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 WebMD Bolsters Patient Engagement Offerings Through New Acquisition – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Saturday March 2, 2024) WebMD has acquired the assets of Healthwise, an Idaho-based nonprofit provider of health education content and patient engagement tools. The New Jersey-based company announced the deal on Thursday and did not disclose financial details.  Q&A: Walgreens CMO on VillageMD closures
MobiHealthNews - (Saturday March 2, 2024) Last week, Walgreens announced its tech-enabled value-based care provider VillageMD would close clinics in Florida in a bid to increase profitability and earlier this week confirmed to Becker’s it would close all its Illinois… |
 Text Message-Based mHealth Intervention More Effective Later in Day
mHealth Intelligence - (Friday March 1, 2024) By Anuja Vaidya March 01, 2024 – On examining a text messaging-based mHealth intervention, researchers found messages delivered in the afternoon or evening improved mood among people with depression and anxiety symptoms more significantly than messages…  Generative AI in Your Desk Drawer: LLMs for Everyone | Healthcare IT Today
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday March 1, 2024) Very large health care systems and academic medical centers can employ programmers to create their own LLMs, according to David Kereiakes, managing partner at Windham Venture Partners. In addition to patient data, they ingest… |
 How AI can boost clinical decision support in emergency medicine
Healthcare IT news - (Friday March 1, 2024) Deployment of artificial intelligence for point-of-care clinical decision support is in its infancy. Despite media attention and proliferation of AI studies, translation to clinical practice is not commonplace.Little evidence exists on best practices for…  At HIMSS24, perspective on safeguarding ePHI and restricting unauthorized access
Healthcare IT news - (Friday March 1, 2024) Mobile use in the healthcare space has long been a double-edged sword with personal devices giving clinicians the ability to access healthcare data at any time from anywhere. Still, they also leave organizations vulnerable… |
 A sense of urgency at the Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum
Healthcare IT news - (Friday March 1, 2024) This year’s HIMSS24 is turning the spotlight to an issue of increasing importance – cybersecurity – with the daylong Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Monday, March 11, hosted by Erik Decker, chief information security officer…  At the AI In Healthcare Forum, a chance to compare notes and learn from peers
Healthcare IT news - (Friday March 1, 2024) At this year’s HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Orlando there will be – it probably won’t surprise you to know – a strong focus on all things artificial intelligence. Machine learning models and… |
 PhaseV Applies Machine Learning for Successful Clinical Trials | Healthcare IT Today
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday March 1, 2024) A clinical trial can cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and one of the major contributors to costs is recruiting and keeping human subjects. According to Dr. Raviv Pryluk, PhD, CEO and co-founder at…  PhaseV Applies Machine Learning for Successful Clinical Trials
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday March 1, 2024)  A clinical trial can cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and one of the major contributors to costs is recruiting and keeping human subjects. According to Dr. Raviv Pryluk, PhD, CEO and co-founder at… |