Bill mandating electronic prior authorizations may not improve care quality
MedCity News
OCTOBER 11, 2022
A bill mandating electronic prior authorization for Medicare Advantage plans has passed the House of […].
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MedCity News
JULY 25, 2024
The post Electronic Quality Reporting Window Closing on MSSP ACOs: Time for Action Is Now appeared first on MedCity News. The good news is that many ACOs have already made the transition to eCQM reporting. Proven best practices are now available.
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Shinobi strikes deal with electronics powerhouse Panasonic to create new cell therapy manufacturing platform
Fierce Pharma
APRIL 18, 2024
History is coming full circle as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived cell therapy maker Shinobi Therapeutics links up with Panasonic and Japan’s Kyoto University, where the first mouse iPS | Shinobi Therapeutics has entered an accord with electronics powerhouse Panasonic and Kyoto University in a bid to develop a new closed-system manufacturing (..)
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Why Federally Mandated Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances will Benefit Public Health
MedCity News
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
Today, 35 states have passed mandates for electronic prescriptions for controlled substances with the aim being to reduce the risk of stolen or forged prescriptions and to prevent patients from ‘doctor shopping’ between states.
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HHS’ Proposed HIPAA Changes Are a Step in the Right Direction, But Some Providers May Struggle to Comply
MedCity News
JANUARY 12, 2025
HHS is proposing major changes to HIPAA for the first time in more than a decade, aiming to strengthen cybersecurity protocols for electronic health data. The post HHS Proposed HIPAA Changes Are a Step in the Right Direction, But Some Providers May Struggle to Comply appeared first on MedCity News.
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AI tool spots long COVID in electronic health records
pharmaphorum
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Mass General Brigham researchers have developed an AI that can spot hidden cases of long COVID from electronic health records
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How can we improve AI for mining data from electronic medical records? [Sponsored]
MedCity News
JUNE 28, 2022
A webinar sponsored by Carta Healthcare, scheduled for Wednesday, July 20, will highlight the role of AI in mining patient data and ways to improve it.
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Making the Most of Real-World Data in Clinical Trials
MedCity News
JANUARY 1, 2024
Biomarkers, electronic health records (EHR), genomic data, imaging data, labs, social media, wearable sensors, and more provide enormous new sources of RWD that can aid in new discoveries for the quality, efficacy, and safety of new drug therapies.
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SEQSTER, PatientsLikeMe Launch Patient Data Partnership
MedCity News
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Through a new partnership announced Thursday, SEQSTER will be PatientsLikeMe’s electronic health record provider. The post SEQSTER, PatientsLikeMe Launch Patient Data Partnership appeared first on MedCity News.
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The Syringe Recall: A Case for Improved Recall Communications
MedCity News
JULY 8, 2024
There is an urgent need for a universal electronic platform for recall communications. The post The Syringe Recall: A Case for Improved Recall Communications appeared first on MedCity News.
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Simplifying the Maternal Care Network
MedCity News
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Innovative organizations are centralizing the coordination of all patient care aspects, seamlessly integrating with providers’ electronic health records, existing workflows, and health information exchanges. A new era in maternal care is emerging with the advent of maternity care management platforms.
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How IT Became So Integral in Healthcare in So Little Time
MedCity News
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Looking back 20 years, when fewer than 18% of physician practices used electronic health records, few experts would have anticipated how information technology has changed healthcare. Thanks to IT, the volume and types of data generated and the speed at which they can be analyzed are vastly different than decades ago.
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Silver lining: Pandemic learnings propel decentralized trial approaches for patients
MedCity News
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Two decentralized clinical trial methodologies that are “low-hanging fruit” include automating data integration for patient trial selection and establishing standardized, electronic clinical trial templates and procedures.
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Leaning In: How eCOA can Help Advance Mental Health Research
MedCity News
JANUARY 5, 2023
Electronic Clinical Outcomes Assessment and digital health tools were well-suited to accommodate the rapid rise of virtual and telehealth shifts during the Covid-19 pandemic and there is no going back. The adoption of eCOA technology in mental healthcare research can make pivotal advancements in mental health patient care.
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Data-Driven Diversity: Using Granular Insights to Design More Inclusive Trials
MedCity News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The healthcare industry is sitting on a wealth of data gathered from electronic health records, commercial pharmacies, health systems and payers, and health tech companies. So much that it makes up one-third of the world’s data. Pharmaceutical companies need to tap into this type of data to build inclusive clinical trials,
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Electronic Health Record Messaging Patterns of Healthcare Providers
Pharmaceutical Commerce
JANUARY 4, 2024
Electronic health record messaging network found to improve communication and lead to better medication adherence.
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Ambience Healthcare Aims To Reduce Clinician Burnout With New AI Medical Scribe
MedCity News
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Ambience Healthcare’s new product, AutoScribe, embeds into the electronic medical record and works in real-time. When clinicians use AutoScribe, they speak to their patient as they normally would while the software listens in the background.
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The importance of patient centricity in healthcare
MedCity News
JULY 29, 2022
From utilizing patient portals and other electronically accessible data to using wearable tech for monitoring blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and other measurables, patients today have a wide range of available options to ensure they are taking an active role in their own healthcare journey.
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Electronic smart packaging market to value nearly $3b in 2033
European Pharmaceutical Review
APRIL 19, 2023
A market report has identified that global demand for electronic smart packaging will reach $2.6 Smart packaging has potential for the integration of electronic functionality, enabling compliance, material identification, condition monitoring and asset tracking of pharmaceutical products. billion in 2033.
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ePRO Symptom Monitoring Tools Empower Patients with Personalized Options that Bring Greater Clinician and Patient Satisfaction
MedCity News
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The rise of electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) tools enables patients to report their symptoms from home, alleviating any concern about burdening the clinic through constant phone calls.
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CareFirst BCBS, Aledade Partner to Support Primary Care Physicians
MedCity News
MARCH 10, 2023
In addition, they’ll have access to Aledade’s population health management platform, which is integrated with more than 100 electronic health records. This includes on-site coaching and regulatory and policy expertise.
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Walgreens Health taps Claim.MD to streamline claims submission process
MedCity News
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
is an electronic data interchange clearinghouse that helps reduce claims denials and improve cash flow. By working with the company, Walgreens has been able to make its reimbursement process more efficient and grow its business.
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People Say Healthcare Check-in Should Be Like Airline Check-in. We Can Do So Much Better.
MedCity News
MAY 11, 2023
When I say I am optimistic that we can do better in healthcare, it’s because we are sitting on a wealth of data that lives, largely untapped, in the electronic health record Although the flight check-in process is quick and easy, it lacks the intelligence and personalization that would make it truly exceptional.
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Hint Health To Offer Expanded Direct Primary Care Platform Through New Acquisition
MedCity News
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Hint Health acquired AeroDPC, a software company and electronic medical record for direct primary care clinics. As a result, Hint will release a new product in 2023 that combines tools from both companies.
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It’s Almost 2023 – Why Are Patient Experiences Still So Terrible?
MedCity News
DECEMBER 26, 2022
The FHIR APIs mandated by CMS are only one data format, designed for the fast exchange of electronic health records.There’s a larger category of APIs that will help us provide a simpler, more integrated process: experience APIs.
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State, Federal Policy Should Exempt Medical Devices from ‘Right-to-Repair’ Movement
MedCity News
MAY 9, 2023
While there are many consumer technology and electronic products for which the right to repair ideology may not have much of a safety risk, or perhaps even be beneficial, life-saving medical devices should not be among them.
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New mass spec technique identified for electron ionisation direct analysis
European Pharmaceutical Review
JUNE 21, 2023
this is the first real-time mass spectrometry approach using EI for compound ionisation” Researchers have reported that extractive-liquid sampling electron ionisation-mass spectrometry (E-LEI-MS) is a real-time, environmentally friendly approach that ensures a fast and reliable analytes identification.
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Digital Health App Helps Asthma and Depression, 2 Trials Find
MedCity News
AUGUST 11, 2023
The app takes in data from electronic medical records, smartphones, wearable devices, the environment and patient questionnaires to provide personalized health recommendations. An AI-driven app called juli improved symptoms of asthma and depression, two randomized controlled trials found.
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TEFCA promises true data interoperability, but industry must address security challenges
MedCity News
AUGUST 25, 2022
Challenges remain, however, centered on how to maintain data privacy and security as the number of electronic connections increases exponentially among data networks. There’s no doubt that a full rollout of Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA will save lives and improve patient care and outcomes.
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Anti-Information Blocking Fines Are Coming Later This Summer — Here’s What You Need to Know
MedCity News
JULY 12, 2023
The office finalized penalties, including fines of up to $1 million for health IT companies found blocking the electronic flow of health data. The OIG recently added some teeth to the anti-information blocking regulations laid out in the 21st Century Cures Act.
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Patients With Asthma Experience Changes in Airway Inflammation Following Electronic Cigarette Use
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 29, 2024
Using 1 nicotine-containing electronic cigarette was significantly correlated with an increase in residual volume and total lung capacity in patients with asthma.
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It’s Time for Healthcare To Embrace Patient-Friendly Language
MedCity News
JUNE 1, 2023
Initially applied to a narrow definition of electronic health information, in October 2022 ONC expanded the scope of the rule to cover all clinical records used to make clinical decisions, including imaging scans, lab test results, and unstructured clinical notes. The message here is clear: Patients need to know what they’re paying for.
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ePI rollout backed in new paper by pharmaceutical bodies
European Pharmaceutical Review
JANUARY 9, 2025
Three industry bodies have produced a joint position paper highlighting recommendations for adopting a harmonised implementation of electronic Product Information (ePI) leaflets. The associations explained this is enabled through multi-country packs which are simplified by the language exemption and harmonised labelling requirements.
Bayer taps Samsung wearables for menopause sleep study
pharmaphorum
JUNE 4, 2024
To plug that gap, Germany’s Bayer has joined forces with electronics group Samsung to carry out an observational study on sleep disturbances during menopause (SDM), tapping into the South Korean company’s position as one of the world's largest producers of consumer electronics.
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Electronic Product Information Moves Forward in Europe
PharmaTech
DECEMBER 17, 2024
A pilot program to explore creation and testing of ePIs in regulatory procedures shows positive results.
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Episode 85 – Bringing AI into Healthcare Delivery with Ron Li, MD, Stanford University
Medical Device Success
APRIL 3, 2022
Some of you that are old enough will remember when doctors, clinics and hospitals were complaining about implementing electronic medical records which we now call EMR. EMR then advanced and became Electronic Health records or EHR. EMR then advanced and became Electronic Health records or EHR.
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EU pharma calls for speedy shift to digital package inserts
pharmaphorum
JANUARY 9, 2025
Pharma groups have called for EU adoption of electronic product information (ePI) to take place within four years in a new position paper.
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GSK and UK researchers plan to study Shingrix and dementia risk reduction link
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 25, 2025
The study will analyse electronic health records of 65- and 66-year olds from the UKs National Health Service (NHS).
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Everything You Need to Know About Prior Authorizations in Healthcare
Referral MD
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Opportunities to Improve Prior Authorization Healthcare organizations are exploring ways to enhance the process, such as: Electronic Prior Authorization (ePA): Digitizing submissions for faster processing. Ensuring Security If electronic systems are employed, robust security measures like container security are essential.
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Agreement reached on EU health data framework
pharmaphorum
MARCH 18, 2024
Agreement has been reached in the EU on a European Health Data Space (EHDS), which will make it easier to exchange and access electronic health data.
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The future of healthcare?
World of DTC Marketing
OCTOBER 25, 2021
What I see more of is electronic billboards in HCP offices. The most important touchpoint for pharma continues to be product websites, but there is no indication that pharma understands this. Content is often stale and rarely updated, and online health seekers rely more on social media misinformation.
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How Digital Patient Intake is Revolutionizing Healthcare
Referral MD
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Digital patient intake (forms) are electronic versions of the traditional paper forms patients fill out when visiting a healthcare provider. Reduce Administrative Burden Manual patient intake requires front-desk staff to handle extensive paperwork, verify information, and input data into electronic health (EHR) systems.
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Uncovering the Hidden Insights in Clinical Trial Documents: Critical Steps to Intelligent Document Processing
MedCity News
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The manual data population of site folders and electronic trial master files (eTMFs), for example, is time-consuming and poses issues, including limited document security and data privacy, archiving and retrieval difficulties and human error, resulting in up to a 25% failure rate.
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Electronic Tablet Counter with Automated Feed Control
PharmaTech
MAY 1, 2024
Deitz’s Pharmafill TC4 tabletop tablet counter is suitable for counting and filling capsules, gelcaps, pills, softgels, and other opaque, translucent, and transparent oral solid dosage forms.
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