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HIMSS24: 'Fasten your seatbelts'—Hackensack Meridian CEO predicts acceleration of gen AI to help healthcare workforce

Fierce Healthcare

ORLANDO — It's almost impossible to have a conversation at HIMSS24 without the topic of artificial intelligence or generative AI coming up. | How will the conversations about AI in healthcare change by next year's HIMSS conference? Hackensack Meridian CEO Robert Garrett predicts that pilot projects underway now will roll out into practice.

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Microsoft forms health AI governance network

Health Care Dive

The tech giant is standing up the group with 16 health systems, two healthcare technology companies and zero AI development rivals.

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Frazier Healthcare Partners acquires RevSpring, plans to fuel growth with new investments

Fierce Healthcare

Nashville, Tennessee-based patient engagement and payment technology company RevSpring has found itself with new investor ownership that promises to ramp up the business. | The patient engagement and payment technology company's new investor owner promised to bring "additional resources to accelerate and enhance RevSpring’s offerings.

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Contact centers – the perfect proving ground for AI in healthcare?

Healthcare It News

Contact center vendor Talkdesk is placing a big bet on generative AI, transforming its technologies and processes with the AI that exploded in popularity with the release of ChatGPT. Patty Hayward, vice president and general manager for healthcare and life sciences at Talkdesk (in Booth 1991 at HIMSS24), said genAI has a clear and non-clinical use case in contact centers – which is perfect for healthcare since experts agree it's best to prove genAI in non-clinical settings first.

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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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Behavioral and veterans' health among key priorities in Biden's budget

Fierce Healthcare

President Joe Biden's 2025 budget did not just touch upon cybersecurity, the drug price negotiation program and Medicare solvency, as the plan also suggested policy for mental health, health equity | Many significant policy items in Biden's proposed 2025 fiscal year budget don't grab the initial headlines, but he's looking to make strides in mental health, substance use disorder and maternal health.

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Technology moving the needle on behavioral health

Healthcare It News

ORLANDO – Behavioral health issues are unfortunately common in today's healthcare environment; suicides, psychiatric bed capacity and lack of access to psychiatrists all occur with some regularity, and as is the case with many aspects of healthcare, technology can help to address some of these issues. Dr.

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Primary care goes up against the healthcare disruptors

Healthcare It News

ORLANDO – The future of primary care and how retailers are disrupting the traditional experience was the focus of a fireside chat between Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, chief physician executive at Press Ganey and Sashi Moodley, chief medical officer at Walgreens. Phillips, former president of Clinical Care for Providence St.

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HIMSS24: CodaMetrix pockets $40M series B to build out AI-based revenue cycle tools

Fierce Healthcare

ORLANDO — CodaMetrix, a company that provides automated coding technology for healthcare billing and revenue cycle management, picked up $40 million in fresh funding to build out its AI-based | odaMetrix, a company that provides automated coding technology for healthcare billing and revenue cycle management, picked up $40 million in fresh funding to build out its AI-based soultions.

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Google launches AI-backed search-and-answer tool for doctors

Health Care Dive

Vertex AI Search for Healthcare comes as the industry awaits a regulatory structure from the federal government around the use of AI in healthcare.

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HIMSS24 Roundup: Philips, AWS collaborate on cloud-based digital pathology solutions

Fierce Healthcare

Philips taps AWS to scale digital pathology in the cloud Health tech company Royal Philips is tapping into Amazon Web Services's cloud technology to advance digital pathology solutions.

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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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Takeaways from the Virtual Care Forum at HIMSS24

Healthcare It News

Experts discussed new emergency department models using telemedicine to build trust in virtual healthcare environments and public-private sector collaboration.

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Nest Health picks up $4M in seed extension funding to build out at-home primary care for families

Fierce Healthcare

Nest Health, a startup providing in-home and virtual care to families, picked up over $4 million in an extended seed round to expand to new markets and fuel partnerships with health plans. | Nest Health, a startup providing in-home and virtual care to families, picked up over $4 million in an extended seed round to expand to new markets and fuel partnerships with health plans.

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AI tools empower clinicians to focus on patient care

Healthcare It News

Amid healthcare staffing struggles, Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal, assistant professor of biomedical informatics and pediatric endocrinology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, says AI-generated documentation can give clinicians more time with patients.

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Cerner’s shift to cloud cuts costs, improves cybersecurity, Oracle says

Health Care Dive

Oracle will also begin delivering a new ambulatory clinic suite in its fourth quarter, which includes an AI-backed documentation assistant.

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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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'Podnosis': A deep dive into health plan and health system earnings

Fierce Healthcare

In this week’s episode of "Podnosis," you'll hear from two journalists from the Fierce Healthcare team: Paige Minemyer, senior editor of Fierce Health Payer, and Dave Muoio, a staff writer for Fier | In this week’s episode of "Podnosis," you'll hear from two journalists from the Fierce Healthcare team: Paige Minemyer, senior editor of Fierce Health Payer, and Dave Muoio, a staff writer for Fierce Healthcare.

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Oracle to launch generative AI-backed clinical assistant within next quarter, exec says

Health Care Dive

The tool, which automatically transcribes patient visits and suggests next steps for providers, is entering a cluttered market.

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4 Considerations in Choosing a 0057 Partner

Fierce Healthcare

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For-profit hospital operators bet on outpatient services, expense reductions in 2023

Health Care Dive

While HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare and Universal Health Services posted net gains by the end of the year, Community Health Systems reported losses.

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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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CenterWell President Sanjay Shetty: ‘It’s Time To Give Home Health Its Due’

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership CenterWell President Dr. Sanjay Shetty knows home health care is an extremely valuable service. Unlike many other leaders, he’s in the position to prove it. For close to a year now, Shetty has led Humana’s (NYSE: HUM) health care services division, which includes CenterWell Home Health, CenterWell Primary Care and CenterWell Pharmacy.

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Becoming a master of change in a dynamic industry

Meditech

As a leader of transformational change at Ozarks Healthcare , it is no surprise that Priscilla Frase, MD, CMIO, and hospitalist was recently recognized as a 2024 HIMSS Changemaker in Health Award winner.

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TeleVox Launches Platform for Physician Offices to Ease Scheduling Burden

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: TeleVox, the industry-leading provider of omnichannel patient relationship management platforms, is helping physicians keep their schedules filled and patients happy with the introduction of Practice Edition. TeleVox Practice Edition offers a suite of services designed specifically to help physicians and their staff overcome common industry challenges, including inefficient scheduling processes, poor communication, low retention, and reputation management.

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Home Care Costs Continue To Increase, Outpacing Other Long-Term Care Settings

Home Health Care

The pricing increases in home care have again outpaced other long-term care sectors, according to Genworth’s (NYSE: GNW) annual cost of care report. The cost-of-care hikes have been consistent over the last few years, forcing providers to raise rates and consider diversifying into other payer sources outside of private pay. In 2023, the cost of a home care aide increased by 10% to an annual median cost of over $75,000, according to Genworth.

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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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Clinithink Appoints Mark Johnston as Chief Executive Officer

HIT Consultant

Mark Johnston, Chief Executive Officer at Clinithink What You Should Know: – Clinithink , a leader in transforming unstructured clinical data into actionable insights through artificial intelligence (AI), today announced the appointment of Mark Johnston as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). – Mr. Johnston succeeds Dr. Chris Tackaberry, who will transition to the role of Executive Vice President of Population Health and Life Sciences.

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Unlocking the Potential of Brain Health: Insights from GoMo Health and the Center for BrainHealth

GoMoHealth

By Cassandra Cousineau Manager, Strategic Content and Engagement, GoMo Health Let’s face it: we live in a world where we are constantly bombarded with a stream of information that our minds need time to process and sort through. Our daily lives are filled with a variety of tasks, including personal and family duties, work responsibilities, and managing health issues.

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HIMSS24: Philips, AWS Partner to Scale Digital Pathology in the Cloud

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) , a global leader in health technology, today announced an expanded collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to address the growing need for secure, scalable digital pathology solutions in the cloud. Advancing Healthcare Through the Philips and AWS Partnership in Digital Pathology The partnership between Philips and AWS combines Philips’ expertise in digitizing pathology with AWS’ leadership in scalable, secure cloud solutions.

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The Economic Contours of the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack: Taking Stock So Far

Health Populi

On February 22, 2024, I went to a CVS Pharmacy-Inside-Target in my community to fill a prescription for benzonatate 200 mg capsules. I had caught a bad case of the flu the week before, and subsequently suffered a very long tail of a cough. That’s TMI for me to write about in the Health Populi blog, but this story has a current-events twist: the pharmacist could not electronically link with my insurance company to transact my payment.

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Strategies to Deal with Collaborative Healthcare Communication

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.

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HIMSS24: Talkdesk Unveils Talkdesk Autopilot for Healthcare to Modernize Self-Service Experience

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Talkdesk , a provider of AI-powered contact centers, announced Talkdesk Autopilot for Healthcare at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Global Health Conference and Exhibition. – Built upon the Talkdesk Autopilot platform, this specialized solution integrates seamlessly with Talkdesk Healthcare Experience Cloud™.

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Trends That Are Shifting The Medicare Advantage Market

Home Health Care

As Medicare Advantage (MA) plans continue to gain more beneficiaries, home-based care providers find themselves at a crossroads. For some, the allure of MA lies in its potential to unlock new opportunities and expand patient reach. Yet, for others, the prospect of navigating the complexities of MA reimbursement presents a daunting challenge. MA enrollment continues to grow, but not as rapidly as it has in recent years.

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HIMSS24: MEDITECH Integrates Ambient Listening into Expanse EHR

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – MEDITECH , a provider of Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems, is taking a significant step towards reducing clinician documentation burden by integrating ambient listening technology into its Expanse EHR platform. – The AI-powered solution aims to streamline workflows and free up valuable time for healthcare professionals.

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What are the 4 pillars of medical ethics?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

The 4 pillars of medical ethics are: Beneficence means that practitioners should act as they believe is in the best interest of the patient. Unlike non-maleficence, it goes beyond simply doing no harm and encourages to actively help others. Beneficence is important because it ensures that healthcare professionals consider individual circumstances and remember that what is good for one patient may not necessarily be great for another.

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Top 12 Telehealth KPIs Every Health Tech Leader Should Know

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.