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More than half of healthcare employees consider themselves inadequately compensated, report finds

Health Care Dive

The divide between professionals who felt fairly compensated and those who didn't was less than 5%, but almost half of healthcare workers surveyed said they had less than $1,000 in savings.

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Patients and healthy citizens need to design healthcare policy

Healthcare It News

According to the Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport's Abigail Norville, there is a need to foster and train our existing healthcare workforce to operate in new ways as healthcare evolves.

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North Carolina hospitals sue thousands of patients, families to collect debts, analysis finds

Fierce Healthcare

Across a five-and-a-half-year period, North Carolina hospitals seeking payments brought nearly 6,000 lawsuits against roughly 7,500 patients and their family members, according to a recent analysis | The hospitals were awarded a total of $57.3 million by North Carolina's civil court system across five and a half years, with "a small subset" of hospitals and health systems leading the way.

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Scale of healthcare cyber attacks increase as criminals change tactics, report finds

Health Care Dive

Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting healthcare providers’ third-party business associates, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Critical Insights.

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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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Innovaccer launches "Sara" AI assistants across four AI platforms

Healthcare It News

Innovaccer said "Sara for Healthcare" – named for Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and language – automates workflows, generates insights and conversationally supports decisions for healthcare leaders, clinicians, care coordinators and contact center representatives. WHY IT MATTERS Kanav Hasija, cofounder and chief product officer of Innovaccer, announced the suite of AI that could take "high-quality, low-cost, patient-centered care to the next level" at

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Epic, Microsoft expand partnership to accelerate generative AI in healthcare

Health Care Dive

The EHR vendor and technology giant are working together to quickly deploy “dozens” of tools like clinical note summarization and coding suggestions.

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ECOWAS: In Need of Help in Niger?

The Rand Blog

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu recently sought the Nigerian national legislature's backing for a possible military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to turn back a coup that toppled the government of Niger. An ECOWAS intervention would have a better chance of succeeding if other nations joined the effort.

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Vendor Notebook: Epic and Microsoft showcase "copiloted" AI capabilities, Cerner adds Suki AI

Healthcare It News

The summer is coming to a close with a feverish launch of artificial intelligence tools some of the biggest names in health tech have designed to ignite electronic health record capabilities – from clinician documentation to claims office efficiencies. Microsoft and Epic expand cloud-boosted AI integrations Out of the combination of Microsoft’s cloud and AI technologies and Epic’s clinical workflows and insights, the companies announced several conversational, ambient and gener

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Veradigm receives third notice of noncompliance from Nasdaq

Health Care Dive

The health IT company, which rebranded from Allscripts in January, has yet to file its annual report for 2022, or its quarterly reports for the first and second quarters of 2023.

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How Biden admin rules could pave way for Medicaid to be a major housing player

Fierce Healthcare

Health plans would play a vital role in extending Medicaid benefits to include housing, a possibility that’s gotten a boost from certain initiatives by the Biden administration, according to

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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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These Technologies Could Defeat China's Missile Barrage and Defend Taiwan: Analysis

The Rand Blog

Earlier this year, a group of experts from RAND and the Special Competitive Studies Project launched a new wargame effort around China's invasion of Taiwan—but unlike most D.C.-based wargames, this effort heavily involved members of the commercial technology sector, in order to understand what near-term capabilities might be brought to bear on a Taiwan scenario.

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Roundup: Outpatient waitlist audit digitised in Brisbane and more briefs

Healthcare It News

Brisbane hospital digitises outpatient waitlist audit An unnamed major hospital in Brisbane has started using digital patient pathways by Personify Care to conduct outpatient audits. The AI and NLP-driven platform, according to Personify Care, was configured to contact "long-wait" patients based on pre-defined criteria and ask a series of questions to determine the ongoing need for clinical care and unreported changes to demographics.

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CMS threatens to cut hospices from Medicare if they can’t prove legitimacy

Health Care Dive

The crackdown comes after media reports found fraudulent activity in hospice facilities, including those that certified patients for care who were not terminally ill and those that ran “churn and burn” Medicare billing schemes.

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Fewer, but larger, healthcare data breaches reported in 2023 with hackers often targeting 3rd parties

Fierce Healthcare

The healthcare industry has suffered fewer but larger cybersecurity breaches in the first half of 2023, suggesting a shift in targets and tactics among attackers, wrote cybersecurity firm Critical | An analysis of 308 reported data breaches suggests cyberattackers have shifted their focus from email phishing to network servers as well as to vulnerabilities in the healthcare supply chain.

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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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How Tech Transforms Echo & Medical Devices with Clifford Thornton | E. 82

Vie Healthcare

Episode Introduction Clifford explains the two types of echocardiograms, the benefits of 3D versus 2D echoes, and why it takes $72 million and a decade to launch new medical devices in the US. He also highlights how spending on cardiovascular care has risen to $600 bn a year and offers a Top Gun analogy to emphasize why healthcare leaders must carry out competitive and environmental scans.

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HIMSSCast: Redesigning care around people requires new tech stack and culture

Healthcare It News

Health systems have invested heavily in EHR foundations and IT infrastructure, but these resources are limited to clinical operations and patient record management. To redesign care in a way that focuses on people as they live their lives, a new technology stack and culture is needed, incorporating cloud-native architecture, agile methodologies, product-driven development and DevOps, contends Dr.

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Boehringer sues to block US drug price program

Health Care Dive

The pharma’s suit, which claims Medicare’s new power to negotiate certain drug prices is unconstitutional, comes days before the agency will reveal the first 10 medicines to be included under the plan.

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Epic unveils new app 'showroom' for third-party vendors

Fierce Healthcare

EHR giant Epic unveiled Tuesday new third-party vendor programs to replace the app market it shut down late last year. | The company has now developed four programs for third-party vendors that will be available in the 'showroom': cornerstone partners, pals, partners and member services.

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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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India Is Pushing Back Against China in South Asia

The Rand Blog

The jostling between India and China for influence in South Asia will likely prove crucial to the fate of U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy. The good news, at least for now, is that New Delhi has been mostly successful in pushing back against Beijing's rising influence across the region.

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Helping LGBTQ+ patients navigate their healthcare journeys

Healthcare It News

OutCare Health provides resources, support, education and research studies to support and improve the LGBTQ+ community's care experience. Dr. Dustin Nowaskie, the company's founder and president, explains.

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CVS layoffs hit Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and more

Health Care Dive

The layoffs disclosed late last week to state labor departments include 770 employees in CVS’ Rhode Island headquarters, and about 520 workers at health insurer Aetna’s Connecticut hub.

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Employers' enthusiasm for virtual care is on the decline: Business Group

Fierce Healthcare

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers believed virtual care would have a huge, broad impact on how care is provided across the country. | As COVID-19 has receded, employers' confidence in virtual care to drive changes in care delivery has waned, according to a newly-released survey from the Business Group on Health.

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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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It’s Time to Treat Substance Use Disorder Like the Chronic Disease It Is

HIT Consultant

Hans Morefield, CEO, CHESS Health Far too often, substance use disorder (SUD) is viewed as an “acute condition,” one that can be “cured” with short-term treatment, such as a week-long stay in a detox facility. This could not be further from the truth. The failure to understand the science behind addiction leads individuals who are undertreated or inappropriately treated to return to use again and again.

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Informed telesupport reduced cardiac patient readmissions

Healthcare It News

Dr. Alan Spiro, president and CMO of Laguna Health explained how research done in conjunction with NorthShore University Health System showed that using telehealth to address "life contact factors" can improve access and reduce costs.

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HHS agency launches project to boost healthcare cybersecurity

Health Care Dive

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is soliciting proposals for a project that would repurpose national security tech to protect the healthcare industry from cyberattacks.

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Value-based oncology platform Thyme Care clinches $60M to expand in new markets

Fierce Healthcare

Thyme Care, a value-based oncology platform, has raised $60 million in a series B round. | Powered by a team of nurse practitioners, oncology nurses and resource specialists, the company aims to help members better understand their diagnosis, manage and address symptoms and quickly connect them to care with its platform, Thyme Box.

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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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Resilient Healthcare Partners With Community Hospital Corporation To Scale Hospital At Home Nationwide

Home Health Care

Resilient Healthcare has teamed up with Community Hospital Consulting – a Community Hospital Corporation (CHC) organization – on a joint venture partnership. The JV, which will be dubbed Resilient Community LLC — would expand CHC’s health-at-home program across more than 40 states. CHC owns and manages hospitals in the community health space. The organization has been looking to provide an innovative hospital-at-home community care model for their hospitals.

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How New York Is Supporting People Aging with HIV and AIDS 

NASHP

Life expectancy for people with HIV has increased significantly as a result of sustained viral suppression with more effective antiretroviral treatment. More than half of people living with HIV in the U.S. are over 50 , and an estimated 70 percent will be over 50 by 2030. Older Americans also now represent a significant percentage of new HIV cases, with 21 percent and 36 percent of HIV diagnoses among men and women, respectively, occurring in patients over 45 as of 2019.

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CVS launches new venture in biosimilar drug experiment

Health Care Dive

The subsidiary, called Cordavis, will work directly with manufacturers to market or co-produce low-cost biologic drugs, starting with Novartis’ Humira copy.

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Epic taps Microsoft to accelerate generative AI-powered 'copilot' tools to help clinicians save time

Fierce Healthcare

Epic is tapping into Microsoft's AI expertise to roll out more tools to help clinicians save time and access critical data at the point of care. | Epic is tapping into Microsoft's AI expertise to roll out more tools to help clinicians save time and access critical data at the point of care. These "copilot" solutions aim to help with medical note summarization, offer coding suggestions and provide access to real-world evidence for patient care.

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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.