Fierce Healthcare

MAY 21, 2024

A new paper published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure shows that patients on Cadence’s remote physiologic monitoring program had better outcomes than patients eligible for the program wh | Deaths from heart failure are rising. National remote monitoring company Cadence published new evidence that RM for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) could be the missing link in heart failure treatment.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 21, 2024

Atlanta-based Wellstar Health announced this week that it is deploying techonology from Clear, the biometric security company best known for enabling faster access at airports and entertainment venues, to streamline patient check-in. Clear's HIPAA-compliant mobile check-in technology, successfully integrated with its Epic electronic health records at a pilot location, gives Wellstar Health System real-time identity verification that can reduce waiting room friction, the company says.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 21, 2024

Three years after talks of an IPO surfaced, health tech company Tempus AI lit the fuse and is looking to go public this year. | Founded in 2015, Tempus says it’s built the world’s largest library of clinical and molecular data along with an operating system to make those data accessible and useful for providers to inform patient care.

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MAY 21, 2024

Editor's Note: This is part two of our interview with Craig Kwiatkowski. To read part one, click here. Cedars-Sinai, the prominent California health system, has a variety of artificial intelligence programs either deployed or in the works. It's ahead of the game in the field of healthcare AI. Craig Kwiatkowski is chief information officer at Cedars-Sinai, leading the teams putting together the AI that is designed to improve care and help patients and providers.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Health Care Dive

MAY 21, 2024

More than 50 provider groups are asking the federal government to publicly state that UnitedHealth should handle data breach reporting stemming from the cyberattack on its subsidiary.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 21, 2024

National University Hospital testing Alzheimer's predictive AI from Korea Singapore's National University Hospital is collaborating with medical AI company Heuron from South Korea to test the latter's AI solutions for screening and predicting Alzheimer's disease. Heuron delivered its two solutions: Heuron AD, which provides quantitative analysis on brain atrophy, and Heuron Brain PET, which provides fast and accurate PET tracer quantification.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 21, 2024

Increasing surgical services revenue is a top priority for most health systems, but reliance on manual operating room scheduling and operational inefficiencies can impede these efforts. | Six months post-go-live, Banner Health reported strong initial results, proving out the potential for AI-based automation tech to maximize operating room access, unlock OR growth and reduce staff burden.

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MAY 21, 2024

Gözde Susuzlu Briggs, programme manager for the European Patients' Forum, discusses the "Data Saves Lives" initiative, which explains digital data and AI concepts to patients and encourages involvement in patient advocacy organizations.

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Health Care Dive

MAY 21, 2024

By testing artificial intelligence and machine learning models, the agency hopes to come up with best practices for Parkinson’s measures from wearables and smartphones.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 21, 2024

Ascension continues to notch year-over-year improvements to its financials, recently reporting a $237.8 million operating loss at its fiscal nine-month cutoff as opposed to the nearly $1.8 billion | The large Catholic nonprofit highlighted its efforts around improving volumes, rates and other cost levers.

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Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

Health Care Dive

MAY 21, 2024

The nonprofit operator attributed the gain to increased admissions and improved reimbursement rates from payers.

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MAY 21, 2024

Hospital operator Prime Healthcare said Monday that it is transitioning two of its for-profit hospitals in eastern Pennsylvania over to nonprofit status. | Roxborough Memorial Hospital and Lower Bucks Hospital will be owned and run by the system's charity foundation, a move Prime said will improve care coordination and align with the state's nonprofit policy initiatives.

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Meditech

MAY 21, 2024

According to the CDC , overdose deaths have continued to rise in recent years. Between September 2022 and September 2023, deaths by overdose surged, claiming over 100,000 lives in that year alone. This is a problem that continues to require innovative solutions and ways to mitigate risk. MEDITECH customer Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) is tackling the problem in their community head on.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 21, 2024

Demand for behavioral health services continues to grow across the country, along with mental health providers reporting longer waitlists or no openings for new patients. | WellSpan, a health system serving South Central Pennsylvania and Northern Maryland, is teaming up with Concert Health to expand access to same-day behavioral health services alongside primary care.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 21, 2024

What You Should Know: – Wysa , a leading provider of digital mental health platforms, has been selected as a sub-awardee for a $3.4M grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) , part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). – The 4-year project, led by Washington University in St. Louis with Duke University as another sub-awardee, aims to develop personalized pathways for individuals managing mental health conditions alongside chronic pain.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 21, 2024

Author: Dr. | Explore how facial biometrics are revolutionizing patient identification, enhancing safety, and streamlining healthcare operations.

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The Rand Blog

MAY 21, 2024

As the modern Foreign Service marks its 100th anniversary, 15,600 Americans serve in embassies, consulates, and missions around the globe. They rarely make the front pages in the media, but their work is vital to the long-term success of American foreign policy.

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Home Health Care

MAY 21, 2024

There’s a new home care company on the block. On Tuesday, Avenues Home Care announced its launch. The company is the result of several local home care companies in Texas, Tennessee and Georgia coming together under one banner. The local companies include AA Care Services, Sentinel Homecare, SunLife and Comprehensive Care. “We really also saw an opportunity for some of these local entities that maybe didn’t have the size, the strength, the support, the capital structure, the technology or w

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

HIT Consultant

MAY 21, 2024

Arun Shrestha, CEO and Co-Founder of BeyondID Between January 1 and April 1, 2024, at least 16.6 million individuals were impacted by data breaches across the healthcare industry. Of those, 16.3 million – or 98 percent – were hacking/IT incidents according to the HIPAA Breach Report generated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

MAY 21, 2024

Technology is amazing. From The Economist : Fourteen years ago, Melanie Reid, a journalist, fell off a horse and broke her neck. The injury to her spinal cord left her paralysed, limiting the function of her four limbs and torso—a condition known as tetraplegia. For more than a decade her left hand was incapable of either sensation or motion. Now, however, Ms Reid can not only move that hand; she can also, as she puts it, practise the “right to put my hair in a ponytail”.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 21, 2024

What You Should Know: – John Snow Labs , a leader in AI for healthcare, has announced a significant breakthrough in medical Large Language Model (LLM) accuracy. Their models have achieved state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance on industry benchmarks, surpassing hundreds of competing models. – John Snow Labs’ Healthcare NLP & LLM subscription provides access to their state-of-the-art models, along with ongoing updates and new releases.

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Home Health Care

MAY 21, 2024

The Maine-based Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice is rebranding to “better reflect its evolutions and future,” and will be operating under the name Andwell Health Partners moving forward. “As we continue to grow and evolve, we realized that the name Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice no longer accurately reflected who we are, where we are going and who we serve,” Andwell board chair Debra Fournier said in a statement.

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Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.

HIT Consultant

MAY 21, 2024

What You Should Know: – Sanofi , a global pharmaceutical leader, Formation Bio , an AI-powered drug developer, and OpenAI , a leading research and development company in artificial intelligence, have announced a groundbreaking collaboration. The first-of-its-kind partnership in the pharma and life sciences industries aims to leverage AI to accelerate drug development and bring new medicines to patients faster. – Sanofi, Formation Bio, and OpenAI believe this collaboration will be a g

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Home Health Care

MAY 21, 2024

Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) is selling its New York personal care business, along with its fiscal intermediary services for the state’s consumer-directed care program. The company announced Tuesday that it will offload its New York operations to HCS-Girling, another home-based care provider. The divestment will be worth “up to” $23 million for Addus, the company said, and the transaction is not yet closed.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 21, 2024

What You Should Know: – Videra Health , a frontrunner in AI-powered mental health assessments raises $5.6M in Seed II funding led by Peterson Ventures , with participation from Mercato Partners , Epic Ventures , and Philo Ventures. – Videra Health aims to tackle these challenges by offering widespread, streamlined mental health screening and monitoring powered by AI technology.

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Nordic

MAY 21, 2024

Architecture in healthcare plays a pivotal role in shaping patient experiences and outcomes, extending far beyond mere aesthetics. Thoughtfully designed healthcare facilities optimize patient flow, enhance accessibility, and foster healing environments conducive to recovery. This isn’t based on mere conjecture, either; a plethora of peer-reviewed research has shown the significant effect evidence-based design can and does have on patients and their well-being.

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HIStalk

MAY 21, 2024

Top News A Business Insider piece titled “Oracle’s deadly gamble”.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 21, 2024

What You Should Know: – Concert Health, the leading collaborative care platform, today announced a partnership with WellSpan Health , an integrated delivery system serving South Central Pennsylvania and Northern Maryland, to expand access to same-day, high-quality behavioral health services alongside primary care. – Collaborative care is an evidence-based approach to identifying and treating patients with behavioral health conditions such as anxiety and depression in primary care set

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Center for Health Progress

MAY 21, 2024

In this webinar, we hear from leaders at People’s Action, the Center for Health Progress in Colorado, and El Centro in Kansas City, each of whom bring tangible examples of work to hold health care institutions and insurers accountable for how their practices impact patients. The post Holding Institutions Accountable for Access and Equity appeared first on Center for Health Progress.

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Sequence Health

MAY 21, 2024

An inbound call center is a specialized hub where customer service representatives handle incoming calls from customers. In the context of healthcare, these centers play a pivotal role in patient care and administrative management. This type of center is designed to facilitate patient engagement and support healthcare providers by managing appointments, inquiries, and patient follow-ups efficiently.

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Speaker: Sean Raible

Picture a workplace where physiological safety is not just an aim but a reality, driven by thoughtful employee benefits that prioritize mental health, wellbeing, and DEI. 🤔 ✨ Achieving this vision requires more than just occasional training sessions and employee assistance programs. Moving beyond the basics, this vision calls for a holistic approach that integrates these elements into your company culture as well as your HR and benefits strategy.

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