AI News
 Remove the Ghosts from Haunted Provider Directories for Payers
HIT Consultant - (Wednesday August 7, 2024) Meghan Gaffney, CEO and co-founder, Veda Payers place many resources—including time, personnel, and money—into maintaining provider networks for their plans and members. What is the intended goal after negotiating and contracting with networks? An…  Patients Demand Personalized Obesity Care, New Survey Finds
HIT Consultant - (Wednesday August 7, 2024) What You Should Know: – Phenomix Sciences, a precision medicine biotechnology company, released findings from a new survey revealing a growing demand for personalized obesity care. – The survey of 475 patients explored attitudes… |
 Guidehealth Secures $14M for AI-Powered Value-Based Care
HIT Consultant - (Wednesday August 7, 2024) What You Should Know: – Guidehealth, an AI-powered healthcare services provider raises $14M in seed funding led by Memorial Hermann Health System, with participation from healthcare entrepreneur Sidd Pagadipati and other industry leaders. –…  New way to protect patient data for training AI models
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday August 7, 2024) A recent study in South Korea has explored the use of a cryptographic scheme widely used in secure elections to protect patient data used in training AI models. Researchers from Asan Medical Center have applied… |
 Does healthcare need AI? #healthtech #digitalhealth #AI
BeKey - (Wednesday August 7, 2024)  It's not that the industry needs AI necessarily. It's just that AI oftentimes helps automate those processes that need to be automated in healthcare….  Blue Shield of California Offers Blue Zones App to Encourage Healthier Living – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Wednesday August 7, 2024) Blue Shield of California is trying to encourage its members to live like those in “blue zones” by offering access to the Blue Zones Challenge App, the insurer announced last week. Blue zones are… |
 News 8/7/24 – HIStalk
HIStalk - (Wednesday August 7, 2024) Top News OneBlood, a blood center that serves 250 hospitals in the Southeast, restores its critical software systems after a July 29 ransomware attack forced them offline.  Study: Healthcare Industry Embraces Generative AI with Caution
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday August 6, 2024) What You Should Know: – A new McKinsey survey reveals that the healthcare industry is increasingly recognizing the potential of generative AI (gen AI) to revolutionize patient care and operational efficiency. – While a majority of… |
 Physicians Reveals GLP-1s for Weight Loss are Overprescribed
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday August 6, 2024) What You Should Know: – A large majority of physicians feel GLP-1s are being overprescribed, according to a new survey from Virta Health, a leader in type 2 diabetes reversal. – The Virta Health…  HPS/PayMedix Acquires TempoPay to Simply Healthcare Payments
HIT Consultant - (Tuesday August 6, 2024) What You Should Know: – HPS/PayMedix, a leading provider of healthcare financing solutions, announced the acquisition of TempoPay, an innovative payments platform designed to help employees manage healthcare costs. Financial details of the acquisition… |
