Fri.Apr 08, 2022

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FDA clarifies cybersecurity recommendations for device makers in new guidance

Health Care Dive

The draft guidance, which replaces a 2018 document, sets recommendations for how medical device companies should approach cybersecurity in premarket submissions.

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AMA outlines key steps for advancing telehealth equity

Healthcare It News

The American Medical Association this week released a report outlining key steps that organizations and policymakers should take in order to work toward equity in the telehealth landscape. "Telehealth has the potential to be an important tool for addressing long-standing health inequities among historically marginalized and minoritized communities that have been impacted disproportionately by the COVID-19 pandemic," said the organization in an issue brief.

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Medicare finalizes policy limiting coverage of Biogen Alzheimer's drug

Health Care Dive

Treatment with Aduhelm would only be covered for patients enrolled in a clinical trial under the policy, which largely follows a draft proposal released in January.

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Reimagining and streamlining military healthcare

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

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'Appropriate' transition period for COVID-19 test EUAs when public health emergency ends

Health Care Dive

The FDA is planning to give holders of EUAs for COVID-19 diagnostics and other devices 180 days notice of its intent to end their authorizations, in anticipation of U.S. public health emergency declarations stopping.

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Microdosing at Work: Business and Legal Implications

Bill Of Health

By Vincent Sliwoski. In light of the widespread cultural and business culture adoption of microdosing, private sector employers should reconsider the implications of a blanket prohibition on workplace use of controlled substances. Microdosing is the practice of ingesting subperceptual amounts of psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin mushrooms or LSD.

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Russia and Ukraine: The Economic Consequences of Peace

The Rand Blog

Amid some hopeful signs in Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire talks, it may be useful to keep in mind that the West could gain substantial economic leverage to influence outcomes during and after Russia's war against Ukraine. How it uses this leverage could have far-reaching consequences.

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Centene's former longtime leader Michael Neidorff dies

Health Care Dive

Neidorff transformed the St. Louis-based insurer into a formidable player in the healthcare sector during his 26 years at the helm.

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AmerisourceBergen Launches $150M Corporate Venture Fund

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – AmerisourceBergen , a global healthcare solutions company, announced the establishment of AB Health Ventures , a dedicated corporate venture capital fund that will invest in and partner with emerging healthcare startup companies working to transform healthcare for people and animals globally. – AB Health Ventures will build on AmerisourceBergen’s ongoing commitment to delivering innovation for its customers.

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Opioid use and disability

Healthcare ECONOMIST

How is opioid use trending over time? Among individuals who filed for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), a paper by Maestas et al. (2022) finds that: …the prevalence of opioid use among SSDI applicants declined from 33 percent in 2013 to 24 percent in 2018. By contrast, the share of applicants reporting musculoskeletal impairments, which are commonly associated with chronic pain, was unchanged during this period.

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5 Essentials for Healthcare CIOs: A Provider Data Management Checklist

Complete and accurate provider data is essential for health organizations to operate effectively. A better understanding of your provider network helps to understand patients and consumers, identify gaps in care, and make the best possible decisions for your businesses. A modern provider data management solution should power a complete and accurate view of each of your providers, make this data easily accessible across functional groups, and be flexible and agile enough to scale. with your needs

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Arterys Receives FDA Clearance for Next-Gen Cardiac MRI App

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Arterys , the world’s leading vendor-neutral artificial intelligence (AI) platform, has announced several new modules to its already robust Cardio AI clinical application and an additional FDA AI clearance based on deep learning. – Cardio AI is a comprehensive, cloud-based post-processing solution that leverages AI and deep learning to provide extremely accurate, automated, fast, repeatable analysis of cardiac MRI images.

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Employing Insurgency in Ukraine, U.S. Hospital Prices, Reaching the Middle Class: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on how insurgency could give Ukraine an edge over Russia, repurposing commercial buildings to help address L.A.’s housing crisis, Americans’ options for reaching the middle class, and more.

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PathAI and GlaxoSmithKline Partner to Accelerate Research and Drug Development

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – PathAI and GSK announced a multi-year strategic artificial intelligence (AI) partnership today with a focus on accelerating research and- building drug development programs in oncology and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). – As part of the partnership, GSK will leverage both PathAI’s expertise and models to advance GSK’s proprietary AI models and focus on designing better models to deliver improved treatment options for patients with cancer and NASH. ̵

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How the Pandemic, Inflation and Ukraine Are Re-Shaping Health Consumers – Learnings from dunnhumby

Health Populi

Too many dollars, stimulated by an influx of COVID-19 government stimulus, are chasing too few goods in economies around the world. Couple this will labor, material shortages, and disrupted supply chains, the exogenous shock of the Ukraine crisis amplifying cost increases and shortage driving higher prices for food and commodities, and global consumers are faced with strains in household budgets.

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FemTech Startup Conceive Raises $3.7M for Outcomes-Oriented Fertility Solution

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Conceive , a New York City-based femtech startup on a mission to transform fertility, today that the public beta of its integrated solution is now live. – The company’s launch is fueled by a $3.7M seed round led by Kindred Ventures, with participation from Founder Collective, Great Oaks, and 40+ founders and angels.