Fierce Healthcare
MAY 17, 2024
The panel that worked on the report was made up of Big Tech players like Amazon, Google and Microsoft, as well as leaders such as Harvard Medical School, the Leapfrog Group and Kaiser Permanente.
Healthcare It News
MAY 13, 2024
The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center issued a threat alert Friday about the Russia-backed ransomware group Black Basta, warning of its accelerated attempted attacks against the healthcare sector. Prompted by H-ISAC, the American Hospital Association also sent a cybersecurity advisory with technical mitigation recommendations to its members.
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Health Care Dive
MAY 13, 2024
All major payers saw elevated utilization but only an unprepared few struggled with the trend, the Change Healthcare cyberattack caused minimal financial fallout and a new D-SNP rule opens the door to a Medicare growth opportunity.
HIT Consultant
MAY 14, 2024
The Vivid T9 ultrasound system What You Should Know: – Security researchers at Nozomi Networks Labs have identified a total of 11 vulnerabilities affecting GE HealthCare’s Vivid family of ultrasound machines, the accompanying Common Service Desktop web application, and EchoPAC PC software. – These vulnerabilities could be exploited by attackers to disrupt critical medical procedures, compromise patient data privacy, and hinder accurate diagnoses.
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Fierce Healthcare
MAY 15, 2024
NEW YORK CITY—Uber Health will begin rolling out a new solution designed for caregivers this summer, the company announced at its annual product event Wednesday. | Uber Caregiver will allow care-receivers to add a caregiver to their Uber profile so they can see and spend their health benefits on eligible services, request rides to doctor’s appointments or order groceries.
Healthcare It News
MAY 14, 2024
Besides being all the rage in the industry, digital transformation is a key component to the strategy of forward-leaning hospitals and health systems today. It aligns healthcare organizations with its customers – highly digital patients. This is one of the most important topics healthcare CIOs and other C-suite and health IT leaders can be talking about today.
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NASHP
MAY 17, 2024
As the opioid crisis continues to evolve, efforts to educate communities on the dangers of substance use and resources on overdose prevention are needed to curb rising rates of drug-related overdoses. Driven by the increased lethality of fentanyl in the drug supply , adolescent overdose deaths more than doubled between 2019 and 2021, even as the rate of adolescent drug use remained steady.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 14, 2024
Facing the wrath of upset investors following its first quarter earnings, CVS Health has promised to value margins over members going forward. | CVS Health is reassessing its Medicare Advantage business and weighing the possibility of exiting certain markets as it looks to get its margins under control.
Healthcare It News
MAY 14, 2024
Fortis Healthcare, a publicly listed private hospital network from India, has introduced a new mental health service enabled by artificial intelligence. The hospital network , which is also part of the larger private healthcare group IHH Healthcare, signed an exclusive partnership with mental health super app United We Care to establish Adayu Mindfulness.
Health Care Dive
MAY 14, 2024
Regulators sued the private equity firm last year for consolidating anesthesiology services in Texas with its portfolio company, U.S. Anesthesia Partners. Now, a judge is holding Welsh Carson blameless while allowing the suit against USAP to continue.
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Medbridge Education
MAY 17, 2024
What Is a Digital Front Door in Healthcare? The digital front door is a layer of technology that helps healthcare providers manage a patient’s healthcare journey to drive better access, engagement, and experiences across the service continuum. More than just an entryway, the digital front door helps improve the patient experience from beginning to end, […] The post Digital Front Door 101: The Gateway to Healthcare’s Future appeared first on MedBridge Blog.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 15, 2024
U.S. | Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Bill Cassidy want to reform how primary care providers get paid through Medicare, and they also want to hear from the healthcare industry about the best way to do it.
Healthcare It News
MAY 16, 2024
Start addressing the distrust communities of color have for the healthcare system by creating a pipeline of clinicians from those communities, advises Christopher Kunney, advocacy chair for HIMSS Georgia chapter and 2024 HIMSS Changemaker award recipient.
Health Care Dive
MAY 15, 2024
Kansas kicked CVS to the curb in favor of an Elevance plan, while awarding contracts to incumbents UnitedHealth and Centene. The contracts are worth roughly $4 billion annually.
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HIT Consultant
MAY 15, 2024
Tom Liddell, CEO at Healthcare Harmony IT As we step into the promising terrain of 2024 and beyond, the healthcare industry stands at the cusp of a transformative era, propelled by advanced technology solutions. For healthcare IT professionals, there will be many challenges and opportunities – especially as there is more patient data than ever before.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 13, 2024
The gap between insurance plans and Medicare's payments to hospitals for inpatient and outpatient services widened over the course of just a couple of years, a new study from RAND Corporation | A new report from RAND Corporation highlighted just how much more employers and private insurers are paying hospitals for inpatient and outpatient services.
Healthcare It News
MAY 13, 2024
How Azalea Health's telehealth and EHR tools integrate with partners' remote patient monitoring and chronic care management products to treat patients living in rural care deserts, shows Khue Tran, chief strategy officer.
Health Care Dive
MAY 13, 2024
The stakes, impact and cost of cybercrime is rising and we must employ the right tech to fight back.
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Home Health Care
MAY 17, 2024
Traditional home-based care companies aren’t the only ones serving seniors, while helping shift care away from brick-and-mortar settings. Adult day, PACE and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) without walls are a few of the care models working to meet the needs of seniors that want to age in place. In many ways, these care models are natural allies to home-based care providers.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 17, 2024
Inequities in mental health across the U.S. | ED overutilization, exacerbated comorbidities and lost productivity will drive trillions in "avoidable and unnecessary expenses" should inequities in mental health access and outcomes remain unchecked.
Healthcare It News
MAY 16, 2024
RPM tools and other user-friendly tech are enabling a paradigm shift in care delivery, says Dr. Maulik Majmudar, CMO at Biofourmis, who says it's also important to be educated on the pain points associated of home care.
Health Care Dive
MAY 16, 2024
Most data breach lawsuits settle out of court rather than through litigation, an expert told Healthcare Dive.
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HIT Consultant
MAY 13, 2024
Tanya Sanderson, RN, BSN, MBA, MHA, CLNC, CHFP, Sr. 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. What began as several defined systems of controls by which hospitals guarded against revenue loss, revenue integrity has seemingly turned into more narrowly focused controls in many organizations, leaving critica
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 15, 2024
The Energy and Commerce Committee released telehealth extension legislation today that will be voted on during a health subcommittee markup Thursday. | The House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee will hold a markup May 16 that includes a different two-year telehealth extension proposal than the Ways and Means Committee passed last week.
Healthcare It News
MAY 14, 2024
Sarah Wamala Andersson, professor of health and welfare technology at Sweden's Mälardalen University, discusses Europe's IDEAHL project, which aims to increase citizens' access to and use of digital health tools through targeted interventions.
Health Care Dive
MAY 14, 2024
Hospitals with larger market shares were among the worst offenders, the RAND Corporation found.
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.
HIT Consultant
MAY 17, 2024
What You Should Know: – Global innovator LG Electronics has unveiled “Primefocus Health,” a new venture that aims to leverage innovative technologies and new healthcare therapies to enable providers to deliver a personalized, complete care experience and empower individuals to take control of their health at home. – Primefocus Health is the first new venture launched by LG NOVA , LG Electronics’ North America Innovation Center.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 16, 2024
Earlier this month, Transcarent teased that it was betting big on artificial intelligence as it banked a $126 million funding round. | Earlier this month, Transcarent teased that it was betting big on artificial intelligence as it banked a $126 million funding round. Now, it's unveiling WayFinding, a new platform that leans on generative AI to connect members with benefits navigation, clinical guidance and care delivery services all in one place.
The Rand Blog
MAY 13, 2024
The greatest danger to the U.S. financial system is the constant assault on reality—the deepfake videos and manipulated AI—that could weaken the system over time. It will be slow, but it will be steady and hard to stop—more like financial climate change.
Health Care Dive
MAY 17, 2024
Healthcare Dive is tracking pharmacy operations, emergency rooms statuses and potential care delays across Ascension’s hospitals.
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.
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