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Healthcare technology trends to watch in 2024

Health Care Dive

Experts discuss their predictions for healthcare industry trends, including investment and consolidation in digital health, adoption of artificial intelligence and improving cybersecurity in healthcare in 2024.

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Telehealth offers advantages for treating children with feeding disorders

Healthcare It News

Many neurotypical and most neurodivergent children struggle with feeding difficulties. This does not just affect the child – it impacts the whole family. Focused Approach is a startup that helps children aged six months to 16 years old with feeding disorders. Its program Focused on Feeding has helped families go from hospital bed (with malnutrition) to the dinner table – entirely via telemedicine.

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Amazon launches chronic condition management portal; Omada nabs first partnership

Health Care Dive

The new program surfaces eligible benefits for weight management, diabetes and other cardiometabolic conditions when users search Amazon for related devices, like a glucose monitor.

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JPM24: Mayo Clinic deepens AI commitment with new Cerebras Systems deal

Fierce Healthcare

SAN FRANCISCO — Real-world data and artificial intelligence are front and center among Mayo Clinic’s plans for the future. | The Minnesota nonprofit courted investors and other conference attendees Monday with details on its ongoing pilots and other AI initiatives.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

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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Elevance sues HHS over Medicare Advantage star ratings

Health Care Dive

The payer is taking issue with how regulators calculated quality scores for 2024, after seeing a stars decline that could cause its bonus revenue to fall by $500 million.

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Innovaccer joins AI scribe race, unveiling tool to simplify note-taking for doctors

Fierce Healthcare

Innovaccer, maker of digital tools for providers, has launched an AI assistant that transcribes, analyzes and summarizes conversations between providers and patients. | Sara Scribe prepares encounter notes and provides clinical insights into quality gaps, coding gaps and potential diagnoses for the clinician.

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JPM24: Digital health funding hit $10.7B in 2023, the lowest in four years. How will the market shakeout?

Fierce Healthcare

SAN FRANCISCO — As many investors predicted, digital health funding took a dive in 2023 with startups bringing in $10.7 billion across 492 deals, representing the lowest amount of capital invested | Faced with tightening capital availability, startups got creative to stay afloat and looked for lifelines in 2023, according to Rock Health research analysts.

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Waiting room 2.0: The television software that engages patients, fosters brand loyalty and boosts revenue in retail health centers

Health Care Dive

UPshow CONNECT is a patient engagement platform used to broadcast sponsored content in the waiting rooms. It grabs customer attention, boosts engagement, and turns screens into revenue-generating tools.

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JPM24: How Aetna charted a comeback in the 2024 MA star ratings

Fierce Healthcare

For the 2023 plan year, Aetna's performance in the annual Medicare Advantage star ratings took a massive hit, with just 21% of its members enrolled in plans that earned a score of four stars or mor | After a rough showing a year ago, Aetna bounced back for 2024, and was one of the stronger performers in the latest star ratings.

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UpDoc to develop conversational, assistant-directed AI providers

Healthcare It News

All care delivered through UpDoc's artificial intelligence-based remote patient providers would be prescribed by physicians or clinical pharmacists who oversee the platform, the company said in an announcement on Friday. WHY IT MATTERS UpDoc's remote patient intervention technology leverages conversational AI powered by multiplelarge language models, including GPT-4 through Microsoft's Azure Open AI Service, Google Cloud's MedLM and Vertex AI models.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

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

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As Alignment Health expands, CEO predicts profitability is on the horizon

Fierce Healthcare

The top brass at Alignment Health expects the company to turn a profit this year in part because it now offers Medicare Advantage plans in Merced County, Calif., a move made on Jan. | As Alignment Health expands into Merced County, Calif., the company’s CEO predicts it will be a profitable year for the insurtech.

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HHS names first chief competition officer

Health Care Dive

Stacy Sanders will work with regulators to tackle industry consolidation in an effort to rein in rising healthcare costs.

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JPM24: Corewell Health's merger is saving $200M per year. Here's what it learned along the way

Fierce Healthcare

The “secret sauce” to Corewell's merger was the establishment of an "integration management office" to track all savings and investments, execs said.

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Printed materials in healthcare can improve patient relationships and build brand loyalty, helping create a prescription for success

Health Care Dive

Learn more about how high-quality printed materials can help healthcare organizations build patient relationships and boost brand loyalty.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Clover Assistant shows improved patient adherence for diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol medications

Fierce Healthcare

Clover Assistant, a web application integrated into electronic health records showing a patient's medical history, may encourage a patient to adhere to medication, a new study by Clover Health clai | Clover Health is stressing how Clover Assistant improves medication adherence rates for its members. That can go a long way in enhancing Medicare Advantage star ratings.

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Providers push back on info blocking penalties

Health Care Dive

Provider groups argued for changes in financial penalties and more information on an appeals process.

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Canadian women are waiting longer than ever for gynecologic surgery: Patients and providers are calling for action.

Healthy Debate

The post Canadian women are waiting longer than ever for gynecologic surgery: Patients and providers are calling for action. appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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CarelonRx president encourages healthcare leaders to commit to improving pharmacy experience for consumers in 2024

Health Care Dive

CarelonRx President Paul Marchetti highlights three ways healthcare leaders can improve the pharmacy experience.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

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.

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Sixteen States Selected for State Respite Summit

NASHP

The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is pleased to announce that the following 16 states will be attending a State Respite Summit in Washington, DC on February 6–7, 2024: Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

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Essentia Health, Marshfield Clinic abandon merger plans

Health Care Dive

The Midwestern health systems were in merger discussions since October 2022.

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Amazon Unveils Health Condition Programs Making Chronic Condition Management Easier

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Amazon launches its new Health Condition Programs to simplify access to digital health benefits offered by insurance plans and employers. – By partnering with companies like Omada Health, Amazon brings awareness and enrollment options directly to patients where they’re already looking for health information.

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Opioid prescriptions after surgery decline

Healthcare ECONOMIST

That is the finding from a JAMA Network Open paper by Zhang et al. (2023). The authors use 2016-2022 data from the IQVIA Longitudinal Prescription Database, which claims to capture 92% of retail pharmacy prescriptions. First, fewer opioids prescriptions were made (extensive margin): During January 2016 to December 2022, the monthly surgical opioid dispensing rate decreased from 661.2 to 426.0 prescriptions per 100 000 people (35.6%).

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How To Empower Your Workforce With Modern Fertility Benefits

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.

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Butterfly iQ3 Takes Flight: Next-Gen Handheld Ultrasound Cleared by FDA

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Butterfly Network, Inc. (“Butterfly”) , a digital health company transforming care through the power of portable, semiconductor-based ultrasound technology and intuitive software, today announced the FDA clearance of its next-generation handheld point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) system, Butterfly iQ3. The new device is the company’s third iteration of the world’s first semiconductor-based single-probe, whole-body ultrasound system.

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New Data Added to NASHP’s Hospital Cost Tool

NASHP

Updated Tool Offers Policymakers Valuable Data Spanning 12 Years and Over 4,600 Hospitals The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) released an update to its Hospital Cost Tool to include 2022 data and new metrics on hospital labor expenses. As a result, users of this publicly available tool can access data on hospital costs such as operating profit margins, cost to charge ratios, breakeven points , and more for approximately 4,600 hospitals for 2011 through 2022.

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Access to Technology Is the New Pillar for Well-Being: CES & the UN Partner for Human Security for All

Health Populi

In kicking off #CES2024, CTA’s researchers noted the acceleration of global connectivity, with gaps in peoples’ ability to connect depending where they live: by region, the percent of people connected to the internet today are, according to CTA’s data, 92% in the U.S. 87% in the E.U. 76% in Latin America 73% in China 55% in Nigeria 46% in India. Such gaps in connectivity threaten peoples’ individual well-being, but also social and political stability that impacts the entire world’s security.

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CVS Health Sees ‘Massive Opportunity’ In Front Of It With CVS Healthspire

Home Health Care

Both CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) are making big bets on health care services, including services provided in the home. To make headway, each company is also banking on its reputation with health care consumers across the country. CVS Health has CVS Healthspire, and Walgreens has its U.S. Healthcare segment. The company’s top leaders laid out their plans for those business divisions at the annual J.P.

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

Running a healthcare facility requires precision and care, not just for patients but also for your staff. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps healthcare providers choose the best provider. Efficient payroll management ensures timely, accurate payments, critical for maintaining staff morale and trust. Compliance support helps navigate complex healthcare regulations and avoid costly fines.

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Robots, Drones, and AI, Oh My: Navigating the New Frontier of Military Medicine

The Rand Blog

The integration of autonomous drones and robotic technology marks a turning point, heralding a transformative era in battlefield care. The future of military medicine lies in harnessing these advancements while maintaining the ethical integrity and human touch essential to medical care.

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GE HealthCare Acquires MIM Software to Enhance Precision Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – In a move poised to reshape the landscape of precision care, GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) has announced the acquisition of MIM Software , a provider of medical imaging analysis and AI solutions. – This strategic acquisition strengthens GE HealthCare’s commitment to developing smart, interconnected devices and digital solutions that empower clinicians to deliver more precise, personalized care across various specialties.

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Readers Write: Empowering Nurses Through Interoperable Technology: Revolutionizing Patient Care in the Acute Environment

HIStalk

Empowering Nurses Through Interoperable Technology: Revolutionizing Patient Care in the.

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How the Rise of Telehealth Is Transforming Call Centers

Sequence Health

Historically, medical appointments and inquiries were held in person. However, with advances in technology, many healthcare organizations are now incorporating telehealth in their operational frameworks. Telehealth refers to the use of digital communication technologies to deliver healthcare services remotely. It enables patients to consult with healthcare professionals, receive medical advice, and even undergo virtual examinations without the need for in-person visits to medical facilities.

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Creating a Company Culture of Care: Integrating Mental Health, Wellbeing, and DEI in Benefits

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.