Episode #8 - Spotted - This Week in Healthcare
It's time for the healthcare weekly round-up 📢📢
📌 Welcome to Edition #8 of "Spotted! - This Week in Healthcare", and I'm your host: Vivek Nanda.
Each week I share the interesting things that I spotted in the world of healthcare.
And, here we go...
Edition #8
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You might have seen the recent news about the takedown of online telehealth ADHD prescribing platform - Done, whose founders were arrested on criminal charges.
There is nothing more shameful than the way Done exploited patients, providers, and even its own employees.
If there is one thing that came out of this whole saga it is that -
Internal corporate governance needs to reflect the need for clinical voices to be heard in any healthcare services or tech-enabled services firm.
Clinical staff should be able to push back against dangerous protocols within the company when they are affecting patient care.
Check out Blake Madden's newsletter Hospitalogy on Workweek -
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has accepted a new CPT Appendix S for classifying artificial intelligence/augmented intelligence (AI) applications for medical services and procedures.
This new taxonomy will help standardize the use and billing of AI tools in healthcare.
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Next up is Nimbus Healthcare.
Nimbus is a healthcare technology company building a healthcare system to diagnose and treat patients based on their genetics and other biomarkers.
At Nimbus their mission is to deliver high quality personalized care to everyone. Nimbus provides a fully digital, vertically integrated primary care platform that powers a personalized, end-to-end healthcare experience from start to finish.
Nimbus seamlessly connects telehealth, diagnostics, and pharmacy services to provide high-quality, affordable healthcare without the need for insurance.
Check them out.
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Last but not the least, meet ShiftRx.
ShiftRx is taking the staffing problem in healthcare head-on, starting with their focus on all Pharmacy related hiring.
ShiftRx's cutting-edge platform streamlines the process of sourcing, credentialing, scheduling, and paying temporary healthcare providers.
Leveraging the power of generative AI and large language models (LLMs), they are able to craft customized onboarding modules that seamlessly integrate healthcare providers into new clinical environments.
Check them out.
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And that's a wrap!
Tune in next week for more buzz from the health-tech world.
Have a fantastic weekend, everyone!