Fri.Jun 28, 2024

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Foodsmart secures more than $200M for telenutrition platform

Mobi Health News

The company partners with employers and health plans, such as Medicaid and Medicare, to provide patients virtual access to registered dietitians.

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Supreme Court overrules Chevron deference, dealing blow to federal healthcare agencies

FierceHealthIT

The U.S. Supreme Court, by a vote of 6-3, has overturned the Chevron deference, stripping power from federal agencies to interpret and enforce regulations. | The U.S. Supreme Court is overruling long-standing precedent. Here's how it could affect healthcare policy.

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Care enablement company Fabric acquires Walmart's MeMD

Mobi Health News

Fabric will use MeMD's virtual urgent, behavioral and primary care offerings to expand its employer-focused strategy.

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AI is Not One-Size-Fits-All for Clinicians

Healthcare IT Today

Through his work, his podcast, and his social media listening, Joshua Liu, CEO of SeamlessMD has his fingers on the pulse of healthcare. Healthcare IT Today caught up with him at the eHealth 2024 conference to get his take on the latest trends in health IT. AI is not a Fit for Every Clinician AI is the most talked about technology in healthcare and although we have come down (slightly) from the extreme peak of hype, in Liu’s opinion, there is still a lot of aspirational statements being made abo

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The Cost of Inefficient Communication in Home Care & Beyond

This eBook explores the critical issues of using consumer-grade messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and SMS in healthcare, especially home care. It highlights the negative impacts on patient care quality, data security, and HIPAA compliance and provides practical solutions to enhance communication efficiency! You will learn how to: Consolidate Messaging Platforms: Streamline communication by reducing the use of multiple apps, improving efficiency in patient care.

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Digital corpo health startup Alyve Health bags $6M Series A funding and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, insurtech company Huize from China is expanding to Southeast Asia.

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Leadership: Digital Health Network launches a new ‘state of the nation’ survey of clinical digital leaders

DigitalHealth

In 2016 a CCIO network survey revealed that only 44% of CCIOs had the authority to carry out their roles effectively. Will the 2024 survey show improvement?

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Canary Speech Secures $13 Million in Series A Funding to Change How the World’s Top Healthcare Organizations Screen for Mental Wellness and Cognitive Health

Healthcare IT Today

Led by Cortes Capital, LLC, Sorenson Communications, LLC., SMK (Japan), and Hackensack Meridian Health, Series A Funding Expands the AI-Driven Capabilities of the Groundbreaking Vocal Biomarker Health Tech Company Canary Speech, Inc. (Canary) , the leading AI-powered voice biomarker health tech company, has secured a $13 million Series A funding round led by Cortes Capital, LLC (Love’s Private Equity), with participation from Sorenson Communications, LLC., SMK (Japan), and Hackensack Meridian He

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Junior doctors break strike to assist at sites hit by cyber attack

DigitalHealth

Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts continue to experience major disruption following the cyber attack on Synnovis.

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Motivating Providers to Embrace Value-Based Care: 4 Keys for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Dana McCalley, VP of Value-Based Care at Navina For any healthcare organization and provider, the importance of the transition to value-based care (VBC) models is undeniable. To meet the ambitious goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — covering all traditional Medicare beneficiaries and most Medicaid beneficiaries by value-based providers by 2030 — it’s clear that the entire healthcare field needs to adapt accordingly.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Harnessing AI and cybersecurity to transform healthcare in the UK

DigitalHealth

The UK healthcare sector is in a transformative era, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). AI has the potential to revolutionise healthcare by improving diagnostic accuracy, advancing patient care and streamlining administrative processes.

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Justice Department charges 193 defendants for $2.8B of healthcare fraud

FierceHealthIT

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday a two-week operation in which 193 people across the country, including 76 licensed healthcare providers, were charged for their alleged participa | The cases highlighted by law enforcement involved medically unnecessary amniotic wound grafts, diverted HIV medications, online distribution of Adderall and other telemedicine schemes.

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Royal Bolton Hospital provides noise-cancelling headphones for patients

DigitalHealth

Royal Bolton Hospital has introduced noise-cancelling headphones for patients with learning disabilities to help support them in loud and busy environments.

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Industry Voices—ePROs: An AI moment for Medicare

FierceHealthIT

I used to shadow at Grady Memorial Hospital in downtown Atlanta. There was one patient in particular—who I’ll call Sam—I’ll never forget. | Clinicians can not expect teams to meet mounting patient volumes, higher consumer expectations, and robust patient-reported outcome standards by using the same antiquated infrastructure.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.

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Movers and Shakers news roundup

DigitalHealth

Our latest Movers and Shakers roundup features new chief executives for trusts in west London, Warrington and Halton, and Greater Manchester.

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Data intelligence for all: a recap of new solutions and key takeaways from Databricks’ 2024 Data + AI Summit

Redox

Databricks recently wrapped up their 2024 Data + AI Summit (DAIS), bringing together data leaders from 140+ countries to explore the latest in lakehouse architecture, open source, and AI and ML technologies. More than 60,000 global data professionals attended 600+ sessions on data warehousing, governance, and generative AI, with 60+ sessions focusing on healthcare and life sciences innovation.

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Download Free Patient Assessment Form for Ayurvedic – English

NiftyHMS

Welcome Visitor, Download free Ayurvedic patient assessment form designed to gather essential health information including medical history, current health issues, allergies, and lifestyle habits. This form helps Vaidya – Ayurvedic doctors create treatments based on holistic health assessments, including Panchakarma treatments. It also considers doshas such as Vata, Kapha, and Pitta. x Patient assessment forms help Vaidyas provide personalized care by evaluating a patient’s Ayurvedic health

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Steward Health Care's physician group sale to Optum is off, regulator says

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum is walking away from its tentative deal to purchase the bankrupt Steward Health Care’s physician group, according to a Massachusetts healthcare regulatory body. | Optum has informed the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission that it is "no longer working to finalize an agreement" with the bankrupt Steward Health Care, a spokesperson for the regulator said.

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT. This optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions.