MediFormatica Daily Digest – Friday, March 17, 2023 – (44 posts)

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Joint Commission CEO Wants to “Dispel the Myth” that Decarbonizing Healthcare Is Costly thumbnail

Joint Commission CEO Wants to “Dispel the Myth” that Decarbonizing Healthcare Is Costly

Jonathan Perlin, CEO of the Joint Commisssion
As I write this article, I am recovering from a power outage that lasted nearly two days due to trees downed by record winds created by the atmospheric…

— MedCity News

Pfizer’s Migraine Drug Approval Triggers $475M Payment to Royalty Pharma thumbnail

Pfizer’s Migraine Drug Approval Triggers $475M Payment to Royalty Pharma

FDA approval of Pfizer nasal spray migraine drug Zavzpret last week means a $475 million payday for Royalty Pharma. The payment stems from a financing deal Pfizer inherited when it acquired rights to the…

— MedCity News

NAACP, Lawmakers File Federal Complaints Over Wellstar’s Hospital Closures in Black Communities thumbnail

NAACP, Lawmakers File Federal Complaints Over Wellstar’s Hospital Closures in Black Communities

Georgia policymakers, county officials and the NAACP are asking the federal government to investigate Wellstar Health System’s closure of two Atlanta-area hospitals in predominantly Black neighborhoods. 
The latest request came from the Fulton County Commission…

— MedCity News

ObvioHealth Launches Decentralized Clinical Trial for Migraine Treatment Device thumbnail

ObvioHealth Launches Decentralized Clinical Trial for Migraine Treatment Device

What You Should Know:– ObvioHealth and Mi-Helper, Inc. announce a partnership to conduct a decentralized clinical trial for a non-invasive neuromodulation device for the treatment of migraines. The randomized controlled trial will be fully remote,…

— HIT Consultant

Almost Half of Health Systems Use AI for Workforce Issues  thumbnail

Almost Half of Health Systems Use AI for Workforce Issues 

By Mark Melchionna
March 16, 2023 – With support from Outbound AI, the Health Management Academy (the Academy) conducted a survey showing that due to common staffing issues within health systems, many C-suite executives…

— Health IT Analytics

Solution to Clinical Trial Enrollment Lies Hidden in FDA Guidance thumbnail

Solution to Clinical Trial Enrollment Lies Hidden in FDA Guidance

New medications take too long to get into the hands of people who need them – a decade, on average. The leading cause of delays is finding patients for clinical trials, but it shouldn’t…

— MedCity News

Generalizable and robust deep learning algorithm for atrial fibrillation diagnosis across geography, ages and sexes thumbnail

Generalizable and robust deep learning algorithm for atrial fibrillation diagnosis across geography, ages and sexes

To drive health innovation that meets the needs of all and democratize healthcare, there is a need to assess the generalization performance of deep learning (DL) algorithms across various distribution shifts to ensure that…

— npj Digital Medicine

Autism care platform SpectrumAi scores $20M thumbnail

Autism care platform SpectrumAi scores $20M

SpectrumAi, a startup focused on autism care, announced it raised up to $20 million in a Series A funding round led by CVS Health Ventures with participation from Cobalt Ventures.Previous investors Frist Cressey, F-Prime…

— MobiHealthNews

Pill Vaccine Biotech Vaxart Suspends Covid-19 Trial, Keeps Norovirus Focus thumbnail

Pill Vaccine Biotech Vaxart Suspends Covid-19 Trial, Keeps Norovirus Focus

Vaccine developer Vaxart contends its pill vaccinations against Covid-19 will be preferable to patients, and potentially more effective than currently available injections. But a different virus offers the biotech a clearer and faster path…

— MedCity News

Accenture: Data Collaboratives Hold Great Promise for Accelerated Healthcare Progress and Precision Medicine thumbnail

Accenture: Data Collaboratives Hold Great Promise for Accelerated Healthcare Progress and Precision Medicine

What You Should Know:– Accenture published Fast-Forwarding Healthcare through Data Collaboratives Report to discover how best health ecosystem players access data to fast-forward healthcare.– Data generated by technical and scientific advances, like connected health…

— HIT Consultant

SARAspeech—Feasibility of automated assessment of ataxic speech disturbance thumbnail

SARAspeech—Feasibility of automated assessment of ataxic speech disturbance

Ataxias are a group of movement disorders that are characterized by progressive loss of balance, impaired coordination and speech disturbance, which together lead to markedly reduced quality of life. Speech disturbance is clinically diagnosed,…

— npj Digital Medicine

Patient Engagement in Virtual Mental Healthcare Requires Deep Understanding, Flexibility and Creativity thumbnail

Patient Engagement in Virtual Mental Healthcare Requires Deep Understanding, Flexibility and Creativity

It’s a dangerous combination: Students on America’s college campuses are undergoing an unprecedented mental health crisis at the same time the nation is facing a shortage of behavioral health professionals. Today more than 150…

— MedCity News

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News 3/17/23

— HIStalk

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole launches new NHS App features thumbnail

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole launches new NHS App features

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) has launched new features to the NHS App to transform how patients access and manage their appointments.The new features currently allow patients to see and manage…

— Digital Health

Surescripts Unveils Latest Health Data Exchange, Interoperability Gains thumbnail

Surescripts Unveils Latest Health Data Exchange, Interoperability Gains

By Sarai Rodriguez
March 16, 2023 – The Surescripts 2022 National Progress Report highlights significant gains in advancing interoperability, something the organization said is key amidst ongoing challenges such as provider burnout, staffing shortages, and…

— EHR Intelligence

HiLabs’s Human-Machine Solution to Bad Data thumbnail

HiLabs’s Human-Machine Solution to Bad Data

Data analysts know that all data is dirty. Although numerous services offer data cleaning and harmonization, the accuracy of many of them is usually too poor to make them useful. According to Amit Garg,…

— Healthcare IT Today

CISA Launches Pilot Program to Help Critical Infrastructure Manage Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities thumbnail

CISA Launches Pilot Program to Help Critical Infrastructure Manage Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

By Jill McKeon March 16, 2023 – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) launched its Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot (RVWP) with the goal of helping critical infrastructure entities remain aware of…

— Health IT Security

PointClickCare acquires value-based care platform Patient Pattern thumbnail

PointClickCare acquires value-based care platform Patient Pattern

Canadian health tech company PointClickCare has acquired Patient Pattern, a value-based care electronic health record and integrated care management platform. Patient Pattern works with Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, PACE programs and ACO REACH participants. 
The…

— MobiHealthNews

Owlet cuts expenses as baby tech company ‘rebuilds’ thumbnail

Owlet cuts expenses as baby tech company ‘rebuilds’

Baby tech company Owlet cut expenses in the second half of the year as it made new submissions to the FDA, pitching the moves as steps toward profitability.The company reported $69.2 million in revenue…

— MobiHealthNews

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Morning Headlines 3/17/23

— HIStalk

Roundup: eHealth NSW exec moving to Telstra Health as CTO and more briefs thumbnail

Roundup: eHealth NSW exec moving to Telstra Health as CTO and more briefs

Telstra Health names new CTOFarhoud Salimi, eHealth NSW executive director of service delivery, is filling up the vacant CTO role at Telstra Health. 
He will be assuming the position starting on 17 April, succeeding Russel…

— MobiHealthNews

Aiberry Secures $8M in Seed Funding to Accelerate AI-Powered Mental Health Screenings thumbnail

Aiberry Secures $8M in Seed Funding to Accelerate AI-Powered Mental Health Screenings

CCG-led round will be used to drive rapid adoption of new digital platform that eliminates inaccuracy and bias in identification of people suffering from mental health disorders
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered mental health screening pioneer Aiberry…

— Healthcare IT Today

EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 3/16/23 thumbnail

EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 3/16/23

— HIStalk

How Does the Affordable Housing Crisis Impact Health Outcomes? thumbnail

How Does the Affordable Housing Crisis Impact Health Outcomes?

By Sara Heath March 16, 2023 – The affordable housing crisis might impact patient health, with new data from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine showing that moving because rent gets…

— Patient Engagement HIT

Engagement and Utilization of a Complete Remote Digital Care Program for Musculoskeletal Pain Management in Urban and Rural Areas Across the United States: Longitudinal Cohort Study thumbnail

Engagement and Utilization of a Complete Remote Digital Care Program for Musculoskeletal Pain Management in Urban and Rural Areas Across the United States: Longitudinal Cohort Study

Background: Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions are the number one cause of disability worldwide. Digital care programs (DCPs) for MSK pain management have arisen as alternative care delivery models to circumvent challenges in accessibility of conventional…

— JMIR mHealth and uHealth

New Medical Billing Codes You Should Know About thumbnail

New Medical Billing Codes You Should Know About

Jim Collins, President of Medicare MSOPhysicians need to keep their billing and coding right to ensure seamless reimbursements from payers. Similarly, they should stay updated with the latest coding changes to keep their revenue…

— HIT Consultant

Rigid MAT EHR Workflows Add to Nurses’ Cognitive Load thumbnail

Rigid MAT EHR Workflows Add to Nurses’ Cognitive Load

By Hannah Nelson
March 16, 2023 – Medication administration technology (MAT) system inefficiencies complicate nurses’ EHR workflows, according to a study published in JAMIA.
Researchers conducted interviews with 32 nurses practicing at two urban health…

— EHR Intelligence

Roundup: Digital well-being tools for farmers, hospital staff launched and more briefs thumbnail

Roundup: Digital well-being tools for farmers, hospital staff launched and more briefs

Online suicide prevention tool for farmers goes liveA new website was launched to provide well-being support and suicide prevention resources to farmers. 
Developed by researchers from the University of South Australia, the Taking Stock website…

— Healthcare IT news

FDA Commissioner: Insurers Need To Support Studies In Accelerated Drug Approval Pathway thumbnail

FDA Commissioner: Insurers Need To Support Studies In Accelerated Drug Approval Pathway

The Food and Drug Administration’s Dr. Robert Califf called on insurers Thursday to help ensure that studies on new drugs in the accelerated approval pathway are still completed. 
“I don’t think it’s just a matter…

— MedCity News

4.2M Individuals Impacted by Healthcare Data Breach at Independent Living Systems thumbnail

4.2M Individuals Impacted by Healthcare Data Breach at Independent Living Systems

By Jill McKeon March 16, 2023 – Miami, Florida-based Independent Living Systems (ILS) disclosed a healthcare data breach that impacted more than 4 million individuals, making it the largest reported healthcare data…

— Health IT Security

The Relationship Between How Participants Articulate Their Goals and Accomplishments and Weight Loss Outcomes: Secondary Analysis of a Pilot of a Web-Based Weight Loss Intervention thumbnail

The Relationship Between How Participants Articulate Their Goals and Accomplishments and Weight Loss Outcomes: Secondary Analysis of a Pilot of a Web-Based Weight Loss Intervention

Background: In behavioral weight loss interventions, participants are asked to set weekly goals to support long-term habits that lead to weight loss. Although participants are asked to set and accomplish weekly goals, we do…

— JMIR mHealth and uHealth

EHR Association submits prior authorization comments to CMS thumbnail

EHR Association submits prior authorization comments to CMS

On March 13, the HIMSS EHR Association submitted its comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on its Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes Proposed Rule. WHY IT MATTERS
Of primary concern, the…

— Healthcare IT news

Register Now for INVEST and Be Part of the Conversation on Violence Against Healthcare Workers thumbnail

Register Now for INVEST and Be Part of the Conversation on Violence Against Healthcare Workers

At the MedCity INVEST conference at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago May 22-24, a panel will focus on violence against healthcare professionals. It’s an unfortunate trend that is on the rise, spurred by misinformation…

— MedCity News

Maryland Health System Taps COO thumbnail

Maryland Health System Taps COO

Easton, Md.-based UM Shore Regional Health has named LuAnn Brady senior vice president and chief operating officer.
Ms. Brady has served the health system before, as director of business development for Baltimore-based University of Maryland…

— DistilINFO Hospital IT

Novant Health, YMCA Partner On Telehealth thumbnail

Novant Health, YMCA Partner On Telehealth

Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health is partnering with rural YMCAs across North Carolina to install telehealth portals in the community centers, the Triad Business Journal reported March 9.
The portals will use the Tytocare app to…

— DistilINFO Hospital IT

Roundup: Vietnamese e-pharmacy Medigo raises $2M and more digital health fundings thumbnail

Roundup: Vietnamese e-pharmacy Medigo raises $2M and more digital health fundings

Medigo snaps up $2M in Series A fundingVietnamese online pharmacy Medigo has scored $2 million in a Series A funding round led by East Ventures, with the participation from Pavilion Capital and Touchstone Partners. 
According…

— MobiHealthNews

Person Centred Software connects care homes to London Care Record thumbnail

Person Centred Software connects care homes to London Care Record

Person Centred Software is piloting a first-of-its-kind approach to integrating health and social care services, which is making the London Care Record more widely accessible.The company has teamed up with OneLondon and the NHS…

— Digital Health

How to Improve Customer Experience in Healthcare with AI thumbnail

How to Improve Customer Experience in Healthcare with AI

The following is a guest article by Dmitrii Evstiukhin, Director of Managed Services at Provectus
In today’s world, personalized and efficient digital interactions are expected, especially in the healthcare industry. To meet those demands, organizations…

— Healthcare IT Today

Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives thumbnail

Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives

Our latest roundup of contracts and go lives features sustainable tech company Jump winning an NHS England contract to develop a carbon engagement tool, and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust deploying Altera Digital Health’s…

— Digital Health

St. Luke’s finds success with its Hospital In Your Home program thumbnail

St. Luke’s finds success with its Hospital In Your Home program

St. Luke’s Health System, an 11-hospital network based in Kansas City, Missouri, initiated its Hospital In Your Home care model in July 2022 to reduce costs, improve outcomes and enhance the patient experience.THE PROBLEM
Saint…

— Healthcare IT news

KLAS: State of Small-Hospital Patient Accounting 2023 thumbnail

KLAS: State of Small-Hospital Patient Accounting 2023

What You Should Know:– Small hospitals are changing their EMRs and patient accounting systems at a greater rate than that of their large-hospital counterparts. Most market selection energy is going to Oracle Health (Cerner),…

— HIT Consultant

Partnership to Support Healthcare Access for Black Mothers Through App thumbnail

Partnership to Support Healthcare Access for Black Mothers Through App

By Mark Melchionna March 16, 2023 – A partnership between UnitedHealth Group and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) aims to address maternal health disparities by leveraging a mobile app to assist Black…

— mHealth Intelligence

Zus Health Raises $40M, Partners with Primary Care EHR Elation thumbnail

Zus Health Raises $40M, Partners with Primary Care EHR Elation

What You Should Know:– Zus Health, (pronounced “Zoose”), a next-generation shared health data platform bringing distributed patient data directly to the point of care, announced today that the company has closed a $40 million financing from JAZZ…

— HIT Consultant

Bot MD powers data collection, enhances doctor experience in Indonesia thumbnail

Bot MD powers data collection, enhances doctor experience in Indonesia

Singaporean AI health tech startup Bot MD has entered into partnerships with major Indonesian organisations to utilise AI assistant technology in driving patient and clinician experience. WHAT IT’S ABOUT
The startup signed a memorandum of understanding…

— Healthcare IT news

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