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14 Aug 2024
Major players ‘less than impressive’ as altnets rise in UK broadband
By Joe O’HalloranA range of surveys identify independent sector as the driving force in UK’s growing gigabit broadband industry and caution of slowdown in subscribers by major providers
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14 Aug 2024
Newcastle City Council swaps out Oracle Java for Azul
By Cliff SaranChanges to Oracle’s Java licensing meant the council no longer received free security patches
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14 Aug 2024
Microsoft corrects six zero-days for August Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatAdmins can address most of the zero-days with a cumulative update, but of more concern is the lack of patches for two vulnerabilities demonstrated at the Black Hat conference.
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19 Oct 2023
Patients Split on Trust in Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Experience
By Sara HeathAmerican patients are torn about whether they are comfortable with the use of artificial intelligence in the healthcare setting, survey data shows.
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19 Oct 2023
OCR Publishes Resources On Telehealth Privacy, Security Risks
By Jill McKeonThe two new resource documents aim to help providers explain telehealth privacy and security risks to patients.
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19 Oct 2023
Boston Medical Center First in Nation to Offer Renewable Utilities Prescription
By Sara HeathThe renewable utilities prescription is a part of BMC’s commitment to addressing social determinants of health that impact its low-income population.
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19 Oct 2023
Telehealth Supports OUD Treatment Retention Among Medicaid Enrollees
By Anuja VaidyaMedicaid patients who started opioid use disorder treatment via telehealth have better odds of continuing treatment than their peers who did not use telehealth.
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19 Oct 2023
Inmediata Health Resolves Multi-State Data Breach Investigation With $1.4M Settlement
By Jill McKeonMore than 30 state attorneys general joined forces to investigate potential HIPAA violations connected to a data breach that spanned nearly three years and impacted 1.5 million individuals.
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18 Oct 2023
In-Person Follow-ups Higher After Telehealth Than Office Visits
By Anuja VaidyaIn-person follow-up rates were higher after telehealth than in-person office visits and linked to cases involving physical pain, a new study reveals.
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18 Oct 2023
Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate Announces Fourth Health Tech Cohort
By Shania KennedyNine health tech startups will join Mayo Clinic Platform’s 20-week accelerator program to refine and validate their artificial intelligence offerings.
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18 Oct 2023
Lower Payment Rates May Help Curb Medicare Spending on Post-Acute Care
By Victoria BaileyReducing payment rates to skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehab facilities, and home health providers by 5 percent would’ve saved $2.7 billion in Medicare spending in 2021.
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18 Oct 2023
FBI Warns Public About Phishing Attacks Against Plastic Surgery Offices, Patients
By Jill McKeonCybercriminals have been targeting plastic surgery offices, providers, and patients with phishing attacks to deploy malware and harvest sensitive information, the FBI warned.
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18 Oct 2023
AI Pain Recognition Tool Detects Pain Before, During and After Surgery
By Shania KennedyAn automated, AI-based pain recognition system may provide an unbiased approach to assess patients’ pain and decrease hospital length of stay.
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17 Oct 2023
Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs Double with Dementia Diagnosis
By Sara HeathOut-of-pocket healthcare costs went from around $4,000 to an average of $8,000 within eight years following a dementia diagnosis.
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17 Oct 2023
Supply Chain Shortages Impact Patient Care and Provider Workflows
By Victoria BaileyAlmost half of survey respondents said supply chain shortages have delayed patient care, while a quarter reported medical errors.
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17 Oct 2023
RCM Company Reports Data Breach Tied to MOVEit Software, 1.9M Impacted
By Jill McKeonThe revenue cycle management company reported a data breach that impacted more than 1.9 million individuals across more than 50 healthcare organizations.
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17 Oct 2023
Health Literacy Stands in the Way of Adequate Breast Cancer Screening
By Sara HeathUS adults are unsure of recommended breast cancer screening recommendations, highlighting a health literacy hurdle to care access.
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17 Oct 2023
NIH Award to Establish Data Integration Hub for Common Fund Programs
By Shania KennedyAn $8.5 million grant will support the creation of a data integration hub designed to advance National Institutes of Health Common Fund initiatives.
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17 Oct 2023
Telehealth Reduces Psychotherapy Disruption, Boosting Care Continuity
By Anuja VaidyaNew research shows that amid an increase in telebehavioral healthcare access, there were fewer instances of 45-plus days passing between psychotherapy visits.
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17 Oct 2023
Government to pump £30m into NHS medtech
By Lis EvenstadThe government hopes the funding, which is available to integrated care systems across the country, will ease winter pressures through the help of technology
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16 Oct 2023
ENT Practice Increases Patient Engagement with eClinicalWorks EHR
By Hannah NelsonAn Arizona-based ENT practice has boosted patient engagement through questionnaires and various payment options within its eClinicalWorks EHR system.
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16 Oct 2023
Regenstrief Links LOINC, SNOMED to Drive Health Data Interoperability
By Hannah NelsonRegenstrief and SNOMED International have broadened their collaboration to drive health data interoperability between LOINC and SNOMED CT data standards.
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16 Oct 2023
NoEscape Ransomware Emerges, Targeting Healthcare
By Jill McKeonA suspected successor of Avaddon ransomware, NoEscape ransomware uses multi-extortion tactics to target multiple industries, including healthcare, HC3 warned.
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16 Oct 2023
“All of Us” Program Launches Center for Linkage and Acquisition of Data
By Shania KennedyThe University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus will use a $30 million award to establish the “All of Us” program’s Center for Linkage and Acquisition of Data.
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13 Oct 2023
CHIME Names 21 Healthcare Orgs as 2023 Digital Health Most Wired
By Hannah NelsonThe 2023 Digital Health Most Wired Survey awarded 21 healthcare organizations with the highest recognition for their commitment to digital health transformation.
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13 Oct 2023
Racial Health Disparities Plague Mental Healthcare Access for Teens
By Sara HeathMental healthcare access is elusive for many teens who need it, especially racial and ethnic minorities, a new study showed.
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13 Oct 2023
Artificial Intelligence Model May Help Predict Future Viral Outbreaks
By Shania KennedyNew AI tool predicts how viruses may evolve to escape the immune system, which could shed light on which viral variants have pandemic potential before they emerge.
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13 Oct 2023
Financial Challenges Drove Healthcare Merger and Acquisition Activity
By Victoria BaileyNearly 40 percent of transactions in Q3 2023 involved health systems facing financial challenges, a report found.
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13 Oct 2023
FDA Creates Advisory Committee for Digital Health Technology
By Anuja VaidyaThe committee will advise the FDA on the benefits and potential risks of digital health technologies, including wearables, AI-based tools, and digital therapeutics.
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13 Oct 2023
CHIME Names 21 Healthcare Orgs as 2023 Digital Health Most Wired
By Hannah NelsonThe 2023 Digital Health Most Wired Survey awarded 21 healthcare organizations with the highest recognition for their commitment to digital health transformation.
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12 Oct 2023
Gender Pay Disparities in Medicare Reimbursement Impact Neurosurgeons
By Victoria BaileyFemale neurosurgeons received almost $25,000 less per year than men after controlling for volume and experience, highlighting gender pay disparities.
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12 Oct 2023
A Third of Folks with Disabilities Face Healthcare Discrimination
By Sara HeathAround half of the people with disabilities who reported healthcare discrimination said it led them to either delay or forgo healthcare access.
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12 Oct 2023
Predictive Models May Negatively Impact the Performance of Future Tools
By Shania KennedyThe impact of predictive modeling on patient outcomes may negatively affect the predictive performance of subsequent artificial intelligence tools.
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12 Oct 2023
Cedars-Sinai Expands Virtual Care Access with New mHealth App
By Anuja VaidyaCedars-Sinai and digital health company K Health have created an app that aims to streamline and expand access to diagnoses and treatment through AI and telehealth.
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11 Oct 2023
Google Cloud Announces Generative AI Search Capabilities for Healthcare
By Hannah NelsonNew generative AI search features from Google Cloud aim to help drive efficiencies across the healthcare industry and improve clinical decision support.
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11 Oct 2023
Google Cloud Announces Generative AI Search Capabilities for Healthcare
By Hannah NelsonNew generative AI search features from Google Cloud aim to help drive efficiencies across the healthcare industry and improve clinical decision support.
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11 Oct 2023
High Nursing Home Staff Turnover Yields Poorer Care Quality
By Victoria BaileyA 10-percentage point increase in staff turnover was associated with more health inspection citations and worse quality measures.
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11 Oct 2023
Non-Profit Hospitals Up Community Benefits to $130B
By Jacqueline LaPointeNon-profit hospitals provided $20B more in community benefits in 2020, making up 15.5% of total expenses, AHA reports.
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11 Oct 2023
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust uses RealWear headsets for training
By Cliff SaranNHS trauma and orthopaedic department deploys head-mounted cameras to livestream surgeon’s view footage of operations to classroom
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11 Oct 2023
Patients Want Doc Counsel Under Cures Act Patient Data Access Rules
By Sara HeathPatient anxiety levels go down when patients meet with providers under the 21st Century Cures Act patient data access rules.
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11 Oct 2023
AHIMA Launches Social Determinants of Health Data Initiative
By Shania KennedyAHIMA announced that its new Data for Better Health initiative aims to transform healthcare and improve patient outcomes through the use of SDOH data.
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11 Oct 2023
Evernorth Adds Asynchronous Telehealth Options to MDLIVE
By Anuja VaidyaBy acquiring Bright.md, Evernorth Health Services will provide asynchronous telehealth services to MDLIVE’s virtual care patients starting next year.
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10 Oct 2023
Generative Artificial Intelligence Collaborative Launched at HLTH 2023
By Shania KennedyA collective of providers, payers, and other stakeholders have launched VALID AI to explore use cases and best practices for generative AI in healthcare.
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10 Oct 2023
Walmart Expands Virtual Primary Care for Employees Nationwide
By Anuja VaidyaFollowing a successful pilot, Walmart and its virtual care partner, Included Health, are expanding the service, which includes integrated behavioral healthcare.
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10 Oct 2023
Value-Based Payments in Medicaid Tied to More Behavioral Health Visits
By Victoria BaileyUnder New York state’s Medicaid value-based payment program, patients with depression saw an increase of 0.91 behavioral visits.
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10 Oct 2023
Digital Patient Experience Hinges on Online Appointment Scheduling
By Sara Heath80% of consumers said they’d use online appointment scheduling tools if available, underscoring the tech as the key part of the digital patient experience.
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10 Oct 2023
EHR Vendor NextGen Releases AI Solution to Boost Provider Efficiency
By Hannah NelsonThe new AI solution within EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare’s mobile application aims to enhance provider efficiency by summarizing clinical encounters.
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10 Oct 2023
Pediatric Telemental Health Use Swells to 2,300% of Pre-Pandemic Levels
By Anuja VaidyaPediatric telemental health use surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing 30-fold over pre-pandemic levels by August 2022.
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09 Oct 2023
DEA Extends Virtual Prescribing Flexibilities Through 2024
By Anuja VaidyaWith the extension, healthcare providers can prescribe controlled substances, including Adderall and Vicodin, through telehealth without a prior in-person exam.
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09 Oct 2023
MGMA: Sustainable Financing Needed to Protect Rural Healthcare
By Jacqueline LaPointeCongress needs to avert a looming Medicare payment cut and implement prior authorization reform to improve access to rural healthcare, MGMA says.
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06 Oct 2023
VA Announces Health Data Sharing Pledge to Boost Veteran Experience
By Hannah NelsonVA and 13 healthcare systems, including Kaiser Permanente and Intermountain, have pledged to improve the Veteran experience through health data sharing.
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06 Oct 2023
Samsung Strikes Hospital Partnerships for Digital Health Research
By Anuja VaidyaThe electronics company is collaborating with hospitals like Brigham & Women’s to examine smartwatch and algorithm use in enhancing healthcare research and delivery.
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06 Oct 2023
New Physicians See Plenty of Job Offers but Burnout Impacts Choices
By Victoria BaileyOver 80 percent of new physicians reported experiencing feelings of burnout during their training, which may exacerbate workforce challenges.
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06 Oct 2023
Health Equity Accreditation Aims to Provide Actionable Roadmap
By Sara HeathURAC said the health equity accreditation will help organizations that have a commitment to health equity and guide their actions forward.
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06 Oct 2023
New Bill Aims to Enable Virtual Cardiac Rehab for Medicare Patients
By Anuja VaidyaThe newly introduced bill would make permanent a pandemic-era flexibility that allows Medicare reimbursement for home-based cardiac rehab delivered via telehealth.
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05 Oct 2023
University Hospitals Transitions to Epic EHR to Drive Care Coordination
By Hannah NelsonThe health system converted over 5.6 million patient records to an Epic EHR system to enhance care coordination and streamline patient scheduling.
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05 Oct 2023
University Hospitals Transitions to Epic EHR to Drive Care Coordination
By Hannah NelsonThe health system converted over 5.6 million patient records to an Epic EHR system to enhance care coordination and streamline patient scheduling.
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05 Oct 2023
NY Orthopaedic Practice Taps athenahealth EHR for Interoperability
By Hannah NelsonAn orthopaedic practice based in Albany, NY, selected a cloud-based EHR from athenahealth to enhance health data interoperability.
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05 Oct 2023
Virtual Reality Helps Alleviate Pain Among Burn Injury Patients
By Anuja VaidyaA new study shows that a virtual reality-based intervention helped lessen pain associated with dressing changes among adult burn injury patients.
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05 Oct 2023
Government launches £60m Regional Innovation Fund
By Lis EvenstadThe £60m fund aims to support universities in areas with lower R&D investment, while the government is also pumping £8m towards AI scholarships
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05 Oct 2023
Physician Scheduling Vendors Promise Automation, But Issues Arise
By Jacqueline LaPointeProviders are looking to automate physician scheduling for efficiency and a better experience, but complexities around scheduling are hindering progress.
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05 Oct 2023
Risk Stratification May Reduce Unnecessary Pediatric Oophorectomies
By Shania KennedyFollowing the deployment of a risk stratification algorithm, oophorectomies performed for benign disease in pediatric patients decreased from 16.1% to 8.4%.
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05 Oct 2023
mHealth Strategy Improves Diabetes Outcomes Among Black, Latino Patients
By Anuja VaidyaAn intervention led by clinical pharmacists and health coaches using mHealth tools improved blood glucose levels among type 2 diabetes Black and Latino patients.
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04 Oct 2023
75K Kaiser Workers Walk Off in Healthcare’s Largest Strike
By Jacqueline LaPointeThousands of Kaiser Permanente workers are on strike, pushing for higher wages and more staff to combat persistent clinician burnout and shortages.
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04 Oct 2023
Hospitals See Financial Relief as Revenues Increase, Margins Stabilize
By Victoria BaileyNet operating revenue was up by 8 percent in August, surpassing the 4 percent increase in total expenses and indicating some financial relief for hospitals.
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04 Oct 2023
Did the 21st Century Cures Act Patient Data Access Rules Hurt Experience?
By Sara HeathOne academic medical center saw more patient complaints after the 21st Century Cures Act patient data access rules changed how patients see lab results.
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04 Oct 2023
AHA: OCR Tracking Technology Rule Violates HIPAA Regulations
By Victoria BaileyAHA said the rule violates HIPAA regulations and is a bad public policy as many hospitals use third-party technologies in their information-sharing efforts.
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04 Oct 2023
NYC Public Health System Launches Virtual Abortion Access
By Anuja VaidyaIn a first nationwide, New York City's public healthcare system has extended medication abortion access via its ExpressCare telehealth service.
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03 Oct 2023
Racial Health Disparities Emerge in Access to OUD Medications
By Sara HeathThe biggest health disparity in MOUD access was age-based, with those younger than 18 being significantly less likely to access medication than adults.
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03 Oct 2023
What Does the Health Equity Officer Job Role Look Like?
By Sara HeathA Health Affairs paper showed that health equity officers have hospital support, but there’s a long road ahead of dismantling centuries of racism.
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03 Oct 2023
Telehealth Visits Decline 46%, But Telebehavioral Healthcare Still High
By Anuja VaidyaFrom 2020 to 2022, virtual visit volume halved, but telebehavioral health services remained popular, rising to 63 percent of overall telehealth visits.
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03 Oct 2023
Top science journal faced secret attacks from Covid conspiracy theory group
By Computer Weekly and Byline TimesA conspiratorial group of extreme Brexit lobbyists mounted an extraordinary campaign against one of the world’s most prestigious science journals – part of a series of joint investigations between Byline Times and Computer Weekly
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02 Oct 2023
Workforce Woes Surpass Financial Pressure As Healthcare’s Top Threat
By Jacqueline LaPointeMost healthcare IT leaders and clinicians feel workforce challenges, including clinician burnout, are the top threat to their health systems despite ongoing financial pressure.
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02 Oct 2023
Security Budget Growth Plateaus in Healthcare
By Jill McKeonWhile security budget growth continues on an upward trend, new research shows that healthcare and other sectors are increasing their budgets by a smaller amount this year compared to last year.
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02 Oct 2023
mHealth App Fails to Improve Cardiac Rehab Patients' Physical Activity
By Anuja VaidyaA study found that an mHealth app providing tailored text messages didn't boost six-month physical activity levels among cardiac rehab patients.
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29 Sep 2023
VT Health System Streamlines Health IT Strategy with MEDITECH EHR
By Hannah NelsonGifford Health Care is replacing three legacy health IT systems with a MEDITECH EHR to enhance operational efficiency and clinical decision support.
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29 Sep 2023
Hospital Finances Stabilize After 6 Months of Positive Margins
By Jacqueline LaPointeMedian hospital operating margins rose to 1.4% in August, marking the sixth month of consecutive positive margins for hospitals.
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29 Sep 2023
COVID Boosters See More Vaccine Hesitancy Than Flu & RSV Shots
By Sara HeathStill, vaccine hesitancy is uncommon among adults who are most at risk for serious illness from COVID, flu, or RSV this season, KFF data showed.
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29 Sep 2023
$2.8M NIH Grant to Support Development of Kidney Transplant AI
By Shania KennedyUniversity of Florida Health researchers will use the funding to evaluate how artificial intelligence may help clinicians better predict kidney transplant outcomes.
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29 Sep 2023
New Workbook Supports Home-Based Cardiovascular Care
By Anuja VaidyaThe American College of Cardiology's workbook details the guiding principles and objectives of home-based care programs, as well as key performance indicators.
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28 Sep 2023
As Hospitals Consolidate, Medicaid Patients Have Fewer Options
By Jacqueline LaPointeA new research brief finds Medicaid admissions decline as hospital markets get more concentrated, but hospitals question the analysis.
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28 Sep 2023
Navigating the Impact of Rising Healthcare Costs on Patient Finances
By CareCreditRising healthcare costs are straining patient finances, highlighting the need for flexible financial solutions to address a growing problem.
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28 Sep 2023
NIH Designates People with Disabilities as Facing Health Disparities
By Sara HeathBy designating people with disabilities as facing health disparities, NIH is making it easier to research the drivers of health inequities.
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28 Sep 2023
AI Tool May Improve Tumor Removal Accuracy During Breast Cancer Surgery
By Shania KennedyNew AI model designed to predict whether breast cancer tissue has been fully removed from the body during surgery may reduce the need for additional operations.
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28 Sep 2023
Private Insurance Payments Similar for Telehealth, In-Person Claims
By Anuja VaidyaIn 2021, the average private insurer payment was nearly identical for common medical and mental health services provided in person and via telehealth.
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27 Sep 2023
Nuance Releases Generative AI Copilot for Clinical Documentation
By Hannah NelsonThe Nuance DAX Copilot uses generative AI to automatically create draft clinical documentation for physician review and entry in the EHR.
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27 Sep 2023
Nuance Releases Generative AI Copilot for Clinical Documentation
By Hannah NelsonThe Nuance DAX Copilot uses generative AI to automatically create draft clinical documentation for physician review and entry in the EHR.
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27 Sep 2023
University of Texas Awarded Funding for Disease Relapse Prediction AI
By Shania KennedyA team at the University of Texas at Arlington will use a $450,000 grant to develop a predictive analytics tool to forecast which patients’ diseases will recur.
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27 Sep 2023
Colorado AG Reaches Settlement With Skilled Nursing Center Over Data Breach
By Jill McKeonA skilled nursing facility in Colorado will pay a fine and take corrective actions for allegedly failing to protect patient and employee data during a 2021 data breach.
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27 Sep 2023
62% of Hospitals Don’t Automate Any Part of Denials Management
By Jacqueline LaPointeA new survey of healthcare finance and revenue cycle leaders shows a lack of denials management automation but plans to move away from manual processes soon.
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26 Sep 2023
EDs Use Restraints on Black Patients More than White, But Data Is Scant
By Sara HeathResearchers said more study is necessary to fully understand the racial disparity in ED restraint use and the reasons behind the differences.
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26 Sep 2023
Healthcare CFOs Concerned About Economy, Regulations
By Jacqueline LaPointeA survey of healthcare CFOs finds that the current economic environment is the top organizational concern, followed by new regulatory requirements and cost structure.
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26 Sep 2023
Consumers Feel the Pinch of Medical Debt, Skip Healthcare Access
By Sara HeathAbout a third of patients skipped healthcare access this year because of medical debt, up from 28 percent of patients who did the same in 2022.
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26 Sep 2023
AI Achieves High Diagnostic Accuracy in Virtual Primary Care Setting
By Shania KennedyProviders selected an AI-recommended diagnosis in 84% of virtual primary care cases, demonstrating significant potential to improve patient triage over time.
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26 Sep 2023
Advanced Email Attacks Skyrocket in Healthcare
By Jill McKeonAbnormal Security observed a 167% increase in advanced email attacks in 2023, including business email compromise (BEC), phishing, malware, and extortion.
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26 Sep 2023
Providers, Hospital Leaders Not Threatened by New Market Entrants
By Anuja VaidyaHealthcare providers and hospital leadership do not appear worried about the entry of technology and retail companies into the healthcare space, a new survey shows.
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26 Sep 2023
Claims Reimbursement Speed, Denial Rate Tied to Location
By Jacqueline LaPointeA recent analysis finds a connection between where a provider operates and how quickly and accurately insurers reimburse claims.
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25 Sep 2023
Nuance Communications Notifies 1.2M Individuals of Data Breach
By Jill McKeonNuance Communications notified more than 1.2 million individuals of a breach stemming from the MOVEit vulnerability.
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25 Sep 2023
Costco, Sesame Partner to Offer Telehealth Visits at Discount Prices
By Anuja VaidyaCostco members will gain access to virtual visits and telemental healthcare services through the Sesame online marketplace at prices ranging from $29 to $79.
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25 Sep 2023
HC3 Details North Korean, Chinese Cyber Threats to Healthcare Sector
By Jill McKeonHC3 shed light on the tactics of North Korean and Chinese cyber threat actors that pose a risk to the healthcare sector, such as APT43 and APT41.
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25 Sep 2023
Firm Selection, Rollout Key Considerations of Revenue Cycle Outsourcing
By Jacqueline LaPointeA new KLAS report provides advice from providers who have outsourced revenue cycle end to end using leading firms like Ensemble Health Partners and R1.
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25 Sep 2023
Emotional Well-Being Screening Needed for Family Caregivers
By Sara HeathDespite the outsized burden they carry, family caregivers only get screenings for emotional well-being around 16 percent of the time.
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25 Sep 2023
New Texas Telehealth Institute Aims to Boost Rural Healthcare Access
By Anuja VaidyaTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center's new telehealth and digital innovation institute will focus on digital healthcare access, research, and training.