Older adults are interested in using digital tools to manage their healthcare but often lack the technological wherewithal to do so, CVS Health found. Here are four things to know from CVS’ May 18 research report, which included ethnographic studies,…
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A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted the founder and owner of HealthSplash for his role in a scheme that prosecutors said fraudulently billed Medicare and other federal healthcare programs more than $1 billion for medically unnecessary…
Lansing-based University of Michigan Health-Sparrow plans to roll out wearable panic buttons for its home care workers. The health system had offered panic buttons from tech company Canopy to in-hospital staff but is expanding the program to hospice and other…
Health system CIOs predict the EHR interface of the future will be voice-activated, with exam rooms filled with listening devices, cameras and sensors. But what happens to patient privacy in that scenario? IT executives told Becker’s they’re working to assure…
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Health systems aren’t short on digital health pilots. They’re short on digital health pilots that actually change outcomes. Across the industry, promising initiatives too often run into the same wall: technology that works in a demo but stalls against the…
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Whoop is rolling out new features to include virtual clinician visits and EHR integration. The Boston-based fitness wearable company announced the updates May 8, positioning the new offerings as part of its broader shift from fitness and performance tracking toward…
Shreveport, La.-based Willis Knighton Health has selected Commure as its enterprise ambient AI scribe vendor. The four-hospital network opted for the solution after reviewing scribes that integrated with the organization’s Meditech EHR. “This investment in ambient scribe and partnership with…
Healthcare has long been chasing digital innovation with multiple platforms, targeted tasks and now AI-powered everything. And yet, despite the years and billions spent, health systems are still wrestling with how to work with point solutions — and more troubling,…
The American Medical Association has outlined a policy framework to address AI-generated deepfakes impersonating physicians. According to an April 29 press release shared with Becker’s, the framework, developed by the AMA Center for Digital Health and AI, establishes protections for…
Digital health, AI and automation are transforming healthcare delivery via predictive insights, analytics and virtual care. By deploying such technologies — while consolidating, eliminating and streamlining others — organizations are aiming for increased operational efficiency, improved patient outcomes and a…