By Sarai Rodriguez April 05, 2023 – Illinois Gastroenterology Group (IGG) has settled a class-action lawsuit for an undisclosed amount after a data breach puts the patient privacy of more than 227,943 individuals at risk….
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is promoting the use of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) and health information exchange (HIE) tools to address the opioid epidemic in the…
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What You Should Know:Sword Health, the world’s fastest-growing platform for treating pain, today announced Predict, the first AI engine using advanced machine learning to identify members who are up to 40x more likely to…
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What You Should Know:A new study by Cedars-Sinai investigators describes how ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, may help improve health outcomes for patients with cirrhosis and liver cancer by providing easy-to-understand information about basic knowledge,…
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What You Should Know:2023 started off with the hallmarks of a rebound year. While Q4 2022 signaled the tail end of the digital health funding cycle, January and February funding numbers began to suggest…
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Historically, Lee Memorial Health System, based in Fort Myers, Florida, has had a program to help observe patients who were potentially at risk of hurting themselves while in its facilities.THE PROBLEM
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By Hannah Nelson April 04, 2023 – ONC is working to address the opioid epidemic through its support for nationwide health information exchange (HIE), including prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), according to a HealthITBuzz blog…
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Senators Bill Cassidy and Jerry Moran have introduced a bill that would halt the implementation of the Oracle Cerner EHR at VA facilities until significant improvements are made. The proposed VA EHRM Standardization and…
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By Hannah Nelson April 03, 2023 – Senators Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) have introduced legislation that would prevent the continued implementation of the Oracle Cerner EHR at Department of Veterans Affairs…
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Rahul Sharma, CEO of HSBloxRoughly $4 trillion is spent on healthcare annually in the U.S. Despite this massive expenditure, roughly 80% of health outcomes are attributed to social, behavioral and environmental factors, known as…
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