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 News 4/14/23
HIStalk - (Friday April 14, 2023) Top News Carlyle Group abandons its interest in acquiring a 50% stake in payments integrity technology vendor Cotiviti from Veritas Capital. Veritas reportedly rejected Carlyle’s offer that had been lowered due to market conditions….  HIMSS
HealthTech Magazine - (Thursday April 13, 2023) Artificial intelligence, health equity and clinician efficiencies are a major focus for health IT teams today. Prepare for the future of health information and technology at the HIMSS23 Global Health Conference & Exhibition. Follow… |
 Papa Expands Care Navigation Platform After Limited Rollout
MedCity News - (Thursday April 13, 2023) Companion care company Papa is now offering its Social Care Navigation service to all its health plan customers after a limited rollout last year, the company announced Monday.  Healthcare Leaders Share Their Perspectives on Digital Transformation at ATA, ViVE
HealthTech Magazine - (Thursday April 13, 2023) “We’re one of the most antiquated industries out there. We’re doing the most important thing by saving people’s lives and enhancing patient care, but we’re behind the curve,” he added. “Healthcare should be leading… |
 EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 4/13/23
HIStalk - (Thursday April 13, 2023) From the “it’s always good to double check your work” file. A general practitioner’s practice in the UK mistakenly sends text messages related to a diagnosis of aggressive metastatic lung cancer instead of…  Telehealth for Prenatal Care Peaked Early in COVID-19 Pandemic
mHealth Intelligence - (Thursday April 13, 2023) By Mark Melchionna April 13, 2023 – Published in JAMA Network Open, new research indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic led to increases in telehealth use for prenatal care, with April 2020 having the highest share… |
 Iowa Medicaid Suffers Third-Party Data Breach, 20K Impacted
Health IT Security - (Thursday April 13, 2023) By Jill McKeon April 13, 2023 – The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced that approximately 20,000 Medicaid members may have had their personal information compromised as a result of a third-party data…  Healthcare Orgs Select Integrated EHR Platforms for Interoperability
EHR Intelligence - (Thursday April 13, 2023) By Hannah Nelson April 13, 2023 – Advanced Orthopedics New England has implemented an integrated EHR, medical billing, and patient engagement solution from health IT vendor athenahealth to drive interoperability. “We lacked the ability to… |
 UK Consortium unsuccessful in its bid for £480m Federated Data Platform
Digital Health - (Thursday April 13, 2023) The UK consortium bidding to run the £480 million Federated Data Platform (FDP) for the NHS has been unsuccessful, Shane Tickell, the chief executive and founder of one of the consortium members, Voror Health…  Secondary Uses Come to the Fore with MediQuant’s Active Archive
Healthcare IT Today - (Thursday April 13, 2023) A medical practitioner would retire. Thousands of dust-gathering paper records would sit in the good doctor’s basement, eventually to be trashed while patients start afresh with new doctors, losing decades of information. This rarely… |
