Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2024

The following is a guest article by Rebecca Jones, President at Mosaicx In recent years, the mental health landscape has become incredibly challenging. With the pandemic, job market fluctuations, and economic uncertainties, Americans are experiencing heightened levels of anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions. Studies show that 90% of the public believes the U.S. is experiencing a mental health crisis.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 24, 2024

In the midst of a digital transformation, wearable technology is revolutionizing the field of women’s health. In this insightful piece, Anastasiya Markvarde explores a wide range of wearables uniquely crafted to meet women’s health requirements. These innovative devices are not only expanding horizons but also tackling overlooked health concerns.

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DigitalHealth

JULY 23, 2024

John Quinn, chief information officer at NHS England said that the digital maturity assessment (DMA) needs to be “useful and useable”.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 22, 2024

For the 145th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are debating the effectiveness of penalties on motivating desired behaviors in healthcare! To kick this episode off, we dive into whether or not penalties work in healthcare to motivate organizations. Next, we look to see where penalties have worked in healthcare in the past. Then we discuss financial penalties to determine if they are the most effective form of penalties.

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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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JULY 24, 2024

It’s a bad sign when you get a warning from Amazon about Prime scams. Shopping online has definitely deteriorated when you receive a desperate email from Amazon warning about Amazon Prime scams. But their advice is worrisome – you should check Amazon Messages to verify that a message is really from Amazon? How hard can it be for a scammer to fake messages that look like they’re from Amazon?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2024

Not too long ago, AdventHealth had a high demand in its Central and East Florida divisions for advanced MRI services. The health system's centralized MRI services at its Orlando campus, though effective, presented areas where AdventHealth could deliver a more consumer-centric experience. THE PROBLEM Expanding advanced MRI services to the community hospitals presented its own set of challenges.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 25, 2024

Humana inked a new multi-year agreement with Google Cloud to modernize its cloud infrastructure and build out generative AI solutions. | Humana inked a new multi-year agreement with Google Cloud to modernize its cloud infrastructure and build out generative AI solutions.

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DigitalHealth

JULY 25, 2024

A statement from Diane Abbott, read at the Equity Charter Summit, encouraged attendees to take action against racism in digital health.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 23, 2024

The three companies will collaborate with Mayo Clinic nurses to create a genAI documentation workflow tool that will integrate into Epic nursing workflows.

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

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2024

OpenText is a company with extensive experience in financial services, manufacturing, and other industries. What are they doing in healthcare? Healthcare IT Today sat down with Sandy Ono, Chief Marketing Officer at OpenText to find out more. Key Takeaways OpenText is focusing on offering 3 core solutions in healthcare: (1) content management; (2) communications/experience management; (3) Asset management and IoT OpenText has done pioneering work with the Ontario Telemedicine Network onboarding

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 23, 2024

An analysis by Fierce Healthcare identified the top 30 healthcare organizations that burned through the most cash lobbying Congress for healthcare policy changes in the second quarter. | In the second quarter, 14 healthcare organizations spent more than a million dollars lobbying the federal government for healthcare policy change. The leaders of the pack were the American Hospital Association, AARP and the American Medical Association, followed by a slew of payers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2024

MediSecure hack exposed data of 13 million Australians Approximately 12.9 million Australians had their health information stolen in the recent MediSecure hack. This, according to the embattled e-prescription provider, who recently went into administration following a " large-scale " ransomware attack on its system on 16 May. In an update, MediSecure said affected individuals included those who used its service between March 2019 and November 2023.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 22, 2024

Duke-NUS Medical School's LIVE Ventures will bring together scientists and public and private sector entities to commercialize academic research concepts.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 25, 2024

Anyone that’s been involved in patient care understands how valuable it is for patients to have a well done Advanced Care Plan (ACP) that’s been communicated to their family and caregivers. Trying to do advanced care planning in the heat of the moment is challenging and fraught with all sorts of problems for the patient and the clinician.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 23, 2024

Lawmakers bashed the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing Tuesday. | A contentious hearing between PBM CEOs and the House Commitee on Oversight and Accountability reinforced recent federal angst toward pharmacy benefit managers, but little new ground was made.

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DigitalHealth

JULY 22, 2024

NHS Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospital Collaborative has signed an £88m contract with Meditech for an electronic patient record system.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 24, 2024

The company's first feature to emerge from the group is its "smart notes," which generate clinical notes for providers based on their conversations with Talkspace members.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2024

According to Robert Connely, Global Industry Market Leader, Healthcare at Pega , the safest and most productive ways to use AI at this time are to do a little at a time. A clinician can write directions or an explanation for some clinical topic, and AI can reword it in terms that the patient can understand. As a care manager is talking to a patient, an AI listener might pop up a suggestion.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 24, 2024

Northwell Health has set its sights on the entertainment industry. | The health system launched a new TV and film production studio, called Northwell Studios, to produce original scripted and unscripted content leveraging its hospitals, doctors and patients, with consent.

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DigitalHealth

JULY 24, 2024

Edinburgh's new Global Research Institute in Health and Care Technologies is working on solutions that will enable more people to age well, writes Professor Alan Gow

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Mobi Health News

JULY 23, 2024

The funding comes less than a year after the virtual mental health company closed a $125 million Series C funding round.

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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2024

ABDM, tele-mental health budgets reduced Early this week, India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the official Union Budget for 2024-2025. For healthcare, the government set aside Rs 90,958.63 crore ($10.8 billion), rising by nearly 13% from last year's Rs 80,517.62 crore ($9.6 billion). This includes Rs 200 crore ($24 million) for the Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission, which is lower than the Rs 341 crore ($40.7 million) allocation last year.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 25, 2024

CVS Health's Caremark has agreed to pay $45 million to Illinois to settle allegations that it failed to pass through rebates in a recent contract, according to a new report. | CVS Health's Caremark has agreed to pay $45 million to Illinois to settle allegations that it failed to pass through rebates in a recent contract, according to a new report.

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DigitalHealth

JULY 24, 2024

Stephen Donnelly, minister for health, has published legislation which will provide a legal basis for digital health records in Ireland.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 25, 2024

The platform includes language support, call-to-text functionality, a high degree of automation and community outreach features.

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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.

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 22, 2024

AI is and will be a powerful tool for clinicians, but lost in all the hype is the fact that it can help the people who create those tools. The development team at Greenway Health is using AI internally to accelerate their work and deliver quicker for their clients. Healthcare IT Today sat down with David Cohen, Greenway’s Chief Product & Technology Officer to learn more.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 22, 2024

Abridge has spent the last six years building generative AI tools to help doctors with medical documentation and is now putting that technology in the hands of hospital nurses. | Abridge has spent the last six years building generative AI tools to help doctors with medical documentation and is now putting that technology in the hands of hospital nurses.

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DigitalHealth

JULY 26, 2024

Two NHS trusts in the Midlands are piloting an AI based scheduling tool in an effort to bring down waiting lists.

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