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Ingestible Sensor Reveals Gastric MotilityMedgadget - (Thursday February 16, 2023) - Daily Reads/ Medgadget | |
 | Researchers at MIT have developed an ingestible sensor that can reveal gastrointestinal motility issues, such as gastroparesis and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The technology is intended for use as an easy at-home method to diagnose such issues, which typically require more invasive and inconvenient procedures, such as endoscopy or X-ray imaging. This new technology is based on the concept that a magnetic field produced by an electromagnetic coil becomes weaker the further away you move from the coil. This change in field signal is predictable, allowing researchers to calculate the distance accurately by measuring the magnetic field. The ingestible sensor measures [...]...
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Elation Health Acquires Lightning MD to Build Primary Care All-in-One SolutionHIT Consultant - (Thursday February 16, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ HIT Consultant | |
 | What You Should Know:– Primary care EHR Elation Health acquires cloud-based medical billing and payer connectivity provider Lightning MD, a platform that was created by nurses. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.The acquisition is part of Elation Health’s bid to be a one-stop shop for all primary care — something that co-founder and CEO Kyna Fong, Ph.D., has been driving despite all the odds.As part of the acquisition, Elation will continue to support practices integrated with over 20 practice management and billing solutions connected via the Elation application programming interface (API).Lightning MDFounded in 2017 by registered nurses Kelly Schoenfeld and...
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Automated Mass Spec Technique to Detect AntidepressantsMedgadget - (Thursday February 16, 2023) - Daily Reads/ Medgadget | |
 | Scientists at Brown University have designed an automated liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) system that allows clinicians to rapidly and easily process patient samples to determine levels of antidepressant drugs in the body. Getting the correct dose of antidepressant drugs into the bloodstream is important to ensure efficacy and avoid side-effects. However, current assays to measure the levels of such drugs in the blood are cumbersome, require large blood samples, and involve multiple time-consuming steps, limiting their use by clinicians. This new system requires very small sample volumes, and employs a robot liquid handling system that is commonly found [...]...
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Report: Pharma R&D ROI Falls to Lowest Level in 13 YearsHIT Consultant - (Thursday February 16, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ HIT Consultant | |
 | What You Should Know:– Deloitte Centre for Health Solutions releases its thirteenth annual report, ‘Seize the Digital Momentum: Measuring the return from pharmaceutical innovation 2022’ that explores the performance of the biopharmaceutical industry (bio Pharma) and its ability to generate returns from investment in innovative new medicines.– Since 2021, much of the world has successfully adjusted to life where COVID-19 is more endemic as vaccines and treatments reduced the risk and severity of illness, however geopolitical turmoil and a global cost-of-living crisis have continued to drive serious instability in the health landscape.Pharmaceutical Innovation – Trends and Insights At a GlanceThis is...
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Health equity hindered by SDOH coding roadblocksHealthcare IT news - (Thursday February 16, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | A new American Health Information Management Association study aimed at finding a better understanding of the operational realities of how social determinants of health data is used in real-world healthcare scenarios, finding a lack of standardization, insufficient training and limited cross-sector use.WHY IT MATTERS The study, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, surveyed more than 2,600 AHIMA members and nonmembers from a pool of 41,000 potential respondents between August 24 and September 9, 2022. Respondents included coding professionals; managers, directors and vice presidents of health information management; HIM team members and executives. SDOH data can offer additional insights to help enrich clinical decision-making...
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AI can be a big help to healthcare workers, but there are legal issues to considerHealthcare IT news - (Thursday February 16, 2023) - AI/ Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | As burnout among healthcare workers continues to be a major concern, the use of artificial intelligence, EHRs and other automation tools may be able to have a positive impact on hospitals and health systems.When it comes to artificial intelligence, some legal issues arise. That's why we interviewed Carly Koza, an authority on this topic and Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney associate. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is a national law firm with 450 attorneys and government relations professionals across 15 offices representing companies including 50 of the Fortune 100. Koza discusses what healthcare provider organizations should prepare for when it comes to growing AI...
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From Telemedicine to Complete Virtual Care and BeyondHIT Consultant - (Thursday February 16, 2023) - AI/ Frequent Updates/ HIT Consultant | |
 | Michael Gorton, CEO of Recuro HealthTelemedicine has helped improve the quality of life of patients in every corner of the world and has been successfully utilized to provide convenient care to people with limited or no access to health services. Today, worldwide digital interconnectivity is growing, enabling telehealth to advance health equity, bring access to care for underserved regions and meet the urgent, primary and behavioral healthcare needs of an exploding global population.It has been a remarkable journey for the innovators who pioneered telemedicine. Since its inception, digital health services began the transformation from traditional healthcare — a reactive, disease-focused model...
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Medication risk analysis company MDI Health raises $20MMobiHealthNews - (Thursday February 16, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ MobiHealthNews | |
 | Healthcare analytics company MDI Health scored $20 million in Series A funding, bringing the company's total funding to $26 million.Intel Capital led the round, with participation from Maverick Ventures Israel, alongside existing investors Fresh.Fund, Arc Impact, Hanaco Ventures, Jumpspeed Ventures, former Optum senior vice president Richard Montwill, Welltech Ventures and Basad Ventures. Yoni Greifman, Intel Capital's investment director, will join MDI's board of directors. WHAT IT DOES Israel-based MDI offers an AI-enabled tool that provides medication risk analysis based on a patient's medical records with the aim of preventing adverse drug reactions. The funds will help the company scale its U.S. and Israeli research and...
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Primary care tech company Elation Health acquires billing platform Lightning MDMobiHealthNews - (Thursday February 16, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ MobiHealthNews | |
 | Elation Health, which offers tools for telehealth, patient engagement and an EHR geared toward primary care providers, announced on Thursday that it had acquired billing and practice-management company Lightning MD.Elation said it would combine the billing and revenue cycle software with its tools to offer an all-in-one product in beta starting this summer. Practices who use other management and billing software through Elation's API will still have that option. Founded in 2017, Lightning MD partnered to integrate with Elation's services last year. "Healthcare technology is rapidly evolving, particularly in the primary care sector where we have the greatest opportunity to improve patient outcomes and...
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HTA to Offer Cognoa’s Canvas Dx Diagnostic Device for Autism to Member OrganizationsHIT Consultant - (Thursday February 16, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ HIT Consultant | |
 | What You Should Know:– Health Transformation Alliance (HTA), a cooperative of nearly 60 of America’s largest employers, has partnered with Cognoa, a pediatric behavioral health company, to offer the company’s Canvas Dx diagnostic device for autism to all HTA Member organizations and their employees.– HTA will offer its member organizations – some of the most influential and significant brands in the U.S. – the opportunity to add Canvas Dx to their benefit design.Expanding Horizons By Increasing Accessibility To Child Health ServicesThis partnership comes at an ideal time when the pandemic has exacerbated long-standing gaps in pediatric behavioral and developmental healthcare. As...
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