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 How to Navigate Structured and Unstructured Data as a Healthcare Organization
HealthTech Magazine - (Monday May 8, 2023) The proliferation of unstructured data in healthcare can pose data retention, purging and destruction challenges as well. The issue isn’t the amount of data that must be stored and the length of time it…  FDA Clears Samsung’s Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification
HIT Consultant - (Monday May 8, 2023) What You Should Know:Today, Samsung announced today its Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification feature of the Samsung Health Monitor App has been cleared by the FDA. With this new feature, Galaxy Watch users can be alerted when… |
 Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 5/8/23
HIStalk - (Monday May 8, 2023) I’m back in the air this week with some weekend travel, which I don’t usually do. My flight was nearly all vacation travelers. The boarding process started with someone spilling his coffee all over…  Machine Learning Helps Identify Pneumonia as Driver of COVID-19 Deaths
Health IT Analytics - (Monday May 8, 2023) By Shania Kennedy May 08, 2023 – Northwestern University researchers found that secondary bacterial pneumonia was a major driver of COVID-19 deaths in critically ill patients following a machine learning (ML)-based analysis of medical record data. |
 Partnership Aims to Expand Virtual Care Access for EMS Patients
mHealth Intelligence - (Monday May 8, 2023) By Mark Melchionna May 08, 2023 – Emergency medical services (EMS) provider Falck announced a collaboration with MD Ally to expand the scope of care for Alameda County, California residents by enabling EMS professionals to connect…  Mental health startup Brightline lays off 20% of its workforce
MobiHealthNews - (Monday May 8, 2023) Pediatric virtual behavioral health company Brightline announced a second round of layoffs in less than a year, again affecting 20% of its workforce.The California-based company let go of 20% of its workforce in November,… |
 Question Prompts May Guide Deeper Patient-Provider Communication
Patient Engagement HIT - (Monday May 8, 2023) By Sara Heath May 08, 2023 – Healthcare providers looking to deepen meaningful patient-provider communication may consider prompting their patients to ask them questions, a new JAMA Network Open study indicated. The study, which looked particularly at…  ACMI Symposium Outlines Public Health Interoperability Strategies
EHR Intelligence - (Monday May 8, 2023) By Hannah Nelson May 08, 2023 – At the 2022 American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) symposium, experts discussed strategies to improve the public health interoperability infrastructure. |
 OIG finds $348M in improper Medicare payments for telehealth psychotherapy
MobiHealthNews - (Monday May 8, 2023) During the first year of the COVID-19 public health emergency, Medicare improperly paid for $580 million of psychotherapy care, including $348 million of telehealth services, according to an audit by the Department of Health…  The Next Era of Healthcare Will Be Built On These 3 Principles
HIT Consultant - (Monday May 8, 2023) Trent Sanders, VP, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Kyndryl USThe U.S. healthcare industry has hit an important inflection point. The global pandemic highlighted an increased need to deliver quality patient care. However, outdated, legacy technology… |
