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 331 – From clinician to entrepreneur. Kevin Wernli, Roy Mariathas, Santosh Kaur – AUSCEP Participants
Talking HealthTech - (Friday February 17, 2023) Pete speaks with a lot of people who have a clinical background. They have done the hard work to be a doctor, a nurse, or an allied health provider. They go through the training, they get all the…  Leveraging Technology to Bridge Gaps in Compliance
HIT Consultant - (Friday February 17, 2023) Sean Eaton, Senior Compliance Solutions Specialist at GHXAmerican health systems, hospitals and post-acute care providers are required to comply with hundreds of regulatory requirements. Facilitating this compliance comes with a high cost. According to the American Hospital Association, the average-sized community hospital spends nearly $7.6 million annually on administrative activities to support regulatory compliance. With the impending end of the COVID-19 public health emergency set to shake up healthcare regulations, ongoing healthcare labor shortages, and skyrocketing levels of clinician burnout, a perfect storm for non-compliance is brewing. Even with significant investments in administration to support compliance, overwhelmed providers can inadvertently leave gaps… |
 SA Telestroke doubles rural treatment capacity after cloud shift
Healthcare IT news - (Friday February 17, 2023) SA Health has recently turned to the cloud to provide more efficient stroke care to patients living in regional and rural areas.According to a media release, the SA Telestroke Service has been using the cloud-based telehealth platform Zeus to gather vital health information from stroke patients, including brain scans and consultation records, into a single platform. It was deployed by the Australian Stroke Alliance across 61 hospitals in regional SA and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory as part of a five-year agreement with SA Health.  Medtronic, Zydus Hospitals to facilitate remote stroke care using AI
Healthcare IT news - (Friday February 17, 2023) Zydus Hospitals in Ahmedabad and Medtronic India have tied up to launch an AI-enabled hub-and-spoke network to support stroke patients in the western coastal state of Gujarat. An initiative of the pharmaceutical giant Zydus Group, the multispecialty hospital chain has locations across Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. Its Ahmedabad branch runs two hospitals – a super speciality centre and a primary hospital – with over 660 beds. |
 VinBrain harnesses Stanford data to improve radiology AI
MobiHealthNews - (Friday February 17, 2023) Vietnamese healthcare AI developer VinBrain has started a new partnership with Stanford University to enhance AI medical imaging.Based on their latest data use agreement, Stanford will initially provide VinBrain access to about 240,000 anonymised medical images and reports to train and test the AI on its DrAid clinical decision support platform while also helping improve the accuracy of an information extracting method for structuring radiology reports called RadGraph.  Roundup: First insomnia DTx in South Korea gets regulatory nod and more briefs
MobiHealthNews - (Friday February 17, 2023) South Korea clears first local insomnia DTx The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has given its first market approval for a digital therapeutic device for treating insomnia, according to a news report. |
 Is Interoperability Tech Worth the Investment? Experts Say Yes for 3 Reasons
MedCity News - (Friday February 17, 2023) Editor’s note: This story is based on discussions at Abarca Forward, a conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, hosted by Abarca, a pharmacy benefit manager. MedCity News’ Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar and Senior Reporter Katie Adams were invited to attend and speak at the conference. All travel and related expenses for the team were covered by Abarca. However, company officials had no input in editorial coverage.  The Next Best Action :: Romy Hussain of Optum on AI and ML in 2023
The Digital Health Roundtable - (Friday February 17, 2023) A regular panel discussion including the brightest minds in the healthcare industry. With a focus on digital health, DHR holds collaborative conversations with physicians, patients, scientists, creatives, technologists, and executives devoting their efforts to… |
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HIStalk - (Friday February 17, 2023) February 16, 2023 Headlines No Comments Avaya Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After Cloud Subscription Accounting Woes  How to Rein in Unpredictability During High-Traffic Respiratory Illness Season
MedCity News - (Friday February 17, 2023) ‘Tripledemic’ concerns have been on the rise with the collision of flu, Covid-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) wreaking havoc in clinics and hospitals. Yet staff are expected to provide smooth, fast, and effective care journeys for all, no matter the volume of patients. We know, however, that everything doesn’t always go as planned when patient traffic explodes. Bottlenecks like long wait times and limited appointment options inevitably skyrocket, and staff bear the brunt of patients who (understandably) want to be seen immediately, in conjunction with staff members intermittently being out sick themselves. |
