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 Missouri drug monitoring program taps Bamboo Health for operations
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) Every state but Missouri has operated a statewide prescription drug monitoring program for years. Now, the Show-Me state has come around to see the value of more advanced tracking controlled substances among registered providers.WHY IT MATTERS  CSRI, eHealth Exchange partner up for TEFCA
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) eHealth Exchange this week announced that it will be partnering with the Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability – comprising the largest nonprofit health data networks in the U.S. – in its anticipated role as a Qualified Health Information Network.WHY IT MATTERSAs one of the nation’s oldest and largest health information networks, eHealth Exchange brings 13 years of experience to its planned QHIN status under the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, or TEFCA. |
 Geisinger solves behavioral health access problem with telemedicine
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) Benjamin C. Gonzales, operations manager II, virtual care, at Geisinger, said the prominent health system has faced a problem that is the biggest problem in behavioral healthcare: access. And while Geisinger’s population certainly has experienced its own challenges with behavioral health access like other communities, the problem has been significantly compounded by three things.THE PROBLEM  What are Regulatory Compliances for #Healthcare #Products? || EMed #HealthTech
EMed HealthTech - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) As in every industry, the healthcare industry is also ruled by certain regulations that determine what is legal and illegal. Every country has certain regulations the healthcare industry needs to follow while implementing healthcare #software #solutions. Here are 6 major healthcare #regulations :1. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act #HIPAA -… |
 Vendor Notebook: new tools and acquisitions from OptumRx, ScionHealth, others
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) It’s a new year, and healthcare technology vendors are rolling out their latest innovations, market approvals, acquisitions and staffing shake-ups.OptumRx launched Price Edge, a tool that compares pricing for traditional generic drugs to ensure members get the lowest prescription drug prices. A suite of new tools for both patients and providers target aspects of pharmacy logistics that have been known to delay or complicate care, such as getting real-time pharmacy benefits information and obtaining prior authorizations. In October, Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy services company, merged with data clearinghouse Change Healthcare. The U.S. Department of Justice tried to block the merger and is appealing the…  HammondCare beefs up IT monitoring across its aged care network
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) Not-for-profit aged care service provider HammondCare has tapped German enterprise monitoring solutions provider Paessler to proactively monitor its IT infrastructure nationwide.With more than 5,100 dedicated staff and volunteers, HammondCare delivers aged care, dementia care and palliative care to around 34,000 clients in over 92 service locations across Australia. |
 SA Health kicks off patient-generated data project with The Clinician
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) SA Health, together with the Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health, will start collecting and analysing patient-reported measures across South Australia through its new programme.The Patient Reported Measures (PRM) programme will support clinical services to deliver “high-quality, patient-centred, and value-driven care” by encouraging patients to report on health outcomes and experiences.  Cortisol, Learning to Master the Master Hormone
eHealth Radio Network - (Tuesday January 24, 2023) Wibe Wagemans who has spent years researching every scientific paper on cortisol and other hormones and has interviewed the world’s leading scientists & PhDs, who have studied cortisol across many medical disciplines (endocrinology, gynecology, psychology, gastroenterology, physiology) joins eHealth Radio & the Health News Channel. He has a comprehensive understanding of the role cortisol plays and is an engaging speaker and can converse in ways that nonscientists can understand. He is co-author of Cortisol: The Master Hormone. |
 Hyndman Area Health Center cuts IT bill in half with the cloud
Healthcare IT news - (Tuesday January 24, 2023) Hyndman Area Health Center – a holistic Pennsylvania-based health center providing family medicine, dental health, behavioral health and more – transitioned from client-hosted servers to eClinicalWorks cloud-based servers to expand its network capacity and meet a rising data demand.Since then, it has experienced a more than 150% increase in patients and has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past few years since it no longer relies on physical servers.  UChicago to launch accelerator for AI and data science companies
Healthcare IT news - (Tuesday January 24, 2023) The University of Chicago this week announced the creation of Transform, an accelerator for early-stage technology companies focused on data science and artificial intelligence.WHY IT MATTERSThe new program – which is part of the Deep Tech Ventures initiative at the UChicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – aims to offer a wide array of support to startups: access to business and technical training, industry mentorship, venture capital connections, and funding opportunities |
