Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The following is a guest article by Faramarz Farhoodi, Founder and CEO at AI Nexus Healthcare. The term digital transformation can be interpreted in many different ways. Rather than transforming healthcare practices, I like to view it as transforming the way healthcare is practiced. . Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the unique ability to process vast amounts of data and make sense of what they represent.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Cybersecurity can no longer be treated as a secondary concern and must become incorporated into every organization’s core business model, according to the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

By Sarah Gabriele. In June 2022, after almost two years of debate over a potential COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, the World Trade Organization adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement (“WTO Decision”), which provided for a partial waiver of intellectual property rights. More specifically, the WTO Decision waived patent rights on vaccines and allowed for the use of protected clinical trial data for regulatory approval of vaccines.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Changi General Hospital in Singapore is now developing and validating AI algorithms to predict the likelihood of patient deterioration as part of its smart remote health monitoring system. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. The hospital has been collaborating with A*STAR medtech spinoff Respiree to develop a remote patient monitoring (RPM) system. It is one of the projects that CGH, Respiree and A*STAR are working on, backed with SG$1.35 million (over $950,000) in funding from the National Research Foundation

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Manipal Hospitals has tapped Google Cloud to improve its virtual and remote care capabilities while leveraging AI to enhance patient experience. The partnership involves the deployment of the Amwell telehealth platform to enable virtual visits. Since 2020, Amwell has been Google's preferred telehealth partner to expand access to virtual care delivery worldwide.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Staffing shortages were the top reason nurses cited for planning to leave their jobs, followed by the need for better work-life balance, according to staffing agency ConnectRN.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Patients interact with different organizations in the patient care continuum, from when they discover they are ill to when they receive care and follow-up. Only through positive, personalized experiences across these touchpoints can an otherwise emotional and overwhelming experience be made easier. Health data within these touchpoints is siloed, locked across members of the healthcare value chain.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Remote biometric monitoring technology company Biotricity recently announced securing National Institutes of Health funding from the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute with plans to launch a study of its Bioflux-AI technology. Bioflux-AI combines an FDA-approved, high-precision, small mobile cardiac telemetry device with AI-driven algorithms specifically trained for the prediction of stroke in stage 4 and stage 5 chronic kidney disease patients.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Despite talk of a recession, all major insurers expect a rosier end to 2022 than earlier predictions. On the other hand, profits fell for large hospital operators faced with pricier labor and lower volumes.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The following post is adapted from the edited volume AI in eHealth: Human Autonomy, Data Governance and Privacy in Healthcare. By Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci and Mark Fenwick. The emergence of digital platforms and related technologies are transforming healthcare and creating new opportunities and challenges for all stakeholders in the medical space.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

A hack into a third-party vendor's email reportedly led to the exposure of patient and clinical data, resulting in care delays and clinical workflow disruptions across the health system. St. Luke's Health learned that a data breach affecting consultant Adelanto Healthcare Ventures had compromised protected health information. The data breach affecting the Texas-based system of 16 hospitals is unrelated to the massive ransomware attack on its parent company, CommonSpirit Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Five startups based in APAC took the stage during the HIMSS22 APAC Conference this year in the hopes of gaining further traction for their businesses. The Digital Innovation Showcase, organised by Zoom and HIMSS, required startups to offer solutions that leveraged video or video conferencing. The winner of the Showcase would be recognised during the HIMSS APAC Awards Dinner along with the opportunity to have a 30-minute call with Brendan Ittelson, Chief Technology Officer of Zoom.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

A majority of the providers affected by the attack last month have regained access to electronic health records, but the system said it is still working to return to normal operations.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

By Jennifer S. Bard. The longer the pandemic continues, the more obvious it is how effective the sweeping federal and state laws shielding medical providers from malpractice associated with COVID-19 have been. Few cases have been brought, and so far there is no record of successful judgements or settlements. Even without these statutes, proving negligence in COVID-related cases would be exceptionally difficult, given the ever-evolving virus and treatment options.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The initial offering enables veterans to view and store immunization records all in one place. WHY IT MATTERS. Healthy Together uses the Department of Veterans Affairs Lighthouse program to securely access relevant VA data when veterans connect their VA accounts. The collaboration is part of the VA's efforts to provide more ways for veterans to securely access and utilize their health records and data through the agency's API.

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NEJM

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Among school districts in the greater Boston area, the lifting of masking requirements was associated with an additional 44.9 Covid-19 cases per 1000 students and staff during the 15 weeks after a statewide masking policy was rescinded.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The newest reduction for the insurtech comes less than a month after Bright announced it was leaving the Affordable Care Act exchanges and slashing its Medicare Advantage footprint to just Florida and California.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Andreessen Horowitz Bio + Health fund this week announced a new strategic partnership that aims to give an upstate New York health system access to digital health technologies that can help it address access challenges for its patient population. WHY IT MATTERS. The partnership aims to advance the patient experience, assure financial sustainability and position Bassett Healthcare for long-term growth.

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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.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The number of connected devices being used in hospitals continues to grow and while these devices can improve efficiency, safety, and patient outcomes, they have also substantially increased the attack surface, and many of these devices either lack appropriate security features or are not correctly configured. According to a recent Microsoft-sponsored study by the Ponemon Institute into the current state of IoT/OT cybersecurity, 65% of organizations said their IoT/OT devices were one of the leas

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As the number of devices increases, the agency is looking to adapt its regulatory framework to the new technology, including faster approval of algorithm updates.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Two health systems have become the latest healthcare organizations to name a web tracking tool created by Meta (formerly Facebook) as responsible for their data breach. This comes as the social media giant faces a growing number of lawsuits alleging that the tool improperly collects and sells sensitive patient health information. Both of the recent incidents, which were announced in mid-October, involved a Meta tracking tool known as Meta Pixel.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A national programme that seeks to expand the reach of clinical trials across Australia will continue to be implemented over the next four years with A$75 million ($45 million) investment from the Commonwealth Medical Research Future Fund. The Australian Teletrial Program (ATP), which was first piloted in 2018, leverages telehealth technology to create a network of rural, regional and remote clinical trial sites nationwide.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Cigna’s health services division Evernorth is also taking a stake in the deal, and will become a minority owner in VillageMD.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. With 82% of 2022 claims denials associated with Medicare, and third-party audit volume rapidly climbing, hospitals and health systems are under intense pressure to protect and grow revenues. These were among the key findings of […]. The article MDaudit Annual Benchmark Report Reveals 82% of Claim Denials Are Associated With Medicare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The federal government has issued a warning to the healthcare sector about the threat of cyberattacks by Iranian threat actors. Iranian state-sponsored actors lack the sophisticated technical capabilities of Russian and Chinese threat actors, but still pose a significant threat to the sector. The threat actors mostly use social engineering in their attacks to gain access to healthcare networks and are known to conduct sophisticated spear-phishing campaigns.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

For more than a century, Centura Health, based in Centennial, Colorado, has strived to define whole person care. The organization says it improves lives and strengthens communities by honoring the mind, body and spirit in equal measure. Further, it says it understands the way care is provided is as meaningful as the care itself, which is why it listens to and connects with every patient it serves.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The new policy comes as nurses and physicians across the country report an escalation in aggression against healthcare providers.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Healthcare operations can be extensive, and proper medical data management entails multi-layered security to protect patients and the business. Many aspects of healthcare operations involve manual and repetitive tasks. However, this is currently changing due […].

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