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Highmark Covers AppliedVR’s Product for Chronic Low Back Pain – MedCity News

MedCity News - (Thursday September 12, 2024)
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Highmark, an insurer in Pennsylvania, will now cover AppliedVR’s RelieVRx, a device for chronic low back pain, the companies announced Monday. This makes Highmark the first commercial insurer to cover the device.

RelieVRx is an…

300+ Provider Organizations Urge Feds to Prevent Leaked DEA Rule From Going into Effect – MedCity News

MedCity News - (Thursday September 12, 2024)
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More than 330 healthcare organizations signed letters this week urging the White House and Congress to extend a telehealth prescribing flexibility that was introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Failure to extend this policy would cause…

How can HIMSS help organizations support digital transformation?

HIMSS - (Thursday September 12, 2024)
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When it comes to digital transformation, every system can use some extra support. 💪That’s a huge part of what we do at HIMSS, and we talked to our VP Simon Lin to get his…

AvaSure, Oracle, NVIDIA Partner to Create AI-Powered Virtual Concierge for Hospitals

HIT Consultant - (Wednesday September 11, 2024)
AI/ Digital Health/ Frequent Updates/ HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: 

– AvaSure, a leader in acute virtual care solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to develop a groundbreaking virtual concierge solution powered by NVIDIA AI technology. 

– …

App Rationalization: An Important Step Before Moving to the Cloud

HealthTech Magazine - (Wednesday September 11, 2024)
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Configuration Management Databases and Reference Architecture
As newer technologies and processes emerge, it’s important to have a strong foundation in place. Organizations can’t rationalize what they don’t know they have, so configuration management is a…

Healthcare AI News 9/11/24 – HIStalk

HIStalk - (Wednesday September 11, 2024)
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News

Apple announces Apple Intelligence, which will add AI capabilities to the latest models of IPhones, MacBooks, and IPads with the launch of IOS 18 later this month. It will include:

Writing tools that can rewrite…

Pieces Technologies Raises $25M to Expand GenAI Clinical Solutions

HIT Consultant - (Wednesday September 11, 2024)
AI/ Digital Health/ Frequent Updates/ HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: 

– Pieces Technologies, a provider of clinical generative AI solutions that supports inpatient care teams secures $25M in growth financing. 

– The funding round was supported by significant participation from Children’s Health,…

Salesforce to launch pre-built AI tools for healthcare

Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday September 11, 2024)
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Salesforce has announced a new library of artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities for industries that offer healthcare-specific tools. Organizations can deploy them to automate time-consuming tasks. Available on Health Cloud, the new generative AI features integrate with…

UC Irvine electronic patient-reported outcome tool reduces cancer care disparities

Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday September 11, 2024)
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Management of cancer patients’ symptoms always has been a challenge for providers, especially among racial/ethnic minoritized (REM) populations that often face health disparities that might negatively impact their health outcomes.THE PROBLEM
Hence, over the years…

Epic’s Approach to AI with Sean McGunigal, Director of AI at Epic | Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare IT Today - (Wednesday September 11, 2024)
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As long time readers will know, we were happy to be able to take part in the Epic UGM conference in Verona, WI this year.  If you missed it, be sure to check out…


I am an experienced healthcare executive with over 15 years of deep clinical and informatics expertise in the design, development, implementation and support of complex healthcare solutions. Beginning my career as a cardiologist, I understand the needs of clinicians and the nature of their work.