Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 24, 2024
A new analysis pours cold water on the effectiveness of widely used digital diabetes management solutions, stirring up discussion about how best to evaluate the growing market of digital health too | The Peterson Health Technology Institute's analysis assessed whether digital diabetes solutions improve users' health outcomes over "usual care.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 26, 2024
Nonprofits’ cumulative “fair share” deficit is enough to pay off the medical debt of everyone in California, Texas, New York and Pennsylvania combined, according to the Lown Institute.
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Healthcare It News
MARCH 28, 2024
At the University of California Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, faculty members are developing ways for artificial intelligence to help deliver better patient care and improved outcomes. Amir Rhamani is a professor at the nursing school – and also a computer science professor at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, a professor of electrical engineering at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and an associate director of the Institute for Future Hea
p3care
MARCH 29, 2024
Science and technology advancements have made their way long before in the healthcare industry and health IT is a fascinating product of that. So, when something becomes so prominent in a field, it’s inevitable to not have a collaboration opportunity. Such an opportunity and platform is the HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition. HIMSS – A Platform for Health IT Collaboration Yes!
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 26, 2024
Amazon Pharmacy expanded its same-day medication delivery service to New York City and Los Angeles, with plans to add a dozen more U.S. | Amazon Pharmacy expanded its same-day medication delivery service to New York City and Los Angeles, with plans to add a dozen more U.S. cities by the end of the year, the company announced Tuesday.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 26, 2024
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said UnitedHealth’s “rapid consolidation and vertical integration” has major consequences for the healthcare sector, including increased control of the health IT market.
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p3care
MARCH 26, 2024
RPA (Robotic Process Automation) not only ensures the data of medical billing remains error-free and protected but also simplifies the complexities of manual billing. Promising effects on the healthcare system by saving time and cost can be seen with the help of RPA (Robotic process automation). Resolve your Administration Duties with automated Medical Billing Services The healthcare billing system is completely swamped with time-consuming administration duties.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 29, 2024
With AI being all the buzz in healthcare today, many questions about the technology still remain. Do clinicians understand and trust AI tools? Are algorithms accurate and free from bias? | At the 2024 SXSW conference, a panel on the future of AI in healthcare moderated by AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld, M.D., discussed what's still needed for safer, more integrated and more impactful systems.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 29, 2024
The FTC filed for a preliminary injunction this week to block the deal, but an expert says the antitrust agency’s efforts to regulate such deals are akin to trying to stop a “ball that’s already rolling downhill.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 28, 2024
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has made available the draft of the 2024-2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan for public scrutiny and commentary. WHY IT MATTERS The plan, which extends through the rest of this decade, is organized around four key goals to improve the experiences and outcomes for health IT users and the policy and technology aspects needed to support health IT and electronic health information users.
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NASHP
MARCH 29, 2024
Children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) require services beyond those needed by children generally, yet they often face difficulties accessing high-quality health care. Of the over 15 million CYSHCN in the U.S., only 12.8 percent receive care in a well-functioning system, 1 and 44.6 percent of families with CYSHCN report frustrations in accessing services. 2 As states adopt strategies to improve systems of care for CYSHCN, many are prioritizing equitable access across populati
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 25, 2024
Providence has launched the first public salvo in a spat with Blue Shield of California over ongoing contract negotiations. | Providence has launched the first public salvo in a spat with Blue Shield of California over ongoing contract negotiations.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 27, 2024
Gross Medicare spending on the pricey drugs rose from $57 million in 2018 to $5.7 billion in 2022, according to a new analysis from the health policy group.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 28, 2024
The Indonesian Ministry of Health, through the Center for Data and Information Technology, has recently announced the results of the 2023 digital maturity assessment for provincial and district/city health services, hospitals, and health service facilities. Supported by the United States Agency for International Development-The Country Health Information and Data Systems Use, the assessment revealed that 146 provinces and districts/cities who participated scored an average of 2.73 out of 5.00.
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Health IT Analytics
MARCH 26, 2024
A deep neural network-based automated detection tool could assist emergency room clinicians in diagnosing COVID-19 effectively using lung ultrasound images.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 28, 2024
This is a developing story and will be updated following Walgreens' Q2 earnings call this morning. | Walgreens lost nearly $6 billion in its fiscal 2024 second quarter to write down the value of its investment in primary care clinic chain VillageMD.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 25, 2024
Three reports released last week detail scheduling and pharmacy problems with the electronic health record integration — including an error that may have contributed to a patient’s death.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 26, 2024
Since the onset of the pandemic, patient experience scores from Press Ganey, a firm with more than 40 years of experience in patient experience, have taken a drastic dive – with much of the data pointing to staffing shortages and other challenges as key indicators of the decline in scores. However, since February 2023, the firm has observed a steady rise in patient experience scores – at the end of 2023 nearly reaching pre-pandemic levels.
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HIT Consultant
MARCH 24, 2024
Anna McCowan, Software Manager at Keysight Technologies AI is impacting every aspect of our lives, and the healthcare industry is no exception. With digital transformation a perennial focus for the sector, AI is increasingly being adopted to accelerate and enhance initiatives. From cost reduction to improved disease detection to personalized medicine, there are a wealth of benefits that the technology is unlocking, including supercharging digital twins.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 25, 2024
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) addressed a series of questions from lawmakers on health policy priorities ranging from pharmacy benefit management to Medicare spending. | The Congressional Budget Office addressed a series of questions from lawmakers on health policy priorities ranging from pharmacy benefit management to Medicare spending.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 29, 2024
McMahon announced earlier this year that he’d be retiring from the healthcare behemoth in April. Rex will be stepping up as president, though there’s no word on who will assume McMahon’s chief operating officer role.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 25, 2024
Artificial intelligence can enhance virtual nursing, quality and outcomes, and healthcare transformation, says Dr. Stephanie Lahr, president of Artisight, a healthcare AI technology company. She shows how.
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HIT Consultant
MARCH 27, 2024
Andrew Lockhart, CEO, Fathom Autonomous inpatient coding. This may sound like a pipe dream for revenue cycle leaders, whose hopes were likely raised and crushed in the early aughts. But it’s coming sooner than most think. Why is true inpatient coding automation the “holy grail” – as Kerry Gillespie, a former CFO at Intermountain Health and now an executive consultant at Warbird Consulting Partners, said to me at a Healthcare Financial Management Association roundtable last year
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 27, 2024
Are patients taking their medications? | Startup Scriptology launched to bring a new approach to medication management by combining an extended clinical pharmacist team with a technology platform to give patients more guidance and support to help them follow their medication plan.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 25, 2024
The health system is selling Senior Helpers to Waud Capital Partners just three years after it acquired the home care group.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 29, 2024
They may need help from AI tools or peer support groups to make knowledgeable decisions based on data from their medical records, says Grace Cordovano, cofounder of Unblock Health and a 2024 Changemaker Award recipient.
Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA
Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 26, 2024
Patricia Smith, Director of Revenue Cycle Consulting at SYNERGEN Health What You Should Know: – SYNERGEN Health , an industry-leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle services and solutions for healthcare organizations appoints Patricia Smith as Director of Revenue Cycle Consulting. – Smith brings more than 25 years of experience in healthcare revenue cycle management and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) operations.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 27, 2024
Two years ago, startup InStride Health launched to provide mental health treatment for children and teens based on a program rooted in academic medicine, aiming to make high-quality care more acces | Two years ago, startup InStride Health launched to provide mental health treatment for children and teens based on a program rooted in academic medicine, aiming to make high-quality care more accessible to families.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 26, 2024
Beginning June 1, the Catholic health system will cede responsibility of hospitalist functions to staffing firm SCP Health.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 27, 2024
Among the top global policy issues at HIMSS24: AI regulation, patient access and equity. Tom Leary, SVP and head of government relations at HIMSS, explains how the organization advocates for health policies that support those goals.
Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend
Patient engagement happens before, during, and after interactions. Consumer research has found that in 2021, 64% of US households reported using Telehealth services. In addition 34% of patients would prefer Telehealth visits to in-office visits. Accessible patient engagement technology can help you improve your relationships with your patients while also improving your KPIs.
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