Oracle has signed a contract with Accenture to improve the training clinicians receive on using the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Cerner EHR platform, according to reporting from FedScoop. Oracle-owned Cerner had determined it…
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Indian biotech company Mylab Discovery Solutions is integrating Qure.ai’s AI technology into its upcoming x-ray device for screening tuberculosis.According to a press statement, MyBeam is a compact, lightweight device equipped with high-frequency technology for detecting TB. It will be powered by Qure.ai’s deep-learning software qXR to analyse chest x-ray images and identify TB within a minute.
WHY IT MATTERS
India is one of the biggest contributors to global TB cases, accounting for 26% of the total global count and 34% of all TB deaths.
By leveraging technological innovation, both Mylab and Qure.ai aim to support the Indian government’s goal of eliminating TB by 2025. Their integrated…
Grifols, a company that turns blood plasma into therapies for immunological disorders and other conditions, is laying off about 2,000 U.S. workers as part of a corporate restructuring projected to yield up to €400 million in annual cost savings, the biotech announced Wednesday.
The layoffs represent about 8% of the Barcelona-based company’s global workforce, but they will happen mainly in its U.S. plasma operations. That’s notable because as a company that relies on plasma, the U.S. is vital to its business. The starting point for Grifols’s therapies is blood plasma. Key to its drug-making process is fractionation, in which the protein components…
Tina Paterson the author of the new book Effective Remote Teams joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel. Tina has helped teams of over 10,000 members navigate working remotely while maintaining a healthy work/life balance.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Tina Paterson discuss the following:
How is it possible to leverage a virtual team and not only meet your goals but to outperform them without burnout?
It’s said that remote working can actually lead to over-productivity which can be a very fast way to lead to burnout. What can leaders do to help foster a culture of not…
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) unveiled three new models Tuesday that will be tested by the CMS Innovation Center and aim to lower prescription drug costs. The models include access to $2 generic drugs.
The news is in response to President Joe Biden’s executive order issued in October, which directed HHS to find ways to lower prescription drug costs and improve access to drug therapies for those enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid health plans. The models are meant to build on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for…
– With high levels of clinician burnout across the care continuum, healthcare organizations are leveraging EHR implementations for clinical workflow optimization. FAMILY CLINIC MOVES TO ECLINICALWORKS SYSTEM FOR SCALABILITY Care Choice Family Clinic, PLLC in Plano, TX, will implement a health IT system from EHR vendor eClinicalWorks’ to customize workflows and improve operational efficiency. The implementation is set to allow the new family practice to deliver comprehensive patient care and scale as needed. Care Choice Family Clinic cares for patients two years old and up, focusing on primary care, sick visits, and minor urgent care. “I had experience with eClinicalWorks at…
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What You Should Know:– Prior authorization is mandated by payers to ensure that certain clinical procedures and medications being ordered are necessary. To alleviate the heavy administrative burden this requirement causes, healthcare organizations have adopted automated prior authorization solutions.– For this report, KLAS interviewed 30 respondents from 26 unique organizations to understand their experiences using these solutions and what outcomes they have seen.Understanding the Impact Automated Prior Authorization Solutions ProvideThis report is a perception study designed to help readers understand where the automated prior authorization market is and what outcomes organizations using automated prior authorization are seeing. To gather these perspectives, KLAS…
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The class action lawsuits filed by Herman Herman & Katz allege Meta Pixel code potentially analyzed, gathered and shared the sensitive medical data of hundreds of thousands of patients across the LCMC Health Systems and Willis-Knighton Health System networks.WHY IT MATTERS
Pixel technology uses a Java tracking script to send an organization’s data to the technology owner, which in this case, is Meta, owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Tracked data could be shared with network marketing partners who target individuals with offers and advertisements.
The new class action lawsuit alleges that visitors to the health system websites may have had their protected…
Toni Land, Head of Clinical Healthcare Experience at MedalliaIt’s well known that the winter season typically creates spikes in illness and, consequently, a surge in healthcare visits. What might not be so obvious is that this time of increased demand is also the ideal opportunity for healthcare organizations to prioritize building trust and improving experiences for patients, clinicians and team members. Just as science grows more sophisticated each year, allowing practitioners to better treat a greater number of medical ailments, so should patient and team member experience efforts within the healthcare sector. That’s all the more true as the country now navigates…
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Just about one-third of managed care plans have verified or current contact information for between 76% and 100% of their Medicaid members, a recent survey found.
The news comes as the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision is set to expire March 31 due to the Consolidated Appropriations Act. The requirement was part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and banned states from disenrolling people from Medicaid during the public health emergency (although the Consolidated Appropriations Act separated the requirement from the PHE, which will end in May). Starting April 1, states can resume disenrollments and Medicaid enrollees will have to undergo the…
