Monday Morning Update 4/3/23
Top News Epic CEO Judy Faulkner reportedly tells attendees of AMGA that the company is testing the use of ChatGPT to create draft provider responses to patient emails. She says ChatGPT is less terse…
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Inato Snags $20M to Make Clinical Trials More Diverse & Accessible
Almost three-quarters of all clinical trials are run by the same 5% of academic sites, according to Inato CEO Kourosh Davarpanah.
“This lack of patient access causes trial delays and costs to skyrocket, ultimately constraining…
Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more
Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s…
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MediFormatica Daily Digest – Saturday, April 1, 2023 – (19 posts)
In todays fast-paced world, it is easy to miss out on important information, especially if you are trying to keep up with a lot of different sources. That is where the daily digest comes in – it is a tool that compiles all the posts created on the previous day, providing you with a convenient summary of everything that happened so you can stay informed, educated, and engaged with the Digital Health world around you.
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Current Health CEO: At-Home Care Models Could Lead to Better Staff Retention
At-home care advocates are often quick to point out that the care modality improves the patient experience and allows hospitals to better manage capacity so they can ensure beds are available for the sickest…
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ML Model Uses Time, Location Data to Predict COVID-19 Transmission
By Shania Kennedy March 31, 2023 – Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed a machine learning (ML) tool designed to predict COVID-19 transmission using location and time data, according to a study published…
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Telehealth Lessened Overdose Risk Among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
By Mark Melchionna March 31, 2023 – Published in JAMA Psychiatry, a recent study found that Medicare beneficiaries who engaged in opioid use disorder (OUD)-related care through telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced a lower…
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PCORI Awards $123M to Support Clinical Effectiveness Research
By Hannah Nelson March 31, 2023 – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has announced funding awards totaling $123 million to support 15 clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies.
Additionally, PCORI awarded $4 million for two implementation…
Experts ‘cautiously optimistic’ about extended reality for mental healthcare
During Thursday’s vMed 2023 conference hosted by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, speakers discussed medical extended reality’s place within mental healthcare and the risks and benefits associated with mental health treatment in the…
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Q&A: Digital health startups need to rethink their stories to raise in 2023
Investments in digital healthcare spiked in 2021, but funding has since dropped dramatically. Bill Taranto, president of Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, tells MobiHealthNews what interests Merck when it comes to investing in digital health…
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