MediFormatica Daily Digest – Tuesday, April 18, 2023 – (31 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.

	MediFormatica Daily Digest – Monday, April 17, 2023 – (7 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
	Usability: Why EPRs can and should do more Suppliers of electronic patient records need to escape siloed thinking, come together and improve what they’re offering to clinicians. By Fiona Dawson, director, MaydenIn software, usability is the foundation on which all else is… — Digital Health
	HIMSS 2023 Preview – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 112 Today is the first day of HIMSS 2023!! So for the 112th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are doing a little preview! First we dive into the topics that we think are… — Healthcare IT Today
	Effective healthcare AI from data to deployment CHICAGO – AI has the potential to foster early and accurate disease detection, precision and personalized medicine, population health and care access, clinical decision support, operational efficiencies and improved clinician and patient engagement.But the… — Healthcare IT news
	Study Finds EHR Issues Can Contribute to Ambulatory Diagnostic Errors By Hannah Nelson April 17, 2023 – EHR issues such as suboptimal design or clinician use can contribute to diagnostic errors in ambulatory settings, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The study analyzed… — EHR Intelligence
	Hispanic Patients with Limited Health Literacy Face Barriers to Cancer Screening A recent study conducted by the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University found that Hispanic patients have mixed knowledge of cancer screening guidelines despite largely complying with screening adherence. The study highlights the importance of… — DistilINFO Hospital IT
	ML, NLP Identifies Digital Voice Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s By Shania Kennedy April 17, 2023 – Artificial intelligence can help identify subtle changes in a patient’s voice and speech patterns, which may help clinicians diagnose cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear, according… — Health IT Analytics
	NHS App patient messaging free for iPLATO customers Customers using iPlato’s patient messaging platform will now receive free use of the NHS App messaging and notification service, giving patients a secure alternative to SMS messaging. The new feature has been added to… — Digital Health
	AEHIA Gets Renamed by CHIME to Emphasize Broadened Emphasis on Analytics of Health Data The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has renamed The Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Applications (AEHIA) to reflect a growing focus on health data analytics. The organization, now known as The… — DistilINFO Hospital IT
	Accuracy of a smartphone application for blood pressure estimation in Bangladesh, South Africa, and Tanzania Undetected and unmonitored hypertension carries substantial mortality and morbidity, especially during pregnancy. We assessed the accuracy of OptiBPTM, a smartphone application for estimating blood pressure (BP), across diverse settings. The study was conducted in… — npj Digital Medicine
	Telehealth Supports Opioid Use Disorder Patient Retention in Treatment By Mark Melchionna April 17, 2023 – Published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, new data shows that patient retention rates following the implementation of telehealth for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment… — mHealth Intelligence
	Q&A: How BayCare Health System uses Amazon’s Alexa in patient rooms At HIMSS23, Florida-based BayCare Health System announced it had deployed Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant at its newest hospital, Wesley Chapel, which opened its doors last month. Craig Anderson, director of innovation at the health system,… — MobiHealthNews
	Machine Learning Identifies Four Autism Subtypes By Shania Kennedy April 17, 2023 – Researchers at Well Cornell Medicine have identified four subtypes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) linked to distinct molecular pathways in the brain using machine learning (ML).  The findings were… — Health IT Analytics
	How to use technology to listen and understand patients’ needs During the Patient Engagement Forum at HIMSS Global Conference on Monday, Aaron Miri, senior vice president and chief digital and information officer at Baptist Health, highlighted how digital officers can influence healthcare and the… — MobiHealthNews
	Why patient burnout is a ‘silent public health crisis’ CHICAGO — Provider burnout and overwork is a hot topic in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But patients often struggle to navigate their own care in the complex and fragmented U.S. healthcare system. At HIMSS233,… — MobiHealthNews
	More Scots choose digital help from NHS inform for their health NHS 24 helped more people than ever over the 4-day Easter weekend, as Scots increasingly choose to find digital solutions to their health issues.NHS 24’s online service, NHS inform, saw a significant increase in… — Digital Health
	Telepsychiatry will be key, Geisinger exec says Telehealth is one of the hottest topics at the HIMSS23 Conference & Exhibition – most especially since the COVID-19 pandemic brought the technology at long last into the mainstream of healthcare.Benjamin Gonzales is quite… — Healthcare IT news
	‘We’re here to help,’ says CISA chief as ransomware risks proliferate CHICAGO – Speaking to a full house at the HIMSS23 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Monday morning, Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency noted that even a few years ago… — Healthcare IT news
	Microsoft, Epic Expand Partnership with OpenAI EHR Integration By Hannah Nelson April 17, 2023 – Mcrosoft and EHR vendor Epic have announced an Azure OpenAI Service EHR integration to streamline clinical workflows. The announcement expands the vendors’ long-standing partnership, which includes allowing organizations to… — EHR Intelligence
	HHS Cybersecurity Task Force makes 3 key resources available CHICAGO – At the HIMSS23 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Monday, a leader with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency cited some sobering statistics, noting an 86% increase in cyberattacks against hospitals since 2021, with… — Healthcare IT news
	UK Consortia unsuccessful in FDP bid looking at “broader” strategy The UK consortium that was unsuccessful in its bid to run the £480 million Federated Data Platform (FDP) for the NHS has told Digital Health they are looking at creating a new strategy for… — Digital Health
	Meditech highlighting Google Health integration and cloud EHR at HIMSS23 Meditech is a Best in KLAS vendor used by thousands of healthcare provider organizations worldwide across care delivery settings. The Meditech Expanse EHR uses cloud-based systems designed to drive better outcomes and provide mobile,… — Healthcare IT news
	HHS Cybersecurity Task Force Releases New Resources to Address Rise in Healthcare Cyberattacks By Jill McKeon April 17, 2023 – The HHS 405(d) Program and the Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group (HSCC CWG) led efforts to release three new and updated resources to help healthcare organizations… — Health IT Security
	Innovaccer Launches Conversational AI Assistant to Help Health System, Payer Execs Health data analytics company Innovaccer unveiled six new solutions on Monday during the HIMSS conference in Chicago. Among these announcements, the standout product was Sara, a conversational AI assistant designed to help executives at… — MedCity News
	Vytalize Health Acquires Independent Physician Association (IPA) of New York, One of the Nation’s Largest IPAs The deal scales Vytalize’s successful value-based care model to new payer arrangements and specialty care across the healthcare spectrum Vytalize Health, a leading risk-bearing provider enablement platform, announced it acquired a majority interest in physician-lead… — Healthcare IT Today
	Why there’s no ‘one-size-fits-all’ for remote monitoring and patient privacy CHICAGO — When Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health’s Sanger Heart and Vascular Center was first implementing its remote patient monitoring program, the hardest lift was getting devices into patients’ hands and troubleshooting problems, said program coordinator… — MobiHealthNews
	How AI can help sustain health systems Everyone is talking artificial intelligence at HIMSS23. ChatGPT saw to that. But AI truly is a ground-breaking technology for healthcare. And natural language processing, a form of AI, has a lot of potential.Dr. Tim… — Healthcare IT news
	West Virginia Patients Gain Access to Cardiology Telehealth Services By Mark Melchionna April 17, 2023 – Located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Mon Health System has announced the availability of cardiology telehealth services to provide patients with customized care while eliminating the need for travel…. — mHealth Intelligence
	World’s first predictive AI for direct COPD patient care deployed in UK A clinical investigation launched today will explore how insights from artificial intelligence (AI) can improve care and prevent emergency hospital admissions for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Digital health startup Lenus Health… — Digital Health
	Alcohol Recovery Startup Suffers Healthcare Data Breach, 108K Impacted By Jill McKeon April 17, 2023 – Alcohol recovery startup Monument disclosed a healthcare data breach to HHS that impacted 108,584 individuals. According to a report from The Verge, Monument, which acquired fellow online alcohol… — Health IT Security
	Technology can reduce providers’ mental healthcare challenges CHICAGO-During HIMSS Global Conference’s Behavioral Health Forum, John MacKenzie, clinical program manager and behavioral health specialist at CommonSpirit Telehealth Network, discussed how to support caregivers and patients suffering from behavioral health issues using virtual… — MobiHealthNews