Health Care Dive

APRIL 14, 2022

Even as the pandemic continues, digital health funding slowed significantly in the first quarter of 2022, according to new data from CB Insights.

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The Rand Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

Russia appears poised to make a first move against the United States and its allies in cyberspace. A savvy U.S. response that is deliberately measured and accompanied by the right message could end this fight after the first round.

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Health Care Dive

APRIL 14, 2022

The company is bullish on completing its controversial acquisition of data analytics firm Change Healthcare, despite legal action from the Department of Justice to block the deal.

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Bill Of Health

APRIL 14, 2022

By Jacob Balamut. David Bennett, a man who recently underwent the world’s first successful xenotransplantation organ surgery, died last month after a sudden and as yet unexplained period of rapid deterioration. Bennett, who was 57 years old, had been suffering from end-stage heart disease. With limited options for treatment, he underwent an experimental emergency procedure to replace his damaged heart with a genetically modified pig’s heart.

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Health Care Dive

APRIL 14, 2022

The agency's designation under the Safer Technologies Program for medical devices could expedite regulatory review for the virtual reality-based digital therapeutic, one of several products in Pear's pipeline.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2022

Emanuel Pirker, Founder and CEO, Stratodesk. Healthcare IT has always faced unique challenges. Among these challenges are the increasing mobility of healthcare workers. Healthcare providers are always on the move throughout hospitals. Still, they need to access the same apps and data, and their own unique workspace, wherever they are, quickly and securely.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2022

What You Should Know: – FundamentalVR , global pioneers in immersive VR surgical simulations, today announces the addition of endovascular surgery to its suite of haptic VR medical simulations. In addition, it’s also showcasing its new virtual showroom that would accelerate the ability of medical device manufacturers and life science companies to get new endovascular products into the hands of sales representatives and clinicians.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 14, 2022

The Washington D.C.-based Georgetown Home Care (GHC) has yet again lowered readmission rates for a major hospital. Its readmission success ostensibly began in 2019 when the home care agency first worked with spinal surgery patients at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. In a pilot program, it reduced readmissions by 44%. But really, it started when GHC CEO John Bradshaw and his wife first got into the business back in 2012.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2022

What You Should Know: – Vital Start Health , a University of Pennsylvania startup and a member of Microsoft for Startups, has launched COURAGE as the next-generation, virtual reality, multi-lingual coaching and psychotherapy telehealth platform for maternal well-being support across the pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and postpartum stages. – The platform empowers patients with experiential practice and immersive psychoeducation, with the goal of driving better diagnoses, and targeted treat

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The Rand Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

The Los Angeles City Council recently voted to adopt the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv as a Los Angeles sister city, which could speed the flow of goods and services to the war-torn Ukrainian capital.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 14, 2022

In 2019, when I began covering home-based care, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) was just barely scraping the surface in the space. Paying $800 million for the senior-focused technology company GreatCall was nothing to scoff at, of course. But it wasn’t directly related. It certainly felt like much more was bubbling underneath the surface. In the interim, other retailers have been full-speed ahead on the home-based care mission.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

APRIL 14, 2022

If you were a drug manufacturer, you naturally would want to focus your research on more common, highly prevalent diseases. If there are more patients with the disease, that means more drugs that can be sold. In recent years, however, the number of so-called “orphan drugs” has increased. In the 1970s, only 10 orphan drugs were approved. Between 1983 until 2019, there have 564 orphan drugs that had been approved by the FDA.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 14, 2022

A month after Right at Home announced that Brian Petranick resigned from his long-held position as president and CEO, the company has appointed Margaret Haynes in the role. “I’m really humbled by the fact that I have the opportunity now to serve as the CEO and President of Right at Home,” Haynes told Home Health Care News. “It’s because of the strong foundation that Allen Hager, who is our founder, and Brian Petranick, our prior CEO and president, built that I feel so supported.

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Health Care Law Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

On April 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an update to the COVID-19 emergency declaration blanket waivers for specific providers. The memorandum, which was issued by the Director of the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, details the numerous changes that will take place within 30 or 60 days of the memorandum’s publication.

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Sheppard Health Law

APRIL 14, 2022

Last month, a three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit reversed the Northern District of California’s ruling in Wit v. United Behavioral Health. In Wit , the district court ruled that United Behavioral Health (“UBH”) breached its fiduciary duties under ERISA to insureds by denying their mental health and substance use disorder claims as a result of allegedly pervasively flawed medical necessity criteria that the court concluded are not consistent with generally accepted standards of care (“GASC”).

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2022

What You Should Know: – Innovaccer Inc., the Health Cloud company, announced that UpStream Healthcare, the fastest-growing primary healthcare solution provider in the country, has chosen the Innovaccer Health Cloud, its Data Activation Platform , and the entire application suite to accelerate UpStream’s mission to transform U.S. healthcare by driving better outcomes for patients and improving financial outcomes for providers. – UpStream will be able to equip these unified care teams

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Etactics

APRIL 14, 2022

Starting a new job can be exciting for anyone. It’s a chance to gain more professional experience, improve skills, and meet more people. But this also comes with some anxieties. What if they don’t think I’m good enough? What if I make a mistake? What if I don’t mesh with my new team? This self-doubting is natural for anyone. As a company, you don’t want your incoming staff to already feel stressed before they even start.

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Bill Of Health

APRIL 14, 2022

By Joseph Rootman. Public uptake of psychedelic microdosing has outpaced research on the practice, which has left gaps in our understanding. In order to help fill some of these gaps in the scientific literature, our clinical psychology research team at the University of British Columbia has launched the Microdose.me study along with a team of international researchers and partners.

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HIStalk

APRIL 14, 2022

MedTrainer Announces $43 Million Series B Funding Round Led by.

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Healthcare Leadership Council

APRIL 14, 2022

I was pleased to provide a summary of Surescripts’ interoperability panel in Orlando for the Intelligence in Action blog. I have provided a copy below, without the accompanying graphics. You can find the original Surescripts post here. Are We There Yet? Measuring Industry-Wide Interoperability. By Mary R. Grealy, Healthcare Leadership Council President • April 14, 2022.

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HIStalk

APRIL 14, 2022

Top News A CB Insights Q1 digital health report finds.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2022

What You Should Know: – Israeli startup Salignostics , the developer and provider of rapid saliva-based tests for early pregnancy detection, as well as COVID-19, cardiac risk, malaria, and other diseases, has closed an $8 million Series A funding round from private investors headed by angel investor Avigdor Orlinsky. – The company has raised $16M to date to support development, commercialization, and marketing efforts for the tests in Israel and overseas.

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HIStalk

APRIL 14, 2022

I wrote at the beginning of the pandemic about the.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 14, 2022

What You Should Know: – XIFIN has partnered with NCODA, Inc., a globally recognized association that develops unique resources to help medically integrated oncology teams deliver top-tier care. This new strategic partnership “NCODA Informatics Initiative Powered by VisualStrata” provides the use of VisualStrata as part of the NCODA membership. – As oncology groups work to find and secure clinical trials – thereby expanding patient care options within their practice – purpose-built

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