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HealthLock, a leading medical fraud and overbilling protection solution, today unveiled insightful findings from a recent attitudinal study exploring how adults in the United States feel about healthcare, from claims and billing to medical fraud and privacy.The study sheds light on consumer attitudes and preferences, highlighting the need for innovative solutions to address the public’s concerns.
Exploring National Sentiments Regarding Healthcare
In January 2023, a
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KLAS: Pediatric Organizations Placing Emphasis on EMR Vendor Consolidation
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The landscape of pediatric healthcare has shifted in recent years. Grappling with changes in the labor market, many pediatric organizations are seeking out a simplified IT approach that enhances patient care and bolsters efficiency. Some organizations have started to consolidate or have already consolidated their technology stack to fewer vendors, with many leveraging more functionality from their core EHR vendors.For this report, KLAS talked to 57 organizations using
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M&A: Practice Better Acquires Nutrition Planning Platform That Clean Life
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Practice Better, a leading, all-in-one practice management software platform for health and wellness professionals, announced today that it has acquired That Clean Life, a Toronto-based nutrition planning software for health and wellness professionals.The acquisition will allow Practice Better customers to seamlessly integrate nutrition planning and healthy eating into the workflows of customers and care plans for clients. This move bolsters Practice Better’s practice
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Test Strip Detects Both Fentanyl & Xylazine Launches in Delaware to Combat Opioid Deaths
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SIVAD Diagnostic Medical Group LLC (SIVAD), a minority-owned company dedicated to addressing the unique needs of underserved and unserved communities in the United States and globally, recently announced the launch of HarmGuard FX in Delaware, the first state in the nation to distribute this groundbreaking approach to reducing overdose deaths.HarmGuard FX is a single, low-cost strip that provides an affordable, reliable way for people to test substances for
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New Study Evaluates Virtual Reality to Reduce Scanxiety in Brain Tumor Patients
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AppliedVR, an immersive therapeutics (ITx) pioneer advancing a novel approach to medicine, today announced interim analysis results of a phase 2 clinical trial study performed in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).The phase 2 clinical trial explored whether virtual reality (VR) could be an intervention for primary brain tumor (PBT) patients who experience distress and anxiety prior to their clinical
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Boys & Girls Clubs of America Taps Unite Us To Enhance Youth Mental Health
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Boys & Girls Clubs of America, one of the nation’s largest youth-serving organizations, and Unite Us, the nation’s leading software company enabling cross-sector collaboration, are partnering to address the unmet mental health needs of young people, their families and communities across the nation.With more than 5,000 Clubs across the nation, Boys & Girls Clubs of America provides supportive spaces, caring mentors, and life-enhancing programs to
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PE Firm Invests in Pyx Health
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Pyx Health, a tech-enabled services company that provides health plans and their members an innovative, scalable solution that uniquely reduces loneliness and social isolation, today announced a majority growth investment fromTT Capital Partners (TTCP).The company’s innovative app-based technology, paired with timely human interventions, improves patient and member outcomes in vulnerable populations, reduces financial burdens on the health care system, and promotes
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Lifebit Partners with Latin American Innovators to Assist Genomic Diversity
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London-based precision medicine software provider Lifebit has agreed partnerships with two innovative population genomic initiatives in Mexico and Brazil to help diversify genomic research and reduce health inequality in Latin America.The use of Lifebit’s federated technology will allow researchers around the world to connect with and securely access the valuable and sensitive genomic data held by gen-t (headquartered in Sao Paolo) and Omica.bio (based in
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UMC Health System Deploys AI-Based Gun Detection to Deter and Mitigate Gun-Related Violence
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ZeroEyes, the creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, and UMC Health System today announced the deployment of ZeroEyes’ software to protect the facility’s patients, employees and visitors against gun-related violence. With gun-related workplace violence rising in the US, hospitals face new security challenges. Healthcare workers, who served and
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NeuroFlow Acquires Behavioral Health Tech Firm Capital Solution Design
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NeuroFlow, the leading provider of behavioral health technology infrastructure, today announced that it has acquired Capital Solution Design (CSD), parent company to Behavioral Health Lab (BHL) and BHL Touch, a leading provider of measurement-based care solutions for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other healthcare organizations.The acquisition makes CSD a wholly-owned subsidiary, bringing BHL and BHL Touch and the company’s talent to
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