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22 Nov 2024
Exclusive bolsters services depth with Cloudrise buy
Distributor extends presence in the US and gains more expertise to share across the global organisation
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22 Nov 2024
Making a channel event hit the target
The industry enjoys a good get together, but with pressure on time, those organising conferences have to pitch it just right. MicroScope speaks to Distology to find out how
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22 Nov 2024
Swiss encrypted messaging service, ePost, targets one million postal users
Swiss ePost chief Renato Stalder bets on encrypted communications as demand for letter delivery falls
Health IT News from the past 365 days
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27 Mar 2024
Cyber spies, not cyber criminals, behind most zero-day exploitation
Analysis from Google has found that zero-day vulnerabilities are much more heavily exploited for espionage purposes than for financially motivated cyber crime
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27 Mar 2024
Chronic care access limits diagnosis & quality for women
It takes women more than a year longer to get a diagnosis than men, spelling out an issue with chronic care access and clinical quality.
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27 Mar 2024
HHS offers resource guide to providers impacted by Change Healthcare cyberattack
The guidance document consists of health plan contact information to help providers bridge communication gaps as they work to recover from the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
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27 Mar 2024
CMS final rule aims to simplify Medicaid, CHIP enrollment, coverage
The CMS final rule updated renewal and enrollment policies and sought to eliminate practices that cause coverage disruptions.
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27 Mar 2024
Primary care delivery is similar across all Medicare patient mixes
The rate of social needs screenings was low among primary care physicians serving primarily Medicare Advantage patients and those serving traditional Medicare patients.
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27 Mar 2024
Carequality interoperability network celebrates 10 years of HIE
The Carequality interoperability framework facilitates the exchange of over 745,000,000 documents every month across disparate HIE networks, regions, and technologies.
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27 Mar 2024
Patient satisfaction suffers under poor hospital admission & discharge
Patient satisfaction scores were lower when patients did not receive good post-discharge notes and communication.
- 27 Mar 2024
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27 Mar 2024
Machine learning tools predict COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, uptake
New study suggests that principles of behavioral economics – such as risk aversion – may have a significant impact on attitudes around vaccination and immunization.
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27 Mar 2024
SCOTUS to issue a decision on mifepristone in the coming months
Following yesterday’s hearing, experts predict that SCOTUS will issue a final ruling on mifepristone access in the coming months, likely siding with the FDA.
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27 Mar 2024
Transplant teams are less likely to accept donor hearts for Black men
An analysis of transplant center teams’ donor heart acceptances revealed that Black men on the wait list had the lowest probability of acceptance.
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27 Mar 2024
2024 MIPS Changes and Their Impact on Emergency Medicine
CMS continues to shift the MIPS reporting process with a new model specifically designed to align with physician specialties, like emergency medicine.
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26 Mar 2024
Shareholders win when businesses do better at cyber
The more advanced a company’s cyber security performance, and the more engaged its board is with security issues, the greater the return for shareholders, a report has found
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26 Mar 2024
Retail health clinic utilization climbed by 202% by 2022
Although still one of the least-visited alternative care sites, retail health clinic utilization soared between 2021 and 2022.
- 26 Mar 2024
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26 Mar 2024
NHS SBS launches digital advisory framework
The Digital Health Advisory Services framework agreement aims to provide a way for health and care organisations to get help with digital transformation and skills
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26 Mar 2024
Limited EHR integration impacts use of clinical communication tools
Interviewed customers of clinical communication vendors PerfectServe, TigerConnect, and Baxter reported the highest levels of EHR integration in a new KLAS report.
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26 Mar 2024
HC3 alerts shed light on two popular healthcare cyberattack tactics
Recent HC3 sector alerts warned healthcare organizations of email bombing and credential harvesting, both of which may be used to enable healthcare cyberattacks.
- 26 Mar 2024
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26 Mar 2024
Deep learning model detects COVID-19 infection using lung imaging
A deep neural network-based automated detection tool could assist emergency room clinicians in diagnosing COVID-19 effectively using lung ultrasound images.
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26 Mar 2024
Tax breaks higher than community investments for most non-profit hospitals
Non-profit hospitals spent an average of 3.87 percent of their budgets on community investments in 2021.
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26 Mar 2024
Digital maternal health tools hold promise, but equity question remains
Patients are using digital maternal health tools to manage care, but racial/ethnic minorities are more likely to point out cultural competence issues.
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25 Mar 2024
Healthcare leaders launch Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network
The newly formed Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network aims to advance the quality and safety of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
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25 Mar 2024
New cyber legislation would provide advance payments to providers facing hacks
Senator Mark Warner introduced legislation that would allow providers to receive advance payments in the event of a cyber incident, provided they meet minimum cybersecurity standards.
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25 Mar 2024
Private payers initially deny nearly 15% of medical claims
A new survey from Premier Inc. reveals a high rate of initial claim denials from private payers, including claims pre-approved through prior authorizations.
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25 Mar 2024
Medicaid disenrollments surpass 18M, exceeding HHS projections
Most Medicaid disenrollments occurred due to procedural reasons, meaning beneficiaries did not complete the required renewal process.
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22 Mar 2024
Medicaid Health Plan Will Reimburse Health Equity Certification
The health plan aims to improve health equity among its in-network hospitals by reducing certification costs.
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22 Mar 2024
Machine learning predicts perioperative peripheral artery disease risk
Machine learning models accurately forecasted one-year major adverse outcomes following endovascular intervention for peripheral artery disease.
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22 Mar 2024
Digital health tools fall short of improving type 2 diabetes outcomes
A new report questions the efficacy of digital health tools for type 2 diabetes, noting minimal clinical benefits and increased spending linked to their use.
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22 Mar 2024
Age-adjusted drug overdose deaths stabilized from 2021 to 2022
While drug overdose deaths declined in younger patients and increased in older individuals, the overall age-adjusted drug overdose deaths remained stable.
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22 Mar 2024
The global total fertility rate declined by over 50% from 1950 to 2021
Fertility rates in many countries have declined below replacement and are expected to continue declining.
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22 Mar 2024
Health equity investment slated to continue into 2024
Nearly every organization plans to maintain their current health equity investments, with 73 percent saying they may increase their equity priorities.
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21 Mar 2024
NCSC guidance to help CEOs work through cyber incidents
The NCSC has published in-depth guidance on how business leaders should respond to a cyber attack or data breach. Learn about some of the key steps you will need to follow
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21 Mar 2024
IR35 reforms: IT contractors urged to reclaim tax they may have overpaid in off-payroll settlements
With the government set to fix the settlements offset issue from 6 April, contractor insurance firm Qdos is urging individuals who worked for non-compliant IR35 organisations to see if they can reclaim any money they have overpaid
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21 Mar 2024
OCR updates HIPAA guidance on online tracking technologies
The HIPAA guidance prohibits regulated entities from using online tracking tech to disclose PHI to vendors for marketing and other purposes without consent.
- 21 Mar 2024
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21 Mar 2024
Artificial intelligence unpredictably impacts radiologist performance
AI improves performance for some radiologists, but not others, raising questions about a one-size-fits-all integration approach for the tools in healthcare.
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21 Mar 2024
Massachusetts residents delay services due to high healthcare costs
Nearly 70 percent of Massachusetts residents are worried about high healthcare costs, with co-pays and hospital bills topping the list of concerns.
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21 Mar 2024
CDC issues measles outbreak health advisory, encourages vaccination
The advisory highlights 58 confirmed measles cases across 17 US jurisdictions in 2024.
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20 Mar 2024
UK’s cyber resilience stagnates as more fall victim to attacks
The government is calling on businesses to ramp up their cyber protections as study shows improvements to resilience are stagnating amid an ever-growing volume of attacks
- 20 Mar 2024
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20 Mar 2024
HHS, payers meet to address Change Healthcare cyberattack response
HHS called on payers to improve support for small, rural, safety-net providers but acknowledged progress on Change Healthcare cyberattack response.
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20 Mar 2024
Healthcare orgs face significant data modernization challenges
Healthcare organizations report an average 124% ROI for their data investments, but many cite data management and integration as major roadblocks.
- 20 Mar 2024
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20 Mar 2024
Change Healthcare cyberattack affecting hospital finances, care access
Nearly 60 percent of responding hospitals said the revenue impact of the Change Healthcare cyberattack is $1 million per day or higher.
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20 Mar 2024
MSSP accountable care organizations share key priorities and challenges
Health system consolidation and Medicare Advantage growth posed recruitment and retention challenges for MSSP accountable care organizations.
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20 Mar 2024
AstraZeneca acquires Fusion Pharmaceuticals in $2 billion deal
The acquisition provides AstraZeneca with access to clinical-stage, next-generation radioconjugates for oncology.
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19 Mar 2024
Patient portal message responses vary by race, ethnicity
Data shows that for Asian, Hispanic, and Black patients, the odds of getting a patient portal message response from a physician are lower.
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19 Mar 2024
One-third of the global population is affected by neurological disease
Nervous system disorders are the leading causes of disease burden worldwide, according to a study in the Lancet Neurology.
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19 Mar 2024
Google Health shares generative AI, health equity research updates
Google Health detailed recent advances in its generative AI research, alongside efforts to improve health equity and disease detection.
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19 Mar 2024
CMS announces new ACO model focused on primary care
The voluntary ACO model will be part of the Medicare Shared Savings Program for low-revenue participants starting in 2025.
- 19 Mar 2024
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19 Mar 2024
MA hospitals losing $24M per day following Change Healthcare cyberattack
In addition to reimbursement losses, Massachusetts hospitals are reporting claims processing and pharmacy disruptions due to the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
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19 Mar 2024
MRI-based prostate cancer risk calculators prone to underprediction
Two MRI-based models to predict prostate cancer risk performed well in European and North American cohorts, but were prone to underestimate risk in a third group.
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19 Mar 2024
Healthcare spending is higher in Medicare households, study finds
Healthcare spending accounted for 13.6 percent of total household spending for Medicare households compared to 6.5 percent for non-Medicare households.
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19 Mar 2024
FDA ODAC favors 2 CAR T-cell therapies for multiple myeloma
The advisory committees voted in favor of Abecma and Carvykti for patients with multiple myeloma.
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19 Mar 2024
Better change management key to patient self-scheduling buy-in
Patients appear on board for patient self-scheduling technologies, but buy-in from providers is another story.
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18 Mar 2024
The Security Interviews: Alex Yampolskiy, SecurityScorecard
Alex Yampolskiy conceived the idea for risk management specialist SecurityScorecard after getting stung by a SaaS supplier that was being cavalier with its customer data. He tells his story to Computer Weekly
- 18 Mar 2024
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18 Mar 2024
CCS slammed over errors in G-Cloud 14 data protection documents
The government’s procurement arm is under fire again, after prospective suppliers to the G-Cloud 14 framework raised complaints about CCS’s quality control procedures
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18 Mar 2024
Liverpool to get AI hub for health and social care
Artificial intelligence platform set to use NHS Integrated Care System Data to make better and decisions for patients in Liverpool, with a focus on mental health services
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18 Mar 2024
VisiQuate, MedeAnalytics top revenue cycle analytics rankings
A recent KLAS report found that VisiQuate topped third-party revenue cycle analytics rankings, while usability pushed MedeAnalytics close to the top.
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18 Mar 2024
Generative AI may enhance healthcare-associated infection surveillance
Two AI-driven tools can accurately detect cases of central line-associated bloodstream infection and catheter-associated urinary tract infection.
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18 Mar 2024
63% of known exploited vulnerabilities found on healthcare networks
A study shows just how exposed medical devices and implementations are to cyberattacks from CISA-tracked known exploited vulnerabilities.
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18 Mar 2024
Humana and Baptist Health reach contract agreement for in-network coverage
Starting April 1, Humana beneficiaries can receive in-network coverage again at Baptist Health hospitals, physicians, clinics, and outpatient facilities.
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17 Mar 2024
UK’s AI ambitions pointless while cyber security is still neglected
The UK’s AI ambitions may be at considerable risk without stronger cyber defences across the private and public sectors
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15 Mar 2024
NHS to extend use of AI to cut waiting times and missed appointments
Following a pilot of AI software predicting likely missed appointments at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, 10 further trusts will deploy the system
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15 Mar 2024
EHR vendor MEDITECH integrates generative AI for clinical notes
Building on its collaboration with Nuance Communications, EHR vendor MEDITECH has announced the integration of a generative AI tool that drafts clinical notes.
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15 Mar 2024
Generative AI may bolster digital healthcare software development
New research suggests that generative artificial intelligence could speed the development of health software by improving coding quality and efficiency.
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15 Mar 2024
Bipartisan lawmakers present bill to solidify telehealth flexibilities
The legislation makes several pandemic-era regulatory flexibilities permanent, including reimbursing for audio-only telehealth through the Medicare program.
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15 Mar 2024
Have US maternal mortality rates actually doubled?
An analysis in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology suggests the answer is no, attributing rising rates to increased surveillance.
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15 Mar 2024
Eli Lilly partners with Amazon Pharmacy to deliver GLP-1 drugs
The partnership is helping support the company’s LillyDirect platform, which will now deliver drugs through Amazon or Truepill.
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15 Mar 2024
Are rising US maternal mortality rates inflated?
Researchers contend that the high maternal mortality rate in the US is overstated due to unclear documenting practices.
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14 Mar 2024
Questions raised over NHS deletion of thousands of emails during whistleblower tribunal
NHS doctor Chris Day has won the right to challenge a tribunal ruling that found no procedural unfairness when an NHS trust deleted thousands of emails. The case that raises wider questions about the use of electronic evidence
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14 Mar 2024
NIH launches long COVID clinical trial for nervous system dysfunction
The NIH’s RECOVER-AUTONOMIC clinical trials explore treatments for autonomic nervous system dysfunction caused by long COVID.
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14 Mar 2024
Wellcare partners with tech company to improve value-based primary care
The partnership will allow Wellcare to share increased financial risk and advance value-based primary care.
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14 Mar 2024
Hospital payment cap slashes prices in Ore.
A new study finds a hospital payment cap in the Oregon state employee health insurance plan reduced prices and price variation.
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14 Mar 2024
Racial minority IBD patients find mental health apps ‘acceptable’
Minority IBD patients experience high rates of anxiety and depression, but a new study shows the acceptability of using mHealth apps to manage their mental health.
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14 Mar 2024
Predictive tool use has little effect on knee surgery decision-making
The use of a predictive tool designed to forecast outcomes of total knee arthroplasty did not significantly alter patients’ willingness for surgery.
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14 Mar 2024
Healthcare data breaches are piling up 3 months into the year
Individuals impacted by these healthcare data breaches at hospitals and other entities are encouraged to monitor account statements and credit reports for suspicious activity.
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14 Mar 2024
FDA requests $7.2 billion from Biden’s 2025 fiscal year budget
The request will fund enhanced food safety and nutrition, address shortages and supply chain challenges, and modernization efforts.
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13 Mar 2024
Microsoft AI-powered cyber service to go live in April
After a year being previewed by beta customers, Microsoft’s much vaunted Copilot for Security service is about to go on general release, promising time savings and improved accuracy for hard-pressed security pros
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13 Mar 2024
Acne treatments contain harmful levels of benzoyl peroxide
An independent lab analysis found that multiple products, including acne treatments, contain high levels of benzoyl peroxide, up to 800 times greater than the regulatory limit.
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13 Mar 2024
Healthcare stakeholders call for hospital-at-home waiver permanency
A group of healthcare stakeholders, including providers, vendors, and associations, are urging Congress to extend the CMS hospital-at-home waiver beyond 2024.
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13 Mar 2024
Continuous Medicaid eligibility during PHE improved postpartum coverage
After the continuous Medicaid eligibility requirement was implemented, postpartum Medicaid enrollment rose from 63.1 percent to 72.8 percent.
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13 Mar 2024
Deep learning tool predicts brain metastasis in lung cancer patients
A new deep learning approach utilizes histopathology images to forecast whether a patient’s lung cancer will eventually spread to the brain.
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13 Mar 2024
Little progress made with hospital price transparency compliance
Only about a third of hospitals are fully compliant with federal price transparency requirements three years later, a new report shows.
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13 Mar 2024
Childhood cancer survivors don’t adhere to surveillance guidelines
Less than 55% of childhood cancer survivors adhere to surveillance guidelines for colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and cardiomyopathy.
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13 Mar 2024
Using gen AI to translate medical jargon in discharge notes
Discharge notes riddled with too much complex medical jargon can confuse patients, but generative AI can support health literacy.
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12 Mar 2024
March Patch Tuesday throws up two critical Hyper-V flaws
Two critical vulnerabilities in Windows Hyper-V stand out on an otherwise unremarkable Patch Tuesday
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12 Mar 2024
Labour will use AI to grow the economy by 0.5%, says shadow tech secretary Peter Kyle
The Labour Party plans to promote the use of artificial intelligence in small businesses and across government to grow the economy, but transparency and building trust with the public will be key
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12 Mar 2024
Mayo Clinic develops novel AI class to advance cancer research, care
Hypothesis-driven artificial intelligence could enhance cancer studies and guide personalized treatment by focusing on specific research questions.
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12 Mar 2024
Care orgs tap Microsoft generative AI for clinical documentation
Standford Medicine, WellSpan Health, and Providence are early adopters of DAX Copilot, a generative AI tool for clinical documentation from Microsoft.
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12 Mar 2024
Healthgrades: communication, patient experience sway recommendations
Doctor and nurse communication are among the top patient experience issues that predict whether a patient will recommend a hospital to others.
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12 Mar 2024
Lower reimbursement rates, denials behind razor-thin margins
A survey of health system CFOs identifies major pain points, including lower reimbursement rates, more denials, and high labor costs.
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12 Mar 2024
What are the top patient safety concerns for this year?
ECRI listed workforce challenges and patient access to maternal and perinatal care as the leading patient safety concerns for this year.
- 12 Mar 2024
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12 Mar 2024
Machine learning enables prediction of pediatric urinary condition
New tool uses machine learning to forecast risk of dilating vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), a common cause of hydronephrosis in infants.
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12 Mar 2024
Healthcare hit hardest by ransomware last year, FBI IC3 report shows
LockBit and ALPHV/BlackCat were the top ransomware variants to impact critical infrastructure sectors last year, according to the FBI’s 2023 Internet Crime Report.
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12 Mar 2024
2024 Medicare Advantage premiums remain low and stable
For beneficiaries selecting plans through eHealth, the average Medicare Advantage premium is $9 per month—the same as in 2023.