Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The UnitedHealth-owned healthcare technology company disconnected its systems after detecting an “outside threat,” according to a status update page.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Even in regions where healthcare delivery mechanisms are abundant, demand can be overwhelming while other healthcare operational challenges interfere with patient outcomes. As the digital transformation in healthcare lags behind other industries and value-based care drives provider efficiencies while the government invests in healthcare cost reduction and access measures, health tech is positively overripe for disruption.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

By Kayla Greenstien From 2016 – 2022, I worked in client-facing community support work, focusing on domestic abuse and sexual assault. Throughout this time, I regularly witnessed how the mental health system struggled to respond to non-physical violence in the form of coercive control — an insidious form of abuse that involves intimidation, threats, and manipulation to restrict the autonomy of another person.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

By 2030, all Baby Boomers will be over 65 – all as alternative care models emerge. McKinsey estimates $265 billion worth of care services for Medicare patients could shift from traditional facilities to the home by 2025. Instead of thinking of patients as "discharged" once they leave the hospital, which implies care is finished, many healthcare professionals believe it's time to treat home as a fundamental care setting that needs to be well integrated into the care continuum.

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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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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Pharmacies and providers nationwide are struggling to process prescriptions following the attack, while the American Hospital Association is urging hospitals to disconnect from UnitedHealth’s systems.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

By Samuel Hatfield Psilocybin and MDMA were recently rescheduled in Australia for clinical use, leading many mental health professionals to question how psychedelic therapy will work in practice. As part of a research team at the University of Sydney, I recently interviewed as number of experts in the field, with the aim of developing a comprehensive taxonomy of matters relating to psychedelic therapy that are or could be regulated.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A survey by the Cleveland Clinic revealed nearly four in ten respondents had reservations around seeking a second opinion if the provider used AI diagnostic tools.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The big question coming out of the health insurance earnings season is how much elevated utilization among seniors will carry over into 2024.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Launched to help address health equity challenges facing Black cardiology patients, ChristianaCare said its digital medication adherence platform, developed with Story Health, has delivered significant improvements in outcomes for patients with hypertension and heart failure – two to three times in some key metrics. The health system plans to expand access to more patients.

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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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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Investors continue to pour money into generative AI startups and Abridge is riding this wave as it rapidly scales its technology across U.S. health systems. | Along with the funding round, Abridge also announced an enterprise agreement with Connecticut-based Yale New Haven Health System to give thousands of clinicians access to its AI-powered clinical documentation technology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Ross' HIMSS24 session, "Tightly Integrating Telehealth for Better Access: Lessons From Northern Light," is scheduled for Tuesday, March 12, 10:30-11:30 a.m. in Room W204A. Learn more and register.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A mental healthcare provider didn’t have sufficient protections in place before a ransomware attack exposed the protected health information of more than 14,000 people, according to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

China Medical University Hospital is leveraging Google Cloud's generative AI to support its doctors in providing cancer care. A formal collaboration between CMUH and Google Cloud was signed in December last year to use MedLM , a healthcare-specific gen AI based on the large language model, Med-PaLM 2. MedLM, which intelligence has been proven comparable to licensed doctors by scoring 85% on the MedQA-USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination), has become the foundation of the CMUH&#

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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Change Healthcare is mitigating a "cybersecurity issue" that began Wednesday, and details remain scant. | Change Healthcare is mitigating a "cybersecurity issue" that began Wednesday, and details remain scant.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A survey by the Cleveland Clinic revealed nearly four in ten respondents had reservations around seeking a second opinion if the provider used AI diagnostic tools.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Federal regulators are seeking information about the for-profit hospital operator's inpatient admissions and dialysis processes and procedures.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Change Healthcare, a software and data analytics vendor that offers revenue cycle management, clinical decision support and other operations tools, announced Wednesday it took its systems offline due to a cyber incident. "Once we became aware of the outside threat, in the interest of protecting our partners and patients, we took immediate action to disconnect our systems to prevent further impact," the company said in an online incident report.

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The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

Natalia Mazina

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

By Bhavesh Desai, PharmD, J.D. DIR fees have been a focus of debate since their implementation and for the past decade, they have been increasingly scrutinized in congress as well as at the state level. The companies (Pharmacy Benefit Manager – PBMs) responsible for reporting true and accurate drug prices to the CMS have used loopholes in legislation to their advantage.

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Becker's Health IT

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Change Healthcare, part of UnitedHealth Group, reported a "cybersecurity incident" on Feb. 21 that disrupted connectivity and healthcare operations nationwide.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The attack against the University of Vermont Medical Center in 2020 cost the hospital millions of dollars and limited operations for weeks.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Hospital and health system C-suite executives and health IT leaders know the patient experience is crucial to ongoing success in healthcare. The question is: How to continually improve it? This week's podcast looks at what's on the horizon for the patient experience and seeks to answer that question. Our guest, from Press Ganey Associates, a patient experience consulting firm with 40 years of experience in the field, is Chrissy Daniels, chief experience officer.

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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.

Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Blockchain technology has the potential to transform healthcare, from securing patient data to reducing the risks for data breaches.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

ViVE 2024 is rapidly approaching! The conference will be held in Los Angeles on February 25 – 28 this year, so for the 134th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are sharing our thoughts, predictions, and tips. First, we share what we are looking forward to the most at ViVE 2024. Then we debate who we think will be the most talked about company/organization.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The research found no differences in 30-day hospital readmissions or mortality, but the study’s authors said more analysis on patients’ long-term functioning was needed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Brightside Health will be entering into new and expanded payer partnerships to support telemental healthcare access through Medicare and Medicaid, teaming with companies such as Blue Shield of California, CareOregon and Centene.

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