MediFormatica Daily Digest – Tuesday, March 14, 2023 – (45 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.
 | Identifying vulnerable populations in the electronic Framingham Heart Study to improve digital device adherenceThe usage of digital devices in clinical and research settings has rapidly increased. Despite their promise, optimal use of these devices is often hampered by low adherence. The relevant factors predictive of long-term adherence… — npj Digital Medicine |
 | Ignoring RWD Endangers Drug Development
Life sciences organizations have access to more data than ever before. When they leverage that existing data during their research and development (R&D) process, organizations can drive more efficient drug development. — MedCity News |
 | Free Prescription Drugs Are Often Available—If Only Your Doctor Can Find Them
More than a decade after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, U.S. healthcare costs continue to spiral at rates unseen in the rest of the developed world. — MedCity News |
 | Sanofi to Acquire Diabetes Therapy Maker Provention Bio for $2.9BWhat You Should Know:– Sanofi has agreed to acquire Provention Bio, Inc., a U.S.-based, publicly traded biopharmaceutical company focused on intercepting and preventing immune-mediated diseases including type 1 diabetes (T1D), for $25.00 per share in cash, representing an equity… — HIT Consultant |
 | Morning Headlines 3/14/23… — HIStalk |
 | AHIP-led Coalition Aims To Reduce Coverage Losses Amid Pending Medicaid RedeterminationsAfter three years without Medicaid redeterminations due to Covid-19, as many as 18 million people could lose Medicaid coverage when redeterminations resume April 1. Medicaid redetermination is the process states use to determine if… — MedCity News |
 | 10 Ways to Decode Silicon Valley Bank CollapseAfter analyzing coverage of the Silicon Valley Bank failure, and having familiarity with some of the stakeholders involved, here’s my take on the collapse. Needless to say there are many dimensions still to be… — MedCity News |
 | Feds Hit BetterHealth With $8M Fine Over Patient Data Sharing LapsesThe Federal Trade Commission has taken steps to sanction online counseling service BetterHelp, Inc. which it says shared sensitive healthcare data inappropriately. This is the latest move by the FTC to crack down on… — Healthcare IT Today |
 | How Providers Across the US Are Caring For the Country’s 580,000+ Homeless PeopleIn a fee-for-service world, it can be hard for health systems and other providers to prioritize caring for the homeless population, who carry some of the worst health risks of any other population in… — MedCity News |
 | ECRI Names Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023What You Should Know:– The pediatric mental health crisis is named the number one patient safety concern, according to ECRI’s 2023 list of most pressing patient safety concerns.– The nation’s largest nonprofit patient safety organization notes that, while rates of depression and anxiety in… — HIT Consultant |
 | Insurance verification platform for virtual care Opkit launches with $1MOpkit, a health insurance verification platform for telehealth providers and virtual medical clinics, has launched with $1 million in funding. The startup participated in Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley accelerator program, and garnered investment from… — MobiHealthNews |
 | Feds Hit BetterHelp With $8M Fine Over Patient Data Sharing LapsesThe Federal Trade Commission has taken steps to sanction online counseling service BetterHelp, Inc. which it says shared sensitive healthcare data inappropriately. This is the latest move by the FTC to crack down on… — Healthcare IT Today |
 | Top 3 EHR implementation risks and how to manage themEHRs have finally gained widespread adoption. According to 2021 data, 96% of non-federal acute hospitals in the U.S. deployed an EHR system. Nevertheless, the EHR market faces numerous challenges. In fact, about a quarter… — Omnia Health Insights |
 | 1M Individuals Impacted By Healthcare Data Breach at Medical Device CompanyBy Jill McKeon March 13, 2023 – ZOLL Medical Corporation recently began notifying more than one million individuals of a healthcare data breach. According to its website, ZOLL Medical develops novel resuscitation… — Health IT Security |
 | Q/A: Dr. Masturzo Talks Addressing Food Insecurity with PatientsDr. Arti Masturzo, Chief Medical Officer at CCS Today, food insecurity affects more than 41 million Americans and is prevalent among children and the elderly population. Food insecurity is defined as the limited availability… — HIT Consultant |
 | Pediatric Mental Health Crisis Tops ECRI’s List of 2023 Patient Safety Concerns
The worsening mental health crisis among children and adolescents is the most pressing issue affecting patient safety, according to ECRI. — MedCity News |
 | Top 3 electronic health records implementation risks and how to manage themEHRs have finally gained widespread adoption. According to 2021 data, 96% of non-federal acute hospitals in the U.S. deployed an EHR system. Nevertheless, the EHR market faces numerous challenges. In fact, about a quarter… — Omnia Health Insights |
 | NJ Population Health Data Initiative Approves Pilot Projects
By Shania Kennedy — Health IT Analytics |
 | ATA2023: Balancing Patient and Provider Experiences in the Continuum of CarePanel participants discuss their experiences with remote monitoring strategies. From left to right: Moderators Greg Fulton, Industry and Public Policy Lead, Philips Population Health Management, and Bill Paschall, Senior Vice President of Growth and… — HealthTech Magazine |
 | Arch Collaborative 2023Promotional Video… — KLAS Research |
 | H1 Launches Advanced Diversity and Clinical Trial Performance InsightsWhat You Should Know:– H1, the connecting force for global healthcare provider, clinical, science, and research information, today announced the availability of indication-level diversity insights in addition to institution, provider, and patient diversity data… — HIT Consultant |
 | CommonWell Health Alliance Adds EHR Vendor to Health Data Exchange
By Hannah Nelson — EHR Intelligence |
 | COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Telehealth Divides Among VA BeneficiariesBy Mark Melchionna March 13, 2023 – A recent study published in JAMA Network Open showed that telehealth use for primary and integrated mental health visits varied widely among rural and urban… — mHealth Intelligence |
 | 3 Public Health Messaging Failures: What Went Wrong and How to Fix ItMio Akasako, co-founder & VP of Design at Ash WellnessPublic health crisis communications plans have the power to improve outcomes, reduce long-term healthcare costs, and save lives. These plans should convey crucial health information… — HIT Consultant |
 | MLH Enhances Medication Safety with Epic-Integrated IV Pumps
By Sarai Rodriguez — EHR Intelligence |
 | CIO Podcast – Episode 50: California Health IT with David T. FordFor the 50th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with David T. Ford, VP of Health Information Technology at California Medical Association (CMA). With the big spring… — Healthcare IT Today |
 | AI can ‘exacerbate’ ageism in aged care: studyA new study from Australia looked into the views about ageing and older people that underpins the development and implementation of AI in long-term care homes. Done by researchers from Monash University, the qualitative study… — Healthcare IT news |
 | Sense making in healthcare teams – Laura Simmons & Leanne HealyToday I’m continuing the discussion with Laura Simmons, CEO & Founder of Theratrak and Leanne Healey, Director Everyday Independence.Last week, we got to know both Laura and Leanne’s backgrounds and how that’s informed their… — HealthTechX |
 | Spectrum Taps Proscia to Modernize its Pathology Operations– Proscia®, a leading provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, today announced that Spectrum Healthcare Partners (SHCP), an independent, multispecialty, physician-owned healthcare practice, has selected Concentriq® Dx to modernize its pathology operations. In… — HIT Consultant |
 | Oregon Health System Uncovers 9-Year HIPAA Violation by PhysicianBy Sarai Rodriguez March 13, 2023 – Asante, an Oregon-based health system, has informed patients about a HIPAA violation caused by a physician who compromised protected health information (PHI) without a valid… — Health IT Security |
 | Q&A: Cost is the most significant barrier to digital health adoptionSeventy percent of consumers are likely to use digital health solutions in the future and at least three in four believe the solutions would help improve their wellbeing, according to a report by the… — MobiHealthNews |
 | Cerebral says 3M affected by a patient data breachA patient information disclosure has impacted more than 3 million patients who use online virtual mental health platform Cerebral, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights.WHY IT… — Healthcare IT news |
 | Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 3/13/23A recent article in JAMA Health Forum caught my eye with this title: “Association of Primary Care Visit Length With Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing.” The study’s goal was to answer the question, “Are primary care… — HIStalk |
 | Enabling fully automated insulin delivery through meal detection and size estimation using Artificial IntelligenceWe present a robust insulin delivery system that includes automated meal detection and carbohydrate content estimation using machine learning for meal insulin dosing called robust artificial pancreas (RAP). We conducted a randomized, single-center crossover… — npj Digital Medicine |
 | Singaporean startup Respiree gets US FDA 510(k) for respiration monitorRespiree, a med tech spinoff of Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research, has obtained the United States Food and Drug Administration’s 510(k) clearance for its wearable cardio-respiratory sensor device. The RS001 device directly measures… — MobiHealthNews |
 | How to deploy Risk management in the NHS using Asana (Case study: NHS Kettering and Northampton)NHS Kettering and Northampton were looking for a trust-wide solution away from spreadsheets and to have consistency between projects and departments. That is where Asana and their partner in deployment, us at Generation Digital,… — Digital Health |
 | Log my Care and PainChek integrate for person-centred careA new integration between care management platform, Log my Care, and PainChek is providing pain assessment for individuals who may not be able to verbally communicate their pain. The partnership enables providers to use the… — Digital Health |
 | Earning the public’s trust on health dataAhead of the Digital Health Rewired conference, Professor Ben Goldacre, director of the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, explains why information governance is not enough when it comes to protecting privacy.The NHS holds… — Digital Health |
 | Avaneer Health Launches its Decentralized Network and PlatformWhat You Should Know:– Avaneer Health, a secure digital network for healthcare, today announced that it has launched its private, peer-to-peer network with several leading healthcare organizations. With a single connection to the Avaneer… — HIT Consultant |
 | HIStalk Interviews David Lareau, CEO, Medicomp SystemsDavid Lareau is CEO of Medicomp Systems of Chantilly, VA. Tell me about yourself and the company. — HIStalk |
 | Transcarent to Acquire 98point6 AI-Powered Virtual Care Platform and Care BusinessCare Business includes over 100 mid-size and larger self-insured employers, leading health systems, and innovative payors who use 98point6 as their consumer interface — Healthcare IT Today |
 | Leading digital cancer care platform Careology takes to the ReWired stage, announcing it has bolstered the team for the next phase of growthCareology launched in 2019 to build the world’s leading digital cancer care platform. Tomorrow, Founder & CEO Paul Landau takes to the Rewired stage, to talk about the impact digital transformation can have in… — Digital Health |
 | Using RPM to manage customized, specialty care between office visitsYes, telemedicine has finally made it into the mainstream of healthcare delivery. From the comfort, ease and safety of their own homes, patients are seeing doctors of all stripes.But what about what happens with… — Healthcare IT news |
 | How Community-Based Strategies Reduced Opioid Overdose DeathsThe University of Pittsburgh’s community-based strategy for reducing opioid deaths has helped counties across the state fortify public health, boost patient access to care, and ultimately, improve outcomes, according to a study in the… — DistilINFO Hospital IT |
 | The Do’s and Don’ts of Digital Health Naming: What You Need to KnowChoosing a name for your digital health business is critical to establishing your brand identity. A well-chosen name can help your business stand out in a crowded market and convey your unique… — The Healthcare Guys |
