Fri.Oct 15, 2021

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Medtechs need strategy to prevent bias in AI-machine learning-based devices: FDA

Health Care Dive

The agency is mulling the types of information medtechs might include in labeling for such devices to support transparency. A Philips rep cautioned about the pitfalls of "information overload.

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Patient messages via Epic increased during COVID-19, raising burnout concerns

Healthcare It News

A research letter published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that physicians saw a "small but sustained" increase in patient message volume during the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. By analyzing more than 10 million messages to 419 unique clinicians from 38 specialties across 141 practice sites, researchers from the Yale University School of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic found that ambulatory physicians spent more time in their i

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Intelerad acquires competitor Ambra Health to form $1.7B enterprise imaging giant

Fierce Healthcare

Intelerad acquires competitor Ambra Health to form $1.7B enterprise imaging giant. hlandi. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 12:17.

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Bupa Arabia backs Dubai’s Okadoc with investment and strategic partnership

Healthcare It News

Bupa Arabia , the Saudi-owned and publicly traded health insurance company, has just announced its backing of the Dubai-based online appointment booking platform, Okadoc. The two MENA businesses have signed a “strategic partnership”, which includes an undisclosed equity investment by Bupa Arabia in Okadoc. Part of the Bupa Global network, Bupa Arabia backed the healthtech startup as part of its mission to “enhance customer experience and elevate the level of its digital healthc

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Scrutiny of risk adjustment practices looms over Medicare Advantage as open enrollment starts

Fierce Healthcare

Scrutiny of risk adjustment practices looms over Medicare Advantage as open enrollment starts. rking. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 13:30.

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Walgreens invests $330M in CareCentrix in post-acute care bet

Health Care Dive

Walgreens significantly invested in two companies to meet its long-term strategy, with one focused on primary care and the other on post-acute care.

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FDA panel endorses second shot for adults who received J&J vaccine

Health Care Dive

Agency advisers unanimously supported offering a second dose of J&J's coronavirus vaccine to adults who previously received it, though guidance could change as regulators evaluate mixing boosters.

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Conflicting federal, state COVID-19 vaccine requirements have hospitals trapped in noncompliance

Fierce Healthcare

Conflicting federal, state COVID-19 vaccine requirements have hospitals trapped in noncompliance. dmuoio. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 15:49.

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Importance and future of patient portal support

Healthcare It News

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Industry Voices—The pay gap for male and female doctors Is ridiculous. Here’s what can be done about it

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—The pay gap for male and female doctors Is ridiculous. Here’s what can be done about it. pminemyer. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 10:34.

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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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China and Russia, Wages and Insurance, Refugees and Technology : RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on China-Russia ties, considerations when raising the minimum wage, how refugees use digital devices, and more.

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Blackstone's Equity Healthcare signs on with Centivo

Fierce Healthcare

Blackstone's Equity Healthcare signs on with Centivo. pminemyer. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 17:12.

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Understanding State Laws for Interchangeable Biosimilars

Healthcare Leadership Council

An important development in the biopharmaceutical world, with significant ramifications for patients, is the progress being made on biosimilars. These are products with the same safety and efficacy as FDA-approved biologic medications, but potentially less costly for patients. Below, executives with Cardinal Health, a global manufacturer and distributor of healthcare products and a Healthcare Leadership Council member, discuss the laws governing the interchangeability of biologics and biosimil

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Big Health, NHS Scotland ink deal to provide access to digital therapeutics for insomnia, anxiety

Fierce Healthcare

Big Health, NHS Scotland ink deal to provide access to digital therapeutics for insomnia, anxiety. hlandi. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 14:36.

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Level up Culture & EQ | Sign up for the #CultureDrop

Once a week, culture & leadership expert Galen Emanuele gives free, actionable EQ training in 5 minutes or less. Subscribe to the #CultureDrop and access free resources & content.

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Disrupt Podcast #49: David A. Bell of GrandCare Health Services

Home Health Care

Most home health agencies are “generalists,” meaning they serve patients with a wide variety of in-home care needs. GrandCare Health Services, however, sees itself as an orthopedic rehab specialist, which is why it sold its non-medical home care division to 24 Hour Home Care in September. For this episode of Disrupt, HHCN caught up with GrandCare Health Services Chairman and CEO David A.

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The Road to Systemic Change: Health Justice, Equity, and Anti-Racism

Bill Of Health

By Keon L. Gilbert and Jerrell DeCaille. The health justice movement helps to marry social justice models with equity frameworks. This critical partnership advances health equity through community-based approaches to health care and social services, collaborations that minimize duplicative services, and the creation of sustainable relationships to advocate for systemic change.

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Alpine Investors-Backed TEAM Services Group Acquires 24 Hour Home Care

Home Health Care

TEAM Services Group – a portfolio company of the “anti-private equity firm” Alpine Investors – has acquired 24 Hour Home Care. The exact details of TEAM’s investment in the Los Angeles-based home care company have not yet been disclosed. 24 Hour Home Carewill continue operating by the same name under TEAM’s “Public Choices” division. Alpine has made several in-home care investments since its formation, including TEAM’s purchase of AmeriBest Home Care in October 2019.

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Common Telehealth Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Health Recovery

From the onset of the COVID pandemic, the healthcare industry has witnessed a major rise and explosion in the use of telehealth services, as a veritable means to access and deliver care. At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, between 50% to 80% of medical visits were conducted via telehealth. Patients and providers continue to further adopt it and to embrace technology as a means of care enablement.

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A Guide to Improved Sepsis Detection & Compliance: 6 Areas You Should Address

This guide highlights key areas that your sepsis detection platform should address to minimize the impact of this leading, entirely preventable cause of in-hospital deaths, as well as how to increase compliance by 20% in 30 days. Download to learn more!

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Disrupt Podcast #48: Tim Hanold of Care Advantage

Home Health Care

In June, Searchlight Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Care Advantage, one of the largest in-home care companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. Aside from giving the company more firepower for future M&A activity of its own, the deal will likely help Care Advantage accelerate its value-based care strategy. The in-home care provider already has a pay-for-performance pilot program with Anthem in Virginia, which it helps to build upon moving forward.

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Weekender 10/15/21

HIStalk

Weekly News Recap Intelerad acquires Ambra. Healthcare Triangle shares.

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The Pandemic Treaty and Intellectual Property Sharing: Making Vaccine Knowledge a Public Good 

Bill Of Health

By Ellen ‘t Hoen. The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the lack of regulation for the sharing of intellectual property (IP) and technology needed for an effective and equitable response to the crisis. The Pandemic Treaty (or other legal instrument) scheduled for discussion at the World Health Assembly in the fall of 2021 should focus on establishing the norm that the IP and knowledge needed to develop and produce essential pandemic health technologies become global public goods.

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FUTURE Talks: An Interview with nVoq

Home Health Care

This article is brought to you by nVoq. This interview took place during a live Q&A session with nVoq’s Senior Director of Post-Acute Sales, Jason Banks, at the HHCN FUTURE event in Chicago held on September 30, 2021. The interview has been edited for clarity. Home Health Care News: Jason, earlier today we talked about the operational side of running a large post-acute provider.

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The New Tech Experience: Innovation, Optimization, and Collaboration

Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

Learn how to streamline productivity and efficiency across your organization with machine learning and artificial intelligence! No matter what industry you're in - healthcare, customer service, sales, and more - it’s easier than you think to reduce wait times, monitor sentiment, and provide enhanced self-service options for all of your users. This means that you can achieve a more consistent and engaging customer experience while reducing sources of friction.

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Biden circling former FDA chief Califf to again lead agency: report

Health Care Dive

The Washington Post reported the administration was "closing in" on the choice, citing unnamed sources. Still, the White House declined to comment and Califf could face opposition from Senate Democrats.

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Support for Drug Price Negotiation Brings Partisans Together in the U.S.

Health Populi

Most U.S. adults across political parties favor allowing the Federal government authority to negotiate for drug prices — even after hearing the arguments against the health policy. Drug price negotiation, say by the Medicare program, is a unifying public policy in the current era of political schisms in America, based on the findings in a special Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Health Tracking Poll conducted in late September-early October 2021.