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Geisinger solves behavioral health access problem with telemedicineHealthcare IT news - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | 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 "First and most obvious, the pandemic," Gonzales stated. "Unsurprisingly, we experienced a surge in demand much like other specialties in our system. Before the pandemic, it was common for our department to have a couple hundred outstanding referrals. "We quickly saw that increase to a maximum of 19,000...
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What are Regulatory Compliances for #Healthcare #Products? || EMed #HealthTechEMed HealthTech - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) - EMED HealthTech/ Videos | |
 | 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 -...
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Vendor Notebook: new tools and acquisitions from OptumRx, ScionHealth, othersHealthcare IT news - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | 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...
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HammondCare beefs up IT monitoring across its aged care networkHealthcare IT news - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | 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. It has rolled out the Paessler PRTG, a round-the-clock network monitoring software, across its 76 care facilities. WHY IT MATTERS "HammondCare’s primary objective in implementing the Paessler PRTG monitoring platform was to provide our team with proactive insights and alerts to minimise the regular incidents that were occurring previously," infrastructure and cloud manager Kasun Haputhanthri said. Since deploying...
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SA Health kicks off patient-generated data project with The ClinicianHealthcare IT news - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | 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. SA Health and CIEH have chosen digital health company The Clinician via an open tender process to help implement the programme. They will leverage the latter's ZEDOC platform, which will be integrated with SA Health's IT systems to automate the distribution, collection, and analysis of patient-reported outcomes and experience measures. WHY IT...
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Cortisol, Learning to Master the Master HormoneeHealth Radio Network - (Tuesday January 24, 2023) - eHealth Radio Network/ Podcasts | |
 | 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. Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Wibe Wagemans discuss the following: What made you want to write this book? What is Cortisol? What do people...
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Hyndman Area Health Center cuts IT bill in half with the cloudHealthcare IT news - (Tuesday January 24, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | 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. Healthcare IT News sat down with Bill Kurtycz, CEO of Hyndman Area Health Center, to discuss cloud technology, cloud EHRs and telehealth, and how the technologies have benefitted the provider organization. Q....
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UChicago to launch accelerator for AI and data science companiesHealthcare IT news - (Tuesday January 24, 2023) - AI/ Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | 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 Transform is seeking two cohorts of as many as 10 companies each. Candidates should be focused on information technologies and data science: AI and machine learning, data engineering, analytics and...
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NextGen Healthcare hit by BlackCat ransomwareHealthcare IT news - (Tuesday January 24, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | The group, also known as ALPHV and suspected to be a successor to BlackMatter, has demanded ransoms as high as $1.5M with affiliates keeping 80-90%, according to the Office of Information Security at U.S. Health and Human Services and the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center.WHY IT MATTERS The Russian ransomware group allegedly attacked the EHR vendor NextGen on January 17, The Washington Post reported on Monday. "The company says it doesn't look like the hackers obtained any client data or patient data," according to the Post. Healthcare IT News reached out to NextGen for comment and will update this story if it responds. Claiming responsibility, BlackCat "put...
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What’s ahead for health IT policy and legislation in 2023Healthcare IT news - (Monday January 23, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | With Congress providing telehealth waivers as part of its omnibus spending bill at the close of 2022, delaying the "telehealth cliff" for two years, HIMSS says it's now ready to make the case for permanent reimbursement of virtual care.Also on its policy agenda for the year ahead: advocating for data standardization, offering input for interoperability rulemaking and engaging with agencies and states to increase telehealth access. We spoke with the HIMSS government relations team for their thoughts on those priorities and more in 2023 and beyond. Making telehealth's case for cost control Telehealth has proven to reduce burdens on healthcare providers and improve...
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