4 ways generative AI is transforming healthcare
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 1, 2024
Learn about a few of the many ways AI tools are helping to transform healthcare — and how they benefit physicians and patients along the way.
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Diabetes WA reports hack and more briefs
Healthcare It News
APRIL 5, 2024
Diabetes WA discloses data breach Diabetes WA, the peak body for diabetes in Western Australia, has reported unauthorised access to the personal information of some of their contacts. Based on its initial investigation, the following information may have been accessed by hackers: name, address, birth date, email, telephone number, marital status, Aboriginal status, Medicare number, referring doctor, and type of diabetes.
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Telehealth groups urge DEA to release virtual e-prescribing rules
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 3, 2024
With current pandemic-era flexibilities for telemedicine set to expire at the end of 2024, several telehealth groups and major health systems are calling on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to work faster in crafting a new proposed rule regulating the prescribing of controlled substances via telehealth. The American Telemedicine Association, the Alliance for Connected Care, the Consumer Technology Association, the Partnership to Advance Virtual Care, Allina Health, Johns Hopkins, Mass Ge
Epic plans to launch AI validation software for healthcare organizations to test, monitor models
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 3, 2024
As artificial intelligence rapidly advances in healthcare, the industry is grappling with how to evaluate AI models for accuracy and performance and monitor the technology for any downstream advers | The healthcare industry is grappling with how to evaluate AI models for accuracy and performance and monitor the technology for any downstream adverse outcomes.
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Running a healthcare facility requires precision and care, not just for patients but also for your staff. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps healthcare providers choose the best provider. Efficient payroll management ensures timely, accurate payments, critical for maintaining staff morale and trust. Compliance support helps navigate complex healthcare regulations and avoid costly fines.
Change cyberattack serves as wake-up call for healthcare cybersecurity
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 4, 2024
The outage shows why health systems need to plan for inevitable cyberattacks, evaluating risks and putting operational backups in place, experts say.
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Rush Memorial's virtual ICU reduces transfers, boosts patient experience
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 3, 2024
Not too long ago, Rush Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Indiana, did not have the capability to staff an ICU 24/7. Physicians and nurses were only able to provide ICU care on a part-time basis. THE PROBLEM This was something staff was looking into even before COVID, as they were thinking about what was best for their patients and their families when it comes to being admitted to the hospital.
Medicare Advantage rate cut remains as feds keep up pressure
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 1, 2024
Insurers will feel resentful Monday as the feds opted to not reverse its decision to decrease Medicare Advantage benchmark payments by 0.16%, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid announced. | CMS is not deviating from its January proposal to modestly rein in Medicare Advantage. Benchmark payments will still decrease 0.16% but the feds expect it will still pay up to $600 billion in payments to plans in 2025.
Walmart decelerates health center expansion plans
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 4, 2024
The retailer previously planned to have more than 75 health centers operational this year. Now, Walmart plans to reach that goal in 2025.
AI in patient portals and ambient scribing offers big gains for Johns Hopkins
Healthcare It News
APRIL 5, 2024
Moving forward, it's working with Epic on EHR chart summarization via artificial intelligence, with an initial focus on inpatient hospital course summary. The top digital health MD tells all.
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Boston Medical Center launches new hospital-at-home program
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 3, 2024
Hospital patients with conditions like pneumonia, dehydration and heart failure have been shown to experience shorter recovery times with fewer complications when they receive more cost-effective healthcare at home – and many health systems have been preparing for this future. Boston Medical Center is making a new high-acuity, hospital-at-home service available to help patients recover in the comfort of their homes, the health system announced Wednesday.
CMS final rule on broker comp, health equity could shake up Medicare Advantage
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 5, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a host of actions ranging from broker compensation, health equity, mental health, supplemental benefits and biosimiliars, in the Contract Year | Medicare Advantage plans will need to adjust to new star ratings requirements, industry watchers warned following a final rule on Thursday.
Kaiser closes Geisinger acquisition, launching Risant Health
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 3, 2024
The deal closed roughly a year after it was first announced. Geisinger is the first health system to join Risant, but it’s far from the last — the hospital operator wants to acquire at least four additional nonprofits.
AI can unlock supply to meet demand, says Johns Hopkins physician IT leader
Healthcare It News
APRIL 4, 2024
Dr. Brian Hasselfeld has a little Wall Street in his background and likes to talk about the potential benefits of artificial intelligence to healthcare in economic terms – the law of supply and demand. Everyone knows how healthcare works. A patient sees their primary care physician, who then issues a referral. That physician then issues a subspecialty referral, which may finally reveal the right answer.
Best Practices for Sharing Protected Health Information (PHI)
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Explore essential topics in this ebook, including what constitutes PHI and how to identify it using 18 indicators. Gain insights into the importance of safeguarding PHI to protect patient privacy and learn about the severe consequences of HIPAA violations. Discover practical strategies for securely exchanging PHI within your healthcare organization, including assessing risks and implementing effective safeguards.
Children’s Hospital LA launches telehealth urgent care
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 1, 2024
New care option allows remote treatment for non-emergency illness, including minor eye problems, respiratory infections, fever, allergies and other minor injuries.
Costco teams up with Sesame to offer weight loss program to members, including GLP-1 drugs
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 2, 2024
Big-box retailer Costco is expanding its reach into healthcare services with a new weight loss program for members. | Big-box retailer Costco is expanding its reach into healthcare services with a new weight loss program for members.
Amwell in danger of being booted from NYSE
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 5, 2024
The once high-flying telehealth stock has traded below the exchange’s minimum listing requirements for 30 days, according to a new notice.
Patients have unique care journeys, and call center agents should understand
Healthcare It News
APRIL 4, 2024
Talkdesk can integrate AI with EHRs so patients don't have to repeat information and agents can express empathy in their calls, explains Patty Hayward, the company's healthcare and life sciences GM.
Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices
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Larry Ellison and Seema Verma: Computers — not humans — can prevent healthcare cyberattacks
Becker's Health IT
APRIL 2, 2024
Autonomous computer systems are healthcare's best protection against disruptive cyberattacks, Oracle's Larry Ellison and Seema Verma wrote April 1 in The Wall Street Journal.
Survey: Amid economy concerns, 4 in 10 therapists plan to raise rates in 2024
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 5, 2024
Four in 10 therapists are planning to raise their fees in 2024, a new survey has found. | In last year’s report, 64% of therapists said they were planning to raise their fees in 2023. Yet only a third did, which could be explained by therapists' desire to remain accessible to patients.
Blue Shield of California and Providence at stalemate over contract negotiations
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 3, 2024
It's the latest negotiation to spill out of the boardroom and into the public eye as tensions between providers and payers ramp up.
WHO offers genAI health assistant with enhanced empathetic response
Healthcare It News
APRIL 4, 2024
The World Health Organization said it has expanded its generative artificial intelligence assistant, first launched during the COVID-19 pandemic as Florence, to help people everywhere live healthier lives. S.A.R.A.H, or Sarah, was created using an AI training approach based on modeling interactive human systems to deliver more personalized and engaging messages.
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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Unlocking Healthcare’s Mobile Future: HIPAA-Compliant BYOD
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 4, 2024
When I’ve talked to CIOs about what’s keeping them up at night, they almost universally answer: security. No doubt it’s the biggest risk to a healthcare organization and the attackers only need a slight opening in your security defenses to wreak havoc. That’s why we were particularly interested in this session at HIMSS 2024 that looked at how to create a HIPAA-Compliant BYOD program which balanced the security needs of a healthcare organization while still meeting the wo
NYSE tells Amwell to increase share prices or be delisted
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 5, 2024
Amwell could find itself dropped from the New York Stock Exchange if it isn’t able to turn its share prices around. | The telehealth giant's shares have closed below $1 on average for the past 30 days. The company said it would address the deficiency by effecting a reverse stock split.
Intermountain-owned Saltzer shutters operations, sells clinics
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 3, 2024
The financially strapped physician group finalized a midnight deal to sell some services to Trinity Health-owned Saint Alphonsus Health System and Intermountain Medical Imaging of Idaho.
AI-automated workflows help clinicians focus on patients
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APRIL 2, 2024
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