams.

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Doctors no longer bound by noncompetes under FTC’s proposed ban

Healthcare Dive

The FTC’s sweeping proposal would free physicians to work for a competitor, undermining the status quo in physician-employer relationships, attorneys told Healthcare Dive.

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Hackers are Using AI Tools such as ChatGPT for Malware Development

HIPAA Journal

There are many benefits of using AI in healthcare , including the acceleration of drug development and medical image analysis, but the same AI systems that benefit healthcare could also be used for malicious purposes such as malware development. The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently published an analyst note summarizing the potential for artificial intelligence tools to be used by hackers for this purpose and evidence is mounting that AI tools are already being abuse

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Healthcare Remains Top Target in 2022 ITRC Breach Report

Compliancy Group

At least 344 organizations in the healthcare industry suffered data breaches in 2022, according to a just-released report from the Identity Theft Research Center® (ITRC). This is the third consecutive year that healthcare organizations led all industries in the number of data compromises noted in the ITRC report. Healthcare organizations represented 19 percent of the 1,802 breaches reported in the 2022 ITRC report, with Financial Services (268), Manufacturing and Utilities (249), and Professiona

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Geisinger solves behavioral health access problem with telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Benjamin C. Gonzales, operations manager II, virtual care, at Geisinger, said the prominent health system has faced a problem that is the biggest problem in behavioral healthcare: access. And while Geisinger’s population certainly has experienced its own challenges with behavioral health access like other communities, the problem has been significantly compounded by three things.

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HIPAA: Why It Matters to Your Practice

85% of practices are not complying with the government’s HIPAA standards. The large majority of practices are likely trying to protect patients’ information, but they may not be doing all that they need to meet government requirements. Not complying with HIPAA has definite drawbacks, with one major one being massive fines. The government can fine up to 1.5 million dollars for a single HIPAA breach incident - an amount that would put most small practices out of business.

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CVS, Cigna back kidney care coordination, tech startup Monogram Health's latest $375M raise

Fierce Healthcare

CVS, Cigna back kidney care coordination, tech startup Monogram Health's latest $375M raise. dmuoio. Mon, 01/09/2023 - 12:24.

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Ransomware stakes are life-or-death, says Ponemon report

Healthcare It News

Nearly half of healthcare provider respondents (45%) said ransomware attacks increased complications from medical procedures, according to a new study from the Ponemon Institute. That's up from 36% in 2021. WHY IT MATTERS For the report, " The impact of ransomware on patient safety and the value of cybersecurity benchmarking ," which was sponsored by Censinet, Ponemon researchers surveyed 579 healthcare IT professionals at healthcare-delivery organizations in the fourth quarter of

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Rise of telehealth during pandemic boosted mental health treatment rates

Healthcare Dive

The number of patients who received virtual care early in the pandemic surpassed those who dropped in-person mental health treatment in a new Rand study.

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Healthcare Industry Most Commonly Attacked with Downloaders and Ransomware

HIPAA Journal

Blackberry has recently published its Global Threat Intelligence Report, which provides actionable and contextualized intelligence that can be used to improve cyber resilience. The report is based on data collected by Blackberry and threat intelligence provided by third parties, gathered over 90 days between September and November 2022. Throughout the reporting period, downloaders were among the most commonly observed threats.

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HR and Employee Healthcare Reform: Keys to Increasing Employee Wellness and Retention

Speaker: Mallory Herrin, CEO & Principal HR Consultant at HerrinHR

Your employees are your most valuable resource. If you want to retain employees and keep them happy, you want to make the incentives more valuable. With a full-stack employee experience, culture, health, wellness and benefits navigation solution, you can provide employees with the wellbeing support they need. The results? Employees who are happier, healthier, and more engaged, as well as a business that is thriving both internally and externally, every day.

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TRIPP, Equa Health partner to offer clinically-backed VR mindfulness training

Mobi Health News

In an exclusive interview, the companies discuss their partnership and TRIPP's investment in Equa Health's pre-seed funding round.

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Mercy Virtual Care Center: A deep dive into a virtual hospital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With nearly a decade of successfully running a virtual ICU and a virtual care hospital known today as Mercy Virtual Care Center , Mercy in St. Louis, Missouri, embarked on amplifying a new digital-first frontier in 2015: A new virtual care model of remote patient monitoring for patients living with complex conditions. THE PROBLEM. "In our ambulatory virtual programs, we manage complex chronically ill patients," said Annie Bannister, RN, executive director of vEngagement at Mercy.

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Amazon Pharmacy rolls out service for unlimited generic drug prescriptions for $5 a month

Fierce Healthcare

Amazon Pharmacy rolls out service for unlimited generic drug prescriptions for $5 a month hlandi Mon, 01/23/2023 - 22:15

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Leveraging patient engagement technologies to tackle health inequity

Healthcare It News

Reduce Healthcare Inequities with Patient Engagement Technology Addressing healthcare inequities is no simple task. The causes are complex, from environmental to socioeconomic factors, and aren’t easy to address. There are opportunities, though, to bridge gaps in healthcare by leveraging patient engagement technology. Remote patient monitoring – staying connected with patients outside of the medical setting – has the potential to deliver several important benefits for disadvant

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Your HIPAA Compliance Checklist: Easily Find Out Your HIPAA Requirements

This checklist is your best free resource for assessing your current HIPAA compliance status. Including all of the components of an effective compliance program, you’ll be sure you’re not missing a single piece of compliance. HIPAA is a complex law - protect your organization from financial and legal ramifications by ensuring your compliance program has all of the proper elements in place.