Tue.Jun 25, 2024

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Arkansas sues Optum, Express Scripts over role in opioid epidemic

Healthcare Dive

Pharmacy benefit managers have largely avoided the brunt of public blame for the deadly opioid crisis. Arkansas’ lawsuit brings the drug middlemen back to the forefront of the controversy.

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Improving patient medication costs and adherence

Healthcare It News

Dr. Nele Jessel, athenahealth's CMO and Dr. Andrew Mellin, Surescripts' VP and CMIO, said that real-time prescription benefit data has helped patients avoid sticker shock, save money and pick up 8% more scripts across athena's prescribers.

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HHS finalizes info blocking penalties for providers

Healthcare Dive

Providers pushed back against the disincentives, with the Medical Group Management Association calling them “unnecessarily punitive.

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Cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure predicted to increase

Digital Health News

Mark Edwards, CISO at Digital Health and Care Wales has warned that cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure are likely to increase.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

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?

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Novant hires cyber exec from CommonSpirit

Healthcare Dive

Sanjeev Sah will take on the chief information security officer role at the North Carolina-based health system after more than three years at CommonSpirit Health.

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For-profits performed worse on ‘most socially responsible’ hospital rankings

Healthcare Dive

For-profit hospitals represented an outsized potion of low grades on an index from the Lown Institute measuring equity, care value and patient outcomes.

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MEDITECH Addressing Canada’s Interoperability Challenge with a Federated Approach

Healthcare IT Today

MEDITECH is helping to address interoperability in Canada with their Traverse solution. Unlike an HIE, Traverse does not store any health data. Instead, it uses a federated approach where the data remains in the source system. Here’s how it works. MEDITECH has long been a part of the Canadian healthcare landscape. For years they have been helping provider organizations across the country with different digital health solutions.

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Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors heads to Supreme Court

Healthcare Dive

The case could have ripple effects across the country, where 25 states have similar laws on the books, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

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CHAI releases draft framework of quality assurance standards for healthcare AI

Fierce Healthcare

The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) has released a concrete proposal for testing the quality of healthcare AI. | The Coalition for Health AI released a draft framework for assuring healthcare AI meets agreed-upon quality standards. The public will have 60 days to comment.

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Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices

Feeling overwhelmed by medical waste regulations? This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of medical waste disposal, ensuring you stay compliant and prioritize safety. Inside you'll find: Clear categorization: Learn to precisely classify medical waste for proper handling and disposal. Labeling & Storage: Discover best practices for clear labeling and secure storage of medical waste.

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Geisinger patient data compromised by IT vendor's ex-employee

Becker's Health IT

Nuance Communications, an external IT services provider for Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, has informed Geisinger patients that their personal information may have been compromised by a former Nuance employee.

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U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence ‘a public health crisis’

Fierce Healthcare

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm violence a public health crisis, as gun deaths and injuries punctuate daily life in America. | The nation’s top doctor called on policymakers to consider gun safety measures such as bans on assault weapons and universal background checks for all firearm purchases.

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Nestlé Health Science Launches Innovative GLP-1 Nutrition Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: РNestl̩ Health Science , a global leader in nutritional science, today announced the launch of glp-1nutrition.com , a web platform designed to support individuals on their weight management journey, particularly those using GLP-1 medications. РThe launch of glp-1nutrition.com reflects their ongoing commitment to empowering healthier lives through targeted nutritional guidance.

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LGBTQ+ fertility and family building

Fierce Healthcare

An increasing number of employers are now offering fertility benefits. This is not only a cost-saving for employees but also serves as a way to attract and retain talent. | This week on "Podnosis," Fierce Healthcare’s Anastassia Gliadkovskaya chats with Carrot Fertility’s chief product officer, James Wong, about his personal family-building story and the challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community when building families.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

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.

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How Vertical Commercial Optimization Platforms Help Pharma Companies Do Omnichannel Marketing Right

HIT Consultant

Shahar Cohen, CTO at Verix In a world full of options, companies need to compete on every prospect and existing customer. As the number of potential channels to reach customers increases, companies need to build strategies for interacting with the right customers, through the right channels, at the right time and with the right messages. Omnichannel marketing has emerged as an effective and efficient means for optimizing this customer engagement.

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Vizient acquiring fellow healthcare industry advisor Kaufman Hall

Fierce Healthcare

Healthcare financial and strategic advisory firm Kaufman Hall is being acquired by minority stakeholder Vizient, a healthcare data and improvement company. | Vizient has been a minority stakeholder since a 2021 strategic investment, in which the pair collaborated on their advisory offerings.

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Digital Health Intelligence analyses PACS and RIS market changes

Digital Health News

Digital Health Intelligence's latest report shows that Sectra has become the leading PACS supplier for NHS trusts in England.

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AI-enabled revenue cycle management company Adonis raises $31M

Mobi Health News

The New York-based company will use the funds to grow its team, continue expanding into health systems and accelerate product innovation.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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The Royal Oldham Hospital goes live with digital image tech for biopsies

Digital Health News

The Royal Oldham Hospital is the first pathology lab in Manchester to use digital images for biopsies, with the aim of speeding up test results.

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Talent Tuesday: Preparing the Healthcare Workforce for AI

HealthIT Answers

Today's Talent Tuesday is brought to you by FINN Voices and TruBridge. Listen in as host Beth Friedman talks to Amaris McComas, Chief People Officer at TruBridge. TruBridge is an innovative health company that is successfully transitioning from legacy health IT to digital health solutions through a people-first culture and an agile work environment.

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Health Catalyst Acquires Oncology-Focused Health Technology Company Carevive

Healthcare IT Today

Health Catalyst, Inc. , a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations, today announced it has successfully completed its acquisition of Carevive Systems (Carevive) , a leading oncology-focused health technology company centered on understanding and improving the experience of patients with cancer. Oncology providers and life science researchers use Carevive’s flagship platform and/or Carevive data in routine clinical practice for treatment car

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eVisit Acquires UPMC’s Inpatient Teleconsult Technology

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – eVisit , a provider of virtual care solutions for health systems, announced a significant expansion today through a three-pronged approach: acquisition of UPMC’s inpatient teleconsult technology, strategic investments from UPMC Enterprises and MedStar Health , and the addition of key figures to its Clinical Advisory Board. – The strategic expansion solidifies eVisit’s leadership in the telehealth landscape, empowering healthcare systems to deliver

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

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.

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The Cloud Imperative: Why Healthcare Must Push Forward

HealthIT Answers

By Jeff Robbins - The healthcare industry has experienced an explosion of data and analytics. Whether it comes from an Apple Watch or a hospital room, patient data is collected nonstop. But we can still unlock the value especially as AI becomes an increasing part of the equation. The post The Cloud Imperative: Why Healthcare Must Push Forward appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Three things we must do now to prevent patient harm from digital tech

Digital Health News

In the wake of reports linking IT flaws to deaths of patients, and the recent cyber attack on pathology in south east London, Chris Fleming calls for radical change to make digital safer and more effective

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USCDI+ Milestone! ONC and HRSA Modernization Initiative Goes Live

HealthIT Answers

By Steven Posnack & Jim Macrae - ONC’s USCDI+ program recently reached a milestone as part of a joint initiative started in August 2022 with HRSA. HRSA and HRSA Health Center Program grantees launched one of the first real-world implementations using the HL7® FHIR® Bulk Data Access standard as part of a federal program. The post USCDI+ Milestone!

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Online mental health startup Mavida expands offerings for LGBTQ+ patients on fertility journey

Fierce Healthcare

Mavida Health, a virtual mental health provider for parents, is introducing new offerings for LGBTQ+ patients. | The new offering will offer individual, group and couples therapy focused on queer family building and expands Mavida’s library of content and community resources.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

Speaker: Amy Anderson

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.