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 HammondCare beefs up IT monitoring across its aged care network
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) Not-for-profit aged care service provider HammondCare has tapped German enterprise monitoring solutions provider Paessler to proactively monitor its IT infrastructure nationwide.With more than 5,100 dedicated staff and volunteers, HammondCare delivers aged care, dementia care and palliative care to around 34,000 clients in over 92 service locations across Australia.  SA Health kicks off patient-generated data project with The Clinician
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday January 25, 2023) SA Health, together with the Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health, will start collecting and analysing patient-reported measures across South Australia through its new programme.The Patient Reported Measures (PRM) programme will support clinical services to deliver “high-quality, patient-centred, and value-driven care” by encouraging patients to report on health outcomes and experiences. |
 Cortisol, Learning to Master the Master Hormone
eHealth Radio Network - (Tuesday January 24, 2023) Wibe Wagemans who has spent years researching every scientific paper on cortisol and other hormones and has interviewed the world’s leading scientists & PhDs, who have studied cortisol across many medical disciplines (endocrinology, gynecology, psychology, gastroenterology, physiology) joins eHealth Radio & the Health News Channel. He has a comprehensive understanding of the role cortisol plays and is an engaging speaker and can converse in ways that nonscientists can understand. He is co-author of Cortisol: The Master Hormone.  Hyndman Area Health Center cuts IT bill in half with the cloud
Healthcare IT news - (Tuesday January 24, 2023) Hyndman Area Health Center – a holistic Pennsylvania-based health center providing family medicine, dental health, behavioral health and more – transitioned from client-hosted servers to eClinicalWorks cloud-based servers to expand its network capacity and meet a rising data demand.Since then, it has experienced a more than 150% increase in patients and has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past few years since it no longer relies on physical servers. |
 UChicago to launch accelerator for AI and data science companies
Healthcare IT news - (Tuesday January 24, 2023) The University of Chicago this week announced the creation of Transform, an accelerator for early-stage technology companies focused on data science and artificial intelligence.WHY IT MATTERSThe new program – which is part of the Deep Tech Ventures initiative at the UChicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – aims to offer a wide array of support to startups: access to business and technical training, industry mentorship, venture capital connections, and funding opportunities  NextGen Healthcare hit by BlackCat ransomware
Healthcare IT news - (Tuesday January 24, 2023) The group, also known as ALPHV and suspected to be a successor to BlackMatter, has demanded ransoms as high as $1.5M with affiliates keeping 80-90%, according to the Office of Information Security at U.S. Health and Human Services and the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center.WHY IT MATTERS |
 What’s ahead for health IT policy and legislation in 2023
Healthcare IT news - (Monday January 23, 2023) With Congress providing telehealth waivers as part of its omnibus spending bill at the close of 2022, delaying the “telehealth cliff” for two years, HIMSS says it’s now ready to make the case for permanent reimbursement of virtual care.Also on its policy agenda for the year ahead: advocating for data standardization, offering input for interoperability rulemaking and engaging with agencies and states to increase telehealth access. We spoke with the HIMSS government relations team for their thoughts on those priorities and more in 2023 and beyond.  Needle moving on drug monitoring program efficacy, ONC says
Healthcare IT news - (Monday January 23, 2023) A new brief from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology data says that one-third of prescribers now access prescription drug-monitoring programs through their electronic health records and 62% reported they used electronic prescribing of controlled substances technologies often – up from 37% in 2019.WHY IT MATTERS |
 IoMT – Internet of Medical Things – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 106
Healthcare IT Today - (Monday January 23, 2023) For the 106th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are discussing the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)! First we analyze what IoMT makes us think of and what it includes. Then, we share what devices we’re excited to see come out. Next, we take a look at what the recent explosion of IoMT means for healthcare organizations. And lastly, we debate on the impact IoMT has on security and privacy. What do you think of when you see the term IoMT?  Malaffi Updates – Risk Profile in the Malaffi Provider Portal (English)
Malaffi - (Thursday January 19, 2023) New feature alert! 🔔 We are excited to announce that a Patient Risk Profile functionality is now available in the #Malaffi Provider Portal, enabling #AbuDhabidoctors to assess the future #risk of patients developing certain illnesses. Based on past and current medical records, by utilising advanced AI and machine learning algorithms to build #predictivemodels, the functionality predicts the likelihood of certain chronic conditions such as diabetes or acute events such as stroke, giving physicians the upper hand in providing #preventive treatments over cures.#HIE #MalaffiHealthPortal #HealthInformationExchange #InAbuDhabi… |