MediFormatica Daily Digest – Wednesday, March 15, 2023 – (69 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.
 | US Sues Rite Aid for Ignoring Glaring ‘Red Flags’ in Opioid PrescriptionsThe Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Monday against Rite Aid, accusing the pharmacy chain of filling hundreds of thousands of opioid prescriptions that had “obvious, and often multiple, red flags.” — MedCity News |
 | The Future of Heart Health – Continuous Heart MonitoringHeart health issues are intermittent and often asymptomatic, leaving issues undetected with individuals unaware of any underlying problem. This presents itself in places where we least expect them, for example Danish soccer player Christian… — MedCity News |
 | Technology of Digitized Patient Intake FormsIt feels like a twentieth-century school exercise in penmanship, not a professional office visit. Where else but the doctor’s office are we asked to come fifteen minutes early to fill out a form with… — Healthcare IT Today |
 | Application of smart devices in investigating the effects of air pollution on atrial fibrillation onsetFew studies have examined the link between short-term exposure to air pollutants and atrial fibrillation (AF) episodes. This study aims to examine the association of hourly criteria air pollutants with AF episodes. We employ… — npj Digital Medicine |
 | Blackbaud Pays $3M to Settle “Misleading Disclosures” Following Ransomware AttackBy Jill McKeon March 15, 2023 – Blackbaud agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges relating to a 2020 ransomware attack that impacted more than 13,000 customers, the Securities and Exchange… — Health IT Security |
 | Rune Labs partners with biopharma company for Parkinson’s researchCalifornia-based Rune Labs, a precision neurology software and data platform company, is partnering with BlueRock Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and subsidiary of Bayer AG, to aid in studying Parkinson’s disease.BlueRock will utilize Rune… — MobiHealthNews |
 | HHS Requests $78M in Funding For OCR in Next Fiscal YearBy Jill McKeon March 14, 2023 – HHS requested $78 million in funding for its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for FY 2024, signifying a $38 million increase from last year’s budget…. — Health IT Security |
 | 5 Key Trends Driving Purchasing Decisions in Healthcare ITAs the healthcare industry continues to evolve and transform with providers facing increasing financial burdens and dynamic patient expectations, Signify Research has had the opportunity to speak to 100s of C-suite health IT executives… — HIT Consultant |
 | Predictive Scoring System Supports Brain Hemorrhage Risk Reduction
By Mark Melchionna — Health IT Analytics |
 | PolyU pilots mobile health management app for aged careThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Nursing, together with a local telecommunications company, has developed a new mobile health management app for the elderly.HOW IT WORKS — MobiHealthNews |
 | ONC: Majority of Office-Based Physicians Used Telehealth in 2021By Mark Melchionna March 15, 2023 – A report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology found that telehealth use grew noticeably over the course of the COVID-19… — mHealth Intelligence |
 | Clinical Decision Support EHR Alert Doubles Heart Failure Drug Prescriptions
By Hannah Nelson — EHR Intelligence |
 | South Korean Health Ministry calls to make telemedicine permanentSouth Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare has released its report on the conduct of temporary telemedicine during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.FINDINGS — Healthcare IT news |
 | HC3 Report Uncovers Key Data Exfiltration Trends in HealthcareBy Sarai Rodriguez March 15, 2023 – Healthcare providers face a heightened risk of data exfiltration, according to a recent HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) brief that delves into the… — Health IT Security |
 | Sengkang General Hospital to promote AI-assisted colonoscopiesSengkang General Hospital in Singapore is turning into a centre of excellence for AI-assisted colonoscopy with support from Medtronic International.The two organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote AI-assisted colonoscopy for colorectal cancer… — Healthcare IT news |
 | Planet Nourish launches NHS pilot opportunity… — DigitalHealth.London |
 | Hopper Health launches to offer primary care for neurodivergent adultsHopper Health, a healthcare navigation and virtual primary care platform, launched this week to provide care for adults with conditions like Tourette’s, ADHD, autism and obsessive compulsive disorder.Patients will have access to healthcare providers… — MobiHealthNews |
 | Lucid Hearing and Independa Launch World’s First Smart TV-Based Hearing Assessment on LG Smart TVsWhat You Should Know:– Lucid Hearing, a provider of holistic hearing healthcare, and Independa, an award-winning software platform providing remote engagement, education, and care, today announced the launch of the world’s first smart TV-based hearing assessments. The announcement marks the first-of-a-kind… — HIT Consultant |
 | What Role Could ChatGPT Have in Clinical Trials? A Bigger One Than You Might ThinkLarge Language Models (LLM) like ChatGPT have taken the world by storm, with everyone from researchers to tech enthusiasts excited about the almost limitless potential of these models. And yes, I’ll admit it that… — MedCity News |
 | Pfizer’s Seagen Acquisition Brings It Full Circle in a Hot Area of Cancer Drug R&DSeagen, the biotech company Pfizer is buying for $43 billion, is considered a pioneer in the class of cancer drugs called antibody drug conjugates. But the first ADC to reach the market wasn’t a… — MedCity News |
 | UPMC tackles medication nonadherence, achieves big clinical and financial ROIThe problem of medication nonadherence is well documented. In the United States. Nearly 30% of all prescriptions are never picked up at the pharmacy, and an estimated 18 million people are unable to afford their medications.THE… — Healthcare IT news |
 | Largest EPR implementation programme in UK already reporting benefitsMedication administration incidents have significantly reduced following the go live of an electronic patient record (EPR) at the largest trust in the UK, its leaders have said.Speaking at Rewired 2023, Sarah McGovern, chief transformation… — Digital Health |
 | South Korean medical software developer Medical IP moves to AWS cloudMedical imaging solutions company Medical IP from South Korea has entered into a new partnership with Amazon Web Services to bolster its digital transformation.They signed a letter of support where they agreed Medical IP… — Healthcare IT news |
 | TytoCare receives FDA 510(k) for wheeze detection softwareVirtual primary care company TytoCare received FDA 510(k) clearance for clinical decision support software that analyzes lung sounds for possible wheezing. Tyto Insights for Wheeze Detection uses TytoCare’s stethoscope to evaluate lung sounds and identify… — MobiHealthNews |
 | Rewired 2023: Limbic announced as first Pitchfest scale-up championLimbic has been announced as the first-ever winner in the brand new scale-up category of Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest 2023.Limbic is the world’s first and only AI mental health chatbot with Medical Class IIa… — Digital Health |
 | How to Tap Into the Partner Ecosystem in Healthcare to Speed Up DisruptionAsk people what is wrong with the healthcare system and you’ll get 10 different answers. But if there’s one thing that everyone can get behind it’s that we need to accelerate innovation and cut… — MedCity News |
 | Morning Headlines 3/15/23… — HIStalk |
 | KLAS Reports Published in February 2023February is always a busy month for KLAS because we publish our Best in KLAS report, and 2023 was no exception. In addition to our flagship report, KLAS published four reports sharing important insights… — KLAS Research |
 | US Approach to Primary Care Access Struggles Is DisjointedBy Sara Heath March 15, 2023 – A new report from FAIR Health indicates that the United States is taking a patchwork approach to patient access to care and primary care, with… — Patient Engagement HIT |
 | Novo Nordisk Follows Eli Lilly’s Lead, Lowering Insulin Prices up to 75%Novo Nordisk is slashing prices of several insulin products by up to 75% amid growing political scrutiny on the prices of these older but still expensive diabetes medicines. The announcement Tuesday comes two weeks… — MedCity News |
 | Racial Disparities Arise From Inconsistent Newborn Drug Screening PolicyBy Sarai Rodriguez March 15, 2023 – A study out of the University of Michigan found that the absence of a clear policy for newborn drug screening, physician bias, and institutional racism… — Patient Engagement HIT |
 | 5 Key Implications for Information Lifecycle Management in 2023The following is a guest article by Krishna Nacha, SVP and Head of North America and Latin America at Iron Mountain — Healthcare IT Today |
 | What Is DICOM, and Why Is It Important for Patient Care?What Is DICOM?DICOM refers to the internationally recognized standard protocol for storing and exchanging digital medical images. It was developed by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and the American College of Radiology in the… — HealthTech Magazine |
 | ATA2023: Finding Inspiration and Moving Hybrid Care ForwardHEALTHTECH: What does hybrid care look like now at Providence? What challenges have you faced to offering a seamless digital health experience for providers and patients?VAEZY: Hybrid care is difficult to operationalize. It requires major… — HealthTech Magazine |
 | KLAS Report: ERP Vendor Performance & Adoption in 2023What You Should Know:– With regulatory and financial pressures increasing, many healthcare organizations continue to move to cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, utilizing them to boost efficiency and provide insights into how business… — HIT Consultant |
 | Featured Health IT Job: Project Director, Healthcare Quality Measurement and OutcomeWe like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Project Director, Healthcare Quality Measurement and Outcome position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT… — Healthcare IT Today |
 | Deep-Learning Tool Helps Identify Patients with Cirrhosis
By Shania Kennedy — Health IT Analytics |
 | ChristianaCare Launches Virtual Primary Care to Improve Patient AccessBy Mark Melchionna March 15, 2023 – ChristinaCare has launched a virtual primary care practice that aims to allow patients to build and maintain relationships with a primary care team through various… — mHealth Intelligence |
 | Connecting patients with outpatient services through their NHS AppHealth Call, which has been at this year’s Rewired event this year, is a unique NHS-owned digital health company. It was set up to share digital health expertise and resources to drive down the… — Digital Health |
 | CMS Administrator: Telehealth Flexibilities Greatly Expanded Access, But Up To Congress To ExtendThe telehealth flexibilities allowed during the Covid-19 public health emergency greatly expanded access to healthcare services. But after the public health emergency ends, it’s ultimately up to Congress to further extend these flexibilities, said… — MedCity News |
 | Indian EMR startup HealthPlix scores $22M in Series C fundingHealthPlix, a startup that runs one of India’s biggest EMR platforms, has raised $22 million in a Series C funding round led by Avataar Venture Partners and SIG Venture Capital. The round was also… — MobiHealthNews |
 | Opioid Settlements are Making Headlines; Is Now The Time to Soften Guidelines?Jeremy Bloom, CEO, NorthSight RecoveryThe United States only represents five percent of the world’s population; however, Americans consume 80 percent of the world’s opioids.1 The U.S. is the world’s leader in the use of… — HIT Consultant |
 | TytoCare Receives FDA Clearance for AI-Powered Tyto Insights for Wheeze Detection– TytoCare, a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, today announced that it received FDA clearance for its Tyto Insights for Wheeze Detection, paving the way for its rollout in… — HIT Consultant |
 | CodeX Grows Steering Committee To Advance HL7 FHIR Interoperability
By Hannah Nelson — EHR Intelligence |
 | Resist ‘shiny things’ and ensure digital transformation delivers real benefitsEnthusiasm for digital change must be focused on outcomes and the things that matter to patients, urged national leaders from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, in this morning’s keynote session on the Digital Transformation… — Digital Health |
 | Rewired 2023: Hera crowned Pitchfest start-up winnerHera has been crowned the winner in the start-up category of Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest 2023.Hera is a digital-first maternity and child health platform, launching in postnatal care. The company edged out close runners-up… — Digital Health |
 | Protai Raises $20M to Build an Oncology Drug Discovery PipelineWhat You Should Know:– Protai, a proteomics and AI-powered drug discovery startup revolutionizing the way new drugs are discovered, today announced a $12 million extension of its seed round, bringing the total amount to… — HIT Consultant |
 | Big wins in the medical imaging industry amid high hospital demandsThe rising burden of multiple diseases and the growing rate of mortality in recent times has amplified the increase in healthcare spending to cater to the surging requirement for early diagnosis. According to the… — Omnia Health Insights |
 | Can State Policy Levers Catalyze Health Information Exchange Use?
By Sarai Rodriguez — EHR Intelligence |
 | NHS shouldn’t use tech risks fear to avoid embracing innovation – FerrisThe health service needs to ensure that fear of the risks of technological innovation don’t slow the pace of change, national director of transformation at NHS England Dr Tim Ferris told a keynote session… — Digital Health |
 | Maribel Health raises $25M and more digital health fundingsMaribel Health, a company that helps healthcare systems design, build and operate technology-enabled home and community clinical care services, secured $25 million in a Series A funding round led by General Catalyst. The New Hampshire-based… — MobiHealthNews |
 | FDA Clears TytoCare’s New Algorithm for Wheeze Detection
Virtual care company TytoCare on Wednesday received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its wheeze detection algorithm, allowing the company to begin commercializing the product in the U.S. — MedCity News |
 | UK has unique opportunity to share data and improve population’s healthInnovative data sharing between the NHS and high street pharmacy could deliver a huge leap forward in early prevention of disease and improved management of long-term conditions.New collaborations between all the different contributors to… — Digital Health |
 | Greenway Listens to Customers to Be Best in KLASGreenway Health’s Intergy Practice Management (PM) solution was recently ranked in the top five as a ‘Best in KLAS’ solution. This recognition was, in part, thanks to improvements that were made from direct user… — Healthcare IT Today |
 | Growing Nephrology Nursing Workforce Crisis Demands Policy Attentiondial — MedCity News |
 | ChristianaCare Rolls Out DTC Virtual Primary Care PracticeChristianaCare, a health system with headquarters in Delaware, on Tuesday launched a direct-to-consumer virtual primary care practice. The new service was rolled out to help increase access to round-the-clock, convenient primary care, as many… — MedCity News |
 | Amboy Street Ventures Launches $20M Fund to Support Femtech StartupsWhat You Should Know:– Amboy Street Ventures, the world’s first venture capital firm focused on women’s health and sexual health for all genders, closed its debut $20 million fund.– Amboy Street plans to invest in… — HIT Consultant |
 | Preventive сare startups are here. Success story Naluri. Digital Health Interviews: Azran Osman-RaniPreventive care should definitely be a priority for humanity but there are always issues on how to make it happen. – Companies that are making lots of money thanks to 'sick care' don't want… — BeKey |
 | News 3/15/23… — HIStalk |
 | Curating Digital Spaces for Patients with Sara VaezyAdam Cherrington and Dan Czech are joined by Sara Vaezy, Executive VP Cheif Strategy and Digital Officer at Providence Health.Sara has spent her entire career in or adjacent to healthcare. Working in everything from… — KLAS Research |
 | Vendor notebook: New health assessment AI tools could improve outcomes and reduce costsResearchers and healthcare technology innovators are using artificial intelligence in many ways to improve patient outcomes and experiences and healthcare delivery. TytoCare, Noze and Google in partnership with Mayo Clinic aim to tackle some of the… — Healthcare IT news |
 | HHS Cites 27 Medicare-Covered Drugs Whose Prices Rose Faster Than InflationAbbVie, Gilead Sciences, Pfizer, and Roche are among the companies that must cut a check to the U.S. government. Those companies have Medicare-covered medicines whose prices rose faster than inflation and according to a… — MedCity News |
 | PointClickCare Acquires Value-Based Care EHR Patient PatternWhat You Should Know:– PointClickCare Technologies, a healthcare technology platform enabling meaningful collaboration and access to real‐time insights at every stage of the patient healthcare journey, today announced the acquisition of Patient Pattern. Financial terms of… — HIT Consultant |
 | How SAMHSA Is Tackling the Mental Health Workforce ShortageAbout 37% of Americans live in areas where there is a shortage of mental health providers. By 2025, the U.S. will be short about 31,000 full-time equivalent mental health practitioners, said Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, assistant… — MedCity News |
 | AI regulatory framework and workforce training key priorities says CushnanClarifying the regulatory framework and embedding training of the health workforce are key to accelerating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the UK health system, speakers told a packed “Changing the conversation on… — Digital Health |
 | No significant clinical harm from Advanced cyber attack says Phil HugginsFollowing the Advanced cyber attack in August 2022, Phil Huggins has revealed to a Digital Health Rewired audience that the NHS has “seen no clinical impact or significant clinical harm”, after a review to… — Digital Health |
 | Vendor notebook: New health assessment AI tool could improve outcomes and reduce costsResearchers and healthcare technology innovators are using artificial intelligence in many ways to improve patient outcomes and experiences and healthcare delivery. TytoCare, Noze and Google in partnership with Mayo Clinic aim to tackle some of the… — Healthcare IT news |
 | Maribel Health Raises $25M to Create the Future of Advanced Care at HomeWhat You Should Know:– Maribel Health, a turnkey partner for health systems looking to design, build, and operate a full continuum of advanced home and community services, announced today the completion of a $25 million Series A… — HIT Consultant |
 | OpenLoop Secures $15M for White-Label Telehealth SupportWhat You Should Know:– OpenLoop, a leader in white-label telehealth support services powering virtual and hybrid care across the country, today announced it has raised a $15M Series A funding.– The round was led… — HIT Consultant |
