Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As the aging population continues to grow – projected to be more than 20% of the U.S. by 2030 – remote patient monitoring is becoming an increasingly important healthcare option. A recent industry report shows more than 60 million people in the U.S. will have used remote patient monitoring in 2024. RPM is one of the ways the Internet of Things and connectivity technologies make health tech more accessible for patients and providers.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Caroline Hodge, CEO and co-founder, Dimer Health. The healthcare industry is at a pivotal juncture, with $320 million in Medicare readmission penalties impacting 2,273 hospitals this year alone. These penalties go beyond financial strain, […] The article How AI-Driven Care is Bridging the Gaps in Post-Discharge Healthcare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jason Griffin, MBA, CISM, Managing Director of Digital Health Strategy and Cyber Security Practice Leader at Nordic Consulting Over my 25-plus years working in healthcare information technology, I’ve witnessed firsthand the exponential growth of the threat landscape. In 2024, it’s clear that healthcare has become a prime target for coordinated attacks.

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KevinMD

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

From defibrillators and ventilators to infusion pumps and dialysis equipment, Internet of Things (IoT) medical devices significantly enhance outpatient care. Patients can record and send measurements remotely, eliminating the need for follow-up visits. At the same time, these devices help understaffed outpatient facilities that might not have the capacity to send caregivers for home visits.

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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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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The acquisition includes all of NeuroReality's assets, including its flagship rehabilitation product, Koji's Quest.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

MedStar Health announced Monday that its acute care at home is now available to Baltimore patients of its Franklin Square Medical Center, Good Samaritan, Harbor and Union Memorial hospitals. WHY IT MATTERS Through the collaboration, Dispatch Health offers pre-scheduled home visits daily, including weekends and holidays, following discharge from emergency departments and inpatient hospital units – typically within 72 hours – MedStar said.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Though our movement into a digital and remote world was accelerated by the COVID-19 Pandemic, it is a movement that has proven to be quite beneficial. We were able to roll out various digital health tools , telemedicine , and mobile health applications that not only better the lives of our patients but also our staff. These tools helped to keep us safe during the pandemic and are now working to ease the burden healthcare can have on people.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The CRISPR therapy, HG202, was conceived using AI and machine learning and aims to treat individuals with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A new report from the OECD asks the question, “How’s Life?” with the tagline letting us know the plotline focuses on “well-being and resilience in times of crisis.” The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has tracked the well-being of member nations for the past six years, taking a broad view on the definition of holistic health — including physical, mental, financial, and social aspects of people living in OECD countries.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

How does a multiday mass gathering affect the local concentration of diseases like COVID-19? | Verily is working with the Las Vegas water treatment agency, water authority and health department to monitor the local wastewater for eight different pathogens. The pilot project was timed around the HLTH conference, with daily testing happening from one week before to one week after.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Investment Aims to Accelerate the Expansion of Nym’s Multi-Specialty Solution to Support New Care Areas Nym , a leader in autonomous medical coding, today announced a $47 million growth investment led by PSG , a leading growth equity firm that specializes in partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies. The new funding includes participation from existing and new investors including Google Ventures, Addition, Samsung Next, and Dynamic Loop Capital.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The company also reported Q3 2024 earnings, noting total revenue of $76.4 million, adjusted EBITDA of $7.3 million and a net loss of $14.7 million.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

As my phone keeps pinging today with texts of friends and colleagues sharing #Election2024 angst, I am grateful to the folks at Calm for providing some moments of silence. Here’s their share to help us cope with political stress today. Calm provided similar support previously in 2020 when the meditation app collaborated with the media network CNN on election anxiety management — covered here in Health Populi.

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Speaker: Jack Clough, Chief Growth Officer

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving forward with a 2.9% cut to physician payments in 2025 despite protest from major industry groups. | The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving forward with a 2.9% cut to physician payments in 2025 despite protest from major industry groups.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

One of the big challenges that healthcare faces is that AI and other technology solutions have promised the world to healthcare leaders and then often fallen short. Once this happens, it creates a really challenging uphill battle for the next technology. This has been particularly true with revenue cycle leaders who often express skepticism about AI’s role in healthcare due to past overpromises.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

He has boasted about the accuracy of subscription-based Grok artificial intelligence for analyzing medical images, but physicians and researchers say the model's ability to diagnose medical conditions is limited, and privacy experts have concerns.

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Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Intelligent Specialty Engine deploys advanced analytics and AI that will drive cost savings and enhance member satisfaction DALLAS & CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CerpassRx , a leader in pharmacy benefit management (PBM), today announced the launch of the Intelligent Specialty Engine, an AI-enabled platform powered by Waltz Health to manage specialty drug spend.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Days before the 2024 presidential election, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an unpublished version of the final calendar year 2025 physician fee schedule final rule | Digital therapeutics, telehealth, rural heath clinics and opioid treatment programs all got updates in the final 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule rule, but CMS was limited by its statutory authority to make many substantial changes to digital health policy.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

It can be very overwhelming scrolling though job board after job board in search of a position that fits your wants and needs. Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. Here’s a quick look at some of the health IT jobs we found: Director of Provider Coding and Billing – Tanner Health Senior Healthcare Planner – Ballinger Digita

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The behavioral health company's Engage platform will be available to existing commercial fully insured, self-funded members on an opt-in basis and via Sentara's Marketplace membership.

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Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, pharmaceutical companies are increasingly adopting innovative models to stay competitive. Digital health is at the forefront, aiming to improve patient outcomes and optimize healthcare delivery. At the intersection of traditional pharmaceutical industry practices and modern digital solutions stands a promising strategy: blending in-house expertise with external partnerships with startups.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Under a final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, outpatient hospital facilities and ambulatory surgical centers will get a 2.9% Medicare pay increase next year, up from | Under a final rule issued by CMS, outpatient hospital facilities and ambulatory surgical centers will get a 2.9% Medicare pay increase next year, up from the 2.6% boost in reimbursement that was floated in the draft rule.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Rahul Ajmera, SVP of Provider Market, CitiusTech. Over three years since U.S. healthcare providers and payers adopted new cost transparency regulations designed to make healthcare costs more accessible. While the intent behind these regulations […] The article Putting Price Transparency Rules to Advantage for Better Care Outcomes appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The company offers a marketplace for individuals seeking addiction and mental health treatment. It will use the funds to scale its workforce and expand its reach.

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Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A few weeks ago in Berlin, during the Frontiers Health 2024 conference, Deep Dive editor at pharmaphorum, Eloise McLennan , met with Anna-Maria Heidinger , Head of DSPACE at Daiichi Sankyo Europe, to discuss how they are transforming healthcare through innovative strategies and partnerships. DSPACE: A Hub for Digital Innovation DSPACE is the digital innovation hub of Daiichi Sankyo, designed to support the company’s transition from an innovative pharma company to an innovative health company.

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Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D., R-Louisiana, and Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, published a policy paper advocating to impose site-neutral Medicare payments on hospitals. | The lawmakers argue that site-neutral Medicare payment reform would lead to lower healthcare costs for patients and save taxpayer dollars. However, hospital groups were quick to slam the proposal.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Omniscient Health to Offer Specialized Data Science Services to Enhance Earnings and Reduce Administrative Burdens for Healthcare Providers Omniscient Platforms and its affiliate, Omniscient Health (collectively, Omniscient), announced their launch today, resulting from the merger of CenturyGoal and Analyticar. Omniscient offers practical, modern, and cost-effective solutions to enhance financial performance across industries, with specialized offerings for the healthcare sector, by rapidly de

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The guidance aims to help countries move toward healthcare digitization through a person-centered point of service system.

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