Healthcare It News

MAY 12, 2023

The pace of innovation is picking up as health IT vendors seek to integrate artificial intelligence into their offerings for provider operations, medical testing, patient engagement and other use cases. Aspira Women's Health, Belong.life and Outbound AI are just three companies that have announced new AI-driven technologies, supporting advanced discovery of ovarian cancer, oncology patient engagement and billing administration, respectively.

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Healthcare Dive

MAY 8, 2023

The first-quarter report comes weeks after the operator announced its plans to acquire Geisinger Health and form a new nonprofit with the purpose of acquiring and operating other nonprofit systems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 8, 2023

At FirstHealth of the Carolinas, a health system based in Pinehurst, North Carolina, bed capacity always seemed to be at the forefront of challenges, a not uncommon situation in healthcare. Having more bed capacity is always helpful, but that usually means construction of some sort. FirstHealth staff thought of a way to increase hospital bed capacity without laying a single brick.

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MRO Compliance

MAY 12, 2023

HIMSS23: A Look Back to Look Forward The HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibit returned in full force to Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center during April 2023. Our team attended, presented, and exhibited at the event along with over 35,000 attendees and 1,200 healthcare technology companies. Interoperability and partnerships were two common themes throughout the exhibit hall, during educational sessions, and across a wide variety of industry meetings hosted by MRO.

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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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Healthcare It News

MAY 8, 2023

The New York City-based Urban Health Plan used artificial intelligence to improve operational efficiency and patient care and got a handle on its annually high patient no-show rates with cost-effective patient interventions. Higher-than-average missed appointments No-shows are due to multiple factors, including social determinants of health like transportation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2023

Augusta University Health launched its Virtual Care at Home program in February 2021 as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like hospitals across the nation, it was limited on bed capacity and had throughput issues. THE PROBLEM The program was aimed at supporting the inpatient care team by discharging patients (ages 18 and up) from the medical center a few days earlier to help reduce length of stay and free up beds by providing virtual monitoring 24/7 through nurses, episodic monitoring

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MRO Compliance

MAY 9, 2023

Case Study: Banner Health Background Summary Banner Health’s large in-house release of information (ROI) operation sought guidance on how to optimize their ROI. They also recognized the need for a new technology platform to manage ROI requests. Essential priorities to meet this need included increased security and compliance, risk mitigation, comprehensive technology, support services, and the ability to protect their organization with a trusted partner.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 12, 2023

Because mobile devices are generally security weak points for organizations, QR codes that are designed to ease processes such as image file transfers may leave protected health data vulnerable. Sophisticated bad actors can replace a genuine QR code with a clone that redirects users to a similar website where patient and personal data can be intercepted.

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Healthcare Dive

MAY 10, 2023

Vaccines, which have been crucial to curbing the threat of the virus, will remain free for the vast majority of people in the U.S., but over-the-counter tests will no longer be covered for most.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 8, 2023

A cyberattack on Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter (MMC) in Tennessee forced the healthcare provider to completely shut down operations for around two weeks to contain to attack and restore its IT systems. It is common for healthcare organizations to perform an emergency shutdown of the network to contain a cyberattack and limit the harm caused, and to operate under emergency procedures with staff recording patient information manually while systems are out of action.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2023

This past week, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it would temporarily extend telemedicine flexibilities for the prescription of certain controlled medications granted under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, which is set to expire on May 11. This week, the DEA added some specificity to that promise – allowing an extension of six months, through November 11, 2023, and, in tandem with HHS' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Serv

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Healthcare It News

MAY 12, 2023

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Healthcare Dive

MAY 8, 2023

The medical associations said preventive health services are essential to increase longevity and quality of life, and that medical evidence should dictate preventive care recommendations rather than political considerations.

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

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 8, 2023

NationsBenefits Holdings, LLC, a provider of supplemental benefits, flex cards, and member engagement solutions to health plans and managed care organizations, has confirmed that it has been affected by a security breach involving Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT file transfer solution. The hackers behind the attack – the Clop ransomware group – gained access to NationsBenefits data on January 30, 2023, and exfiltrated that information from the GoAnywhere MFT solution.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 11, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Wonil Gregg, vice president of customer engagement and experience, DCPerform. Whether you’re a customer or a worker, chances are you’re all too familiar with the persistent challenges of stockouts and overstocks across the healthcare […] The article Best Practices for Reducing Stock Outs and Overstocks In the Healthcare Industry appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

In Disney’s Big Hero 6 , the protagonist, Hiro Hamada, will get stuck in a problem after working on it for a while because he’s becoming too set in his way of thinking. And he is only able to find the solution thanks to his brother’s, Tadashi Hamada, words ‘find a new angle, look for another way out.’ Health inequality and discrimination is not a new problem in healthcare.

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Healthcare Dive

MAY 10, 2023

The head of the agency said the models are “ushering in the revolution that many of us were hoping for,” but cautioned that the sector will need to be regulated appropriately.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 9, 2023

NextGen Healthcare has started notifying more than 1 million individuals across the United States about a hacking incident that exposed their protected health information. NextGen Healthcare is an Atlanta, GA-based provider of electronic health records and practice management solutions to doctors and ambulatory care providers. On March 30, 2023, suspicious activity was detected in its NextGen Office system and third-party cybersecurity experts were engaged to conduct a forensic investigation to

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 9, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ophir Ronen, CEO, CalmWave. Hospitals routinely collect vast amounts of data, including information about patients’ health, care delivery, and organizational performance. This data could theoretically be utilized to drive huge improvements in health outcomes […] The article How Hospitals Can Use Their Historical Data To Their Advantage appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 12, 2023

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Healthcare Dive

MAY 10, 2023

By selling its Brand New Day and Central Health MA plans, Bright Health, which would no longer be in the insurance business following the sale, intends to focus on its consumer care products, CFO Cathy Smith said.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 9, 2023

When designing analytical systems for clinicians, “Take AI out of the conversation completely,” advises Sameer Sethi, Senior Vice President and Chief Data Analytics Officer at Hackensack Meridian Health. However, AI is woven throughout the 15-minute video interview below where Sethi is interviewed along with Prashant Natarajan, General Manager, Health & Life Sciences at H2O.ai.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 12, 2023

Andy Molnar, CEO of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, discusses the market for digital therapeutics after Pear Therapeutics declared bankruptcy.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 11, 2023

Industry Voices—Where we go from here: Community pharmacy in a post-pandemic world pminemyer Thu, 05/11/2023 - 14:47

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Healthcare Dive

MAY 10, 2023

The potential filing comes after Envision has struggled in recent years, including in legal battles with UnitedHealthcare.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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.