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APRIL 8, 2024

– A new report, “ Artificial Intelligence in Health, Health Care, and Biomedical Science: An AI Code of Conduct Principles and Commitments Discussion Draft, ” outlines a comprehensive framework to guide responsible AI development and implementation. Why an AI Code of Conduct in Healthcare?

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

French president Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to follow in Germany’s footsteps by making digital therapeutics available on prescription through the statutory health system. The ‘fast track’ process is aimed at easing the path for innovation into regular care. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 3, 2022

Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) only paints a partial picture, said Claude Stang, executive director of emergency services at Cedars Sinai. "Knowing how busy the ED can be, we didn't have time to integrate a complex platform that conflicted with our existing workflow," he continued.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 6, 2024

This strategic partnership strengthens BrainCheck’s leadership and facilitates integration opportunities within the healthcare landscape. – Expand healthcare impact: Integrate BrainCheck’s technology into wider healthcare systems, improving patient care. .

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HIT Consultant

MAY 15, 2024

What You Should Know: – Ballad Health , a 20-hospital health improvement organization serving the mostly rural region, is entering into a strategic partnership with Sevaro Health, to integrate Sevaro’s revolutionary teleneurology services into their emergency departments.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 3, 2024

What You Should Know: – Thyme Care , the leading value-based cancer care enabler, today announced Julia Frydman, MD as the company’s first medical director for palliative care. Frydman brings important clinical expertise to Thyme Care and will launch the company’s Enhanced Supportive Care services.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Effective leadership needs an organizational-level mindset shift I’m often asked, “what are the biggest challenges faced by healthcare professionals?” I firmly believe that from a nurse’s perspective, the answer is a lack of effective leadership. Presently, digital healthcare is not realizing this potential.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

2024 Overall Software Suite Rankings Epic takes home the coveted Overall Software Suite award for the 14th consecutive year, solidifying its leadership position in the market. – Best in KLAS is awarded only in those software and services market segments that have the broadest operational and clinical impact on healthcare organizations.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In 2024, healthcare and health IT will feel the continued erosion of traditional care paradigms, be impacted by a retail shift from exuberant expansion to the long game of execution, and will finally, at long last, witness the death of the fax machine. Retail healthcare will continue to supplant primary care. Please elaborate.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

SteadyMD provides services for big tech giants like Amazon and for small primary and urgent care healthcare provider organizations. Leveraging our nationwide reach and consumer-focused experience, we contributed to the development of elements such as user experience, care protocols, patient intake forms and managing patient flow.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 28, 2024

The report, titled “ Re-energize Health Consumer Engagement and Bridge the Payer-Provider Divide with GenAI ,” explores the potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence ( GenAI ) and vertical integration to improve healthcare delivery. This disconnect can negatively impact patient engagement and health outcomes.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Gonzales, operations manager II, virtual care, at Geisinger, said the prominent health system has faced a problem that is the biggest problem in behavioral healthcare: access. "Unsurprisingly, we experienced a surge in demand much like other specialties in our system. Benjamin C.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

His leadership will be instrumental in shaping the firm’s trajectory, including strategic business planning, growth strategies, integrated delivery systems, and more. His insights have contributed to increased access to quality care and leveled the playing field for patients.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 1, 2023

Whether at home, on vacation or in the hospital, patients and care providers want access to innovative technologies that can expedite the delivery of medical advice, prescriptions, referrals and action when it is needed most.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 7, 2024

DAX Copilot uses proven conversational, ambient, and generative AI technology to automatically draft clinical summaries of exam room or telehealth conversations in seconds for immediate review and entry in the electronic health record (EHR) system. What You Should Know: Nuance Communications, Inc. ,

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Consumers have become more savvy – and more choosy – about where and how they receive their healthcare services, and they can be tough customers if the care that's delivered to them does not meet expectations. They've come to expect convenience, affordability and accessibility. This work led us to having 37 (37!)

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 29, 2024

This trend shouldn’t come as a surprise given how hospitals and medical offices are relatively lucrative and easy targets for cyberattacks due to the combination of outsourced services and solutions, legacy systems, and varying degrees of network segmentation.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 4, 2024

What doesn’t vary, though, is health systems’ need for healthcare-specific integrated workforce management platforms to help them prepare for any crisis. Technology can help alleviate the administrative workload on nurses by automating and streamlining administrative tasks and giving them back more time for patient care.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 12, 2024

Mary Kane, MS, RN, NI-BC, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at Piedmont What You Should Know: – Piedmont Healthcare, a leading health system announced the creation of a new executive position: Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO). Mary Kane, MS, RN, NI-BC, has been named the inaugural Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO).

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 28, 2024

Amy Trainor, RN, Chief Information Officer at Ochsner Health What You Should Know: – Ochsner Health has appointed Amy Trainor as its new System Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Her key objectives include reducing inbox overload and improving documentation processes for physicians, advanced practice providers, and nurses.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 13, 2024

Director of Revenue Integrity, Xsolis The concept of “revenue integrity” hasn’t really changed over the years, but the roles, responsibilities, and oversight have become far more complex and difficult to gain industry consensus around. The Changing Landscape for Revenue Integrity How has revenue integrity changed over the years?

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Chief Medical Officer at Amwell What You Should Know: – Amwell , a provider of hybrid care enablement solutions, has appointed Cynthia Horner, M.D., Horner will provide clinical oversight for AMG’s comprehensive virtual care offerings, spanning primary care, urgent care, behavioral health, and women’s health services.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of a large hospital system, it is my responsibility to lead the charge in cybersecurity preparedness, and I have done this through a nuanced approach to incident response planning. It ensures that our leadership remains informed and ready to make strategic decisions.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 16, 2023

Luke's Health System, an 11-hospital network based in Kansas City, Missouri, initiated its Hospital In Your Home care model in July 2022 to reduce costs, improve outcomes and enhance the patient experience. Luke's Health System. Since the onset of the pandemic, Saint Luke’s has seen high volume in facilities.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

It is Brooklyn's tertiary care hub serving diverse communities with large Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured populations. In 2018, Maimonides' leadership established digital health as a strategic priority for the medical center. Maimonides Medical Center is an academic medical center located in Brooklyn, New York. THE PROBLEM.

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OCTOBER 12, 2023

Musculoskeletal care is a critical service line in healthcare. healthcare system. UConn Health sought to further enhance orthopedic care access and health equity for Connecticut citizens, particularly those in rural and underserved communities. More than 50% of the adult population in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 16, 2024

Michael Gao, MD, CEO and co-founder of SmarterDx Applying artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in hospitals and health systems can be overwhelming for leaders due to AI’s complexity (it’s not one technology, but several) and rapid proliferation. How will it be measured?

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Home Health Care

MAY 7, 2024

“Compassus continues to build national momentum in executing its shared mission with long standing provider and payer partners to expand access to best-in-class home-based care services,” Pat Ryan, executive chairman at Compassus, said in a press statement. Compassus is one of the largest home-based care providers in the country.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Department of Veterans Affairs went live with the first component of its Cerner-developed electronic health record at the VA Central Ohio Healthcare System in Columbus. And a fourth, which came down in November, said the scheduling system needs work. note: This story has been updated to include a statement from Cerner.].

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Home Health Care

MARCH 14, 2024

Individuals who are dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid make up a sizable portion of the overall home-based care population. Too often, though, this dual status comes with frustrating challenges around care plans and coordination. Legislation introduced in the U.S. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Akshay Sharma, Chief AI Officer, Lyric The integration of AI into healthcare workflows presents a tremendous opportunity for transformation –– and for new levels of productivity in a time when administrative functions surrounding claims adjudication, provider reimbursement, and related functions are complicating operations and affecting efficiency.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 1, 2024

Digital Pathology and AI Integration Quest will license PathAI’s AISight™ digital pathology system and AI algorithms. This will empower Quest to integrate digital pathology and AI into its existing pathology laboratories across the US. Quest will become a preferred provider for these services.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

hours per day to fulfill the average patient care needs. It’s more important than ever that healthcare leadership considers a digital transformation to accelerate healthcare with a focus on staff satisfaction and patient engagement. According to a recent University of Chicago Medicine study , caregivers would need to work 26.7

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Honor make four new additions to its leadership team Four new executives recently joined Honor’s leadership team. Founded in 2014, Honor is a home care technology company. It owns Home Instead, one of the largest home care franchises in the country. “We’re He serves as the board vice president at Abode Services.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 26, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership ShiftMed — a staffing platform — has acquired CareerStaff Unlimited from Genesis HealthCare, a long-term care services provider. CareerStaff is a health care-focused workforce solutions and staffing services company. Geisinger is a value-based care provider that serves 1.2

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Life Qi

JANUARY 25, 2022

There are many changes in play currently in the way the NHS is structured, not least the transition to Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) in England - with the Health and Care Bill setting out how health and social care should be integrated - and the creation of integrated care systems (ICSs), set out in NHS Long Term Plan.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 2, 2023

Over the past 25 years, the field of oncology has witnessed a dramatic shift in cancer care delivery with the development of new therapeutics, a desire to shift care from inpatient and clinic settings to the home and widespread implementation of electronic health records.

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