By focusing on integrating care teams, expanding community programs, and addressing SDoH through policy reform, we can create a healthcare system that serves all patients — especially those most in need.
Telehealth Academy III, a conference exploring the virtual care delivery landscape, will be one of the highlights of an inaugural week of events organized in the healthcare provider hub of Nashville, referred to as Nashville Healthcare Sessions.
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center is under federal investigation after it turned transgender patients’ medical records over to Tennessee’s attorney general. HHS launched the investigation a couple weeks after two VUMC patients filed a class-action lawsuit against the hospital for releasing their records to the attorney general.
Executives from health systems and subject matter experts shared how they are contending with data security challenges, particularly training to change behavior and acquiring expertise in cybersecurity.
David Finn, CHIME Association Executive Healthcare and Information Sector, lead of the cybersecurity pavilion initiatives at ViVE 2023, does not mince words. With ransomware attacks surging to an all time high this month, Finn said in an interview that security is no longer a defensive posture; we are engaged in a war.
The newly launched Techquity for Health Coalition from the HLTH Foundation will share findings from its first national survey of techquity at the conference. Healthcare leaders will also discuss on ways to improve health tech design, tech literacy, accessibility, workforce equity, patient trust, and equitable use of data.
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After most commercial insurers moved to expand their coverage of telehealth during the Covid-19 pandemic, health systems are watching to see if the changes will become permanent. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee was one of the first to make the move, saying it would keep its expanded telehealth coverage.
While the lead author of the study, at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, cautioned that the researchers had not found a cure for the virus that causes COVID-19, they were able to identify 77 compounds after screening more than 8,000 in a matter of days.
The Tennessee-based startup said the product is designed to patch together disparate healthcare systems without extra coding or IT help.
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The company offers personalized 3-D printed clear aligners - essentially a form of transparent plastic braces - in a direct to consumer model that it touts as cheaper and more convenient than traditional options.
The fund's latest cohort addresses issues like physician documentation burden, treatment for opioid addiction recovery and hand hygiene compliance, among others.
Montefiore in New York is equipping primary care patients with Valera's behavioral health app, while Cherokee Health Systems in Tennessee utilizes an integrated care model that involves a behavioral health consultant and a primary care doctor working on the same team.
Touchstone Medical Imaging has agreed to pay $3 million to HHS' Office for Civil Rights to settle a breach that exposed more than 300,000 patients' protected health information.
The company intends to use the funding, which came from Axioma Ventures, to advance its technology, differentiate product verticals and grow its sales, technology and product teams.