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What's under the hood of a medical device? Software bill of materials hits inflection point

Health Care Dive

For years, FDA has talked about the need for an electronically readable inventory of third-party components in devices, as a way to address the problem of widespread cyber vulnerabilities.

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Bringing Clinical Context to the Patient Experience

Healthcare It News

David Nace, MD, Innovaccer’s Chief Medical Officer, talks about what happens when providers bring patients’ clinical and care episodes to the forefront of a tailored patient engagement journey. Today’s healthcare consumers expect their care experiences to be highly personalized, similar to their interactions with companies like Netflix, Amazon and Uber.

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Women's digital health rakes in $1.3B in 2021 buoyed by investor interest in more integrated care

Fierce Healthcare

Women's digital health rakes in $1.3B in 2021 buoyed by investor interest in more integrated care. hlandi. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 12:56.

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Why CES 2022 Will Be Keynoted by a Health Care Executive

Health Populi

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Robert Ford, CEO and President of Abbott, will give a keynote speech at CES 2022, the world’s largest annual convention of the technology industry. This news is a signal that health care and the larger tech-enabled ecosystem that supports health and well-being is embedded in peoples’ everyday lives.

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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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Optum inks deal with largest health system to date, SSM Health

Health Care Dive

As part of the agreement, about 2,100 SSM employees across revenue cycle and hospital care management will become Optum employees in an outsourcing deal.

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What's on the horizon for Teladoc? CIO Claus Jensen weighs in

Healthcare It News

It's been a busy few years for virtual care, to say the least. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies have elbowed their way into a seemingly flush market, while patient interest in telehealth has waxed and waned. Now, many patients and providers are asking: What will telehealth look like five or ten years from now? How do we go beyond synchronous video visits – and how do we ensure equitable access to whatever improvements are made available?

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Countering Domestic Terrorism May Require Rethinking U.S. Intelligence Strategy

The Rand Blog

The United States is deeply divided, its political system polarized. Getting counterterrorism wrong could make the situation worse. The challenge is to isolate and contain violent extremists without turning them into political martyrs or half the country into enemies of the state.

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Hospital M&A in 2021 characterized by fewer but much larger deals

Health Care Dive

Hospitals are increasingly looking outside traditional care delivery methods threatened by COVID-19 to diversify business models by pursuing stakes in home health, virtual care and post-acute services.

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Intel, ConsenSys Health combine blockchain and AI for clinical trials management

Healthcare It News

Matching patients to clinical trials they are eligible for has been a major challenge for everyone from pharmaceutical companies to hospitals. THE PROBLEM. Finding the right matches based on certain health records and demographic eligibility is difficult and time-consuming. It costs a lot of money, can slow clinical trials down and is one of the major reasons trials fail.

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Telehealth use is surging but patient satisfaction with the service has declined, new study finds

Fierce Healthcare

Telehealth use is surging but patient satisfaction with the service has declined, new study finds. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 12:54.

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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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Patient Safety Representatives Unite to Implement Global Patient Safety Action Plan in the United States

CDC

Preventable harm in the healthcare system is an urgent public health challenge, internationally and in the United States. Globally, more people die now from medical errors or other breakdowns in the quality and safety of healthcare services than from lack of access to them. (1) Researchers estimate that medication errors, preventable infections, venous thromboembolism, falls, and other preventable harms in hospitals take the lives of 400,000 or more Americans annually. (2)(3) That’s where we co

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Digital health funding reaches new heights with $21.3B so far this year

Health Care Dive

Overall deal volume decreased, though, with 169 deals in Q3 compared to 223 deals in Q2. The third quarter also saw fewer megadeals of $100 million or above.

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Teladoc, UnitedHealthcare get high marks from J.D. Power telehealth study

Healthcare It News

A telehealth satisfaction study released this past week from the data analytics and consumer intelligence company J.D. Power found that even as telehealth adoption has spiked, pain points exist – especially among patients with higher-risk profiles. Overall, the study – which was fielded in June and July of this year – found that 36% of patients have accessed telehealth services in the last year, up from 9% in 2020 and 7% in 2019.

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Gearing up to go public, Babylon CEO outlines the company's long-term game in digital health

Fierce Healthcare

Gearing up to go public, Babylon CEO outlines the company's long-term game in digital health. hlandi. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 20:06.

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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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Institutions May Be Key to Countering Extremism in the Military

The Rand Blog

Extremism is a symptom of broader social and political headwinds within civilian society. By using existing support programs, military leaders may be able to effectively confront these headwinds early and channel them in productive ways that ultimately preserve the effectiveness and readiness of the U.S. military.

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Molina to buy AgeWell's long-term care business in New York for $110M

Health Care Dive

As part of the deal, Molina will pick up about 13,000 people covered by AgeWell's long-term care services. In 2020, the premium revenue generated from these members was about $700 million.

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Dubai’s Diginova to launch Biovista’s “AI Health Shield” in MENA and Asia

Healthcare It News

A subsidiary of the US-based Biovista has teamed up with a UAE health solutions provider to deliver a “next generation” augmented intelligence solution to over 250 million patients in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Asia territories. Dubai’s Diginova Health Solutions is working with Biovista Personalized Medicine to offer its “AI Health Shield” in the region, in a deal that could generate over $5 billion (€4.3bn) in revenue.

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Behavioral, maternal health worsening among children, women, report finds

Fierce Healthcare

Behavioral, maternal health worsening among children, women, report finds. agliadkovskaya. Thu, 10/07/2021 - 16:26.

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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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Building Power Across Movements for Health Justice 

Bill Of Health

By Solange Gould. At its core, public health is the radical concept that everyone has a fundamental right to the conditions required for health and well-being. To realize this vision of health justice, we must forge a strategy that moves beyond the pre-pandemic status quo and the broken systems that got us there. . It’s time to re-envision and invest in a new public health infrastructure, one that is equipped and authorized to respond to the concurrent global crises we are facing: COVID-19; str

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Labor shortages will strain hospital budgets through 2022, Moody's says

Health Care Dive

The pressure on health system profitability comes as lucrative non-emergency procedures are on hold in some areas to handle incoming COVID-19 inpatients, according to the report.

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Safeguarding Your Workforce: Antimicrobial Solutions and Their Best Practices

Healthcare It News

Sponsor: Decision Point Solutions Primary topic: Population Health Topic: Patient Engagement Population Health Workforce Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Enterprise Taxonomy: Short Headline: Safeguarding Your Workforce: Antimicrobial Solutions and Their Best Practices Region Tag: Global Edition Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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CMMI director hints at shift away from payment models for every episode of care, specialties

Fierce Healthcare

CMMI director hints at shift away from payment models for every episode of care, specialties. rking. Tue, 10/05/2021 - 14:40.

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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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Bad Behavior in Healthcare

Healthcare Leadership

Blog by Joe Babaian. What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. ~ Cool Hand Luke. The current trial surrounding Theranos gives us pause to consider, how much “fake it until you make it” is ok? Looking also at you, OZY Media – perhaps they should have taken Ozymandias by Shelley a little more literally? When I came across a quote from Reed Hastings of Netflix, it got me considering, it’s a great time to think about leadership in action and what we tolerate in the

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Voting ends Sunday for Kaiser Permanente union in California to greenlight strike

Health Care Dive

A strike of this size could cripple operations for Kaiser in southern California. Those 24,000 healthcare workers eligible to vote on a strike represent about 31% of the system's nearly 76,000 employees in that area.

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SCAN Health Plan Launches ‘Embrace’ I-SNP, Hopes to Set New Standard of Care

Home Health Care

SCAN Health Plan is launching a new care delivery model that it hopes will set a new standard within the Medicare Advantage (MA) space. A subsidiary of SCAN Group, the Long Beach, California-based SCAN Health Plan announced its new model of care on Wednesday. Moving forward, the model will be made available to all SCAN members enrolled in its “Embrace” Institutional Special Needs Plan (I-SNP).

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New data show Medicare Advantage beneficiaries had lower hospitalization, mortality rates for COVID-19

Fierce Healthcare

New data show Medicare Advantage beneficiaries had lower hospitalization, mortality rates for COVID-19. rking. Thu, 10/07/2021 - 12:36.

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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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Should Vaccinating Children Off-Label Against COVID-19 Be Universally Prohibited?

Bill Of Health

By Govind Persad , Patricia J. Zettler , and Holly Fernandez Lynch. As children are experiencing the highest rates of COVID-19 in many states , can efforts to universally preclude vaccination of those under 12 until the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) specifically authorizes use in that age group be justified? In a case commentary published today in Pediatrics , we argue that the answer is no.

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How Morgan Health hopes to finally move the needle on employer health costs: 5 insights from a chat with the venture's CEO

Health Care Dive

Morgan Health learned a lot from Haven, but is a different beast with a better knowledge of the buy-in needed to disrupt the health benefits space, CEO Dan Mendelson told Healthcare Dive.

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‘I Haven’t Seen Anything Cool Off’: Home Health Market Stays Hot Heading into 2022

Home Health Care

Home Health, hospice and personal care dealmaking has continued its fast pace throughout 2021 after a COVID-19-induced dry spell last year. As the industry looks forward to 2022, one trend that may pick up steam is an uptick in small-scale transactions. In fact, deals that many buyers wouldn’t consider just a few years ago are now finding stiff competition, industry insiders say.

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Q3 2021's health tech funding blows previous years out of the water

Fierce Healthcare

Q3 2021's health tech funding blows previous years out of the water. dmuoio. Thu, 10/07/2021 - 11:00.

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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.