Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Developed using OpenAI's ChatGPT and trained on healthcare-specific prose, the online DocsGPT offers doctors a chance to test and weigh in on AI-powered product development. Testing AI for workflow 'scut' OpenAI developed ChatGPT, which launched in November as a prototype, using multiple learning methodologies. Human trainers, in collaboration with Microsoft on Azure's supercomputing infrastructure, created reward models to improve its performance.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

One key concern is that the technology will diminish personal connections between patients and providers, a survey from the Pew Research Center found.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ron Strachan, healthcare CIO advisor, Zoom. Healthcare is constantly evolving, with new technologies permanently changing the hospital and care delivery models. Today, medical practitioners are leveraging technology with medical care devices and electronic health […] The article Tech In The Healthcare Industry: Guarding Against Digital Roadblocks appeared first on electronichealthreporter

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MedTrainer

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Being aware of the newest healthcare compliance rules and regulations is no easy task. Governing bodies are constantly updating standards due to changes in legislation, technological advancements, new medical research, societal dynamics, and more. You might be wondering if there are critical compliance trainings you’re either missing at your facility or that need revision.

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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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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Over one in three U.S. consumers use a health app or wearable technology device to track some aspect of their health. “The public’s use of health apps and wearables has increased in recent years but digital health still has room to grow,” a new poll from Morning Consul t asserts, published today. Among digital health tech users, most check into them at least once every day in the past month.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

By Nina Kohn and Irina D. Manta This month, New York became the latest to join the growing list of states that have ended their requirements for routine masking in hospitals and other healthcare settings. In response, at least one of the state’s largest hospital systems is throwing off the mask despite the continued high level of virus transmission in New York City and most of the rest of the state.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Streamlining and improving revenue is hyper-important for healthcare organizations right now. One challenge is finding the right patient payer information. Technology can help organizations identify more billable insurance coverage for self-pay patients, maximizing revenue, increasing efficiency and improving patient experience. The following is a guest post from Inovalon.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Melissa Mooney, Director of eCOA Solutions Engineering at IQVIA In the US alone, an estimated 1.9 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed in 2022, positioning oncology as a key subject of clinical research. Throughout oncology trial development, it is important that stakeholders acknowledge that only patients can fully understand the impact of treatment on their lives.

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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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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The American Hospital Association is pushing the FTC to abandon its proposal to eliminate restrictive covenants. At the very least, the lobby wants physicians and senior executives exempt.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center in Charleston has a unique telemedicine program in place to help pregnant and postpartum women. The program is called Listening to Women and Pregnant and Postpartum People, or LTWP. The technology vendors are REDCap and Twillio. It's a mid-maturity program that is responding to behavioral health needs of pregnant women, and has recently expanded to newborn virtual home visitation for all mothers with births in the hospital.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

By Taleed El-Sabawi The use of emergency public health powers by state and local governments during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic led to intense public criticism followed by legislative attempts (include some successes) to strip state executives of this authority. This has led some to ask: is this the end of public health law? What does the future hold?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Baptist Memorial will deploy LockDeep's advanced telehealth technology throughout its system of 22 affiliate hospitals. WHY IT MATTERS The collaboration utilizes LookDeep's Clinical Action Platform, built on modern SOC2 Type II audited software, to provide Baptist Memorial's nurses, therapists, doctors and others with a way to continuously monitor patients at every moment of their hospital journey, according to the announcement.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The HHS Office for Civil Rights is facing a “severe strain” on its staff and budget amid rising breaches and complaints, according to the agency’s annual report to Congress.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taoyuan City, Taiwan has become the second-highest-ranking organisation in the latest HIMSS Digital Health Indicator. Based on the assessment, it scored 349/400 overall, achieving strong scores in each DHI dimension. In the area of interoperability, CGMH was commended for its "highly structured documentation and medical records" that have enabled "advanced and effective" clinical decision support and data collection for research.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

By John Culhane The United States Supreme Court poses a serious threat to public health, but not because the majority of the justices are necessarily opposed to laws and policies designed to protect and further public health and safety. The problem, rather, is the justices’ commitment to other projects that they deem more central to their anti-administration and pro-religion ideology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

SA Health has started a 24/7 remote health monitoring service in rural and regional South Australia. Funded by Country SA Primary Health Network, the service is being provided by the Integrated Cardiovascular Clinical Network of the Rural Support Service. HOW IT WORKS The free service, which is available to individuals aged 15 and over with a GP referral, provides patients with a monitoring kit that will allow them to measure their vital signs, including blood pressure, oxygen levels, pulse rate

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

About 64% of adults in a Medicaid-enrolled family said they did not know they may lose coverage once pandemic-era policy ends and eligibility checks resume on April 1, a survey from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In May 2022, Healthcare IT News published a story looking at how Northwell Health's pandemic experience made the case for robust occupational health IT. Northwell Health, New York's largest health system, had achieved great success with this form of IT in addressing pandemic-era needs. In this interview with Dana Flitsch, director, product services and management, human resources technology, at Northwell Health, we revisit the massive health system's occupational health IT efforts ni

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

By James G. Hodge, Jr. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, now entering its fourth year in 2023, legislators, executives, and judges at every level of government have sought measures to derail efficacious public health interventions. Despite clear risks of excess morbidity and mortality, these law- and policy-makers, often in more conservative jurisdictions, intentionally chose to push laws, guidance, and decisions prioritizing rapid “returns to normalcy” over the health and lives of Ameri

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and everything shut down, it became imperative for healthcare provider organizations to adopt telemedicine to deliver care. But so many organizations had no telemedicine programs, and thus technology, in place. So, many provider organizations scrambled and turned to what they could. And in so many cases, this was Zoom – a video conferencing technology that today practically everyone is familiar with.

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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.

Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Short-term plan operators will likely ramp up their marketing in April to nab new consumers from the Medicaid churn, but health policy experts largely aren't concerned.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Ascom has been chosen to provide its clinical communications and collaboration solutions to a new medical facility run by the Chulabhorn Hospital in Thailand. Through its Thai partner Xovic, Ascom will deliver an IT ecosystem at the 449-bed Bhadra Maha Rajanusorn Medical Centre, including its mobility devices, a software suite, the Telligence nurse call system, and integration with third-party vendors.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Major coalition of health groups aims to combat health misinformation rking Fri, 02/24/2023 - 11:17

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The following is a guest article by Kate Barecchia, Global Data Privacy Officer at Imperva. For many of us, change is hard. In cybersecurity, change is essential to defeat two of the most common causes of data breaches: the ever-evolving attack styles of hackers and human error. New products and features designed to protect data from the latest attack vectors and human errors are released regularly.

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