Healthcare It News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Many neurotypical and most neurodivergent children struggle with feeding difficulties. This does not just affect the child – it impacts the whole family. Focused Approach is a startup that helps children aged six months to 16 years old with feeding disorders. Its program Focused on Feeding has helped families go from hospital bed (with malnutrition) to the dinner table – entirely via telemedicine.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 8, 2024

Experts discuss their predictions for healthcare industry trends, including investment and consolidation in digital health, adoption of artificial intelligence and improving cybersecurity in healthcare in 2024.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 8, 2024

All care delivered through UpDoc's artificial intelligence-based remote patient providers would be prescribed by physicians or clinical pharmacists who oversee the platform, the company said in an announcement on Friday. WHY IT MATTERS UpDoc's remote patient intervention technology leverages conversational AI powered by multiplelarge language models, including GPT-4 through Microsoft's Azure Open AI Service, Google Cloud's MedLM and Vertex AI models.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 8, 2024

The new program surfaces eligible benefits for weight management, diabetes and other cardiometabolic conditions when users search Amazon for related devices, like a glucose monitor.

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Advertiser: Celo

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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Bill of Health

JANUARY 8, 2024

By Bobby Stroup Right now in a Los Angeles courtroom , the fate of the NCAA hangs in the balance. Perhaps as a way to preempt the outcome, on December 6, NCAA President Charlie Baker sent a letter proposing some schools should be allowed to compensate student athletes for using their name, image and likeness (NIL). President Baker is right to try and get ahead of the student-athlete compensation issue, but NIL payments are not the only issue at play.

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Digital Health News

JANUARY 8, 2024

NHS England will investigate whether US data analytics giant Palantir violated the terms of its contract to run the Federated Data Platform.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 8, 2024

UPshow CONNECT is a patient engagement platform used to broadcast sponsored content in the waiting rooms. It grabs customer attention, boosts engagement, and turns screens into revenue-generating tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

The following is a guest article by Shankar Somasundaram, CEO at Asimily Healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) continue to be up against a fast-moving landscape trying to keep up with and mitigate cybersecurity threats to medical technology. But even setting aside the immense challenge of safeguarding Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices from increasingly sophisticated and frequent attacks, HDOs must also adapt to shifting cyber insurance practices and compliance mandates.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 8, 2024

Stacy Sanders will work with regulators to tackle industry consolidation in an effort to rein in rising healthcare costs.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

A hacker group said it only stole data from Trenton, N.J.-based Capital Health — but didn't encrypt it — "so as not to interfere with patient care," databreaches.net reported Jan. 8.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 8, 2024

Learn more about how high-quality printed materials can help healthcare organizations build patient relationships and boost brand loyalty.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

The 131st episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast is our first episode in 2024! For this episode, we are looking forward and making a wish list of things we would like to see happen in healthcare this year. The first wish on our list is the two changes we would like to see happen in healthcare. Our second wish is about the regulation changes we want to happen in 2024.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 8, 2024

Provider groups argued for changes in financial penalties and more information on an appeals process.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 8, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO — Real-world data and artificial intelligence are front and center among Mayo Clinic’s plans for the future. | The Minnesota nonprofit courted investors and other conference attendees Monday with details on its ongoing pilots and other AI initiatives.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 8, 2024

CarelonRx President Paul Marchetti highlights three ways healthcare leaders can improve the pharmacy experience.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 8, 2024

Innovaccer, maker of digital tools for providers, has launched an AI assistant that transcribes, analyzes and summarizes conversations between providers and patients. | Sara Scribe prepares encounter notes and provides clinical insights into quality gaps, coding gaps and potential diagnoses for the clinician.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Midwestern health systems were in merger discussions since October 2022.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 8, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO — As many investors predicted, digital health funding took a dive in 2023 with startups bringing in $10.7 billion across 492 deals, representing the lowest amount of capital invested | Faced with tightening capital availability, startups got creative to stay afloat and looked for lifelines in 2023, according to Rock Health research analysts.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

Volpara Health Technologies (Volpara) , a global leader in software for the early detection of breast cancer, is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Lunit Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Lunit would acquire all shares of Volpara stock for A$1.15 per share in cash, representing a 47.4% premium to the Company’s closing stock price on December 13 , 2023.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 8, 2024

For the 2023 plan year, Aetna's performance in the annual Medicare Advantage star ratings took a massive hit, with just 21% of its members enrolled in plans that earned a score of four stars or mor | After a rough showing a year ago, Aetna bounced back for 2024, and was one of the stronger performers in the latest star ratings.

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HealthIT Answers

JANUARY 8, 2024

Over the past few weeks we have heard from many of our industry experts on what they see happening in 2024. From AI to equity, from security to interoperability, from finance to payments, and from innovation to transformation, here are some final thoughts. The post 2024 Predictions Final Thoughts appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Speaker: Jack Clough, Chief Growth Officer

Download our 30-minute webinar where we delve into real-life examples of HIPAA violations and preventative measures every organization should know! You will learn: The critical factors that lead to HIPAA violations and how to identify them. Three compelling real-life cases of organizations that faced severe HIPAA penalties. Proven strategies to safeguard YOUR organization against HIPAA violations.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 8, 2024

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Charlie Falcone, CEO, Verisys. If you find credentialing uninspiring, consider this cautionary tale. In a frequently cited negligent credentialing case, an Illinois jury awarded the plaintiff nearly $8 million dollars when the patient’s foot […] The article Eight Common Physician Credentialing Mistakes appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 8, 2024

The company will use Socially Determined's analytics data to help Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and commercial insurance patients access food, prescriptions and transportation.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 8, 2024

What You Should Know: – Amazon launches its new Health Condition Programs to simplify access to digital health benefits offered by insurance plans and employers. – By partnering with companies like Omada Health, Amazon brings awareness and enrollment options directly to patients where they’re already looking for health information.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 8, 2024

The top brass at Alignment Health expects the company to turn a profit this year in part because it now offers Medicare Advantage plans in Merced County, Calif., a move made on Jan. | As Alignment Health expands into Merced County, Calif., the company’s CEO predicts it will be a profitable year for the insurtech.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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