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HeartBeam secures new patents for cardiac monitoring technology

March 8, 2024

Via: Medical Device Network

Medical technology company HeartBeam has secured two new patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office on its core vector electrocardiography (VECG) technology. HeartBeam’s VECG technology gathers 3D signals of the heart, transforming them into a 12-lead ECG. The first […]


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Triad of Modernizing Healthcare: genAI, Interoperability, and Advanced Operational Systems

March 5, 2024

Via: Health IT Answers

Healthcare institutions have found themselves compelled to achieve greater efficiency amid financial constraints. Simultaneously, healthcare leaders acknowledge prioritizing patient-centered care and staff contentment. The following three healthcare technology concepts underscore the transformative impact of generative AI, interoperability, and advanced operational […]


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CDC drops its 5-day COVID isolation guidelines

March 1, 2024

Via: Fox News

It is no longer necessary to isolate for five days after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a Friday statement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new guidance tells people to stay home if they […]


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Measles vaccinations given in ’70s and ’80s may have worn off by now, doctor warns

March 1, 2024

Via: Fox News

If you were vaccinated for measles in the 1970s or ’80s, there’s a chance the protection has worn off by now, some doctors are warning. Amid the current measles outbreak in Florida, USF College of Public Health associate professor Jill […]


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The Supreme Court Confronts a Public Health Challenge: Homeless Encampments

February 28, 2024

Via: Kaiser Health News

Homelessness is a soaring public health crisis, with a record 653,000 unhoused people in the United States, according to federal estimates. Tent and recreational vehicle encampments have exploded in recent years, crowding streets and sidewalks from Portland, Ore., to New […]


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Reprieve Cardiovascular Nabs $42M to Expand Intelligent Fluid Management for Heart Failure

February 22, 2024

Via: HitConsultant

Over 6.7 million Americans suffer from heart failure, with ADHF exacerbations leading to over a million hospital admissions annually. Frequent readmissions and prolonged hospital stays pose significant burdens on patients, healthcare systems, and costs. Reprieve’s intelligent fluid management system aims […]


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Health Care Workers Push for Their Own Confidential Mental Health Treatment

February 22, 2024

Via: Kaiser Health News

States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate their licenses. Too often, health care workers wait to seek counseling or addiction treatment, causing their work and patient care to suffer, […]


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Modern Convenience, or Invasion of Privacy?

February 15, 2024

Via: Health IT Answers

Like most people, I am signed up for a savings card from my grocery store. After all, who doesn’t want to save a few dollars on their already-expensive groceries each week, just by scanning your card at checkout? Years ago, […]


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In Fight Over Medicare Payments, the Hospital Lobby Shows Its Strength

February 13, 2024

Via: Kaiser Health News

In the battle to control health care costs, hospitals are deploying their political power to protect their bottom lines. The point of contention: For decades, Medicare has paid hospitals — including hospital-owned physician practices that may not be physically located […]


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California schools now allow kids to attend with cough and cold symptoms, health department says

February 13, 2024

Via: Fox News

A growing number of schools are relaxing their restrictions and opening their doors to kids with coughs, sore throats and other symptoms. This is a marked difference from the strict guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic — when parents were advised […]


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How are prescription drugs named? A drug development expert shares the process

February 9, 2024

Via: Fox News

Some drugs may seem like they were named by throwing darts at the alphabet – but the process of drug naming is actually very intentional. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Dr. Dave Latshaw, CEO of the AI health […]


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HHS settles cybersecurity investigation with Montefiore Medical Center

February 7, 2024

Via: Healthcare Dive

The settlement comes as regulators have been sounding the alarm about cybersecurity in the healthcare sector. More than 134 million people were affected by large breaches reported to the OCR last year, compared with just 55 million in 2022, according […]


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Talent Tuesday: The Healthcare Workforce

February 6, 2024

Via: Health IT Answers

Taking a break from who is hiring and who was hired, we rounded up some reading on the state of the healthcare workforce. Like many things in our lives for the past three years the pandemic has taken a toll […]


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Is Housing Health Care? State Medicaid Programs Increasingly Say ‘Yes’

February 6, 2024

Via: Kaiser Health News

States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment that’s exploding around the country: using scarce public health insurance money to provide housing for the poorest and sickest Americans. California is going the biggest, pumping $12 billion […]


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Pharma & Influencer Marketing: Can They Coexist Ethically?

February 2, 2024

Via: HitConsultant

Influencer marketing in the pharmaceutical industry is a complex issue with reasonable arguments on multiple sides. On the one hand, leveraging individual patients’ personal experiences and narratives may help bring an authentic voice to product messaging. This could increase trust […]


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New CMS pilot to test payment scheme for pricey sickle cell gene therapies

January 31, 2024

Via: Healthcare Dive

The U.S. government will test whether centrally coordinating insurance coverage can help people with sickle cell disease access expensive new gene therapies for the inherited blood condition. Two such treatments were recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration after […]


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Healing the system: Advancing economic mobility and healthcare innovation through education partnerships

January 29, 2024

Via: Healthcare Dive

The future of healthcare and improved patient outcomes relies on a competent workforce and a prepared talent pipeline. Three in four employers cite challenges in hiring, and the healthcare industry is most impacted by the talent shortage. Providing high-quality healthcare […]


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Physician Burnout and Depression Rates Decline, Medscape Report Reveals

January 26, 2024

Via: HitConsultant

The Medscape Physician Burnout & Depression Report 2024, titled “We Have Much Work to Do,” indicates that 49% of physicians now report experiencing burnout, down from 53% in 2023. Similarly, the percentage of doctors experiencing depression dropped from 23% to […]


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Respiratory illnesses remain ‘elevated’ throughout much of country: CDC

January 26, 2024

Via: Fox News

Respiratory illnesses that include a fever plus a cough or sore throat, causing people to seek medical care in the United States, have remained elevated in the last two weeks, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Friday. “This week, […]


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CDC Awards Truveta Real-World Data Contract to Study COVID, Maternal Health, Pediatric Care

January 23, 2024

Via: HitConsultant

Truveta will provide the CDC with access to anonymized electronic health record (EHR) data from over 100 million patients, offering a comprehensive and timely snapshot of real-world healthcare experiences. This unprecedented access will equip CDC researchers with novel insights into: […]