News 9/1/23 – HIStalk
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Babylon Health sells its UK business, including the GP at Hand app, to US-based in-home test kit vendor EMed Healthcare.
The sale basically marks the end of the company, which has declared insolvency…
The Role of Pain Duration and Pain Intensity on the Effectiveness of App-Delivered Self-Management for Low Back Pain (selfBACK): Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Clinical guidelines for non-specific low back pain (LBP) recommend self-management tailored to individual needs and capabilities as a first-line treatment. mHealth solutions are a promising method for delivering tailored self-management interventions to patients…
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Health IT Firms Could Be Fined Up to $1M for Info Blocking Starting 9/1 – MedCity News
Beginning September 1, HHS’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will begin enforcing the anti-information blocking regulations laid out in the 21st Century Cures Act. The office finalized penalties to enforce these rules in…
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Clinical trial design company QuantHealth scores $15M and more digital health fundings
AI-enabled clinical trial design company QuantHealth announced it scored $15 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Pitango HealthTech and Bertelsmann Investments, bringing its total raise to $20 million. The company, which recently…
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Two Chairs Unveils Group Therapy, Care Navigation Offerings – MedCity News
Mental health company Two Chairs announced Tuesday that it is launching two new features for patients: group therapy and care navigation.
San Francisco-based Two Chairs was founded in 2017 and offers in-person, virtual and hybrid…
Headspace & Intermountain’s Castell Form VBC Mental Health Partnership
What You Should Know:
– Headspace, a comprehensive digital mental healthcare provider, and Castell, Intermountain’s value-based care subsidiary, have signed a value-based care (VBC) mental health partnership designed to improve health outcomes through a personalized…
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Accurate Data is a Lifeline to Care in the Medicaid Redetermination Cycle
Adimika Arthur, Executive Director, HealthTech 4 Medicaid
Manisha Sharma, Senior Medical Director, Promise Health Plan Blue Shield of California
During the pandemic, Medicaid enrollment grew by nearly 30% to cover more than 93 million Americans, due…
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Debunking Healthcare’s Recession-Proof Reputation – MedCity News
Historically, the healthcare industry has had a reputation of countercyclicality. The idea here is that people are always going to need healthcare services and products, so the sector is less vulnerable to the effects…
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HFMA Edition: How Are You Incorporating AI and Technology like ChatGPT Into Your Organization or Product? | Healthcare IT Today
The overarching goal of incorporating AI into the world of healthcare has always been to make the lives of our practitioners and patients easier. Sometimes this can mean using chatbots so patients can have…
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ATA takes a national stance on how states treat consumer health data
Following conversations in Washington and state capitals, the American Telemedicine Association published its new Health Data Privacy Principles this week. They’re meant to address concerns about state privacy laws governing consumer health data, according to…
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