Turning Data into Action to Address Social Determinants of HealthBy George Dealy
George Dealy, MS is VP of healthcare applications of Dimensional Insight of Burlington, MA.
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are widely recognized as critical…
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Christopher Johnson, President and co-CEO of TeleTracking, has suggested that healthcare organizations need to focus on operational interoperability, adopt the idea of “Boundaryless Healthcare,” and reflect on the progress made during the pandemic. He…
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The University of Adelaide, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and the Health and Information Collaborative have created a tool that uses AI algorithms to predict when general surgery patients are about to be discharged. The…
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The DEA and SAMHSA have extended telehealth prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances through November 11, 2024, following a temporary rule. The move comes after several healthcare organizations, including the AHA, requested continued telehealth prescribing…
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Healthcare organizations and HIT vendors alike have noted the benefits of moving to a public cloud provider—see previous KLAS research for insights into the experiences of organizations that have used Amazon Web Services (AWS)…
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Hackers breach the systems of NextGen Healthcare and access the information of one million patients, according to a filed breach report.
The company says that its cloud-based NextGen Office EHR/PM was accessed using…
RF (radio frequency) technology uses radio waves to transmit and receive information wirelessly. RF is often seen in health monitoring devices such as wearables, implants, remote monitoring systems, and telemedicine. Mostly, though, it is…
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Researchers at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom have developed a microfluidic device that mimics a human vein, including anatomical features such as valves, and physiological features such as pulsatile flow. The…
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Researchers at MIT have developed a urine test that can distinguish between different types of cancer, and could even highlight if metastases are present. The test involves first administering nanoparticles to patients that can…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 09, 2023 – New research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York indicated that using Apple Watch data, such as heart rate variability and resting heart rate,…
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