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EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 2/16/23

HIStalk - (Thursday February 16, 2023)
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As we approach the end of the declared emergency surrounding the COVID pandemic, it will be important to assess how shifts in healthcare policies including those involving payment, access, and prescription medications will impact health outcomes.
A recent article in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal-Fetal Medicine looked at hos telehealth care impacted racial disparities in visit attendance during the pandemic. As background, the US has a terrible track record for maternal care, with maternal mortality rates that are significantly higher than other high-income countries. Additionally, in the US black woman are more likely to die during pregnancy and…

Elation Health Buys Medical Billing Company to Create All-in-One Tech Platform for Primary Care Providers

MedCity News - (Thursday February 16, 2023)
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Elation Health — a San Francisco-based company that sells its electronic health record (EHR) and other technology solutions to primary care providers — on Thursday announced its  acquisition of medical billing firm Lightning MD.
The deal will help Elation become an all-in-one technology platform for primary care offices, CEO Kyna Fong said in a recent interview. Fong founded Elation with her brother in 2010. The siblings grew up in Canada, where their father was a primary care physician — and a passionate one. He was so passionate that he ended up moving his family to the U.S. because he couldn’t “practice the…

How to Leverage Diagnostic Development to Guard Against RSV, Flu and Covid-19 [Sponsored]

MedCity News - (Thursday February 16, 2023)
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For the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals focused on understanding the Covid-19 virus, how best to guard against it, and developing tests to detect it. They also tracked, aggregated, and analyzed health data to assess and monitor the public health threat on a regional, state and country-wide level. In the longer term, vaccine development and distribution were used to slow the spread to avoid a collapse of the health system and to reduce the potency of the virus for the majority of people.
More recently, attention has shifted to the long perceived threat of viruses coming together with…

Oracle Signs Contract with Accenture to Improve VA Cerner EHR Training

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday February 16, 2023)
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Oracle has signed a contract with Accenture to improve the training clinicians receive on using the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Cerner EHR platform, according to reporting from FedScoop. Oracle-owned Cerner had determined it…

Odds of Hospital Readmission 34% Higher for Black Heart Attack Patients

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday February 16, 2023)
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The risk of hospital readmission after a heart attack is markedly higher for Black people than White, a trend researchers said in JAMA Network Open should prompt further investigation into how systemic racism and…

Mylab leverages Qure.ai’s tech to enhance TB screening

MobiHealthNews - (Thursday February 16, 2023)
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Indian biotech company Mylab Discovery Solutions is integrating Qure.ai’s AI technology into its upcoming x-ray device for screening tuberculosis.According to a press statement, MyBeam is a compact, lightweight device equipped with high-frequency technology for detecting TB. It will be powered by Qure.ai’s deep-learning software qXR to analyse chest x-ray images and identify TB within a minute. 
WHY IT MATTERS
India is one of the biggest contributors to global TB cases, accounting for 26% of the total global count and 34% of all TB deaths.
By leveraging technological innovation, both Mylab and Qure.ai aim to support the Indian government’s goal of eliminating TB by 2025. Their integrated…

Morning Headlines 2/16/23

HIStalk - (Thursday February 16, 2023)
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February 15, 2023 Headlines No Comments CPSI Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
CPSI reports Q4 results: revenue up 12%, adjusted EPS $0.61 versus $0.58, beating analyst expectations for both.
Cyber attack exposes personal data of approximately 1 million Community Health Systems patients
Hospital management company Community Health Systems (TN) begins notifying patients of a cyberattack on its third-party cybersecurity vendor Fortra, which may have exposed patient information.
CommonSpirit Health Releases FY2023 Q2 Financial Results
CommonSpirit Health reports a $474 million Q2 operating loss, some of which it attributes to the October ransomware attack that took its systems offline for nearly a…

Blood Biotech Grifols Cuts Deep in the U.S. to Find €400M in Savings

MedCity News - (Thursday February 16, 2023)
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Grifols, a company that turns blood plasma into therapies for immunological disorders and other conditions, is laying off about 2,000 U.S. workers as part of a corporate restructuring projected to yield up to €400 million in annual cost savings, the biotech announced Wednesday.
The layoffs represent about 8% of the Barcelona-based company’s global workforce, but they will happen mainly in its U.S. plasma operations. That’s notable because as a company that relies on plasma, the U.S. is vital to its business. The starting point for Grifols’s therapies is blood plasma. Key to its drug-making process is fractionation, in which the protein components…

Reducing red-tape for healthcare organisations with Provider Connect Australia.

AuDigitalHealth - (Thursday February 16, 2023)
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Visit www.digitalhealth.gov.au to see how we’re connecting Australia to a healthier future, and you to better healthcare.No audio? No problem. We've transcribed it below: When a new provider joined Longlife Medical, Mariana had to…

BCBS Tennessee Unveils Health Disparities in First Health Equity Report

MedCity News - (Thursday February 16, 2023)
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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee unveiled its first Health Equity Report Tuesday, which analyzed six topics of health disparities: behavioral health, cancer, child and adolescent care, chronic condition management, Covid-19 and maternal health.
The report serves as a way to understand the inequities that exist among its members to determine ways the payer can address the disparities, said Dr. Andrea Willis, chief medical officer of BCBS Tennessee. “We wanted to get a better picture of the health issues and barriers to care faced by our members and Tennesseans as a whole, so that we could more effectively partner with health care providers to…


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