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 EHR Clinical Note Length Continues to Grow Despite Coding Changes
EHR Intelligence - (Monday July 17, 2023) By Hannah Nelson July 17, 2023 – Despite EHR coding changes enacted in 2021 aimed at reducing documentation burden, an Epic Research report has found that the average EHR clinical note length has continued to increase.  App-Based Postoperative Monitoring Improves Cancer Patient Recovery
mHealth Intelligence - (Monday July 17, 2023) By Mark Melchionna July 17, 2023 – A new study found that a smartphone app-based follow-up was successful in supporting the quality of recovery and patient satisfaction among oncologic patients who underwent operations for breast reconstruction… |
 How Threat Actors Leverage AI to Advance Healthcare Cyberattacks
Health IT Security - (Monday July 17, 2023) By Jill McKeon July 17, 2023 – The HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a brief regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and the threats it may pose to healthcare cybersecurity. As AI continues to advance,…  Deep Learning Model Accurately Detects Cardiac Function, Disease
Health IT Analytics - (Monday July 17, 2023) By Shania Kennedy July 17, 2023 – A deep learning (DL) model has been developed and validated to estimate cardiac function and valvular disease using chest radiographs, according to a study published this month in The… |
 Q&A: Best Buy Health on forming partnerships and its place in healthcare
MobiHealthNews - (Friday July 14, 2023) Best Buy is one of several retail giants that has made its way into healthcare, with its health division dubbed Best Buy Health focusing on uniting home-based senior care and tech-enabled human interaction. Diana Gelston,…  NextGen to Pay $31M Settlement for False Claims Act Allegations
HIT Consultant - (Friday July 14, 2023) What You Should Know: EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare has agreed to pay $31M to settle allegations that NextGen violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by misrepresenting the capabilities of certain versions of its EHR software… |
 Eli Lilly Acquires Obesity Drug Maker Versanis for $1.9B – M&A
HIT Consultant - (Friday July 14, 2023) by Fred Pennic 07/14/2023 Leave a Comment What You Should Know: Eli Lilly announced an agreement to acquire Versanis, a private clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new medicines for the treatment of…  Veterans Affairs OIG Finds Cybersecurity Deficiencies at AZ Health System
Health IT Security - (Friday July 14, 2023) By Jill McKeon July 14, 2023 – The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) inspected the information security program at the Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System and discovered significant security deficiencies. The… |
 NYC HIE Partners with Health IT Vendor for SDOH Interoperability
EHR Intelligence - (Friday July 14, 2023) By Hannah Nelson July 14, 2023 – Healthix, a health information exchange (HIE) serving New York City and Long Island, has partnered with health IT vendor Unite Us to drive social determinants of health (SDOH) interoperability.  News 7/14/23 – HIStalk
HIStalk - (Friday July 14, 2023) Top News The Defense Health Agency announces that stateside roll out of MHS Genesis has been completed on time and on budget. The Oracle Health-powered EHR will be implemented at DOD facilities overseas in the… |