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2024 health care informatics forecast: AI diagnostics, personalized medicine, and cybersecurity transformations

KevinMD

Predicting specific developments in health care informatics for 2024 is challenging, but trends suggest continued advancements in AI-driven diagnostics, personalized medicine, and enhanced interoperability for seamless data exchange among health care systems. The emphasis on cybersecurity to protect sensitive health data will also likely increase. AI-driven diagnostics are likely to see advancements in accuracy and Read moreā€¦ 2024 health care informatics forecast: AI diagnostics, personalized me

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Endocrinology company Valendo Health launches with $4M and two provider partners

Mobi Health News

The diabetes-focused company provides endocrinologists with tools to implement value-based care, collect data, and improve revenue growth and patient engagement.

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Cigna inks deal to sell Medicare business to HCSC for $3.7B

FierceHealthIT

Cigna will sell off its Medicare business to Health Care Service Corporation in a deal valued at $3.7 billion, the company announced Wednesday. | HCSC will acquire Cigna's Medicare Advantage, Part D, supplemental benefits and CareAllies businesses, and the parties expect the deal to close in the first quarter of 2025.

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Mesh Bio bags $3.5M to bring digital twin tech to Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines

Mobi Health News

This comes three months after getting regulatory approval from Singaporeā€™s Health Sciences Authority for its latest digital twin solution.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Payers up against slight decline in 2025 Medicare Advantage payments

FierceHealthIT

Medicare Advantage (MA) payments are set to decrease yet again in 2025 as the feds phase in significant changes to risk adjustment. | Medicare Advantage payments are set to decrease yet again in 2025 as the feds phase in significant changes to risk adjustment.

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2024 Outlook: Data-Driven Approaches Are Key to Success

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Responses from Matthew Hawley, EVP, payment integrity, Cotiviti. Matthew Hawley leads operations and content development for Cotiviti’s prospective payment integrity and fraud, waste, and abuse solutions. He brings more than 30 years of healthcare experience […] The article 2024 Outlook: Data-Driven Approaches Are Key to Success appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Federal prison system gets help with opioid use disorder

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is working with Bicycle Health to give individuals released from prison continued access to monthly injections of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. Bicycle Health CEO Ankit Gupta offers a deep dive.

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Provider groups, bipartisan lawmakers rally around bills supporting healthcare worker safety, mental well-being

FierceHealthIT

Provider groups and the legislative allies took to the field this week to drum up more support for bills designed to protect the healthcare workforceā€™s physical and mental well-being. | While some legislators headed an industry-backed briefing for the SAVE Act, others introduced a reauthorization of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act.

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Turquoise Health Raises $30M Series B Financing, Expanding Healthcare Pricing Platform Offerings

Healthcare IT Today

Price Transparency is the Foundation for Eliminating the Financial Complexity of Healthcare Turquoise Health , an end-to-end healthcare pricing platform, today announced a $30M Series B investment led by Adams Street Partners , with participation from Yosemite , as well as existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and BoxGroup. Turquoise will use the funding to further support transparent pricing workflows across its customer base of over 160 healthcare organizations. “Healthcare pricing rema

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

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

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

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Telenutrition provider Foodsmart raises $10M, announces health systems rolling out food prescriptions

FierceHealthIT

Foodsmart, a telenutrition company, has onboarded three new health system partners and announced additional funding to roll out its food prescription program known as Foodscripts. | Foodsmart aims to simplify the process for doctors to refer patients with chronic conditions to dietitians to access quality food via whatā€™s known as Foodscripts. Like a pharmacy prescription, patients get a Foodscript, or referral to Foodsmart dietitians, who offer subsidized meals tailored to a given condition.

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Medable Partners with Duke BASE Lab to Study Patient Preference of Electronic Informed Consent in Clinical Trials

Digital Health Global

New study* reveals greater comprehension and personal engagement with enhanced e-consent PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Medable Inc., the leading technology provider for modern clinical trials, announces results from a new research project with Duke University Department of Population Health Sciencesā€™ Bioethics and Stakeholder (BASE) Lab on the acceptability of enhanced electronic informed consent (eIC) in clinical trials.

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Rewired 2024: longer term planning, prioritisation key to transformation

DigitalHealth

Rewired 2024 provides a great opportunity to hear how NHS leaders are assessing both the progress and challenges of the digital transformation process.

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Ovarian cancer detection via AI-based models

Digital Health Global

A recent study conducted in China aimed to enhance the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, a challenging task due to the lack of effective biomarkers. The study systematically evaluated the predictive value of routine laboratory tests and developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model to assist in identifying patients with ovarian cancer. The study utilized data from three hospitals in China and employed a multi-criteria decision-making-based classification fusion (MCF) framework to integrate predicti

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. Thatā€™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. Youā€™ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Make shared care records work for urgent and emergency care

DigitalHealth

Expecting paramedics to wade through shared care records is unsafe and inefficient. In an emergency, access to essential information has to be easy and fast, writes Claire Jones from NHS England South West.

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The Tech User Experience for Older Adults Needs A Reboot

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Is the user experience deteriorating? Tech user experience experts focus on everyone except older adults. But thereā€™s a problem: AARPā€™s tech trends survey from 2024 and their 2023 guidance from AARP on inclusive design practices, itā€™s clear and as the AARP report notes, ā€œNo one prefers badly designed, over-complicated products.ā€ Despite preferences, surveys show that todayā€™s user experience for older adults is more problematic than ever.

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Nine new Nordic SMEs selected for Yorkshire and Humber Boot Camp

DigitalHealth

Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humberā€™s Propel@YH Boot Camp, a five-day digital health accelerator programme, has welcomed nine Nordic SMEs to the UK.

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Integrated provider Accompany Health launches for low-income patients with $56M funding

FierceHealthIT

A new hybrid provider focused on low-income patients with complex needs has launched in Detroit. | Accompany Health, a primary, behavioral and social care provider, launches with $56 million in series A funding. It currently serves 8,000 patients in Detroit in partnership with a major national payer.

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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.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ?

DigitalHealth

Today's briefing covers NICE conditionally recommending two remote monitoring products for Parkinson's and the use of AI to predict sepsis.

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How can HealthTech Venture Capitalists solve their liquidity challenges?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Liquidity challenges are a significant pain point for many HealthTech Venture Capitalists. Their long investment horizons (typically 7-10 years) can lead to frustration for Limited Partners (LPs) who need to access their capital. Fortunately, there are several strategies VCs can employ to address these challenges: Enhancing portfolio liquidity: Structured Liquidity Provisions: These involve financial instruments like loans, senior equity tranches with preferential payouts, or buyba

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University of Dundee nursing students pilot digital tool to track learning

DigitalHealth

Nursing students at the University of Dundee are making the leap to paperless by piloting a digital tool to track their learning.

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Provenance use in AI

Healthcare Exchange Standards

I have been engaged in a few initiatives around AI/ML, both inside healthcare and broader. I have been engaged to work on a variety of different needs, that all use a variation of Provenance. The following is not a tutorial, but rather an outline of the various ways that Provenance is useful in AI. Useful is not to say that these are currently used.

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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.

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Boots launches NHS Pharmacy First Service in England

DigitalHealth

Boots stores in England now offer access to advice and treatment for seven common conditions as part of the NHS Pharmacy First Service.

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AI Therapists in VR Help With Provider Shortage

Digital Health Wire

New research in npj Digital Medicine suggests that virtual reality might be part of the answer to the nationā€™s mental health provider shortage, as long as patients donā€™t might if their therapist is an AI avatar. The small study had 14 participants with moderate anxiety or depression undergo immersive therapy sessions led by a trained digital avatar developed by Cedars-Sinai.

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Cardinal Health acquiring Specialty Networks to expand tech offerings for independent practices

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare product distributor and data analytics services company Cardinal Health has announced $1.2 billion cash deal to acquire Specialty Networks, which the former said will help expand across | The $1.2 billion cash deal will give Cardinal Health access to Specialty Networks' PPS Analytics platform, which combines real-world data and AI to deliver actionable insights for specialty practices.

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Becoming a CCBHC: Staffing Requirements

Mend

Welcome to the inaugural post of our six-part blog series, unraveling the intricacies of becoming a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). In this series, we will navigate through the essential requirements outlined by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) to shed light on the path toward achieving CCBHC certification. CCBHCs play a crucial role in delivering comprehensive behavioral health services, and to achieve this, strict staffing requirements are mandated by the PAMA

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How 3 Urgent Cares Tackled Key Metrics For Accelerated Growth

Considering the growth of your clinic? Itā€™s difficult to advance any business today without using technology ā€” but what will truly enhance your daily operations? How successful are other urgent care centers with these solutions? This article offers a glimpse into real-world technology experiences from urgent care centers like yours. Discover how various solutions can boost your growth potential and see firsthand how effective they are.

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ACA 1095-C Furnishing Deadline 2023: Ensure Compliance with ACA CompleteĀ®

ACA Times

Itā€™s that time of year again – Affordable Care Act reporting season, when employers prepare to comply with ACA 1095-C furnishing deadline 2023. To meet ACA deadlines, employers must furnish… The post ACA 1095-C Furnishing Deadline 2023: Ensure Compliance with ACA CompleteĀ® first appeared on The ACA Times.

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An HIT Moment With ā€¦ Steve Shihadeh

HIStalk Interviews

An HIT Moment With ā€¦ is a quick interview with.

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An Urgent Call for AI Solutions to Tap Evidence-Based Research Best Practices

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Lars MaalĆøe, Co-Founder and CTO at Corti The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across healthcareā€”in clinical workflows, care coordination, business processes, logistics, revenue cycles, first responder and emergency services, and othersā€”is a development that holds immense promise. As a technologist, academic, and entrepreneur deeply immersed in this field, Iā€™ve witnessed firsthand the transformative power of AI in healthcare.

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