Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 18, 2024
Federal agencies want to hear from the public about monopolistic and anticompetitive behavior within the healthcare industry. | FTC, DOJ and HHS said that information and accounts received from the public could plant the seeds for formal investigations into healthcare companies' monopolistic or anticompetitive practices.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 18, 2024
Two years ago, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs' Riyadh-based hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, became the first in the world to reach Stage 7 in four different HIMSS models. (It's recently become a pioneer with some impressive work to reach Stage 6 on another model.) Its advanced use of health information and technology has been a boon for the health system's 1.3 million patients.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 18, 2024
At the House Energy and Commerce’s data privacy hearing April 17, lawmakers discussed for the first time Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ discussion draft of a new federal data privacy bill, the Ameri | House lawmakers revived discussions of a national data privacy law at an Energy & Commerce hearing Wednesday. Here are the key takeaways.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 18, 2024
Healthcare organizations can create an effective cybersecurity strategy that involves an incident response plan, testing, multifactor authentication and automating mundane tasks using artificial intelligence.
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Healthcare It News
APRIL 18, 2024
A new statistical analysis of 90 distinct hospital websites, drawn from a nationally representative sample of 100 community hospitals, finds that those providers – when they had privacy policies available for consumption – were inadequate in how they accurately disclosed the use of third-party tracking technologies to consumers. In addition to comparing details about third-party recipients of collected user data, user rights and potential uses, the study also looked at the readabilit
Health Care Dive
APRIL 18, 2024
The findings suggest it would be challenging to restrict telehealth payment in Medicare, researchers said. Some pandemic flexibilities are set to expire at the end of 2024.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 18, 2024
Thirty health systems from across the country have signed onto an 18-month initiative to explore how best to provide quality care for older adults. | The Age-Friendly System-Wide Spread Collaborative will see CommonSpirit Health, Advocate Health and others sharing data and best practices on how to provide quality care for older adults at every location.
Health IT Analytics
APRIL 18, 2024
A Stanford Medicine-led meta-analysis revealed that artificial intelligence algorithms can help healthcare practitioners diagnose skin cancers more accurately.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 18, 2024
Elevance Health's first-quarter profit grew by double digits year over year, reaching $2.2 billion, according to its earnings report released Thursday morning. | Elevance Health's first-quarter profit grew by double digits year over year, reaching $2.2 billion, according to its earnings report released Thursday morning.
Home Health Care
APRIL 18, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Transaction volume for home health, home care and other in-home care businesses dipped in 2023, with inflation, higher interest rates and global unrest contributing to the downturn. Many home-based care stakeholders anticipated M&A to rebound in 2024, however, thanks to increased loan activity in January, greater buyer-seller consensus and private equity’s record-high levels of “mature” dry powder.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 18, 2024
Medication management platform DrFirst this week closed its acquisition of Myndshft Technologies, an AI-enabled benefits and prior authorization verification platform. | In an acquisition closed April 17, the medication management platform DrFirst, used by hospitals and pharmacies, will obtain most assets of the automated prior authorization software company Myndshft, in a move the company says will improve price transparency and access to information on medical benefits.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 18, 2024
What You Should Know: – Epicore Biosystems (‘Epicore’) , a digital health company developing advanced sweat-sensing wearables to provide real-time personalized hydration insights for performance and safety, today announced the commercial launch of Connected Hydration. – Connected Hydration is the first sweat-sensing wearable patch and mobile app that equips workers with customized, real-time insights about sweat volume loss, electrolyte loss, body temperature and body movement to inf
HIStalk
APRIL 18, 2024
Top News Medication management vendor DrFirst acquires Myndshft Technologies, which.
Health Populi
APRIL 18, 2024
Less than 50% of people living in 16 countries do not trust government, media, or NGOs to do what is right to address their health needs and concerns, based on the responses from over 15,000 people living in 16 countries whose opinions are captured in the 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer’s Special Report on Trust and Health. Edelman launched the 2024 Trust Barometer earlier this year during the Davos World Economic Forum, and today released this round of research focused on health.
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NASHP
APRIL 18, 2024
Since Maryland enacted the first prescription drug affordability board (PDAB), six other states have followed suit and are at varying points of implementation, working toward their common goal of lowering prescription drug costs. The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) provides technical assistance to states that have created PDABs and partners with the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics and the Law (PORTAL) at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital to support effe
Home Health Care
APRIL 18, 2024
Traditions Health taps new VP of operations The large home health and hospice provider Traditions Health has named Angela Collins as the vice president of operations. In her role, she will specifically be responsible for home health branches in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. She will also take part in – and oversee – growth initiatives. “Angie’s collaborative efforts have significantly contributed to increasing operational efficiency,” Traditions Health COO Tony Maxwell said in a statement.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
APRIL 18, 2024
LLM approach expert levels in ophthalmology. Price controls in health care (Argentina) Will bird flu (H5N1) animal pandemic spread to humans? Lex Fridman interview with Mark Cuban (with discussion of Cost Plus Drugs) Spotlight on Medicare’s Chronic Care Management program.
Home Health Care
APRIL 18, 2024
Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV) continues to point to its provider capabilities – which include home-based care services – as a strategic priority. The company has partnered with the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) on a primary care initiative that will bring together Carelon Health – Elevance Health’s provider arm – and apree health and Millennium Physician group, two CD&R-backed companies.
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HIT Consultant
APRIL 18, 2024
What You Should Know: – Sunstone Partners , a leading private equity firm, has announced a strategic investment in Accuhealth , a prominent healthcare technology company. – The investment aims to propel Accuhealth’s rapid growth and empower them to expand their remote patient monitoring (RPM) and chronic care management (CCM) solutions.
Icanotes
APRIL 18, 2024
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: The Roadmap to Connection What is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)? Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), the therapeutic brainchild of Dr. Sue Johnson , offers a transformative approach to couples therapy that resonates deeply with the human emotional experience. At its core, EFT emphasizes the importance of attachment bonds and the profound impact they have on our relationships.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 18, 2024
What You Should Know: – GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) has introduced the Voluson Signature 20 and 18 ultrasound systems , designed to revolutionize women’s healthcare with a powerful combination of Artificial Intelligence (AI) , advanced tools, and an ergonomic design. – These latest additions to the Voluson family empower clinicians to accelerate exams while delivering exceptional image clarity for diagnosing and treating various women’s health conditions.
NCQA
APRIL 18, 2024
A new kind of quality measure is gaining traction: Person-Centered Outcome (PCO) measures that focus on measuring what matters to patients. Mounting evidence shows PCO measures are feasible and that providers and patients like them. A recent NCQA webinar discussed encouraging findings from our latest round of PCO testing, prompting us to begin recruiting Special Needs Plans to test PCO measures.
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.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 18, 2024
What You Should Know: – Medicus IT , a leading national provider of healthcare technology solutions and managed services, has announced the acquisition of BlueNovo. – The acquisition signifies Medicus IT’s unwavering dedication to supporting community health centers. By combining their expertise and resources, both companies can work towards improving healthcare quality and accessibility for underserved communities nationwide.
Health Business Group
APRIL 18, 2024
Ironically, patient care coordination itself is often uncoordinated. It's spread across multiple providers and administrators, causing frustration for care teams and patients. Lumeon founder and CEO Robbie Hughes has developed an approach that makes the care journey more reliable rather than settling for the current craziness, where patients are expected to be satisfied as long as they get some time with a doctor.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 18, 2024
What You Should Know: – Two Chairs , a leading innovator in behavioral health, has announced the closing of a $72 million Series C funding round led by Amplo with participation from Fifth Down Capital and others, bringing Two Chairs’ total capital raised to $103 million. – Founded in 2017, Two Chairs is dedicated to creating a world where everyone has access to exceptional mental healthcare.
HKLaw
APRIL 18, 2024
Healthcare attorney Andrew Namkung wrote an article published by the American Health Law Association highlighting the complex web of regulations in the healthcare sector.
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
APRIL 18, 2024
What You Should Know: – DrFirst has announced a strategic acquisition of Myndshft Technologies, Inc., an end-to-end real-time medical benefits and automated prior authorization (PA) software-as-a-service (SaaS). – Myndshft software-as-a-service automates and simplifies time-consuming healthcare patient access tasks associated with prior authorization, eligibility and benefits verification, and patient financial responsibility, freeing providers and payers to concentrate more fully on
HIStalk
APRIL 18, 2024
It’s long been known that women make many healthcare decisions.
Bill Of Health
APRIL 18, 2024
Two years ago, the Kenyan High Court in Malindi decided PAK and Salim Mohammed v. Attorney General et al. , affirming that the constitutional right to abortion is “fundamental.” Approximately 2,600 people lose their lives to unsafe abortion in Kenya each year, with an additional 21,000 people requiring hospitalization. While the Kenyan Constitution, adopted in 2010, allows for abortion when the pregnant person’s life or health is at risk under Article 26(4), the Kenyan Penal Code still criminali
HIStalk
APRIL 18, 2024
DrFirst Acquires Myndshft Technologies to Revolutionize Medication Management by Addressing.
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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