Tue.Mar 21, 2023

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IBM installs quantum computer on-site at Cleveland Clinic

Health Care Dive

The IBM Quantum System One is the first quantum computer solely dedicated to healthcare research, and the first IBM-managed quantum computer in the U.S. outside of IBM’s facilities.

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Cleveland Clinic, IBM unveil first quantum computer dedicated to biomedical research

Fierce Healthcare

Cleveland Clinic, IBM unveil first quantum computer dedicated to biomedical research hlandi Tue, 03/21/2023 - 11:49

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Microsoft’s Nuance integrates GPT-4 into medical scribe

Health Care Dive

DAX Express will be Nuance’s first fully automated clinical documentation software. Historically, Nuance has sent the notes generated by its AI to a human for quality review before returning them to physicians.

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CMS ruling paves way for virtual reality companies to obtain reimbursement from payers

Fierce Healthcare

CMS ruling paves way for virtual reality companies to obtain reimbursement from payers fdiamond Tue, 03/21/2023 - 15:53

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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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Arbiters instructed to resume No Surprises Act determinations

Health Care Dive

The agency had previously paused and resumed earlier disputes between payers and providers after a Texas judge ruled against the federal government and vacated portions of the law that bans surprise billing.

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Microsoft's Nuance integrates OpenAI's GPT-4 into voice-enabled medical scribe software

Fierce Healthcare

Microsoft's Nuance integrates OpenAI's GPT-4 into voice-enabled medical scribe software hlandi Tue, 03/21/2023 - 21:32

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DOJ, state AGs drop appeal to UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare deal ruling

Fierce Healthcare

DOJ, state AGs drop appeal to UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare deal ruling pminemyer Tue, 03/21/2023 - 17:26

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Even after the PHE, waves of innovation will continue

Healthcare It News

Dr. Vin Gupta will offer more detail during his HIMSS23 session "Keynote: Healthcare Disruption: Accelerated Opportunities for Care Delivery Alternatives." It is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19, at 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. CT at the West Building, Level 3, in the Skyline Ballroom, room W375.

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Senators say organ procurement organizations' recent spike in recovered pancreata is hard to digest

Fierce Healthcare

Senators say organ procurement organizations' recent spike in recovered pancreata is hard to digest dmuoio Tue, 03/21/2023 - 13:47

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Twenty Years After the Iraq War, a Q&A with RAND Experts

The Rand Blog

On the 20th anniversary of the war in Iraq, RAND experts discussed what the war means for the people of Iraq and the veterans who fought there, what lessons the U.S. military learned (or did not learn), and what effect it has had on the balance of power in the Middle East and the global reputation of the United States.

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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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2 health insurance execs make list of the world's 10 most influential CEOs

Fierce Healthcare

2 health insurance execs make list of the world's 10 most influential CEOs pminemyer Tue, 03/21/2023 - 13:10

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Increasing Threat of Spread of Antimicrobial-resistant Fungus in Healthcare Facilities: Candida auris

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On Monday, March 20, 2023, CMS posted this Press Release : Candida auris (C. auris) , an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities in 2020-2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Maternal death rates spiked in 2021 to level not seen in decades: study

Fierce Healthcare

Maternal death rates spiked in 2021 to level not seen in decades: study fdiamond Tue, 03/21/2023 - 16:23

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Public Health Law and Civil Rights Laws Must Work Together to Rise to the Challenge of Long COVID

Bill Of Health

By Elizabeth Pendo Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for public health laws and policies that align with and reinforce civil rights protections for disproportionately impacted populations is greater than ever. In particular, disability rights laws will be critical for responding to the millions of Americans who experience lasting or recurring symptoms after acute COVID-19 infection (commonly referred to as “long COVID”).

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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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Medicare Advantage plans could absorb hit from proposed rate change rather than cut benefits, experts say

Fierce Healthcare

Medicare Advantage plans could absorb hit from proposed rate change rather than cut benefits, experts say rking Tue, 03/21/2023 - 16:27

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Sana, Little Otter Partner to Give Adolescent Members and Their Families Access to Mental Healthcare

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Sana, a healthcare company that provides Fortune 500-level health benefits to small businesses at affordable prices, today announced a partnership with Little Otter, a digital mental health solution for children and their families. – Both Little Otter and Sana are aligned in their goal to provide comprehensive, high-quality mental healthcare to their members and their families.

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'Podnosis': The importance of nuanced care for neurodivergent adults, and a lawyer's fight in the opioid crisis

Fierce Healthcare

'Podnosis': The importance of nuanced care for neurodivergent adults, and a lawyer's fight in the opioid crisis tcarey Tue, 03/21/2023 - 15:13

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AppliedVR Becomes First Virtual Reality Provider to Receive HCPCS Level II Code

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – AppliedVR , an immersive therapeutics (ITx) pioneer advancing a novel approach to medicine, today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established a unique Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II code (E1905) for its flagship product, the RelieVRx program. – Defined as a virtual reality (VR) cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) device that includes pre-programmed therapy software, CMS’ coding decision categorizes

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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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South Florida's Memorial Rehabilitation Institute teams up with Luna to expand at-home physical therapy

Fierce Healthcare

South Florida's Memorial Rehabilitation Institute teams up with Luna to expand at-home physical therapy agliadkovskaya Tue, 03/21/2023 - 16:13

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Virtual care must be integrated into public system, not driven by profit

Healthy Debate

The post Virtual care must be integrated into public system, not driven by profit appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Flume Health launches solution to automate vendor integrations for payers, promises to save costs, time

Fierce Healthcare

Flume Health launches solution to automate vendor integrations for payers, promises to save costs, time agliadkovskaya Tue, 03/21/2023 - 13:00

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Love.Life Acquires Telemedicine Platform Plant Based TeleHealth

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Love.Life , a health and wellness company leading the convergence of food, medicine, and wellness therapies, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Plant Based TeleHealth Inc., a nationwide telemedicine service focused on the prevention and reversal of chronic disease utilizing lifestyle medicine. – The company has been rebranded as Love.Life Telehealth and will add to the robust suite of medical offerings that Love.Life will feature in its physical locatio

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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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'Alarming' spread of emerging fungal infection across healthcare facilities in 2020 and 2021, CDC finds

Fierce Healthcare

'Alarming' spread of emerging fungal infection across healthcare facilities in 2020 and 2021, CDC finds dmuoio Tue, 03/21/2023 - 16:10

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How Elara Caring And VHS Health Are Keeping Staff Safe In The Home

Home Health Care

Health care professionals working in acute settings are often in the line of fire when it comes to workplace violence. That is well documented. Yet, despite the difference in care setting, their home-based care counterparts aren’t immune to these same dangers. “[Workplace violence in the home] is very underreported — and always has been,” Andrea Devoti, executive vice president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), told Home Health Care News.

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The payer services market could be worth $118.2B by 2027: report

Fierce Healthcare

The payer services market could be worth $118.

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athenahealth Updates its Marketplace Program with Enhancements

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – athenahealth, Inc., today announced it significantly upgraded the athenahealth Marketplace with new features and capabilities designed to help customers and partners further extend the value of athenahealth’s solutions. – Over the last year, athenahealth has evolved the Marketplace program’s infrastructure and app store to help healthcare practices easily discover and quickly implement innovative solutions that support their efforts to improve clinical and ope

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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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Giving Home Health Care Secures $300M Credit Facility To Accelerate Growth

Home Health Care

Giving Home Health Care has secured a $300 million credit facility led by Brightwood Capital Advisors. With that backing, GHCC plans to grow its patient population significantly. Acquisitions and de novos are on the table, but for now, the company is figuring out how to get the most of the markets that it already serves. “The capital is more for growing the patient base, growing into new markets,” Brightwood Capital Managing Director Kunal Shah told Home Health Care News.

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Artera Launches with $90M for Multimodal AI, Predictive Cancer Tests

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Artera , the developer of multimodal artificial intelligence -based predictive and prognostic cancer tests, launches publicly today with $90M in funding. – The investment comes from a syndicate of prominent tech and healthcare investors, comprised of seven institutions (Coatue, Johnson & Johnson, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Walden Catalyst Ventures, TIME Ventures, Breyer Capital, The Factory) and 11 angel investors (Marc Benioff, Jim Breyer, Lip-Bu Tan,

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Artificial Intelligence System Predicts Postoperative Complications

Health IT Analytics

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Shaping home care and hospice practices at the national level [Podcast]

Meditech

Our home care spotlight continues as we kickoff the 2023 Home Care Symposium , our virtual event featuring three days of educational content. On this episode of the MEDITECH podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with one of our keynote speakers, Lindsay Doak , BerryDunn’s Director of Research. BerryDunn , a top 50 accounting firm, boasts a strong commitment to the advancement of healthcare through their services and dedicated home health and hospice team, who work with agencies to strengthen t

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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.