Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The following is a guest article by Blake Walker, CEO at Inbox Health. The dreaded healthcare bill: patients’ anxiety rises the second it lands in their mailbox or inbox, and practices find the process of managing patient billing arduous. The feeling is mutual, but the responsibility is on practices and billing teams to find a solution. As patients take on a greater share of healthcare costs, they are also more selective of the providers they choose.

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Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The vaccines also reduced infections and hospitalizations, which freed up hospital resources, researchers at the Commonwealth Fund and Yale School of Public Health concluded.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What does 2023 hold for healthcare technology, as innovation continues at rapid speed, policymakers and regulators try to keep up with the pace of change – and health systems large and small deal with significant budgetary shortfalls that could hamper their ability to build out their digital transformation efforts? It's anyone's guess what the next dozen or so months hold for value-based care, telehealth and remote monitoring, digital therapeutics, cybersecurity, artificial intelli

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 16, 2022

By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research. Hilary Wething, PhD, is an assistant professor of public policy and a Jackman-McCourtney Early Career Professor at Penn State University. Her research examines the relationship between economic volatility and labor market policy, household decision-making, and social safety-net programs. Dr.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2022

From the distant past of the 1990s up to just a few years ago, many healthcare technologists have predicted that telemedicine would make it into the mainstream of healthcare delivery. Well, today, thanks to many factors surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has finally made it into the mainstream. And now that it is being so robustly used across the country, the big question is: What's next?

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Matthew Gitelis, CEO of PatientIQ, a health IT company deriving insights from patient-reported outcomes data, has some thoughts about healthcare information technology in 2023. For one, that patient experience will be king in the year ahead. Between CMS doubling the weight of patient-experience CAHPS metrics and its recent unveiling of new performance metrics pertaining to patient-reported outcomes , it's clear that patients will be a top priority in 2023, Gitelis said.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Cyberattacks have increased in volume and sophistication to the point where it is inevitable that a successful attack will be experienced by all healthcare organizations at some point in their lifespan. Healthcare organizations can hope for the best, but it is vital to plan for the worst and take steps to ensure that the damage caused is kept to a minimum.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2022

A dual team study of in-person, same-specialty follow-up rates after telehealth appointments published by Epic Research examined the cadence of care and found virtual medicine to be an effective tool. WHY IT MATTERS. Analyzing the effectiveness of different methods for delivering care is important to guide decisions about how to allocate resources, according to the study's key findings report.

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Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Staffing challenges and high inflation are expected to continue into 2023, along with affordability issues for patients, shrinking margins and continual supply chain disruptions, according to a survey from Deloitte.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As part of its All of Us Research Program , the National Institute of Health will issue reports informing study participants if they have increased risks for certain health conditions – and givign them pharmacogenetic information that can indicate how their bodies might pocess certain medications. Color Health has partnered with NIH to offer no-cost follow-up clinical DNA tests for those who request and receive results with pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has released analyses of two ransomware variants that are being used in attacks on the healthcare sector: LockBit 3.0 and BlackCat. LockBit 3.0. LockBit ransomware was first detected in September 2019 when it was known as ABCD ransomware. Over the past three years, the ransomware has been continuously improved and updated, and it is now one of the most prolific ransomware families.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Sanjula Jain, senior vice president of market strategy and chief research officer at Trilliant Health, discusses the future of virtual care and how emerging retail players will affect the industry.

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Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For specialties that required follow-ups like obstetrics, the additional visits were likely due to patients needing additional, not duplicative, care, Epic researchers said.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Unite Us, which seeks to use software to address social determinants of health, will help PVA's Veterans Career Program assist transitioning service members, veterans, military spouses and their caregivers connect with essential resources, like housing, transportation, mental health and more. WHY THIS MATTERS. This population's immediate need is to address a lack of access to basic necessities, which are beyond the scope of the career program, according to PVA's announcement.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Ransomware remains one of the most serious threats to the healthcare industry. Attacks can be incredibly costly to resolve, they can cause considerable disruption to business operations, and can put patient safety at risk. Ransomware gangs are constantly changing their tactics, techniques, and procedures to gain initial access to networks, evade security solutions, and make recovery without paying the ransom more difficult, and with more victims refusing to pay the ransom demand, ransomware gang

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Mobile Health Apps tool aims to help developers determine which federal laws apply and which agencies oversee different aspects of mobile health technology.

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Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The insurtech, which went public last year, has struggled with medical costs during the pandemic and has shrunk its business over the past year.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The Medicaid and CHIP Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act seeks to expand care options that can help improve health outcomes and quality of life for those facing barriers to healthcare. The Digital Therapeutics Alliance this week encouraged legislators to support its efforts to broaden access to DTx. WHY IT MATTERS. For those with chronic and mental health conditions covered by Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, reimbursement for digital platforms and app

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2022

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Data breaches have recently been reported by Acuity Brands in Georgia, San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital in California, and Receivables Performance Management in Washington. The latter appears to have affected more than 3.7 million individuals. Receivables Performance Management. Receivables Performance Management (RPM) in Lynnwood, WA, a business associate of several HIPAA-covered entities, has recently started notifying individuals affected by a 2021 ransomware attack.

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Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Those striking include nursing assistants, surgical technicians, pharmacists and other front-line employees who want staffing, safety and wage concerns addressed in new contracts.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Paras Healthcare, a chain of multispecialty hospitals in India, is embarking on a digital transformation with the aid of its partner MyHealthcare. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. The 700-bed hospital group will be deploying the MyHealthcare Enterprise Application ecosystem, which is built on a scalable, microservices cloud-based platform. It will enable Paras to launch a suite of patient engagement apps, including the Paras Patient Mobile App, Patient Portal, and a WhatsApp channel, which all connect to an

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Private hospital in Delhi introduces AI-powered surgical robot. BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, a private tertiary healthcare provider in Delhi, has expanded its robotic surgical programme with the addition of an AI-powered robotic system for joint replacement surgeries. According to a press release, the robotic system imitates the motion patterns of a patient's joint, minimising excessive stress on the muscles, nerves, tendons and sinews.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

CareFirst Administrators (CFA) has notified 14,538 individuals about a phishing attack on its revenue cycle management vendor, Conifer. CFA was one of several healthcare organizations to be affected by the incident. A security breach was identified by Conifer in late March, with the investigation determining several Microsoft 365 had been accessed by unauthorized individuals between March 17 and March 22, 2022.

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Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Office of Information Security outlined ways that hackers are using artificial intelligence and machine learning to build more effective malware.

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