MRO Compliance

MARCH 20, 2025

Imagine a healthcare organization committed to improving patient outcomes while controlling costs. They have the right intentions, yet gaps in care coordination lead to preventable hospital readmissions, and they struggle to meet the quality benchmarks required for value-based care contracts. The challenge? Their data is fragmented across multiple systems, making it difficult to gain a comprehensive picture of their performance and where to improve.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2025

Health systems are under increasing pressure to retain their patients – who have a variety of care options to choose from, both in-person and virtual. At the same time, inpatient capacity is limited and hospital care teams face a lot of strain. By using cardiac data gathered through remote devices, ambulatory care is helping these facilities preserve and care for patients within the health system, but not always in the hospital.

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Medisys Compliance

MARCH 19, 2025

Why Radiology Billing Matters In the complex landscape of healthcare, radiology practices play a pivotal role in diagnosis and treatment. However, the financial health and compliance of these practices are heavily reliant on accurate and efficient radiology billing. Navigating the complexities of coding, understanding the guidelines for various payers, and adhering to ever-evolving regulations can be challenging for practice owners.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2025

Yonatan (Yoni) Savir, Assoc. Prof. Faculty of Medicine at Technion While its only relatively recently that AI became a household term, the technology is already having a major impact on society. But perhaps AIs greatest impact has been in the medical field, specifically in the areas of diagnostics and devices. Machine learning and other AI-based technologies have enabled researchers to gather data and undertake studies that are yielding an explosion of information on conditions and diseases of a

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

Healthcare It News

MARCH 19, 2025

Healthcare is a dynamic landscape. Opportunities to improve processes, address concerns and deliver exceptional care experiences are a patient expectation, a regulatory metric and at the heart of the reason many professionals choose to work in healthcare. THE CHALLENGE Oftentimes, when people encounter healthcare, this includes a surgical visit in an inpatient or outpatient setting.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 20, 2025

Addiction Marching Toward Gambling Madness (Pt. 1) Its time to fill your bracket and brush up on your ball-knowledge: March Madness is here. The iconic college basketball tournament has been a staple of the sports calendar for nearly a century, but the stakes of this year’s tournament are higher than ever before. Published March 20, 2025 Author Spencer Andrews Share Share on LinkedIn Share on X Share on Bluesky Share on Facebook Its time to fill your bracket and brush up on your ball-knowl

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 17, 2025

Aged care provider halves staff turnover with automation Not-for-profit aged care provider Southern Cross Care Queensland has modernised its workforce management processes amid reforms across the aged care sector. It recently implemented a suite of solutions from Humanforce, including for time and attendance, rostering and scheduling, and financial wellbeing, as well as an employee application.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 17, 2025

REM sleep behavior disorder, or RBD, is a condition that causes abnormal movements or brief repeated twitching during sleep, and occasional episodes of dream enactment. THE CHALLENGE RBD affects more than one million Americans and is almost always an early sign of Parkinson's or dementia, often preceding other symptoms by 10-15 years. That means it presents an unprecedented opportunity for developing therapies against Parkinson's disease or dementia and ultimately identifying those who w

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2025

What You Should Know: – Digital health is rapidly moving into the mainstream, from Super Bowl commercials to new features in popular consumer products. A recent survey reveals that 58% of Americans used virtual care in the past year, although this represents a slight decrease (5 percentage points) compared to 2023. Wearable devices and connected devices are also increasingly common, with 53% of consumers owning at least one, and 54% using them to track health metrics digitally.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 19, 2025

The massive pharmacy benefit manager plans to stop requiring coverage reauthorizations for roughly 80 drugs used to treat migraines, multiple sclerosis, high cholesterol and more.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 18, 2025

Brain.space , the maker of an EEG helmet, announced an $11 million Series A Funding round led by Toyota Ventures, with participation by Mangrove Capital Partners and The Group Ventures. The company also received a $3.5 million non-dilutive grant from the Israel Innovation Authority. WHAT IT DOES Brain.space's EEG database allows brain activity to be more easily shared with researchers, physicians and pharma companies to study brain abnormalities and diseases.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 21, 2025

Robert Slepin is chief digital officer and senior vice president at Markham, Ontario-based SE Health and emeritus CIO adviser at EHR giant Epic. SE Health is one of the largest diversified home health organizations in Canada that includes a dedicated research center, health career college, futures lab and global enterprise. The provider organization has facilitated transformation in the areas of aging, education, Indigenous health and end-of-life care.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 20, 2025

What You Should Know: – Cylinder, the leading virtual digestive health provider, today announced its acquisition of Dieta Health, creator of the first clinically validated AI-powered stool imaging app. –This acquisition will drive Cylinder towards its goal of delivering more personalized digestive care and improving clinical outcomes. Dieta Health developed the worlds first mobile app with clinically-validated AI stool image classification.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 18, 2025

Telehealth groups celebrated the extension, but added the short-term reprieve means continued uncertainty for providers.

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MARCH 18, 2025

On March 15, 2025, the President signed a full-year continuing resolution (CR) that continues funding the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year. It maintains U.S. global health funding at the prior year (FY 2024) level ($10.8 billion).

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 21, 2025

Chris Whelchel, founder and CEO of HealthTok, a healthcare consulting firm, had what he calls a "wonderful" opportunity to not only complete his doctoral practicum work at UC Health Yampa Valley Medical Center but offer his approach to a project surrounding improving a roadmap for patients in the outpatient setting. Harnessing several technologies, he was able to expeditiously complete a first-phase framework to help with redesigning the medical center's patient experience.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 21, 2025

Jennifer Weinberg, MD, Physician Advisor and Vice President of Operations, R1 While artificial intelligence (AI) can automate many functions within the middle revenue cycle , there remains a need for human expertise to manage complex, nuanced decisions to ensure high accuracy and proper context. Ultimately, AI should complement not replace humans to drive greater efficiency without compromising quality.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 20, 2025

The deal, which removes Cigna from the volatile Medicare Advantage market, closed a little over a year after being announced.

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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HealthIT Answers

MARCH 16, 2025

NOW on Demand Tell Me Where IT Hurts episode with host Dr. Jay Anders and his guest Leigh C. Burchell, VP Policy & Public Affairs, Altera Digital Health. They discuss EHR developer concerns with possible policy changes, interoperability, Ai, and navigating the different state regulations. The post Diving into Health IT Policy, Medicare Advantage, and AI in Healthcare appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2025

Keragon , an AI-powered HIPAA-compliant automation platform for healthcare, has raised $7.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round. The round was led by Upfront Ventures, with early investors – Afore Capital, Focal, and 25m Health, doubling down on their initial investments. This capital raise comes on the heels of a $3 million pre-seed round and an official platform launch just six months ago, bringing the total raised amount to $10.5 million.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2025

Ed Glynn, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Chief Clinical Officer at RhythmX AI Primary care physicians struggle to process a novel’s worth of data on each of their patients, every day, under stressful conditions. As healthcare invests billions in fast-evolving AI solutions, Im convinced that leveraging AI to expand automation and save time in healthcare won’t work unless we prioritize helping these doctors operate at the top of their license.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 19, 2025

Over 10 years, private equity firms acquired more than 1,000 disability care providers, but intense pressures to turn a profit could harm quality, according to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project.

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Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.

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HealthIT Answers

MARCH 19, 2025

By Kent Dicks - Decade after decade, the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has sought innovative ways to expand access to care for veterans. These efforts, unfortunately, often have gone unreported in the media. The post How Technology Expands Care Access and Improves the Health of Our Veterans appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2025

Integrating new systems and applications into your organization’s IT infrastructure can sometimes feel like you’re setting up a Rube Goldberg machine. Everything needs to be pre-planned and meticulously set up in order to achieve the result you are after. One small misstep and suddenly you can be facing a chain reaction of your other systems being set off or it could cause something to bump out of alignment and cause a complete shutdown.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 20, 2025

What You Should Know: – Cylinder, a virtual digestive health provider announced its acquisition of Dieta Health , creator of the first clinically validated AI-powered stool imaging app. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. – This acquisition will drive Cylinder towards its goal of delivering more personalized digestive care and improving clinical outcomes.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 21, 2025

Proposed cuts to National Institutes of Health funding threaten a critical pipeline of innovation and discovery necessary to fuel advancements in patient care, according to researchers and provider groups.

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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 16, 2025

While most people in the U.S. who have used large language models (like ChatGPT) for informal learning, entertainment, and getting information about products and services, 39% of U.S. adults have also tapped into LLMs to source information about physical or mental health. This insight is brought to us in the brilliantly titled report, Close encounters of the AI kind, from the Imagining the Digital Future Center at Elon University.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2025

Have we been touting the wrong benefits of interoperability all this time? Instead of just focusing on the benefits for patients, maybe we need to put more attention on the benefits to providers. Perhaps by reframing the benefits we can accelerate interoperability. Reframing Interoperability Benefits Interoperability has long been known as a way to improve patient care.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 18, 2025

Kevin Agatstein, CEO of KAID Health, Inc. The management of prescription renewals represents one of healthcares most pressing yet understated challenges. This administrative burden not only strains medical practices but also creates significant barriers to patient care and medication adherence. As healthcare systems struggle to balance efficiency with quality of care, the need for innovative solutions in prescription renewal management has become increasingly urgent.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 21, 2025

The final rule, which allows registered clinicians to prescribe up to an initial six-month supply of the drug used to treat opioid use disorder via telehealth, will now go into effect Dec. 31.

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Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.

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