When managing a healthcare practice, what’s the value of prevention?
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Here are the legal issues providers need to know as litigation increases around healthcare fraud and abuse, according to two experts.
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Opening the digital front door for healthcare
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Electronics giant Samsung discussed innovations in robotics and wearable devices as key technologies for delivering personalised care. In the HIMSS24 APAC keynote, "Smart Hospital Revolution: Redefining Patient Care with Technology," Samsung Medical Centre CIO, Dr Won-Chul Cha, and Dr Hon Pak, SVP and head of Digital Health at Samsung Electronics, discussed the importance of technological integration in healthcare.
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Florida hospitals again evacuating patients ahead of second hurricane in 2 weeks
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 7, 2024
A rapidly intensifying Hurricane Milton has Florida and its healthcare providers gearing up for another severe weather event less than two weeks after similar preparations for Hurricane Helene. | Facing a second major storm within two weeks, some hospitals on Florida's Gulf Coast are again closing up shop and transferring patients across the state.
Google Invests in Ubie to Advance Digital Health Generative AI
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 8, 2024
What You Should Know: – Ubie Inc. , a Japanese health tech company, has announced a significant investment from Google in its latest funding round. – The investment aims to leverage digital innovations, including generative AI, to drive the digital transformation of Japan’s healthcare system. Ubie’s Mission and Impact Ubie is dedicated to utilizing technology to guide individuals to appropriate medical care.
Fertility Benefits Playbook: How HR Leaders Are Delivering Value in 2025
Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll
Fertility benefits have become a crucial component of employee well-being and retention strategies. In today’s competitive landscape, creating a fertility benefits program that aligns with both employee needs and organizational goals can be more complex than it seems. From cycle-based to flat-dollar and telehealth models, each solution offers unique advantages and challenges that directly affect employee satisfaction and financial well-being.
Microsoft unveils new healthcare AI tools
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The products include a service that helps healthcare organizations build their own AI agents that could be used for appointment scheduling, clinical trial matching and patient triage.
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‘I’m another statistic. I feel let down’: How HIV prevention stays out of reach for many
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 11, 2024
This story was reported in partnership with Uncloseted Media, a nonpartisan, investigative, LGBTQ | Ending the HIV epidemic hinges on both treatment and prevention, particularly through access to PrEP. For at-risk individuals living in the U.S. South—where HIV is a daunting reality—PrEP use is very low compared to the number of new HIV cases.
FDA’s Promised Rules on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely To End Decades of Racial Bias
Kaiser Health News
OCTOBER 7, 2024
OAKLAND, Calif. — The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well above the 88% blood oxygen saturation level that signals an urgent risk of organ failure and death. Yet his doctor, Noha Aboelata, believed the patient was sicker than the device showed. So she sent him for a lab test, which confirmed her suspicion that he needed supplemental oxygen at home.
Medicare Advantage star ratings fall again in 2025
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 11, 2024
About 40% of MA plans with prescription drug coverage will earn four or more stars, a dip from 42% this year, according to data released by the CMS.
Discover how healthcare leaders are using generative AI
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Generative AI technology presents exciting opportunities for healthcare organizations to communicate more effectively with patients and build loyalty. However, using these tools can also introduce risks for patients and providers. Josh Stageberg, Vice President of Product at SolarWinds, talks about the organizational successes and possible pitfalls that generative AI can bring, as well as other topics of discussion from the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum.
Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide
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Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.
Abridge, Wolters Kluwer Health ink partnership to integrate UpToDate with AI medical scribe
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Wolters Kluwer Health, a big player in clinical decision support solutions, is teaming up with Abridge to integrate UpToDate into its AI-based medical note-taking tool. | Wolters Kluwer Health, a big player in clinical decision support solutions, is teaming up with Abridge to integrate UpToDate into its AI-based medical note-taking tool.
Petrie-Flom is Hiring a new Communications Manager
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 6, 2024
Come work with us! The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics (PFC) seeks an experienced, dynamic, passionate, and flexible Communications Manager to support, promote, and creatively amplify the work of PFC with the overall goal of raising its profile and advancing its mission. PFC is a highly collaborative and agile team that works together on all aspects of our work.
Baxter ups IV fluid allocations amid supply shortages
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2024
As hospitals around the U.S. report IV fluid shortages, Baxter has increased supply allocations for direct customers and distributors. It plans to return to 90% to 100% allocation of certain supplies by the end of 2024.
Beyond the clinic: How Korean IT giants spur digital health evolution
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Naver Corp and Kakao Corp, two of South Korea's biggest IT companies, have shared innovative uses of AI in healthcare. In the HIMSS24 APAC panel session, " Tech Titans in Health: Naver and Kakao’s Role in Transforming Healthcare," Kakao Healthcare CEO Dr Hwang Hee and Dr Dongchul Cha, head of the Medical Innovation Centre at NAVER Healthcare Lab, shared their organisation’s respective contributions in advancing digital health in South Korea.
Real-Life Examples of HIPAA Violations and How to Avoid Them
Speaker: Jack Clough, Chief Growth Officer
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.
Widespread IV fluid shortages have providers starting to cancel procedures, survey finds
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Intravenous fluid shortages appear to be affecting the majority of the nation’s healthcare providers, who as a result are already beginning to cancel procedures, survey data published Thursday show | Premier said 86% of its provider members are reporting shortages, and more than half have less than 10 days supply on hand. Respondents also said they were beginning or considering procedure cancellations, and have begun receiving solicitations from "unapproved, gray market suppliers.
4 in 5 Surgeons Believe AI Can Bridge The Rural Surgical Gap
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 11, 2024
What You Should Know: – A recent survey of 1,000 U.S. surgeons reveals a strong belief in the power of digital health to reduce disparities in access to surgical expertise, particularly in under-resourced communities. – The State of Surgery survey , commissioned by Medtronic , highlights the potential of live streaming, artificial intelligence (AI) , and virtual reality (VR) to transform surgical care and improve healthcare equity.
UnitedHealth, CVS push to remove FTC Chair Lina Khan from PBM case
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Attorneys argue Khan and two other commissioners are biased against pharmacy benefit managers and should recuse themselves from an ongoing lawsuit against the middlemen.
Health systems' websites still face uncertain regulatory terrain
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Data collected on providers' unauthenticated websites and shared with third parties is still a liability from regulatory agencies and a potential cause for class action litigation, says Iliana Peters, an attorney and shareholder at the legal firm Polsinelli. Wide scope of 3rd party data The battle over hospital online data tracking has been going on for the past two years , since a Baltimore patient filed a class-action suit against Facebook parent company Meta Platforms, alleging that it wa
Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth
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.
US hospitals prep for supply chain constraints in wake of Baxter International plant closure
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 6, 2024
U.S. | U.S. hospitals are taking steps to conserve their supplies of intravenous (IV) fluids as one of the country's biggest manufacturers reduces shipments after Hurricane Helene flooded a major facility in North Carolina.
The Balance Between Promoting Data Sharing and Ensuring the Privacy and Security of Sensitive Health Information
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 8, 2024
We talk a lot about sharing data and how it will improve patient outcomes and interoperability, but do we talk enough about how to do it safely? Most of the data that we are looking to share is highly sensitive health information, the kind of information that cybercriminals love to hold for ransom. So not only is it highly sensitive, it is also highly sought-after.
CMS to increase oversight on exchange brokers
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 7, 2024
The proposed rule comes after the CMS reported a growing number of complaints about ACA health plan applications submitted by brokers.
EMR implementation as a 'science'
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Demonstrating benefits to patients and clinicians will greatly drive interoperability, h ealth information exchange and medical record digitalisation in Asia-Pacific. Dr Mahesh Appannan, Ministry of Health Malaysia's head of digital health, Seyoung Jung, assistant professor and CIO of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in South Korea, and Gareth Sherlock, chief executive of Turimetta Consulting and former CIO at Cleveland Clinic London and Abu Dhabi, delved into EMR implementation be
Advanced Compliance: OSHA & HIPAA in Healthcare Facilities
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CMS rolls out proposed generic drug list to ease cost-sharing burden
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a list of prescription drugs it hopes to include in its new Medicare $2 Drug List Model, the agency announced Wednesday. | CMS is looking to further refine its new Medicare $2 Drug List Model to make prices more predictable for Part D beneficiaries.
CMS releases Acute Hospital Care at Home study
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
OCTOBER 7, 2024
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Baxter says no structural damage at North Carolina site hit by Hurricane Helene
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 8, 2024
The facility also has access to water and power. Baxter expects to share production plans over the next two weeks.
NHS doctor's personal history inspired new digital mental health service
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 9, 2024
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How To Empower Your Workforce With Modern Fertility Benefits
Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski
In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.
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