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“My Doctor’s Office” Should Accept Wearable Tech Health Data, Most Patients Say

Health Populi

“Do personal health trackers belong in the doctor’s office?” Software Advice wondered. “Yes,” the company’s latest consumer survey found, details of which are discussed in a report published on their website. Unique to this study is the patient sample polled: Software Advice surveyed 876 patients in September 2023 to gauge their perspectives on wearable tech and health.

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AI in Healthcare: Separating Hype from Reality

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Stephen Dean, co-founder, Keona Health. If you were to believe all the headlines you read about AI in healthcare, you’d probably think that AI will be curing cancer and replacing doctors within the year. I […] The article AI in Healthcare: Separating Hype from Reality appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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AI and the Human Touch: Embracing a Symbiotic Future

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Ed Watal, Founder and Principal at Intellibus It seems as if every news outlet, talking head, and business influencer has been talking about AI — and for good reason. Though artificial intelligence is not a new concept, the latest innovations in what the technology can do for business, news, media, art, and finance are taking the world by storm.

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Biden to sign sweeping executive order pursuing 'safe, secure and trustworthy' AI development

FierceHealthIT

President Joe Biden is set to sign a sweeping executive order establishing new safety, security and equity standards for artificial intelligence, including its use within the healthcare industry.

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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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Navigating the AI revolution in medicine: from liability and technicalities to ethics and policy

KevinMD

The current landscape of AI in medicine. Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into health care is a complex yet transformative journey. As AI becomes increasingly indispensable, the medical community faces a paradigm shift—from being accountable for using AI to potentially being liable for not using it. In this article, we will explore the multifaceted implications of Read more… Navigating the AI revolution in medicine: from liability and technicalities to ethics and policy originally appear

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Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Health Populi

Clinicians’ feeling burnout is the top morale challenge facing U.S. doctors, driven by turnover and understaffing, compassion fatigue, and challenges using digital tools — think EHRs. T he 2023 BDO Clinician Experience Survey “takes on” clinician burnout, connecting the strategic dots between the clinician experience and the patient experience.

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Suki expands availability of its ambient AI clinical documentation platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Suki announced the expansion of its ambient artificial intelligence technology, Suki Assistant, to more than 20 independent practices, including Capital City Primary and Immediate Care. The application is a voice assistant that generates notes in real-time by listening to patient-clinician interactions. It can be used for clinical documentation, diagnosis coding, real-time information retrieval from the electronic health record and other applications.

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CVS Health beats the Street with $2.3B in Q3 profit

FierceHealthIT

CVS Health beat the Street on both earnings and revenue in the third quarter, reporting $2.3 billion in profit. | By comparison, the company reported a $3.4 billion loss in the third quarter of 2022 as it paid out its part in a global settlement over the opioid crisis.

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Q&A: The status of the White House-led CancerX initiative

Mobi Health News

Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of the Digital Medicine Society, which co-hosts the CancerX initiative, discusses advances in improving cancer care options via digital innovation.

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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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NHS England has not yet proven its case on FDP

DigitalHealth

With the award of the Federated Data Platform contract said to be delayed until mid-November, NHS England appears to be seeking to drum up support for it.

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Tele-stroke tech improves care and provider confidence at Essentia Health-Fargo

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Essentia Health-Fargo did not necessarily have a specific problem that led it to implement tele-stroke technology. Rather, the implementation stemmed from a desire to be proactive in delivering the best care possible. A PROACTIVE MOVE "Per AHA/ASA Stroke Care Guidelines, tele-stroke implementation is effective in triaging patients for IV thrombolytics and endovascular therapy," said Chelsey Kuznia, RN, SCRN, stroke program manager at Essentia Health-Fargo, DNV Certified Comprehensive S

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Once a high-flying 'unicorn,' Olive AI sells two key businesses, winds down operations

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare startup Olive saw a meteoric rise in 2020 and 2021, spurred by the digital health funding boom and the need for automation during the COVID-19 pandemic. | It marks the end of the line for healthcare automation startup Olive AI. The company sold its clearinghouse and patient access business units to Waystar and its prior authorization business unit to Humata Health.

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Q&A: Moon Surgical's Maestro System and assisting in laparoscopic surgery

Mobi Health News

Anne Osdoit, CEO of Moon Surgical, discusses the company's commercial version of its surgical robotics system that recently assisted laparoscopic surgeons in France.

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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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OntarioMD Looks to Help with AI Adoption and EMR Improvements

Healthcare IT Today

In an insightful conversation with Healthcare IT Today, Rob Fox, the Chief Executive Officer of OntarioMD , shared the organization’s pivotal role in advancing healthcare in Ontario. OntarioMD is embarking on two ambitious initiatives. One is aimed at helping Electronic Medical Record (EMR) users in Ontario drive down costs and have a bigger voice with vendors.

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South Korea forms national commission for promoting bio-health tech and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

South Korea forms national bio-health commission The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) has recently enacted the presidential decree that establishes the Bio-health Innovation Commission. This commission, according to a press release, seeks to foster the local bio-health industry and provide systemic support for the integration of the latest technologies, including AI and nanotechnology.

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Amazon's Rx to fix the pharmacy experience as brick-and-mortar drugstores struggle

FierceHealthIT

Leveraging its logistics and supply chain muscle, now including drone delivery, Amazon wants to make it faster and easier for patients to get their prescription medications and speed up "triage to | Amazon Pharmacy's focus on making it faster and more convenient for patients to get prescription medications comes as brick-and-mortar drugstores are limiting pharmacy hours and even closing locations across the country.

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Care enablement platform IKS Health acquires AQuity Solutions for $200M

Mobi Health News

The acquisition combines IKS Health's tech-enabled ambulatory care offerings with AQuity's acute care solutions pertaining to clinical documentation.

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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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What Tools are Needed to Better Handle Cloud in Healthcare?

Healthcare IT Today

There are a lot of amazing things that the cloud is capable of doing in healthcare. But as a newer technology, there are still some areas that it falls behind. So as we are looking into the cloud and possibly adding it to our organizations, we need to be looking at some additional tools that can help you better manage your cloud efforts in healthcare.

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Wachter: NHS needs ‘new central investment’ to achieve digital maturity

DigitalHealth

Professor Bob Wachter believes the NHS requires ‘a new central investment’ to achieve digital maturity and realise the potential of emerging technologies.

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How behavioral health tech can help overcome adoption hurdles among neurodiverse populations

FierceHealthIT

Technologies like wearables and virtual reality could become key tools in engaging neurodiverse patient populations, streamlining provider workflows and tracking outcomes, payers, therapists and te | Speakers at a virtual roundtable commended technologies like wearables and virtual reality (VR) for their potential to engage neurodiverse patients, streamline provider workflows, and measure and improve outcomes.

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Midi Health expands women's care access in all 50 states

Mobi Health News

The California-based virtual women's healthcare company will be available to employers nationwide beginning January 2024.

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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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Helping Healthcare Professionals Evaluate AI Offerings

Healthcare IT Today

Steve Weber AJ Grotto The following is a guest article by Steve Weber , Professor of the Graduate School at UC Berkeley , and AJ Grotto , Director, Program on Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance at Stanford University Generative artificial intelligence technologies promise to improve healthcare in large part by enabling healthcare professionals to utilize massive troves of health-relevant data.

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Palantir CEO acknowledges FDP could aid NHS data being sold in future 

DigitalHealth

In an interview Sunday, Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir, said the (FDP) could make it easier for a future UK government to sell off NHS data.

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HHS proposes info blocking 'disincentives' for hospitals, clinician groups, ACOs

FierceHealthIT

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its plan to keep healthcare providers in line with data blocking requirements. | Providers determined to have committed information blocking would face changes to their status in certain Medicare programs, and subsequently a hit to program payments. Enforcement would begin once the proposed rule is finalized.

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Viome Life Sciences acquires Naring Health and its subsidiaries

Mobi Health News

The Washington-based company will combine Naring Health, DiscernDx and Foodome's resources with its offerings to develop more personalized nutrition options.

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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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Healthcare AI Edition: Buy or Sell – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 126

Healthcare IT Today

For the 126th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are once again back with everyone’s favorite game: Buy or Sell, only this time we are doing a special AI edition! For anyone who’s new or would like a reminder, in these episodes, we select a list of topics and then debate whether we believe something will happen or will have an impact on health IT (ie. we ‘buy’ it) or if we don’t think it will happen or it’ll have no impact (ie. we ‘sell’ it)

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MDaudit’s 2023 Annual Benchmark Report Finds a Fourfold Increase in External Payer Audits, Patient Volumes Double

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. External payer audits quadrupled in volume in 2023, making timely responses more challenging than ever for resource-strapped healthcare organizations. Though patient volumes and surgeries have begun to recover from COVID-19 declines – with a 23% […] The article MDaudit’s 2023 Annual Benchmark Report Finds a Fourfold Increase in External Payer Audits, Patient Volumes Double appeared first on

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Cleveland Clinic to launch prescription delivery via drone in 2025, starting with specialty and rush medications

FierceHealthIT

Cleveland Clinic plans to launch a drone delivery service to bring certain medications directly to patients’ homes, starting in 2025. | Cleveland Clinic plans to launch a drone delivery service to bring certain medications directly to patients’ homes, starting in 2025.

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