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 Are Hospitals Ready for Alzheimer’s Treatment Approval?

by John Showalter, MD, Chief Product Officer at Linus Health 03/20/2023 Leave a Comment

 Are Hospitals Ready for Alzheimer's Treatment Approval?

The FDA’s recent accelerated approval of Leqembi was welcome news across the Alzheimer’s community. However, few health systems, medical practices, or providers are prepared for the extraordinary public interest in a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease – especially not one targeting mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and early dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease – that is likely headed their way soon. The unprecedented scale of the public health and marketing campaigns, the high prevalence of MCI in
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3 Public Health Messaging Failures: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It

by Mio Akasako, co-founder & VP of Design at Ash Wellness 03/13/2023 Leave a Comment

Public health crisis communications plans have the power to improve outcomes, reduce long-term healthcare costs, and save lives. These plans should convey crucial health information to impacted groups with recommendations on how and when to seek care and reduce spread. The consequences of ineffective, inconsistent, or absent public health messaging in times of crisis are grave, leading to the mistrust of healthcare institutions, stigmatization of impacted groups, and decreased likelihood of
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Leveraging Technology to Bridge Gaps in Compliance

by Sean Eaton, Senior Compliance Solutions Specialist at GHX 02/17/2023 Leave a Comment

Leveraging Technology to Bridge Gaps in Compliance

American health systems, hospitals and post-acute care providers are required to comply with hundreds of regulatory requirements. Facilitating this compliance comes with a high cost. According to the American Hospital Association, the average-sized community hospital spends nearly $7.6 million annually on administrative activities to support regulatory compliance. With the impending end of the COVID-19 public health emergency set to shake up healthcare regulations, ongoing healthcare labor
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The New “Front Door” to Healthcare Can Only Open Fully with True Interoperability

by David Pope, PharmD, CDE Chief Pharmacy Officer, OmniSYS 02/06/2023 Leave a Comment

The New “Front Door” to Healthcare Can Only Open Fully with True Interoperability

Some people think of retail pharmacists as standing behind the counter bottling pills, answering insurance questions, or discussing side effects with a customer.   But the COVID pandemic fundamentally changed the role of the neighborhood pharmacist, from primarily dispensing medication to increasingly being the source of urgent and primary care for patients.  With the successful administration of more than 300 million COVID vaccinations, an ongoing doctor shortage, and
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Healthcare Profit Pools to Reach $790B by 2026, Report Reveals

by Syed Hamza Sohail 01/24/2023 Leave a Comment

Healthcare Profit Pools to Reach $790B by 2026, Report Reveals

What You Should Know: - Healthcare profit pools are expected to grow 4 percent annually resulting from $654 billion in 2021 to $790 billion in 2026, according to a new McKinsey report. - The report reveals inflation is not transitory and the economic outlook has meaningfully darkened due to a healthcare worker shortage and endemic COVID-19.   What to expect in US healthcare in 2023 and beyond The US healthcare industry faces demanding conditions in 2023, including
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COVID-19 Health Systems Impact: What Will Stop The Cash Hemorrhage?

by Eugene Chan, MD, co-founder and chairman of Abpro 01/23/2023 Leave a Comment

COVID-19 Health Systems Impact: What Will Stop The Cash Hemorrhage?

The material cost of COVID-19 has been at the center of public discourse since the early days of the pandemic. In 2020, growth in federal government spending on healthcare increased 36 percent, compared to the 5.9 percent bump in 2019. While the distribution of vaccines has allowed for a version of pre-pandemic life to resume, hospitals are still not recovered from the high rates of hospitalizations that occurred in March 2020, and the indirect costs of the pandemic continue to loom over the
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VisualDx Awarded Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Advance Global Health and Diagnostic Accuracy in Underserved Regions

by Jasmine Pennic 01/18/2023 Leave a Comment

VisualDx Awarded Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Advance Global Health and Diagnostic Accuracy in Underserved Regions

What You Should Know: - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded VisualDx a new grant to develop diagnostic tools for surveillance, detection, and triage of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and other rare infectious diseases in India and Nigeria.   - This project comes on the heels of similar public health collaborations with HHS and the state of Vermont. It also marks the second Gates Foundation grant VisualDx has received, following a
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Netherlands Cancer Institute to Deploy Proscia’s Pathology Platform

by Fred Pennic 01/18/2023 Leave a Comment

Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) to Deploy Proscia’s Pathology Platform To Drive Personalized Diagnosis

What You Should Know:  - Proscia®, a provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, announced that the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), one of the top 10 comprehensive cancer centers in Europe, will deploy its Concentriq® Dx platform.  - NKI is transitioning to Concentriq Dx to expand its digital pathology practice, laying the foundation for its pathologists to deliver personalized diagnoses that better inform treatment decisions. In doing so, the cancer center,
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Why EHR Data Is Key to Gathering More Accurate Medical Assessments

by Jake Hochberg, Executive Director, Customer Insights at Arcadia 01/16/2023 Leave a Comment

Why EHR Data Is Key to Gathering More Accurate Medical Assessments

Patient data in electronic health records (EHRs) holds a wealth of insights that can enable health systems to better serve their patient populations.   However, data from EHRs is challenging because this data is messy due to the lack of standardization in how clinical data is collected, and often times valuable information is buried in unstructured fields such as notes. Additionally, EHR data is disconnected from EHR data at other sites of care resulting in an incomplete view of the
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5 Executive Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions to Watch in 2023

by Jasmine Pennic 01/14/2023 Leave a Comment

5 Executive Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions to Watch in 2023

Irfan Shakeel, VP of Training and Certification Services, OPSWAT Cyberattacks on the healthcare industry will continue to increase: The healthcare industry is most vulnerable to cyberattacks, which makes it a lucrative target for cybercriminals; attacks on the healthcare industry have grown significantly in 2022, and attacks will even go further in 2023. According to IBM, healthcare breaches cost the most at $9.23 million per incident. And, most importantly, cyberattacks not only affect human
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