MediFormatica Daily Digest – Friday, March 24, 2023 – (61 posts)
In todays fast-paced world, it is easy to miss out on important information, especially if you are trying to keep up with a lot of different sources. That is where the daily digest comes in – it is a tool that compiles all the posts created on the previous day, providing you with a convenient summary of everything that happened so you can stay informed, educated, and engaged with the Digital Health world around you.
 | A mixed-methods study exploring women’s perceptions and recommendations for a pregnancy app with monitoring toolsDigital health tools such as apps are being increasingly used by women to access pregnancy-related information. Conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study investigated: (i) pregnant women’s current usage of digital health tools to… — npj Digital Medicine |
 | CRISPR Combined with Glowing Proteins for Viral DetectionResearchers at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed a sensitive diagnostic test for viral pathogens that is suitable for use in low-resource regions. The test is based on CRISPR proteins that… — Medgadget |
 | Roundup: Lunit gets new CE mark for AI DBT solution and more briefsLunit obtains new CE mark for AI DBT solutionSouth Korean medical AI company Lunit has received a CE mark under Europe’s latest Medical Device Regulation for its AI software for digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT)… — MobiHealthNews |
 | Jersey selects BridgeHead’s HealthStore to manage medical imagesThe Government of Jersey’s Health and Community Services (HCS) Department has contracted with BridgeHead Software to implement HealthStore to consolidate all medical images in a central repository accessible by clinical and support staff. HealthStore, which… — Digital Health |
 | Weakly supervised deep learning to predict recurrence in low-grade endometrial cancer from multiplexed immunofluorescence imagesPredicting recurrence in low-grade, early-stage endometrial cancer (EC) is both challenging and clinically relevant. We present a weakly-supervised deep learning framework, NaroNet, that can learn, without manual expert annotation, the complex tumor-immune interrelations at… — npj Digital Medicine |
 | ThoughtFull gets $4M funding from Temasek’s Sheares, other tech foundersSingapore-based digital mental health company ThoughtFull has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Sheares Healthcare Group, a healthcare-focused investment entity under Temasek. The round was also joined by Vulpes… — MobiHealthNews |
 | Digital Health and Care Wales to launch digital systems usability surveyDigital Health and Care Wales is set to launch a new digital systems usability survey, which will assess the effectiveness of the clinical digital systems that are in use across NHS Wales.The survey will… — Digital Health |
 | Neurotechnology company Cognito Therapeutics scores $73MCognito Therapeutics, a startup using visual and auditory stimulation to treat neurodegenerative disorders, scored $73 million in a Series B funding round led by FoundersX Ventures, bringing its total raise to $93 million. All existing… — MobiHealthNews |
 | What Is Telemental Health: Benefits, Privacy and PitfallsWhat Is Telemental Health?The National Institute of Mental Health defines telemental health as “the use of telecommunications or videoconferencing technology to provide mental health services.” Telebehavioral healthcare refers to the process of observing behavior… — HealthTech Magazine |
 | Q&A: Why patient trust is key for burgeoning retail healthcare providersLast month, two large retail and pharmacy companies made big moves in healthcare delivery: Amazon completed its purchase of One Medical, and CVS Health announced plans to buy Oak Street Health. The deals aren’t unexpected,… — MobiHealthNews |
 | KLAS Names Epic, NextGen Top EHR Vendors for InteroperabilityBy Hannah Nelson March 23, 2023 – Among enterprise EHR vendors, advanced users of Epic reported the most health information exchange (HIE) connections, according to a KLAS report on interoperability. — EHR Intelligence |
 | Dark Web Intel Underutilized by CISOs, Diminishing Healthcare CybersecurityBy Sarai Rodriguez March 24, 2023 – The healthcare sector struggles to keep pace in a rapidly changing healthcare cybersecurity landscape, as some CISOs neglect to leverage dark web intelligence, resulting in a weaker cyber… — Health IT Security |
 | Woolworths-owned HealthyLife launches telehealth service with Global HealthSupermarket giant Woolworths’ health and wellness subsidiary HealthyLife has started offering same-day telehealth services.It has tapped a third-party virtual platform provider, ASX-listed Global Health, to help connect patients with GPs, dietitians, and nutritionists who… — Healthcare IT news |
 | Democratic Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Revamp VA EHRM ManagementBy Hannah Nelson March 24, 2023 – Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs have introduced two bills that aim to revamp how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) approaches the management of… — EHR Intelligence |
 | What’s the Impact of Connectivity on Patients and Providers?Many of us take high quality internet connectivity for granted since our home networks and cell phones have gotten so good. However, you know how much it impacts you personally if you have ever… — Healthcare IT Today |
 | Complex modeling with detailed temporal predictors does not improve health records-based suicide risk predictionSuicide risk prediction models can identify individuals for targeted intervention. Discussions of transparency, explainability, and transportability in machine learning presume complex prediction models with many variables outperform simpler models. We compared random forest, artificial… — npj Digital Medicine |
 | Sturdy Memorial Hospital’s three keys to curbing physician burnoutPhysician burnout has been a huge focus for healthcare provider organizations since before the pandemic – but the pandemic intensified the problem.Dr. Brian Patel knows this all too well. Patel is senior vice president… — Healthcare IT news |
 | Levels Is Making Metabolism and Blood Glucose Tracking Accessible To EveryoneLevels has done something truly transformative: the company made continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) accessible to the general population and every day consumer. In many circles, it seems the trend of bringing healthcare to the… — Medgadget |
 | 17 Execs Share How Health IT Can Address Clinician Burnout, Staffing, & CapacityClinician shortage has reached a new level of urgency as we face rising demand and healthcare costs, according to a recent Accenture report. Healthcare workers are increasingly burned out and leaving the industry altogether… — HIT Consultant |
 | Study: Artificial pancreas technology improves diabetes control in childrenGlucose levels in children ages 2 to 5 with Type 1 diabetes were within the target range for a longer period of time with an artificial pancreas than with standard care, according to a… — MobiHealthNews |
 | Industry Spotlight: Stuart Watkins, Strategy Manager for Health at Crown Commercial ServiceInnovative technology procurement has a ‘critical’ role to play in patient care, says Stuart Watkins. At Crown Commercial Service, he has helped develop a step-by-step guide to buying digital transformation solutions in the NHS,… — Digital Health |
 | 339 – Improving Healthcare Outcomes with Remote Patient Monitoring. Vidya Nallamad, Net-HealthLifestyle conditions and chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart problems, and obesity are putting a huge strain on healthcare systems and making it difficult for people around the world. Fortunately, remote patient monitoring technology… — Talking HealthTech |
 | Vital Secures $24.7M for AI-Driven Solutions for Hospitals, Health SystemsWhat You Should Know:– Vital, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital health company improving the patient experience, today announced that it has raised $24.7M in Series B funding to fuel expansion and support the rapid growth… — HIT Consultant |
 | Morning Headlines 3/24/23March 23, 2023 Headlines No Comments Vital Secures $24.7 Million in Series B Funding to Advance Its Artificial Intelligence-Driven Software for Patients, Hospitals and Health Systems — HIStalk |
 | Beyond London: How DigitalHealth.London Accelerator companies have spread nationallyLondon is one of the biggest hubs of healthcare innovation in Europe. London healthtech startups secured $2.9bn in funding from 2016 to 2021 according to data from London & Partners and Dealroom.co. The findings… — DigitalHealth.London |
 | NHS Innovation Accelerator programme welcomes 17 new Fellows in 2023The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) has announced 17 new Fellows will join the programme in 2023, making it the largest cohort since its launch in 2015 and resulting in the programme now supporting close… — Digital Health |
 | The Wrestle to Make Interoperability and External Data More MeaningfulIn 2022, KLAS hosted an interoperability summit to determine with leaders across the healthcare industry how to measure vendors’ interoperability performance in a holistic way. After creating a framework—which measures adoption, connectivity, utility, use… — KLAS Research |
 | Maribel Health Raises $25M Series A to Create the Future of Advanced Care at HomeMaribel designs, builds, and operates turnkey advanced home and community care models for health systems facing staffing and capacity constraints — Healthcare IT Today |
 | Patients Ok Test Results Via Patient Portal Even Without Doc CounselNearly every patient would rather get their test results via the patient portal, even if their provider hadn’t reviewed those results yet, according to new data from OpenNotes. — DistilINFO Hospital IT |
 | Missouri Disability Patients Gain Access to Telehealth Via New CollabBy Mark Melchionna March 24, 2023 – A collaboration between the Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities, IntellectAbility, and StationMD aims to support Missouri patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by offering telehealth services, with… — mHealth Intelligence |
 | Guy’s and St Thomas’ first to use TORS approach for surgeryA team from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust have become the first in the world to use the Versius robotic surgery system to operate through a patient’s mouth. Operating through the mouth… — Digital Health |
 | Health system optimism for Oracle Health dropped last year, says KLASThe new study from the Arch Collaborative is composed of findings gathered from three rounds of interviews with Oracle Health (Cerner) customers in March, July and November 2022.Delivering on promises questioned — Healthcare IT news |
 | Intermountain Healthcare Unveils Data-Driven Precision Medicine CompanyBy Mark Melchionna March 23, 2023 – Intermountain Healthcare announced the launch of biotechnology company Culmination Bio (Culmination), which is developing an anonymized and de-identified intelligence platform that aims to enhance patient care through the… — Health IT Analytics |
 | Payers Can & Should Do More to Solve Providers’ Burnout Crisis, Health Tech CEO SaysProviders across the country continue to suffer from a burnout crisis and major workforce shortage, and they are in dire need of AI-based technologies to make healthcare employees’ work more efficient, according to a… — MedCity News |
 | Maximising neurological recovery – Rewire launches in April 2023Rewire, an app that delivers personalised neuro-rehabilitation, launches its pilot at County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust on April 3rd 2023. Dr Raj Parmar, CEO of Rewire Rehab Ltd shares why he and Co-Founder… — DigitalHealth.London |
 | Racial Health Disparities in Fentanyl Overdoses Worsened in 2020By Sara Heath March 24, 2023 – The racial gap in overdose deaths is not a new phenomenon, but according to new research out of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, those racial health… — Patient Engagement HIT |
 | 5 Trends to Look for in Healthcare Cost TransparencyPaul Ketchel, CEO of MDsaveOver two years have passed since the hospital price transparency rule was enacted. Unfortunately, America still struggles with high, painfully opaque pricing across healthcare that hurts employers, workers, patients, and… — HIT Consultant |
 | Morning Headlines 3/23/23March 22, 2023 Headlines No Comments Veterans Affairs shares statement on electronic health records rollout — HIStalk |
 | How digital twins can give a boost to precision medicineIn the past, when an individual complained of chest pain, they would be tested to check if they were suffering from heart disease and would be recommended surgery. The surgeon would then provide rough… — Omnia Health Insights |
 | Roundup: See-Mode obtains approvals in ANZ, secures first Canada deal and more briefsSee-Mode receives ANZ approvals for its AI breast, thyroid imaging solutionMelbourne-based See-Mode Technologies have recently obtained regulatory approvals in Australia and New Zealand for its AI-powered breast and thyroid ultrasound solution. It is now… — MobiHealthNews |
 | Imagene Profiles Cancer Biomarkers in Real TimeCancer therapies have proliferated over the past few decades, improving outcomes for many patients. But this variety requires accurate diagnostics and appropriate decision making to choose the optimal course of therapy. The current gold… — Medgadget |
 | Common multi-day rhythms in smartphone behaviorThe idea that abnormal human activities follow multi-day rhythms is found in ancient beliefs on the moon to modern clinical observations in epilepsy and mood disorders. To explore multi-day rhythms in healthy human behavior… — npj Digital Medicine |
 | Protai Adds $12 Million to Seed Round – Bringing the Total to $20 Million – to Build an Oncology Drug Discovery PipelineSince its initial funding last year, Protai has launched collaborations with leading hospitals, opened a wet lab and expanded its advisory board with world-renowned oncology experts, including MD Anderson’s CSO, Prof. Giulio Draetta — Healthcare IT Today |
 | EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 3/23/23People are always asking me how I’m reacting to various things in the news. I was saddened last week to see that Pear Therapeutics is searching for ways to remain viable. They were one… — HIStalk |
 | Aledade Expands Access to Value-Based Care for More Medicare Advantage CustomersWhat You Should Know:– Aledade is continuing its strong momentum today, announcing that Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage customers can now receive value-based care from Aledade’s network of independent primary care practices.– Participating practices can access… — HIT Consultant |
 | Smartphone-Tracked Digital Markers of Momentary Subjective Stress in College Students: Idiographic Machine Learning AnalysisBackground: Stress is an important predictor of mental health problems such as burnout and depression. Acute stress is considered adaptive, whereas chronic stress is viewed as detrimental to well-being. To aid in the early… — JMIR mHealth and uHealth |
 | Ribbon Health Enables Access to Provider Appointment Booking, Eliminating Barriers to CareWhat You Should Know:– Ribbon Health (Ribbon), a leader in healthcare provider data technology and management launches new platform features that will increase access to care through provider scheduling.– Enabled by partnerships with leading booking marketplaces,… — HIT Consultant |
 | 82K Kroger Customers Impacted By Healthcare Data BreachBy Jill McKeon March 23, 2023 – Postal Prescription Services (PPS), part of Kroger, notified more than 82,000 Kroger customers of a data breach that stemmed from an internal error resulting in improper sharing of… — Health IT Security |
 | The Ever Evolving World of Cybersecurity ThreatsTechnology and the way people are using it are evolving in an increasingly steady pace. Just 20 years ago cellphones were getting photo display functions for the first time and were primarily being used… — Healthcare IT Today |
 | Top innovations in healthcare spottedHealthcare worldwide is constantly evolving due to changes in the fields of medication and diagnostics, but also because of the fast-moving nature of global economies which makes time a priority factor when considering treatments… — Omnia Health Insights |
 | ORCHA creates UK’s first Digital Health FormularyPrompted by the rapid expansion of the digital health sector, the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA) has created two tailored products – including the country’s first Digital Health Formulary… — Digital Health |
 | Epic EHR Integration Looks to Streamline Genetic Testing AccessBy Hannah Nelson March 23, 2023 – A new Epic EHR integration aims to simplify provider access to genetic testing information within Aura, Epic’s specialty diagnostics suite. — EHR Intelligence |
 | Racial Disparities Uncovered in Pediatric Pulse Oximetry ReadingsBy Mark Melchionna March 23, 2023 – In determining the accuracy associated with pulse oximetry readings for children, Black patients were found to be more likely to receive false indications of hypoxemia or lack thereof,… — mHealth Intelligence |
 | Vivante Expands Virtual GI Care with AI-Driven Care PlansWhat You Should Know:– Vivante Health, a provider of digital digestive health solutions for employers and health plans, is expanding its GIThrive platform with enhanced technology that optimizes triage, telemedicine appointments with physicians in every state when needed,… — HIT Consultant |
 | AI as an Editive System :: Punit Soni’s Vision for 2023A regular panel discussion including the brightest minds in the healthcare industry. With a focus on digital health, DHR holds collaborative conversations with physicians, patients, scientists, creatives, technologists, and executives devoting their efforts to… — The Digital Health Roundtable |
 | News 3/24/23Top News ED patient experience software vendor Vital raises $24.7 million in a Series B funding round. The Atlanta-based company has raised $46 million since its founding in 2019. Co-founder and CEO Aaron Patzer,… — HIStalk |
 | Key Challenges and Solutions to Enhance the Post-Procedure ExperienceWhat You Should Know:– Abbott today released the latest installment in the company’s multi-year Beyond Intervention series of global healthcare market research designed to uncover challenges that arise within the patient journey of people living with cardiovascular disease and to identify… — HIT Consultant |
 | HC3 Checklist Helps Healthcare Sector Ensure Mobile Device SecurityBy Jill McKeon March 24, 2023 – The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) released a mobile device security checklist, containing important considerations for using mobile devices in a healthcare setting. “Mobile devices are prevalent… — Health IT Security |
 | AHN/RHS Partner with Unite Us to Support Integrated Behavioral Health and Social CareWhat You Should Know:– Unite Us is partnering with Advance Health Network IPA and Recovery Health Solutions IPA (AHN/RHS), behavioral health independent physician association’s (IPAs) operating in affiliation and comprised of 47 behavioral health… — HIT Consultant |
 | CISA Issues Revised Cybersecurity Performance GoalsBy Jill McKeon March 23, 2023 – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an updated version of its Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs), a set of voluntary practices that critical infrastructure organizations may adopt… — Health IT Security |
 | AI Predicts Community-Based Opioid Deaths Using Social Media PostsBy Shania Kennedy March 24, 2023 – Researchers from Stony Brook University have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that uses social media posts to forecast opioid death rates more accurately than methods relying on… — Health IT Analytics |
