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M&A: Kaiser Acquires Geisinger, Forms Risant Health

HIT Consultant - (Wednesday April 26, 2023)
Frequent Updates/ HIT Consultant

What You Should Know:  Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Geisinger Health are teaming up to launch Risant Health and a definitive agreement to make Geisinger the first health system to join Risant Health to expand…

Viewpoint: Telehealth Access for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment is Needed

mHealth Intelligence - (Wednesday April 26, 2023)
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By Mark Melchionna

April 26, 2023 – Published in Health Affairs, a new viewpoint article emphasized the prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD)-related deaths and how regulatory actions are needed to ensure access to virtual…

91% of Orgs Expect to Increase Cybersecurity Budgets in Next Year

Health IT Security - (Wednesday April 26, 2023)
AI/ Daily Reads/ Health IT Security

By Jill McKeon

April 26, 2023 – As ransomware continues to impact organizations worldwide, cybersecurity leaders are increasingly recognizing the importance of investing resources into improving their security programs and processes. More than 90 percent…

Healthcare AI News 4/26/23

HIStalk - (Wednesday April 26, 2023)
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Apple is developing a paid, AI-powered health coaching service called Quartz that uses the Apple Watch to encourage healthy behaviors. The company will also release a dedicated version of its Health app for the…

Walmart Health Continues 2024 Expansion into Oklahoma

HIT Consultant - (Wednesday April 26, 2023)
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by Jasmine Pennic 04/26/2023 Leave a CommentWhat You Should Know:Walmart Health announced its expansion into the state of Oklahoma, with four new health centers in the Oklahoma City area in 2024. This expansion into Oklahoma is a continuation of Walmart Health’s commitment to making quality healthcare more convenient, accessible…

MI Repurposes COVID Test Sites for Community Health Worker Care Access

Patient Engagement HIT - (Wednesday April 26, 2023)
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By Sarai Rodriguez

April 26, 2023 – As the United States nears the end of its COVID-19 emergency declarations, Michigan’s Health Department has repurposed old COVID-19 testing sites for a pilot program, leveraging community health…

WA Congresswoman Calls on VA to Terminate Oracle Cerner EHR System

EHR Intelligence - (Wednesday April 26, 2023)
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By Hannah Nelson

April 26, 2023 – Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) is calling for the termination of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Oracle Cerner EHR system.
“The Oracle Cerner electronic health record…

Philips & DoD Ink $10M Deal for AI-Wearable Disease Detection

HIT Consultant - (Wednesday April 26, 2023)
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by Fred Pennic 04/26/2023 Leave a CommentWhat You Should Know:The Department of Defense and Philips announced a $10M ​award​ to ​expand the readiness of our service members with the Rapid Assessment of Threat Exposure (RATE) AI wellness tool.The first…

A systematic review of neurophysiological sensing for the assessment of acute pain

npj Digital Medicine - (Wednesday April 26, 2023)
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Pain is a complex and personal experience that presents diverse measurement challenges. Different sensing technologies can be used as a surrogate measure of pain to overcome these challenges. The objective of this review is…

Self-supervised learning for medical image classification: a systematic review and implementation guidelines

npj Digital Medicine - (Wednesday April 26, 2023)
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Advancements in deep learning and computer vision provide promising solutions for medical image analysis, potentially improving healthcare and patient outcomes. However, the prevailing paradigm of training deep learning models requires large quantities of labeled…


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