MediFormatica Daily Digest – Tuesday, March 21, 2023 – (32 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.

	Hold off telehealth rule changes, health tech industry urges Medical Board of Australia The Medical Software Industry Association has called on the Medical Board of Australia to think twice about imposing changes to telehealth rules, saying there could be “serious unintended” consequences.In a statement, the peak organisation… — Healthcare IT news
	Zus Health Snags $40M, Strikes Partnership with Elation Health Healthcare technology veteran Jonathan Bush describes the industry’s endless repetition of medical information as “a lethal game of telephone.” That persistent problem is why he founded Zus Health in 2020, he said in a… — MedCity News
	Are Hospitals Ready for Alzheimer’s Treatment Approval? John Showalter, MD, Chief Product Officer at Linus HealthThe FDA’s recent accelerated approval of Leqembi was welcome news across the Alzheimer’s community. However, few health systems, medical practices, or providers are prepared for the… — HIT Consultant
	Model Predicts Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Death in Preterm Infants By Shania Kennedy March 20, 2023 – A study published earlier this month in JAMA Network Open demonstrates that a newly-developed multimodal model using brain function information and other risk factors can improve the prediction… — Health IT Analytics
	Moving Cells Using Ultrasound Researchers at Caltech have developed a technique that lets them move groups of cells very precisely. It involves genetically modifying cells so that they express small protein air sacs in their interior. The sacs… — Medgadget
	MedArrive, Ouma Strike Partnership To Bring Maternal Care to Medicaid Members Home care company MedArrive teamed up with virtual maternal care provider Ouma Health to bring maternity services into Medicaid members’ homes, the companies announced Monday. New York City-based MedArrive serves patients in their home and… — MedCity News
	Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs This roundup will be published monthly. It is meant to highlight some of healthcare’s recent hiring news and is not intended to be comprehensive. If you have news about an executive appointment, resignation or… — MedCity News
	Huddersfield students to experience digital health technologies Huddersfield University is offering student nurses and allied healthcare professionals placements in two local hospitals where they can find out more about the digital technologies being used.The scheme is designed to expose applicants to… — Digital Health
	An Innovative Return on Investment Methodology that is Honest and Reliable Today, specialty care drives the majority of cost and complexity in healthcare. The focus on return on investment (ROI) of medical solution investments will be fundamental to benefits selection moving forward, yet many healthcare… — MedCity News
	Telehealth Expands Care Access for Transgender, Gender-Diverse Youth By Mark Melchionna March 20, 2023 – Recent research published in Telemedicine and e-Health showed that telehealth services supported healthcare access for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) youth within Seattle Children’s Gender Clinic (SCGC) during the… — mHealth Intelligence
	Morning Headlines 3/20/23 March 19, 2023 Headlines No Comments Oracle Cerner appears to have started another round of job cuts Oracle Cerner has conducted another round of layoffs, according to the social media posts of some employees, which… — HIStalk
	Understanding Healthcare Interoperability Testing “Interoperability is not something you can buy, and not something you can sell,” according to Mario G. Hyland, founder and senior vice president of Aegis. With this commentary on IT companies trying to promise… — Healthcare IT Today
	Qritive, Corista tie up for digital pathology integration Singapore-headquartered Qritive has integrated its AI modules with US-based Corista’s image management platform DP3. According to a press statement, the combined solution leverages AI to screen for both prostate and colon cancers, quantify IHC markers,… — MobiHealthNews
	Advancing Technology and Interoperability to Strengthen Care Teams Sponsored by Surescripts March 20, 2023 – Healthcare interoperability is one of those terms that can mean many things to many people. But for doctors and pharmacists, it means only one thing: the ability for… — EHR Intelligence
	Speakers raise doubts about FDP Palantir bid in Rewired Big Debate  NHS England’s Federated Data Platform (FDP) procurement risks setting back data sharing in the NHS by fanning privacy fears over approach and potential choice of supplier, if the £480m contract were to be awarded… — Digital Health
	Zus Health Closes Financing, Signs Partnership with Elation Health, to Accelerate Growth of its Data Service to Provide Connective Tissue for Healthcare 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. Investors include JAZZ Venture Partners,… — Healthcare IT Today
	Study flags safety risks with Australian prescription apps A new study has uncovered unsafe prescribing practices promoted by some instant prescription service apps in Australia.Done by researchers from the University of Western Australia, the study assessed the adherence to safety standards of… — MobiHealthNews
	MedArrive partners with maternity telehealth company Ouma Health MedArrive, a care management platform merging telehealth and in-person care, is partnering with Ouma Health, a maternity telehealth platform, to expand its mother and fetal in-home care offerings to women on Medicaid.Ouma offers maternal… — MobiHealthNews
	US Maternal Mortality, Maternal Health Disparities, Worsened Since 2019 Maternal mortality, plus maternal health disparities, continue to get worse, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports the worst figures for maternal mortality in the past few years. This comes as the… — DistilINFO Hospital IT
	Microsoft, Nuance Announce AI-Automated Clinical Documentation App By Hannah Nelson March 20, 2023 – Nuance Communications, a Microsoft company, has announced Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express, the first clinical documentation application to combine conversational and ambient artificial intelligence (AI) with OpenAI’s newest… — EHR Intelligence
	AIIMS Delhi to go 5G The All India Institute Of Medical Science in New Delhi has announced its plan to put up 5G mobile connection across the campus. A news report noted from an office memorandum that the campus targets… — Healthcare IT news
	CISA, FBI, MS-ISAC Warn Critical Infrastructure of LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Attacks By Jill McKeon March 20, 2023 – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) issued a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA)… — Health IT Security
	ViVE 2023 Preview – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 110 For the 110th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are giving a little sneak peak into 2023’s ViVE! ViVE 2023 is only a week away and we personally cannot wait! First we discuss… — Healthcare IT Today
	Drop in Chinese investments pulled down digital health VC funding in APAC in 2022: report Latest research finds majors shift in investment strategies in Asia-Pacific vis-a-vis the global digital health scene. Digital health-focused market intelligence provider Galen Growth and PR firm FINN Partners shared some findings from their upcoming report… — MobiHealthNews
	Q&A: How economic uncertainty could affect femtech Femtech has grown over the last decade, but investments in female-focused companies pale in comparison to the larger digital health sector. Ida Tin, cofounder and chairwoman at Clue, a Berlin-based menstrual health app, coined the… — MobiHealthNews
	Telemedicine will become default, with more virtual treatments, expert says The COVID-19 public health emergency may be coming to an end in May. The boost the pandemic gave telemedicine into the mainstream cannot be understated.But what’s next for virtual care? And what about the… — Healthcare IT news
	Finding an Ethical Approach to Large Language Modeling New digital tools are a two-edged sword that come with a unique set of benefits and risks. We need a regulatory framework to manage them responsibly. By John Halamka, M.D., President, Mayo Clinic Platform,… — Digital Health Frontier
	Improving patient outcomes with technology Around one in 20 patients is exposed to preventable harm in medical care, according to a report titled, ‘Prevalence, severity, and nature of preventable patient harm across medical care settings: systematic review and meta-analysis’,… — Omnia Health Insights
	Cyber roundup: Surviving ransomware, ILS data breach and BreachForum boss arrested Essential to the hospital’s survival, key services at a Maryland hospital hit by ransomware in late January stayed up and running, the CEO reported last week. Meanwhile, more than four million were affected by… — Healthcare IT news
	Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 3/20/23 I was hanging out with one of my favorite computer science students over the weekend and ChatGPT was a hot topic. He has been working on a group project, and someone who didn’t have… — HIStalk
	Empowering Stroke Survivors: Interview with Kirsten Carroll, General Manager at Kandu Health Kandu Health, a digital health company based in California, has developed a platform to assist stroke survivors with aftercare. Healthcare for stroke patients is primarily focused on acute care to limit the damage caused… — Medgadget
	Exec Hires: Hinge Health Appoints James Budge as Chief Financial Officer James Budge, Chief Financial Officer at Hinge HealthWhat You Should Know:– Today, Hinge Health, a digital MSK clinic for neck, back & joint pain, announced the appointment of James Budge as chief financial officer. – In this… — HIT Consultant