Optum backs out of deal to buy Steward’s physician group
Healthcare Dive
JUNE 28, 2024
Steward has been gunning for the deal since March. Without Optum at the table, it’s unclear who will buy the struggling health system’s medical clinics.
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AI has a role to play during the patient intake process
Healthcare It News
JUNE 28, 2024
Patient intake, and the associated manual tasks that come upfront before a medical visit, represents a key component of a health system's operational efficiency and clinical quality. As a result, some hospitals and primary care clinics are experimenting with artificial intelligence and large language models to focus on note-taking and scribe work.
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SCOTUS strikes down Chevron doctrine, curbing federal agency power
Healthcare Dive
JUNE 28, 2024
The court’s controversial decision raises the bar for healthcare regulators when they’re implementing laws with undefined terms — and opens the door for stakeholders in the industry to sue when they’re unhappy with an agency’s reading of statute.
HIMSSCast: Fighting back against healthcare misinformation in the era of social media and genAI
Healthcare It News
JUNE 28, 2024
Dr. Geeta Nayyar – known by many as "Dr. G" – has a long track record as a physician IT leader, who thinks creatively about the intersection of technology and healthcare. Her jobs over the years have included serving as chief medical officer of tech giants such a AT&T and Salesforce and AT&T. She sits on the board of the American Telemedicine Association.
Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Amazon folds telehealth marketplace into One Medical
Healthcare Dive
JUNE 28, 2024
The reorganization could create a new source of potential customers for primary care chain One Medical.
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Amwell to implement reverse stock split to avoid delisting
Healthcare Dive
JUNE 28, 2024
The telehealth vendor’s stock price has declined significantly since 2020. It received a warning this spring that its stock was trading below minimum standards, and could be removed from trading.
Supreme Court overrules Chevron deference, dealing blow to federal healthcare agencies
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 28, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court, by a vote of 6-3, has overturned the Chevron deference, stripping power from federal agencies to interpret and enforce regulations. | The U.S. Supreme Court is overruling long-standing precedent. Here's how it could affect healthcare policy.
Optum Rx reaches $20M settlement with Justice Department over opioid prescribing
Healthcare Dive
JUNE 28, 2024
The UnitedHealth pharmacy benefit manager did not have to admit guilt as part of the settlement, which amounts to a minuscule fraction of its annual revenue.
AI is Not One-Size-Fits-All for Clinicians
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 28, 2024
Through his work, his podcast, and his social media listening, Joshua Liu, CEO of SeamlessMD has his fingers on the pulse of healthcare. Healthcare IT Today caught up with him at the eHealth 2024 conference to get his take on the latest trends in health IT. AI is not a Fit for Every Clinician AI is the most talked about technology in healthcare and although we have come down (slightly) from the extreme peak of hype, in Liu’s opinion, there is still a lot of aspirational statements being made abo
Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices
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Can empathetic AI companions help reduce readmissions?
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 28, 2024
The HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum is scheduled to take place September 5-6 in Boston. Learn more and register.
Foodsmart secures more than $200M for telenutrition platform
Mobi Health News
JUNE 28, 2024
The company partners with employers and health plans, such as Medicaid and Medicare, to provide patients virtual access to registered dietitians.
Noom Unveils AI-Powered Food Logging and Welli Assistant to Supercharge Health Coaching
HIT Consultant
JUNE 28, 2024
What You Should Know: – Noom , the leader in digital health coaching for chronic disease prevention, is revolutionizing its platform with the launch of two cutting-edge AI features: AI food logging and Welli, their new AI personal health assistant. – The launch of AI food logging and Welli reinforces Noom’s commitment to leveraging technology for sustainable behavior change.
Leadership: Digital Health Network launches a new ‘state of the nation’ survey of clinical digital leaders
Digital Health News
JUNE 28, 2024
In 2016 a CCIO network survey revealed that only 44% of CCIOs had the authority to carry out their roles effectively. Will the 2024 survey show improvement?
How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering
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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.
Lurie Children's ransomware attack breached 791,000+ patient records
Becker's Health IT
JUNE 28, 2024
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago revealed 791,784 patients had their information breached as a result of a ransomware attack earlier this year.
Junior doctors break strike to assist at sites hit by cyber attack
Digital Health News
JUNE 28, 2024
Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts continue to experience major disruption following the cyber attack on Synnovis.
States Increasingly Use Power Over Commercial Health Insurance to Boost Primary Care Investment
Center for Health Insurance Reform
JUNE 28, 2024
The U.S. significantly under-invests in primary care, even though the benefits of primary care access are well known. Several states are now using their health insurance rate review authority to push insurers to increase their investment. CHIR's Maanasa Kona and Sabrina Corlette review these states' strategies and their impact to date.
Harnessing AI and cybersecurity to transform healthcare in the UK
Digital Health News
JUNE 28, 2024
The UK healthcare sector is in a transformative era, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). AI has the potential to revolutionise healthcare by improving diagnostic accuracy, advancing patient care and streamlining administrative processes.
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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Canary Speech Secures $13 Million in Series A Funding to Change How the World’s Top Healthcare Organizations Screen for Mental Wellness and Cognitive Health
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 28, 2024
Led by Cortes Capital, LLC, Sorenson Communications, LLC., SMK (Japan), and Hackensack Meridian Health, Series A Funding Expands the AI-Driven Capabilities of the Groundbreaking Vocal Biomarker Health Tech Company Canary Speech, Inc. (Canary) , the leading AI-powered voice biomarker health tech company, has secured a $13 million Series A funding round led by Cortes Capital, LLC (Love’s Private Equity), with participation from Sorenson Communications, LLC., SMK (Japan), and Hackensack Meridian He
Royal Bolton Hospital provides noise-cancelling headphones for patients
Digital Health News
JUNE 28, 2024
Royal Bolton Hospital has introduced noise-cancelling headphones for patients with learning disabilities to help support them in loud and busy environments.
Motivating Providers to Embrace Value-Based Care: 4 Keys for Healthcare Organizations
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 28, 2024
The following is a guest article by Dana McCalley, VP of Value-Based Care at Navina For any healthcare organization and provider, the importance of the transition to value-based care (VBC) models is undeniable. To meet the ambitious goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — covering all traditional Medicare beneficiaries and most Medicaid beneficiaries by value-based providers by 2030 — it’s clear that the entire healthcare field needs to adapt accordingly.
Movers and Shakers news roundup
Digital Health News
JUNE 28, 2024
Our latest Movers and Shakers roundup features new chief executives for trusts in west London, Warrington and Halton, and Greater Manchester.
Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
Friday at Five: Caregiver Impact Study by Mightier
HealthIT Answers
JUNE 28, 2024
Jason Kahn, MD - Findings from a new study by Mightier highlight the significant trade-offs and choices that parents, primarily mothers, make to support their children’s mental and behavioral health. The post Friday at Five: Caregiver Impact Study by Mightier appeared first on Health IT Answers.
Justice Department charges 193 defendants for $2.8B of healthcare fraud
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 28, 2024
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday a two-week operation in which 193 people across the country, including 76 licensed healthcare providers, were charged for their alleged participa | The cases highlighted by law enforcement involved medically unnecessary amniotic wound grafts, diverted HIV medications, online distribution of Adderall and other telemedicine schemes.
Care enablement company Fabric acquires Walmart's MeMD
Mobi Health News
JUNE 28, 2024
Fabric will use MeMD's virtual urgent, behavioral and primary care offerings to expand its employer-focused strategy.
Adventist Health Selects The Garage’s Bridge Platform to Advance Value-Based Care Initiatives
HIT Consultant
JUNE 28, 2024
What You Should Know: – The Garage , a leading population health management technology company, announced a strategic partnership with Adventist Health , a prominent non-profit integrated health system. Adventist Health will leverage The Garage’s Bridge platform to further its value-based care initiatives across its diverse patient population. – The Garage, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, is a population health management leader dedicated to improving healthcare delivery.
Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask
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