January, 2025

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What to expect in Asia-Pacific health IT in 2025?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The past year saw varying levels of digital transformations going around the health systems in Asia-Pacific. It has increasingly become evident that digitalisation – from nationwide networks down to individual hospitals – has become the rule in a post-pandemic world. AI and virtual care models continued to be the craze in healthcare, owing to their clear support for improving clinician productivity and patient outcomes.

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Beyond the stethoscope: the AI-powered revolution and personalized medicine will shape the next era of U.S. health care

KevinMD

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming health care, with a particular focus on enhancing patient care through precision medicine, advanced ultrasound guidance, and real-time treatment adaptation. These innovations promise a future where personalized treatment plans, more accurate diagnostics, and optimized care are not just possibilities but routine practice.

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Telemedicine racks up big cost savings and enhanced care for Nebraska hospital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Chase County Community Hospital has faced a number of challenges similar to those confronted by many other rural health systems. Chief among them was a growing shortage of physicians, a problem projected to worsen in the coming years. THE CHALLENGE Chase is a 15-bed critical access hospital in Imperial, Nebraska. Like many rural healthcare organizations, the facility relies heavily on advanced practice providers – nurse practitioners and physician associates.

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Two new smart rings unveiled at CES

Mobi Health News

At CES in Las Vegas, Circular announced its next-generation health tracking ring with ECG capabilities, and VIV Health unveiled its ring with generative sleep aid sound technology.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Understanding the Top Cybersecurity Threats to Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Ty Greenhalgh, Industry Principal of Healthcare at Claroty Cybersecurity in the healthcare sector faces persistent challenges despite increasing awareness and the implementation of targeted guidance, such as the HHS Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs) , which are nearing their one-year mark.

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Five policy changes during 2024 that potentially benefit older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Caregiving and other demands of an aging population gained significant government attention and new initiatives during 2024, all approved, with only reimbursed telehealth access remaining to be approved. Technology enablement and access will likely be components of each of these initiatives as they evolve. Clearly ore progress is required for protecting older adults from scams.

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Small language models and edge technology: Transforming health care delivery

KevinMD

Artificial intelligence (AI) advances are ushering in a new era of health care innovation, and small language models (SLMs) deployed on edge devices are leading the charge. Unlike large-scale AI systems, SLMs are lightweight, efficient, and capable of operating on localized devices such as smartphones, wearables, and IoT sensors. By combining the power of edge Read more Small language models and edge technology: Transforming health care delivery originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Telepsychiatry practice uses AI to reduce time to complete session notes by 23%

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Clinical documentation requirements can be copious and time-consuming. While concurrent documentation is taught and encouraged, it is a skill that takes time to master – and even when done well can cause a clinician to feel or appear distracted during a patient visit. THE CHALLENGE Trying to actively listen and provide quality care while having to focus on recording accurate and complete details of a conversation in a note can be challenging even for an experienced therapist.

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Small Language Models (SLMs) have the potential to revolutionise Healthcare AI in addition to LLMs

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Small Language Models (SLMs) are a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that can process and generate human language. They are called "small" because they have fewer parameters (internal variables) than Large Language Models (LLMs). This makes them more efficient and easier to train, but also limits their capabilities. SLMs use a similar approach to LLMs, but with a smaller scale.

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The Evolution of Communication in Healthcare Settings

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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Tuva Health Launches Open-Source Platform to Transform Healthcare Analytics Industry

Healthcare IT Today

The Company Comes Out of Stealth with $5M and in Collaboration with 25+ Partners to Support Transparent and Accessible Data Analytics Tuva Health , the world’s first open-source healthcare data transformation platform, launched out of stealth today with $5M in seed funding. The company offers payers, providers, and pharmaceutical companies the ability to transform claims and EHR datasets into analytics-ready data tables via an open-source data model with built-in normalization, data qualit

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Trust and Grievance in 2025: The Edelman Trust Barometer on MLK Jr. Day Converging with the World Economic Forum Kick-Off and the Next U.S. President’s Inauguration

Health Populi

At the start of each new year comes the World Economic Forum meet-up in Davos , Switzerland and with that conference start today, 20 January 2025, the publication of the Edelman Trust Barometer. Now in the study’s 25th annual edition, the Edelman Trust Barometer this year finds us, globally, in a Crisis of Grievance which is eroding trust. Edelman surveyed 1,150 residents (plus or minus) in each of 28 countries around the world, yielding over 33,000 citizens’ voices sharing perspecti

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Q&A: Philips on evolving care models, cybersecurity and digital health's future

Mobi Health News

Julia Strandberg, chief business leader of connected care and monitoring at Philips, told MobiHealthNews she anticipates continued mergers, partnerships and AI innovation in 2025.

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How AI is transforming medicine faster than ever before

KevinMD

Since the release of large language models such as ChatGPT in November of 2022, medicine has been transformed in ways previously unimaginable by using artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool to solve problems. The use of natural language processing (NLP) in a transformer model allows physicians to explore the massive amount of data in a Read more How AI is transforming medicine faster than ever before originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, 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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VA prescribers exempt from DEA's special telehealth registration

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For veterans that have had an in-person visit with Veterans Affairs' providers, the Drug Enforcement Administration is extending those provider-patient relationships to all VA practitioners engaging in telemedicine with the patient, DEA said in a statement Friday. Jointly released with the Department of Justice, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services, the new final rule says VA telehealth prescribers do not have to take p

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Brain implant will be trialled by NHS to help treat neural conditions

DigitalHealth

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust will trial a whole-brain computer interface to modulate brain-wide activity.

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2025 is the Right Time to Move Away from Legacy Approaches and Technologies in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare is the last bastion for many technologies of yesteryear. Fax machines, pagers, compact discs (CDs), clipboards, printed educational materials, and only offering a phone number to book an appointment remain prevalent in healthcare despite having been all but phased out in other industries. Many of the speakers at conferences last year pleaded with audiences to put more effort into adopting modern approaches to better solve healthcares challenges like patient experience, interoperabili

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Connecting for Health at Home: A Unified Field Theory from #CES2025 (On Samsung, Withings, and Panasonic)

Health Populi

There were over 4,500 exhibitors on the show floor of the 2025 CES in Las Vegas last week, addressing every imaginable aspect of consumers’ daily lives as we increasingly coexist with technology to support life, liberty, and our personal pursuits of happiness… … and health. My focus is always on health, and in the past decade and a half, health/care, everywhere.

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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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Exclusive: Century Heath, Nira Medical partner to provide AI-curated EHR data

Mobi Health News

Century Healths AI platform will create structured datasets based on multiple sclerosis patient data collected from Nira Medicals network of clinics.

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Navigating the world of artificial intelligence in health care

KevinMD

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an increasingly dominant topic in the daily news. From banking to birding, personalized marketing to publishing, and smart homes to sports, AI is permeating all aspects of society. In medicine … Read more… Navigating the world of artificial intelligence in health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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DEA plans to create a special telehealth registration for prescribers

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has released its notice of proposed rulemaking for a framework to permit medically necessary controlled substances without an in-person visit without violating the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act. WHY IT MATTERS The NPRM comes two months after the DEA and U.S. Health and Human Services announced they extended the pandemic-era virtual prescribing of controlled substances a third time.

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Integrate Environmental Consciousness into Employee Well-being

GlobalMed

As businesses and organizations place more emphasis on employee wellness, there’s a growing understanding that true well-being isnt just about mental, emotional, and physical health – it also involves environmental health. Sustainable wellness practices are emerging as an essential component of modern wellness programs, combining the goals of employee well-being with the importance of environmental responsibility.

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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. 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.

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Beyond Patching: Securing Medical Devices Postmarket

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Joseph M. Saunders, Founder and CEO at RunSafe Security Modern healthcare settings are full of devices that use software to manage and improve patient care, from MRI machines to CT scanners to infusion pumps. Healthcare providers rely on medical device manufacturers to deliver secure and effective software upfront, but securing software once these devices are already in the field is another challenge altogether.

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Vitamin Sleep – Sleep-Tech Innovations from #CES2025

Health Populi

Sleep, or lack thereof, is a public health challenge around the world whatever your postal code or demographic profile. Can technology help us bridge the sleep deprivation gap, or is technology destined to ruin our mind-body-spirit health? At CES 2025, you won’t be surprised that it’s a bull market for sleep-tech across a growing portfolio of device and product types.

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Q&A: BCG on the American healthcare system and the use of AI

Mobi Health News

Ashkan Afkhami of BCG X sat down with MobiHealthNews during JPM to discuss the U.S. health system's strengths, challenges in cost control and the transformative potential of AI.

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance for AI-Enabled Medical Devices: Key Recommendations and Updates

Digital Health Global

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft guidance titled “ Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations. ” This document outlines a Total Product Lifecycle (TPLC) approach to manage and market AI-enabled medical devices, addressing the unique challenges and risks of AI technologies.

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How 3 Urgent Cares Tackled Key Metrics For Accelerated Growth

Considering the growth of your clinic? It’s difficult to advance any business today without using technology — 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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Telemedicine helps SSM Health triple volume of psychiatric care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is an inpatient and outpatient pediatric medical center based in St. Louis, Missouri. And Missouri has a serious healthcare problem – a massive behavioral health provider shortfall. THE PROBLEM The demand for behavioral health services is overwhelming across the country, but it's particularly acute in Missouri, where approximately only 200 of the state's 1,000 licensed psychiatrists actually reside in the state to serve a populati

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Beyond the Device: Why RPM Logistics Matter More Than You Think

Health Recovery Solutions

When embarking on a remote patient monitoring (RPM) journey, it's easy to get caught up in the excitement of cutting-edge technology and its potential to transform healthcare delivery. However, a crucial element often overshadowed is the intricate world of RPM logistics. Efficient logistics are the backbone of any successful RPM program, ensuring seamless operations and maximizing return on investment (ROI).

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A Look at Changes in the NEW HIPAA Security Rule

Healthcare IT Today

Proposed Changes Require Strong Cybersecurity The newly proposed changes to the 2013 HIPAA Security Rule published yesterday in the U.S. Federal Register include strict cybersecurity requirements that leave little wiggle room for healthcare providers, health plans, and their business associates to avoid implementing strong cybersecurity practices, including validation that their business partners also meet their HIPAA requirements.

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