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 ✨ Highlights from Boston Health2Tech 2024 ✨ #digitalhealth
BeKey - (Tuesday December 24, 2024)  Take a look at some of the key moments from our recent Health2Tech event in Boston! From insightful discussions on the future of healthcare technology to groundbreaking innovations in digital health, this event was…  Healthcare Leaders Slam Exclusion of Key Healthcare Provisions in Spending Package – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Tuesday December 24, 2024) Those hoping for meaningful drug pricing and prior authorization reform this holiday season received a lump of coal instead. On Saturday, President Joe Biden signed a narrower spending bill that avoided a government shutdown but… |
 Improving access to cardiovascular care for 1.4 billion people in China using telehealth
npj Digital Medicine - (Tuesday December 24, 2024) Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) pose a significant health burden in China, where the large population and vast geography limit access to care. Telehealth (tHealth) services provide a virtual model of care that can enhance CVD…  5.6 Million Patients’ Data Stolen During Ascension’s Ransomware Attack Earlier This Year – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Tuesday December 24, 2024) The cyberattack that Ascension suffered in May resulted in the exposure of 5.6 million patients’ personal and health information, according to a recent breach notification filed with the Maine Attorney General. The health system is… |
 NSF offers $1.6M for research on the International Space Station
MobiHealthNews - (Monday December 23, 2024) The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding a solicitation searching for projects that use the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory to advance tissue engineering and mechanobiology research. Through the solicitation, NSF will provide…  $1.6M funding available for NSF tissue engineering research on ISS National Lab
MobiHealthNews - (Monday December 23, 2024) The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding a solicitation searching for projects that use the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory to advance tissue engineering and mechanobiology research. Through the solicitation, NSF will provide… |
 CCC Intelligent Solutions acquires EvolutionIQ for $730M
MobiHealthNews - (Monday December 23, 2024) Cloud platform provider for the property and casualty (P&C) insurance economy business, CCC Intelligent Solutions (a subsidiary of CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings), has acquired EvolutionIQ, a platform for AI-powered guidance for disability and injury…  VA to restart deployments in EHR modernization effort
Healthcare IT news - (Monday December 23, 2024) More than 18 months after the Veterans Administration paused new deployments of its Oracle electronic health record system to make critical improvements to the EHR and improve patient safety at five VA health systems,… |
 Digital health funding predictions for 2025
MobiHealthNews - (Monday December 23, 2024) MobiHealthNews asked executives from across the digital health landscape to look into their crystal balls and closely examine how digital health investments will materialize in 2025.The exec highlighted how AI and data, return on…  How Medicare Advantage Programs Can Address Social Risk
HIT Consultant - (Monday December 23, 2024) Brian Norris, Managing Director of Strategic Consulting at MedeAnalytics There are almost 33 million people enrolled in eligible Medicare programs. Nearly half are enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, and that number is expected to… |