Healthcare Dive
MARCH 22, 2024
Two weeks after the FDA updated Wegovy’s label, Medicare changed its stance to allow people with a history of heart disease to receive treatment, a shift that could further boost access to the fast-selling medicine.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 19, 2024
As healthcare providers worldwide grapple with worsening healthcare staff shortages and rising service demand, low-code technologies have proven indispensable in bridging these twin challenges while promoting positive outcomes for both patients and clinicians. Take the case of Mount Alvernia Hospital, a 300-bed private not-for-profit medical institution in Singapore.
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Bill of Health
MARCH 19, 2024
By Vincent Joralemon MDMA (also known as the club drug “molly” or “ecstasy”) is a Schedule I controlled substance — the most restrictive drug class with the most severe criminal consequences linked to it. But, perhaps not for long. A recent effort to get MDMA approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) means the drug may be rescheduled, which will lead to substantially decreased regulations attached to it.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 21, 2024
Guidance released this week from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and other U.S. and international partners outlines best practices for defending against "living off the land" cyber activity – where threat actors use an organization's own tools to attack its network – while addressing the specific needs and challenges of defending against distributed denial of service attacks with new mitigations and visual aids.
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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.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 18, 2024
Regulators seeking to erect guardrails around AI are facing a Sisyphean task, experts said at HIMSS. How do you oversee something that is constantly changing?
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 21, 2024
More than 100 provider organizations want the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to take a tougher stance on Medicare Advantage (MA) plans’ practices following an industry survey es | Providers spent nearly $20 billion in 2022 pursuing delays and denials across all payer types, yet those efforts are substantially more costly on average when dealing with private plans, hundreds of hospitals and health systems told Premier in a recent survey.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 21, 2024
Sensors and automation tech can allow nurses to interact with and monitor multiple hospital patients around the clock without entering their rooms or interrupting their sleep. Michael Brandofino, president and COO of Caregility, explains how.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 18, 2024
The CMS doesn’t require states to report data on outcomes or care denials, and has made “delayed” progress on plans to analyze the information and make it public, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 20, 2024
Health systems should embrace transparency to keep patients connected and informed – and to avoid losing them to retail clinics and other nontraditional providers, says Dr. Geeta Nayyar, MDI Health's executive clinical advisor.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 19, 2024
Google is doubling down on its ambitions for healthcare AI by exploring how generative AI can help clinicians in medical decision-making, understand lab and imaging information and provide con | Google is hyper-focused on generative AI in healthcare, pushing forward research to advance gen AI capabilities that can help clinicians in medical decision-making, understand lab and imaging information and provide consumers with personalized health insights based on their wearable data.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 20, 2024
Prisma Health is the largest healthcare provider organization in South Carolina. It had encountered a problem while trying to gather patient biometrics and manage their clinical needs: fragmentation. THE PROBLEM The logistical challenge of distributing remote patient monitoring equipment to patients across the initial focus of approximately 50 physicians offices proved overwhelming with the organization's internal resources alone.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 22, 2024
In a Thursday letter, the American Hospital Association urged the HHS’ Office of Civil Rights to reduce possible “duplicative” breach notifications from the Change cyberattack.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 19, 2024
At HIMSS24, Dr. Denise Hines and Shirelle King of Georgia Health Information Network discuss social integration to foster trust in underserved communities.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 19, 2024
Launched out of stealth about a year ago, Hippocratic AI launched its first generative AI product and pocketed $53 million in series A funding, the startup announced Monday. | Launched out of stealth about a year ago, Hippocratic AI launched its first generative AI product and pocketed $53 million in series A funding. The fresh funding boosts the company's valuation to $500 million.
Becker's Health IT
MARCH 18, 2024
UnitedHealth Group has advanced more than $2 billion to providers and is launching software for medical claims preparation beginning March 18 following the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare subsidiary in late February.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 20, 2024
The health system has been hit with at least 35 lawsuits in the last year alleging issues ranging from unpaid bills and falsified checks to doctor kickback schemes.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 19, 2024
The following is a guest article by Ben Cushing, Chief Architect of Health and Life Sciences at Red Hat Artificial intelligence (AI) is showing up in more healthcare contexts, from drug discovery to diagnostic imaging to robot-assisted surgery. But one area where AI can have a tremendous impact is in the reduction of provider burden. For instance, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is exploring automated, AI-assisted documentation of patient visits with clinicians.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 19, 2024
Google Health unveiled an open-access dataset of real-world dermatology images in partnership with Stanford Medicine. | Thousands of people contributed their images of skin, hair and nail conditions to the Skin Condition Image Network (SCIN) for a diverse dataset reflecting various skin tones, ages, settings and condition severities.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 22, 2024
J&J Medtech will use NVIDIA's technology to expand the use of AI in surgery centers, assisting with surgical decision-making and collaboration across operating rooms.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 19, 2024
The Medicare Advisory Payment Commission also suggests tying the rate of physician payment increases to the Medicare Economic Index — a move some industry groups support.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 20, 2024
Paulo Pinho, MD, Chief Medical and Strategy Officer at Discern Health , highlighted to us that analytics have to be explainable to be trusted. It’s not enough to show a correlation, but to demonstrate that the clinical intervention was responsible for the improved patient outcome. Patients as well as clinicians demand explainability (also known as transparency and accountability).
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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.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 19, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s campaign against healthcare worker burnout took a step forward this week with the release of a new instructional guide for executive-level hos | The free resource was developed alongside the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation and informed by a six-month, six-hospital pilot across CommonSpirit Health facilities.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 22, 2024
Andrew Trister, Verily's chief medical and science officer, discusses the company's use of generative AI and its work with Google.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 18, 2024
David Rhew talks about Microsoft's new AI governance network and the tech giant’s take on federal regulators’ plan to more actively oversee health AI.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 18, 2024
The following is a guest article by Demetri Giannikopoulos, Vice President of Innovation at Aidoc In the ever-evolving landscape of AI, 2024 stands out as the year where artificial intelligence is poised to claim the coveted title of Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Nowhere is the buzz around AI more palpable than in healthcare circles, where the promise of AI to revolutionize a complex and, in many ways, fragmented system looms large.
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Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
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