What You Should Know: - Fresenius Kidney Care, the dialysis services division of Fresenius Medical Care North America, rolled out CommonWell health data exchange services to its dialysis facilities nationwide. - This initiative is a significant stride towards better-coordinated care for patients requiring life-sustaining dialysis for kidney failure and will enable the real-time exchange of critical patient health information--allowing healthcare providers to access the most
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NIH Taps PhysIQ to Develop AI-Based COVID-19 Digital Biomarker
What You Should Know: - physIQ has been selected by the National Institute of Health (NIH) to develop an innovative AI-based COVID-19 digital biomarker solution to address the COVID-19 pandemic. - Early detection of COVID-19 decompensation in patients is complicated by infrequent and non-specific clinical data. The first-in-kind tool will collect and analyzes continuous physiologic data could provide early clinical indicators of COVID-19 decompensation. The National Cancer Institute
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Tampa General, Philips Ink 7-Year Partnership to All Bedside Patient and Vital Sign Monitors
What You Should Know: - Tampa General Hospital announces a seven-year strategic partnership with Philips to innovate and improve patient experience. - As part of the partnership, Tampa General will replace all bedside patient and vital sign monitors throughout the 1,006-bed hospital and upgrade key imaging equipment in the catheterization laboratories and interventional radiology rooms. Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and Philips today announced they are creating a
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Dept. of Defense and Philips Partner on AI Tech to Contain COVID-19
What You Should Know: - Today, Philips, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, announced plans to expand their research on an AI-based early warning system for infectious disease, opening new possibilities in the battle to contain COVID-19. - An application of their joint Rapid Analysis of Threat Exposure (RATE) project, the technology aims to provide early alerts of potential infection, ensuring troop readiness and protection against
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Amidst the Pandemic, IT Teams Turn to the Cloud to Protect Patient Data
The challenges facing healthcare during COVID-19 are more than biological. Healthcare providers are weathering a perfect storm as hackers take advantage of the commotion and ramp up their attack frequency and sophistication. This isn’t surprising for those familiar with the hacker playbook, as cybercriminals typically go after victims that are the right combination of vulnerable and profitable. And right now, the valuable troves of personal health data held by providers, focused on battling
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Designating Ownership of Provider Data Will Improve Care Coordination, Study Finds
What You Should Know: - New LexisNexis Risk Solutions Health Care survey reveals that 63% of respondents believe designating ownership of provider data will improve care coordination, yet only 18% of organizations report having a dedicated data governance department - The survey results are based on over 100 qualified responses from organizations across the industry, including independent hospitals, teaching hospitals, independent physician groups, and federally qualified health
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Change Healthcare Launches New AI Model to Extract Diagnostic Data from EHRs for Case Management
What You Should Know: - Change Healthcare launches a new artificial intelligence model that automatically extracts diagnostic data from clinical notes to increase the efficiency of automated medical necessity reviews by over 20%. - The new Change Healthcare AI models are trained using clinical data and are honed by expert physicians. Change Healthcare unveils new innovative new Artificial Intelligence models, trained by expert physicians, which extract meaningful diagnostic
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DrChrono EHR Adds Live Chat, PDMP, Inline Charting, Vital Flowsheet Features
What You Should Know: - DrChrono continues to modernize EHR platform with the addition of new features live chat and prescription drug monitoring program. - As doctors continue to work remotely due to COVID-19, new features allow for more efficiency and seamless patient data processing via the platform. DrChrono Inc., the company developing the essential platform and services for modern medical practices, announced today the availability of its newest features, Live Chat, which
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Optimize.health Raises $15.6M for Remote Patient Monitoring Platform
What You Should Know: - Optimize.health raises $15.6M in Series A funding to accelerate access to and adoption of its remote patient monitoring platform. - Optimize.Health enables improved access to care, more favorable health outcomes, and contained healthcare costs through the combination of high-quality monitoring devices and a user-friendly, HIPAA-compliant digital platform that supports two-way video calls and text conversations between patients and their
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FCC, HHS, and USDA Team Up for Rural Telehealth Initiative Task Force
What You Should Know: - Agencies sign a memorandum of understanding to establish an interagency Rural Telehealth Initiative Task Force comprised of representatives from each agency to keep rural Americans connected to vital health services. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on the Rural Telehealth
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