Sat.Jul 09, 2022 - Fri.Jul 15, 2022

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California to manufacture its own insulin, Newsom says

Healthcare Dive

Saying the medicine’s high cost “epitomizes market failures,” California’s governor announced a $100 million budget to create a production facility and develop affordable insulin products.

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HIMSSCast: What does the future of AI in healthcare look like?

Healthcare It News

The avenues of artificial intelligence and machine learning research are expanding widely and rapidly. Meta says it plans to tailor its AI explorations by analyzing the structures and networks of the human brain , hoping to map better deep learning algorithms by patterning them on the neural activities of real human cells. Over at Google, meanwhile, one of its top engineers says he's convinced a chatbot he worked with has achieved human-like sentience.

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Change for the Medical Malpractice Compensation System in England?

Bill of Health

By John Tingle. It is fair to say that the British public are generally speaking very proud of our National Health Service in England, and treasure it greatly. The NHS Constitution sets out the seven key principles which guide the NHS in all its activities, and these include: The NHS provides a comprehensive service, available to all. Access to NHS services is based on clinical need, not an individual’s ability to pay.

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Marshfield Clinic creating hospital-at-home program with Dispatch Health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Marshfield Clinic Health System is partnering with DispatchHealth to bring its rural patients in-home medical care. WHY IT MATTERS. Marshfield serves a population in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula with more than 60 Marshfield Clinic locations and 11 hospitals. With this new collaboration, it will expand access to its patients in rural communities in their homes.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Digital health funding is cooling down

Healthcare Dive

This year’s trajectory suggests overall funding will fall significantly short of last year’s, as investor confidence is shaken by global conflict and inflation concerns, according to a Rock Health report.

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The key relationship between health equity and telemedicine

Healthcare It News

Health inequity is the result of the behavior of people. It is not the result of anything natural. It involves structural inequalities in the delivery of care – inequalities that are avoidable. Trying to correct health inequity is part of the job for Toni Land, head of clinical healthcare experience at Medallia, a patient and customer experience management company.

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How AI and NLP can boost care via remote patient monitoring

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Shannon Hastings is the chief technology officer at Project Ronin, where he helps to lead the organization in delivering systems to help cancer patients and clinicians, including remote patient monitoring for cancer patients. Ronin uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing and electronic health records in its work to manage cancer patients.

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Transforming virtual care to virtual-first care beyond the pandemic

Healthcare Dive

The rapid expansion of virtual-first healthcare is dramatically reshaping how care is accessed and delivered.

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Central Adelaide Local Health Network introduces digital 'pre-hab' for surgery patients

Healthcare It News

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network has launched a new digital programme which aims to help make a patient fit for surgery. The surgical pre-rehabilitation programme dubbed My Prehab was developed in partnership with Health Translation SA, The Hospital Research Foundation, and healthcare tech company Personify Care. According to a media release, it includes a comprehensive health screening questionnaire and provides a personalised checklist of items which patients can discuss with their GP

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Oklahoma State University Settles HIPAA Case with OCR for $875,000

HIPAA Journal

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that Oklahoma State University – Center for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS) has agreed to settle a HIPAA investigation stemming from a web server hacking incident and has agreed to pay a financial penalty of $875,000 to resolve potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules.

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HIPAA Compliance 2025: Navigating Regulatory Changes & Industry Trends

Based on comprehensive survey data from diverse healthcare providers, the 2025 HIPAA Benchmark Report delivers actionable intelligence for modern compliance programs. This report examines how organizations are restructuring HIPAA Privacy Programs to address emerging regulatory requirements. Through analysis of staffing models, program operations, and breach management protocols, it provides a clear picture of current best practices.

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How AI Can Advance Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Sachin Patel, CEO at Apixio. The use of AI in healthcare is gaining fast traction, with the total market expected to grow over 46% CAGR, reaching $96 billion by 2028. While AI has the potential to improve health equity, intrinsic and extrinsic biases that exist from the lack of diverse data exacerbate the problem.

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New York files False Claims Act case against Fresenius in whistleblower suit

Healthcare Dive

The state of New York has formally joined a lawsuit against the major dialysis provider that alleges Fresenius performed thousands of medically unnecessary vascular procedures on kidney disease patients.

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Healthcare's newest pivot: consumer identity as the cornerstone of digital health

Healthcare It News

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Patient Engagement Smart health systems are realizing that they must think about their sustainable growth strategies in terms of end-to-end user experience. Paddy Padmanabhan Healthcare's newest pivot: consumer identity as the cornerstone of digital health. Smart health systems are realizing that they must think about their sustainable growth strategies in terms of end-to-end user experience.

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Over 10,000 Organizations Targeted in Ongoing MFA-Bypassing Phishing and BEC Campaign

HIPAA Journal

Microsoft has warned of a large-scale phishing campaign targeting Office 365 credentials that bypasses multi-factor authentication (MFA). The campaign is ongoing and more than 10,000 organizations have been targeted by scammers in the past 10 months. Microsoft reports that one of the phishing runs used emails with HTML file attachments, with the email telling the user about a Microsoft voicemail message that had been received.

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Simplify Screening for Excluded Providers

Every health care provider that accepts federal payments must screen for excluded providers. Use this sample Exclusion Screening Checklist and Compliance Policy to evaluate and improve your organization’s compliance with the law. Payments from Medicare, Medicaid, and TriCare trigger screening requirements that may extend to employees, contractors, volunteers, board members, and network providers.

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GIS + Healthcare is All About Sharing

Healthcare IT Today

Almost all of the healthcare implementations of Geographic Information System (GIS) being discussed at the 2022 Esri User Conference would not be possible if GIS data was not shared so readily by government organizations. When combined, these disparate datasets lead to important health insights that would have been difficult or impossible to obtain using non-GIS methods.

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Antibiotic-resistant infections rose in hospitals during pandemic, CDC data shows

Healthcare Dive

Personal protective equipment and staffing shortages; longer patient stays and use of devices like catheters and ventilators; and significant surges in antibiotic use contributed to the rise in infections, according to the CDC.

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In the EU, early patient engagement is a must-have for research projects

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Healthy.io receives FDA clearance for smartphone-based home kidney test

Mobi Health News

This marks the urinalysis and wound-care company's third 510(k) clearance.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Addressing Social Determinants of Health in the Senior Population – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 7/15 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Dr. Melissa Urrea from @naviHealthPAC on the topic “ Addressing Social Determinants of Health in the Senior Population. ”. In this week’s #HITsm chat, naviHealth Executive Medical Director Dr.

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UnitedHealth to offer some drugs, including insulin, at no cost share in 2023

Healthcare Dive

The new offering is a bid to address inflationary pressures and prevent worse health outcomes down the line, CEO Andrew Witty told investors Friday.

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Critical digital systems yet to be implemented across Australia's residential aged care sector: survey

Healthcare It News

The Aged Care Technology Consortium in Australia has noted the dearth of critical digital system implementations across the residential aged care sector in a recent nationwide survey. FINDINGS. The survey, which was conducted in June, gathered responses mostly from facility managers (37%), followed by nursing directors (20%), CEOs (13%) and care managers (7%).

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Study: Wearables can empower patients, but barriers prevent greater adoption

Mobi Health News

Researchers found three themes in their review of studies on wearables: the role of providers and potential benefits to care, driving behavior change and barriers to use.

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The Evolution of Communication in Healthcare Settings

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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Patient Information Compromised at Phoenixville Hospital, Family Practice Center, and Southwest Health Center

HIPAA Journal

Phoenixville Hospital Fires Employee for HIPAA Violation. Phoenixville Hospital in Pennsylvania has recently fired an employee for accessing the medical records of patients without authorization. According to the hospital operator, Tower Health, the unauthorized access was discovered during a routine audit of medical record access logs. An employee was discovered to have accessed the medical records of several patients without authorization between October 2021 and May 2022, when there was no le

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Molina to pay $150M for Wisconsin Medicaid firm in latest acquisition

Healthcare Dive

Acquisitions are key to Molina’s growth strategy, CEO Joe Zubretsky has said.

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Taking digital care to patients with cancer

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Report: Digital health funding falls after booming 2021

Mobi Health News

The Rock Health report found U.S. digital health startups raised $10.3 billion in the first half of 2022, putting the year on track to fall short of 2021. But there are some bright spots for the sector.

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Healthcare Vendor Risk Management: Strategies for Protected Data

In healthcare, where patient data protection is paramount, effective vendor risk management isn't just good business—it's essential for maintaining compliance and trust. This comprehensive guide helps healthcare compliance professionals navigate the complexities of third-party vendor relationships in an increasingly interconnected healthcare environment.

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VR Changing Surgical Training is About Repetitions

Healthcare IT Today

When you first hear about VR (Virtual Reality) being used for medical training, it kind of sounds like a game or a joke and not a serious addition to a doctor’s training. However, the reality is that the technology and the research around surgical training using VR is very serious and much more than a game. What did surprise me was how VR surgical training was not so much a replacement to surgical training, but a great addition that takes the existing training to a new level.

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TeamHealth sues UnitedHealthcare over denied payments for emergency services in Nevada

Healthcare Dive

The lawsuit alleges that UnitedHealthcare did not pay the Fremont physicians after treating an infant with a traumatic brain injury and a child with a ruptured appendix.

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Carolina Behavioral Health Alliance Reports Breach of the PHI of 130,000 Health Plan Members

HIPAA Journal

The Winston-Salem, NC-based managed behavioral health organization, Carolina Behavioral Health Alliance (CBHA), the administrator of behavioral health benefits for Wake Forest University and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, has recently announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack. The attack was detected on March 20, 2022, and resulted in computer systems being disabled.

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Q&A: Telehealth's role in combating the opioid epidemic

Mobi Health News

Bicycle Health CEO Ankit Gupta and Medical Director Dr. Brian Clear discuss the treatment landscape for patients with opioid use disorder.

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3 Reasons to Retire Pagers from Healthcare Settings

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.