MediFormatica Daily Digest – Tuesday, April 11, 2023 – (15 posts)

Daily Digest

In todays fast-paced world, it is easy to miss out on important information, especially if you are trying to keep up with a lot of different sources. That is where the daily digest comes in – it is a tool that compiles all the posts created on the previous day, providing you with a convenient summary of everything that happened so you can stay informed, educated, and engaged with the Digital Health world around you.

MediFormatica Daily Digest – Monday, April 10, 2023 – (8 posts)

In todays fast-paced world, it is easy to miss out on important information, especially if you are trying to keep up with a lot of different sources. That is where the daily digest comes in – it is a tool that compiles all the posts created on the previous day, providing you with a convenient summary of everything that happened so you can stay informed, educated, and engaged with the Digital Health world around you.

— Daily Digest

An Immediate Need for Quality, Culturally-Competent Mental Health Care

The mental healthcare system in the United States has failed Black people and people of color. It’s failing everyone who lacks privilege, and it’s failing those who don’t know to seek help for their…

— MedCity News

Canadian virtual care startup Felix raises C$18M

Canadian direct-to-consumer virtual care startup Felix announced last week it had raised C$18 million ($13.3 million).The round was led by BDC Capital with participation from the Canadian Business Growth Fund (CBGF), Whitecap Venture Partners…

— MobiHealthNews

What Healthcare Organizations Should Know About Russian Hacking Gang KillNet

Last week, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a report letting healthcare organizations know that they are still being heavily targeted by KillNet, a Russian group of cybercriminals.
The hacker gang operates mainly…

— MedCity News

Butterfly Network receives FDA 510(k) for AI-enabled lung tool

Butterfly Network, maker of a handheld, smartphone-connected ultrasound system, received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Auto B-line Counter that leverages AI to help providers determine if a patient has abnormal lung function by measuring…

— MobiHealthNews

How Retail Pharmacies Can Keep Pace with Expanding Consumer Expectations

In a recent survey, three out of five American health consumers (61%) said they can envision most primary care services being provided at pharmacies, retail clinics, and/or pharmacy clinics instead of going to a…

— MedCity News

Q&A: Demand for health tech still ‘far exceeds’ supply

Though health tech investment dropped last year, there’s still plenty of need for innovation in healthcare, said Peter Micca, audit and assurance partner and national health tech leader at Deloitte. Micca sat down with MobiHealthNews…

— MobiHealthNews

Zocdoc Adds FQHCs to Marketplace To Support Medicare, Medicaid Beneficiaries

To improve healthcare accessibility for patients on Medicare and Medicaid, healthcare marketplace Zocdoc announced last week that it is adding Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to its marketplace.
FQHCs are health clinics that focus on…

— MedCity News

What Lessons Can Healthcare Learn from Other Sectors to Improve Data Quality and Collection? [Sponsored]

The healthcare industry has had a love-hate relationship with patient data. There’s either too much or too little, in the wrong format or siloed so that extracting and sharing it with all the people…

— MedCity News

DoD MHS GENESIS EHR Implementation Nears Completion

The DoD’s MHS Genesis EHR implementation has made significant progress, with 75% of clinics and hospitals using the system. The department is on schedule to complete the project by March 2023, including the integration…

— DistilINFO Hospital IT

Extension of Pause on Rollout of Oracle Cerner EHRM Project by VA

The VA has extended the pause on its Electronic Health Record Modernization project, which uses the Oracle Cerner EHR, due to concerns that the system is not yet ready for deployment. The VA is…

— DistilINFO Hospital IT

Optimizing Patient Experience: How Virtual Offerings are Changing The Healthcare Climate As We Know It

Keith Algozzine, Founder and CEO of UCM Digital HealthProviding patients with a positive health outcome is always the priority for their healthcare provider. The journey to accomplishing this goal can often be an uphill…

— HIT Consultant

Cybersecurity: addressing the ‘termination gap’ and protecting data

Between remote work models, clinician burnout and an increased reliance on traveling healthcare professionals to meet shortages, the transient nature of the healthcare workforce in the pandemic era has deepened the risk of insider threats and data…

— Healthcare IT news

Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 4/10/23

I was dismayed to see an announcement over the weekend that Pear Therapeutics has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has drastically scaled back its operations. The part of this story that isn’t…

— HIStalk

CIO Podcast – Episode 52: Data Management with Rob Carey

For the 52nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by our very special guest, Rob Carey, Former Deputy DOD CIO and Navy CIO, President of Cloudera Government…

— Healthcare IT Today

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