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 Google announces funding for AI-enabled digital health projects
MobiHealthNews - (Wednesday September 13, 2023) Google announced it is funding 15 AI-powered projects, including digital health initiatives to improve provider experience and patient access to care, via its commitment to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Each project received…  Pancreatic Cancer Prediction Model May Reduce Unnecessary Biopsies
Health IT Analytics - (Wednesday September 13, 2023) By Shania Kennedy September 13, 2023 – Researchers have developed and externally validated a prediction model to detect early-stage pancreatic cancer using routinely collected blood biomarkers, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. |
 Provider AI Strategy Moves From The IT Dept. To The C-Suite
HIT Consultant - (Wednesday September 13, 2023) What You Should Know: A new study from Bain & Company and KLAS Research shows US healthcare providers are accelerating spending on IT and software. The research shows nearly 80% of healthcare executives say they…  It’s Ok To Be Not Ok: Acknowledging Grief and Depression
eHealth Radio Network - (Wednesday September 13, 2023)
Dr. Nikki Martinez, an Independent Medical Expert at the Federal level and has been an Adjunct professor for the past 13 years joins eHealth Radio and the Psychology & Relationships Channels. Dr. Martinez also… |
 Employers Struggle with Employee Weight Care as GLP-1 Demand Soars
HIT Consultant - (Wednesday September 13, 2023) What You Should Know: Found, a medically assisted weight loss program, released its inaugural State of Weight Care Report from a survey representing 500 large employers with a minimum of 5,000 employees each and more than…  Senators push back on DEA proposed telehealth rules, say they’d affect patient care
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday September 13, 2023) This is a developing story with updates expected.U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.), John Thune (R-S.D.) and four of their colleagues expressed support for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s new engagement on a potential special registration… |
 User-unfriendly EHRs pose serious risks to patient safety
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday September 13, 2023) “Hospitals and health systems have spent more than $100 billion on EHRs over the last decade, and most believe that these systems are completely safe and usable but that is not necessarily the case,”…  Blue Shield of California announces faster CRM data tools
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday September 13, 2023) Blue Shield of California says its new customized Salesforce care management system will help it expand and scale more in-depth care services to members and expand self-service capabilities for employers in order to improve… |
 Short-Form Video Exposure and Its Two-Sided Effect on the Physical Activity of Older Community Women in China: Secondary Data Analysis
JMIR mHealth and uHealth - (Wednesday September 13, 2023) Background: Being physical active is essential for healthy ageing, but there is a tendency in older adults to become more physical inactive. Physical inactivity is exacerbated since COVID-19 epidemic. Lockdown measures and the application…  Xealth: Connecting Hospitals and Health Systems to Patient Apps and Health Information | Healthcare IT Today
Healthcare IT Today - (Wednesday September 13, 2023) Accelerated innovation is affecting health care in several ways. For instance, it’s increasingly important to offer services and monitoring to patients in the home, because those interventions are key to managing chronic conditions as… |
