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 UHBW improve patient safety with digital innovation from System C
Digital Health - (Friday May 19, 2023) Pioneering use of digital clinical noting from System C has enabled University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust’s busy paediatric Emergency Department (ED) at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC) to reduce reliance…  Rural-Urban Disparities in SUD Treatment Marked by Rising Inpatient Care
Patient Engagement HIT - (Friday May 19, 2023) By Sarai Rodriguez May 19, 2023 – While substance abuse escalates in rural America, a new study revealed that limited access to substance use disorder treatment has propelled rural adults into court-ordered inpatient care more frequently… |
 Legislation Aims to Support Telemental Health Services for Medicare
mHealth Intelligence - (Friday May 19, 2023) By Mark Melchionna May 19, 2023 – Earlier this month, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Congressman Bill Johnson (R-OH) reintroduced the Telemental Health Care Access Act to support telemental health services by eliminating barriers for Medicare…  Senate Democrat Questions VA Secretary on Renegotiated EHR Contract
EHR Intelligence - (Friday May 19, 2023) By Hannah Nelson May 19, 2023 – After the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a renegotiated EHR contract with Oracle Cerner earlier this week, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the VA committee,… |
 Lucem Health Announces Series A Funding Round | Healthcare IT Today
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday May 19, 2023) Venture Capital Commitment for Mayo Clinic Platform Portfolio Company Underscores Promise of Clinical AI to Transform Healthcare Delivery  EarSwitch wins grant to develop hearing aids with medical monitoring
Digital Health - (Friday May 19, 2023) EarSwitch has won the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge Grant, which will allow it to develop its EarMetrics technology into standard hearing aids, allowing for a range of medical monitoring.Once developed the EarMetrics hearing aid… |
 EHRA takes issue with HTI-1’s burdens, competing requirements
Healthcare IT news - (Friday May 19, 2023) During a virtual media briefing this week, the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association outlined some of the comments it plans to send the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT about its draft…  Vitality members benefit from AI-powered mental health support
Digital Health - (Friday May 19, 2023) Vitality has completed a pilot that found its health insurance members who used conversational AI support through the Wysa app demonstrated clinically significant reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms.A cohort of 60,000 UK VitalityHealth… |
 Kingston Hospital selects OX.DH to support assisted conception unit
Digital Health - (Friday May 19, 2023) Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with cloud-native tech specialist OX.DH to support its assisted conception unit with the introduction of its OX.ar solution and healthcare platform. The solution will be used at…  FTC Under Fire for Aggressive Enforcement of Antitrust Laws
DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Friday May 19, 2023) The American Hospital Association and five other hospital associations have urged the Federal Trade Commission to abandon its policy of enforcing the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act against state-approved mergers and acquisitions. The groups argue that the… |
