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Q&A: Expert says the pace of technological advancements is 'underestimated'

Mobi Health News

Dr. Daniel Kraft, founder of Digital.Health and NextMed Health and general partner at Continuum Health Ventures, tells MobiHealthNews how he sees rapidly changing technology shaping digital healthcare.

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Why telehealth is so critical for marginalized patient populations

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A 2019 survey by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation’s Office of Health Policy found that the highest rates of telehealth visits happened among people with Medicaid (29.3%) and Medicare (27.4%), Black individuals (26.8%), and those earning less than $25,000 (26.7%). With so many of the nation's underserved patients using telehealth services, practitioners and medical organizations must work to understand what these patients need in order to improve the quality of care.

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Walmart, Simple HealthKit partner to offer at-home testing

Mobi Health News

The retail giant's customers can purchase Simple HealthKit's at-home tests for sexual wellness, diabetes detection and respiratory health.

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Allina Health pauses policy barring patients in debt from receiving outpatient care

FierceHealthIT

Allina Health System announced last Friday it was placing controversial billing practices on hold as it reevaluates its approach. | Allina reportedly had an explicit policy to cancel outpatient appointments for patients with at least $4,500 in unpaid medical debt. It announced last week it was placing that on hold to reevaluate.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Digital Therapeutics Alliance and Healthware Group launched their first DTx Policy Report and website dedicated to helping advance equitable access and adoption of safe and effective DTx and Digital Medical Devices

Digital Health Global

Milan, Italy and Washington DC, US 12 June 2023 – Following the formation of the European DTx Policy Coalition by Healthware Group and the Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA) in June 2022, the joint team presented its inaugural report “DTx Policy Pathways: the evolving scenario in Europe; Landscape Analysis & Converging Trends” and a dedicated website ( www.dtxpolicylandscape.org ) on Friday, June 9 th at the official press conference of the DTA Summit 2023, held in Washington DC.

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Nuance says AI and NLP the route to address clinician burn-out

DigitalHealth

Overworked clinicians spend too much valuable time typing up notes. AI and Natural Language Processing could capture their conversations with patients and give them more time to care.

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Uber Health launches grocery and OTC meds delivery service as it expands deeper into healthcare

FierceHealthIT

Uber's healthcare arm has added grocery and over-the-counter pharmacy product delivery to its growing list of services. | The expansion builds on the company's existing work to rethink the logistics of care—improving patient access and experience while simplifying things on the backend for health plans and providers.

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What Trend Are People in Health IT Keeping an Eye On?

Healthcare IT Today

At the HIMSS annual conference, we were blessed to be able to talk to a wide variety of leaders in health IT to hear their thoughts related to what’s happening in healthcare IT for the Healthcare IT Today YouTube channel. One of the questions we asked these health IT experts was “What is a trend that you are keeping an eye on?” Check out all the answers we got to this question and see if maybe you should be paying attention to one of these topics a little more than you are no

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Demand for behavioral health services outstrips supply of providers, driving higher costs, analysis finds

FierceHealthIT

It has been well established by studies and research that the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated a growing mental health crisis in the U.S. and around the world. | A recent analysis of the U.S. behavioral health market and massive shifts that have occurred in the past three years point to troubling trends.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.

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Voting starts for Digital Health Network Advisory Panels

DigitalHealth

Voting opens today for elections to three professional advisory panels representing Digital Health Networks, a community of more than 7,000 NHS IT leaders.

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Cigna exec: How value-based care could lead insurers to ease utilization management

FierceHealthIT

Prior authorization has been a flashpoint for providers, and, while insurers have taken steps to ease these utilization management protocols, they still play a key role as the industry shifts to va | Prior authorization has been a flashpoint for providers, and, while insurers have taken steps to ease these utilization management protocols, they still play a key role as the industry shifts to value-based care.

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What has Epic done since Oracle bought Cerner 18 months ago?

Lloyd Price

Executive Summary: Epic has continued to focus on its core business of developing and supporting electronic health record (EHR) software for healthcare organizations. The company has also made some strategic moves, such as investing in new technologies and expanding its international reach. Here are some of the things that Epic has done since Oracle bought Cerner: Invested in new technologies: Epic has invested in new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, to im

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SimplePractice launches continuing education subscription for docs, medical groups

FierceHealthIT

SimplePractice, an EHR and practice management software company, has launched a subscription service for group practice owners to invest in clinicians’ continuing education. | Group practices that subscribe can offer their clinicians CE as an employee benefit and manage their group CE learning and training.

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT. This optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions.

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What Won’t Change 10 Years from Now in Health IT? – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 116

Healthcare IT Today

For the 116th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are mixing things up a little bit! In this episode we are taking a look into the future of Health IT and discussing what won’t change 10 years from now. There are 4 main topics of discussion that Colin and I talk about, however if you want to find out what they are you’ll just have to listen to find out.

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Healthgrades debuts LGBTQ+ affirming care designation, integrating provider directory from OutCare Health

FierceHealthIT

Healthgrades has collaborated with OutCare Health, a nonprofit focused on LGBTQ+ health equity, to launch a new LGBTQ+ affirming care designation on its site. | The designation identifies providers committed to providing affirming care to the LGBTQ+ community by integrating OutCare’s “OutList,” which is the largest international directory of such providers according to the company.

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aVaxziPen and CEPI team up for needle-free vaccine tech

DigitalHealth

CEPI is providing $1.6m to establish a proof-of-concept for the aVaxziPen needle-free vaccine delivery platform to eliminate the need for frozen storage.

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American Cancer Society, Color Health team up to boost cancer screenings for employees

FierceHealthIT

The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Color Health, a platform for large-scale care delivery, are teaming up to provide access to convenient and accessible cancer screenings through employers and u | The program includes at-home screenings, care navigation services, care advocacy and educational resources. The partnership will also give employers and unions data on their employee or member screening rates.

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!

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Value of regulation continues to rise as AI and health technology booms

DigitalHealth

Experts speak to Digital Health News about the regulation of AI and health technology, including the emergence of the AI and Digital Regulations Service.

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Tech company Artera launches solution to help health systems manage all those texts, emails to patients

FierceHealthIT

Health systems have made big investments in the past few years to build out "digital front doors" for patients. | Health systems have made big investments to build out "digital front doors" for patients. But in many cases, all these "doors" lead down different hallways, resulting in a fragmented, disjointed experience. Artera launched a solution to help solve this pain point by unifying patient messaging.

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Exclusive: Huma receives US FDA Class II clearance for SaMD platform

DigitalHealth

A Software-as-a-Medical-Device platform from Huma has received US Food and Drug Administration Class II clearance, boosting innovation in digital health.

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Walgreens reaches $500M deal with New Mexico over opioid crisis; California finalizes $17B settlement

FierceHealthIT

Attorneys representing New Mexico announced on Friday that the state has reached a $500 million settlement with Walgreens for the pharmacy retail giant's alleged involvement in the opioid epidemic. | Walgreens will pay half a billion to the state of New Mexico, while California finalized a $17.3 billion settlement with Walgreens, CVS, Allergan and Teva for their alleged roles in the opioid crisis.

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Patient Engagement & Cultural Competence Training Roadmap: A Guide to Reducing Staff Burnout

Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist

If you’re a healthcare provider, chances are you have experienced symptoms of burnout yourself or have colleagues who are currently facing extreme career dissatisfaction. One of the many ways to partially alleviate burnout is active patient engagement. By engaging with patients to understand their needs and preferences, healthcare providers can develop treatments tailored to the individual patient.

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Update: How empathy, education, communication and the PAST Model transformed Sickle Cell patient care

Society for Participatory Medicine

Editor’s note: The following column by Society for Participatory Medicine board member Brenda Merriweather originally appeared in this space in December 2021. We are excerpting from that column in recognition of “Advancing Health Equity Through Participatory Medicine,” a special SPM event taking place in Portland, OR, Friday, June 16. Click here to register for the event, which is offered in-person or remote.

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Dock Health Secures $5M in Funding Led by MassMutual with Participation from DaVita Venture Group and August Capital

Healthcare IT Today

Dock Health, Inc. , the administrative hub for healthcare professionals, today announced $5 million in funding led by MassMutual through its MM Catalyst Fund (MMCF) with participation from DaVita Venture Group and initial seed investor, August Capital. The new funding will grow its administrative hub for healthcare from its initial task and workflow management platform to a more powerful automation engine and robust analytics platform with new integrations to drive administrative best practices.

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Chronic Disease Management and RPM: Improving Patient Outcomes

Health Recovery Solutions

Chronic disease management, also known as chronic care management , allows patients to enjoy an improved quality of life while having a long-term disease by slowing down disease progression and managing the symptoms. Chronic disease management involves a total health approach that focuses on understanding the patient’s overall health profile and specific conditions.

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Application Rationalization: 5 Common Mistakes

LeanIX

Application rationalization can be challenging without an established process. Let's consider the five most-common rationalization mistakes and how enterprise architects building their process can avoid them.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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HIC and Hill Dickinson Partner to Drive Digital Transformation in Health and Social Care

Healthcare Innovation Consortium

HIC and Hill Dickinson Partner to Drive Digital Transformation in Health and Social Care Hill Dickinson , a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm, and Healthcare Innovation Consortium (HIC), a digital health and social care agency, are thrilled to announce their strategic partnership to support the digital transformation of the NHS.

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Pandemic-driven Medicaid coverage gains in danger of shrinking with redeterminations: report

FierceHealthIT

As flexibilities introduced as part of the COVID-10 public health emergency recede, coverage gains in Medicaid made during that time could be lost as well, according to a new

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The Best Patient Communications Begins with Listening

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Kristen Jacobsen, Vice President of Marketing and OmniChannel Engagement at RevSpring “Although we live in an information technology age, we often find ourselves in failure to communicate situations.” – Johnny Tan That quote is referring to interpersonal relationships, but it’s equally apt in healthcare. There’s no shortage of channels at our disposal, but real connections are made with patients when these channels are used in the right ways at the right times