Health IT: Page 27

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    Included Health and DispatchHealth partner on virtual-to-in-home care

    Included’s care teams will now be able to coordinate in-home care for patients after a telehealth visit through Dispatch’s network of medical practitioners.

    By • May 17, 2023
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    Zocdoc expands urgent care bookings to meet surging demand

    The healthcare marketplace company says the number of urgent care facilities on Zocdoc has grown by almost 40% month over month, and urgent care bookings have also expanded by an average of 80%. 

    By Brian T. Horowitz • May 16, 2023
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    Artificial intelligence

    Amid mounting interest and investment in the space, it's clear AI’s applications in healthcare will only continue to grow.

    By Healthcare Dive staff
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    CVS shuttering clinical trials unit

    The company plans to wind down the business in phases, with a full exit by December 2024.

    By • May 15, 2023
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    Babylon Health to be taken private under restructuring deal

    Babylon will receive $34.5 million in interim funding as part of a deal with investment manager AlbaCore Capital Group and its affiliates.

    By Brian T. Horowitz • May 11, 2023
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    Google adds image analysis capabilities to generative AI model, enabling dialogues with doctors

    The company’s medical large language model has the ability to review X-rays and mammograms, write reports about images and respond to follow-up questions from caregivers.

    By Nick Paul Taylor • May 11, 2023
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    FDA calls for ‘nimble’ regulation of ChatGPT-like models to avoid being ‘swept up quickly’ by tech

    The head of the agency said the models are “ushering in the revolution that many of us were hoping for,” but cautioned that the sector will need to be regulated appropriately.

    By Nick Paul Taylor • May 10, 2023
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    Here’s what will change when the COVID public health emergency ends

    Vaccines, which have been crucial to curbing the threat of the virus, will remain free for the vast majority of people in the U.S., but over-the-counter tests will no longer be covered for most.

    By • May 10, 2023
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    Telehealth declined nationally in February, Fair Health finds

    COVID-19 dropped out of the top five telehealth diagnoses nationally, with mental health conditions claiming the top spot. 

    By Brian T. Horowitz • May 4, 2023
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    DEA temporarily extends COVID-19 telehealth prescribing flexibility for controlled substances

    The agency said on Wednesday that it needs additional time to parse through the 38,000 public comments it received in response to a proposal to reintroduce stricter limits around telehealth prescribing.

    By • May 4, 2023
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    Virtual care company eVisit acquires Bluestream Health

    EVisit aims to offer a streamlined interface by integrating its automated care navigation platform with Bluestream’s digital front door platform.

    By Brian T. Horowitz • May 2, 2023
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    Amazon closes Halo health tracking unit as wave of tech layoffs continues

    The tech giant is exiting the wearables sector as it eliminates 27,000 jobs this year. Amazon’s Halo devices will stop working on Aug. 1.

    By Nick Paul Taylor • May 1, 2023
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    Deliver faster time to value for customers by creating a winning interoperability strategy

    Learn the considerations product leaders must evaluate as they develop solutions to ease clinician burnout and deliver fast ROI.

    May 1, 2023
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    Are fertility benefits becoming the latest work perk?

    In today’s job market, health and retirement benefits are vital tools for competing for employees. The latest tool? Fertility benefits.

    May 1, 2023
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    GoodRx co-CEOs out; former GoDaddy CEO to serve as interim chief executive

    The leadership transition comes after a difficult few years for GoodRx, which announced in September that it planned to eliminate 16% of its workforce.

    By • April 26, 2023
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    ‘Hurtling into the future’: The potential and thorny ethics of generative AI in healthcare

    Generative AI has roared onto the tech scene through the large language model backing ChatGPT. Companies are already deploying the algorithms in hospitals. Should healthcare be taking a pause?

    By • April 21, 2023
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    Oracle’s plan to build national health records database ‘going great,’ Feinberg says

    Oracle Health Chairman David Feinberg sat down with Healthcare Dive at HIMSS to give an update on the Cerner-Oracle integration.

    By • April 21, 2023
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    Report names connected medical devices with the biggest cybersecurity risks

    The findings come as medical device makers face upcoming FDA requirements for providing cybersecurity information as part of their pre-market submissions.

    By Nick Paul Taylor • April 21, 2023
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    Verizon to deploy 5G in new-build Cleveland Clinic hospital

    The project, slated to be finished in July, is Verizon’s first full 5G hospital installation, according to an executive.

    By • April 20, 2023
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    Seema Verma, Trump CMS administrator, to join Oracle

    Verma, who oversaw a number of controversial initiatives while at the CMS, will be senior vice president and general manager of Oracle Life Sciences.

    By • April 19, 2023
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    The evolution of Amazon Pharmacy

    Amazon health leader Vin Gupta discusses affordability initiatives, how Amazon Pharmacy needs to spread awareness among providers and what its effect could be on small community pharmacies.

    By • April 19, 2023
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    Pharmacists stump for more active role in primary care

    At the HIMSS conference in Chicago on Tuesday, pharmacists argued that state and federal regulators should allow them to do more to practice the full scope of their licenses.

    By • April 18, 2023
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    Teladoc expands provider-based program to prediabetes, weight management as demand surges for weight loss drugs

    The virtual care vendor said it plans to apply evidence-based guidelines to prescribe a class of diabetes medication that includes Ozempic when clinically appropriate.

    By • April 18, 2023
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    Microsoft, Epic partner to integrate Azure OpenAI into EHRs

    One of the integration’s tools, which helps automatically draft message responses, is being implemented at UC San Diego Health, UW Health and Stanford Health Care, according to the companies.

    By • April 17, 2023
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    5 ways to offer modern health benefits

    Benefits can be excellent incentives and tools for acquisition and retention — when they’re understood. Learn more about how to build better health benefits.

    April 17, 2023
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    Moody’s report highlights need for investment in healthcare cybersecurity

    The ratings agency said healthcare’s vulnerable state makes it “target rich,” which could bring service disruptions and personal data disclosures.

    By Brian T. Horowitz • April 13, 2023