Mobi Health News

AUGUST 16, 2023

The not-for-profit health insurer's patients in New York and Connecticut will have access to in-home services after hospitalization via DocGo.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency prompted a rapid shift to telemedicine as both a replacement and adjunct to usual in-person care. However, based on the National Institute on Aging's National Health and Aging Trends Study , researchers estimated roughly one-third of older adults in the U.S. are not ready to participate in video visits. THE PROBLEM Inexperience with technology was the major barrier – those who were older, Black or Hispanic tended to have less education and lower inc

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 16, 2023

The smartphone-sized device offers continuous monitoring of respiration rate while allowing patient mobility.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 16, 2023

You may not have noticed much about the death of landlines. But it has been underway for a while, and now the government is supporting their demise. Consider that telephone companies like AT&T have been trying to eliminate landlines and are no longer required to maintain the copper connections. You probably think, well that must be good, because those landlines cost as much as $55/month.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 16, 2023

The company continues to meet the market need for engagement solutions that optimize health plan member experience and support value based care strategies. LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– mPulse Mobile , a leader in conversational AI and digital engagement solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced strong momentum in Q2 2023, with 159% new revenue growth over the prior year (Q2 2022) and over 80 million unique health consumers engaged through its SMS programs in Q2 2023.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 16, 2023

New York City’s $432 million no-bid contract with for-profit health care company DocGo is facing scrutiny and raising concerns amid the ongoing migrant crisis. The arrival of nearly 100,000 asylum seekers prompted plans to transport them upstate, but recent events have cast doubt on DocGo’s effectiveness in managing the situation. The sudden influx of migrants caught local officials off-guard, with buses arriving in Colonie over Memorial Day weekend.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 16, 2023

Online messages have become a linchpin of many patients’ relationships with their doctors. | An influx of patient portal messages during recent years are taking a toll on clinicians. As a result, at least 22 systems across the country have added a price tag to the subset of missives demanding the most time and expertise.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 16, 2023

MedArrive , a home care management platform, partners with virtual cardiology player Heartbeat Health to deliver essential heart care services to underserved groups, particularly Medicaid beneficiaries. Heart disease is the primary cause of death in the US, affecting all genders, races, and ethnicities. However, accessing specialized treatment is often challenging for underserved populations, particularly in “cardiology deserts” – areas without cardiology clinics, where residen

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 16, 2023

National Quality Forum is joining the Joint Commission in a merger deal that the groups say will allow both to refine quality and outcome measures they develop for the industry. | The combination will help bolster Joint Commission’s standard development processes, expand the National Quality Forum's platform and refine both groups' quality measures, leaders said in the announcement.

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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.

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2023

The healthcare system in many countries is stretched thin. To help relieve the pressure, governments are starting to allow pharmacists to treat a growing number of minor ailments. MedEssist’s technology platform is helping pharmacies transform into health clinics. Healthcare IT Today got a brief demonstration of the MedEssist platform from Joella Almeida, CEO and Co-Founder at the Collision Conference.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 16, 2023

The collapse of insurtechs Bright Health and Friday Health Plans might mean that legacy health insurers in states where Bright and Friday operated will not receive over $1 billion worth of expected | Florida Blue, HCSC, Medica, Centene and Molina Healthcare might also suffer because of the financial troubles experienced by Bright Health and Friday Health Plans by not receiving risk-adjustment payments, an expert said.

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DigitalHealth

AUGUST 16, 2023

Standardising community pharmacy information so it can be shared digitally should reduce the burden on GPs and lead to safer, more personalised care, writes Stephen Goundrey-Smith Community pharmacists are some of the most skilled but under-rated clinicians in the community; that is set to change given the recent national focus on expanding the role and […]

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 16, 2023

Insurers still have plenty of work to do when it comes to improving member satisfaction, according to a new survey. | Insurers still have plenty of work to do when it comes to improving member satisfaction, according to a new survey.

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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.

DigitalHealth

AUGUST 16, 2023

A clinical study at St Bartholomew's and Royal Brompton hospitals is exploring the use of Intuitive's Ion, a robotic-assisted bronchoscopy system.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 16, 2023

The Physicians Foundation has opened applications for a grant award and fellowship program aimed at helping drive awareness and best practices around the social determinants of health (SDOH). | The grant award and fellowship program are aimed at helping drive awareness and best practices around the social determinants of health. They are open to medical associations and doctors, respectively.

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DigitalHealth

AUGUST 16, 2023

Sano Genetics will be using an Innovate grant of £300k to help engage and support people who are at risk of motor neurone disease, and progress research.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 16, 2023

As the generative artificial intelligence race in healthcare continues with big tech companies jumping into the space, startup Abridge nabbed several notable partnerships to expand the use of its g | As the generative artificial intelligence race in healthcare continues with big tech companies jumping into the space, startup Abridge nabbed several notable partnerships to expand the use of its gen-AI-powered medical note-taking service.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2023

When doctors first see output from Regard’s AI analytics , they often say, “This is what I imagined the electronic medical record would be like when I heard about it for the first time.” Regard scans the patient’s medical records to find buried data that might be relevant to current treatment, and prepares a doctor’s note with that information.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 16, 2023

Kaiser Permanente has launched a multichannel support center to better address the social needs of members and nonmembers. | The Community Support Hub is a self-service online directory of community resources with a call center for referral assistance. Kaiser Permanente said the approach will increase touch points with patients and better address the overall health of its communities.

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Digital Health Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

Bain & Company is back at it again with more generative AI research, this time offering a series of ways for providers to get the most out of the tech without falling into potholes of hype. The in-depth report gives a comprehensive overview of the current generative AI landscape, and delivers solid insight into the priorities of health system executives (N=94): Top use case priorities (next 12 months): charge capture & reconciliation (39), structuring & analysis of patient data (37),

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 16, 2023

Headlines in consumer and professional media outlets alike have made one thing abundantly clear: Healthcare providers are tired. | No doubt, healthcare providers are experiencing debilitating burnout. Adopting tools that alleviate administrative burden, while improving patient safety, can help. Surescripts Medication History with Sig IQ provides exactly what’s needed to reinvent medication reconciliation.

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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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Optimum Healthcare IT

AUGUST 16, 2023

Four key benefits to standard prescription order sets makes your formulary more efficient and cost-effective. Continue reading Lights Out: Defeat Digital Darkness at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 16, 2023

A three-judge panel of appellate judges has partially concurred with a lower court decision placing access limits on the abortion drug mifepristone, though the change will not go into effect until | A three-judge panel vacated a lower court’s order that would have nullified the drug’s FDA approval but also imposed restrictions on access to mail-order prescriptions.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Radiation Oncology Revenue Cycle Specialist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. and is remote. Here’s a description of the position: Currently seeking a well-rounded Radiation Oncology Revenue Cycle Business Analyst for a fully remote immediate client project.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 16, 2023

Not just infants with a history of underlying conditions or who’d been born prematurely but even healthy ones need to be inoculated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as part of routine care | The time has come when the healthcare system should vaccinate even healthy infants against respiratory syncytial virus, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

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HIStalk Interviews

AUGUST 16, 2023

Sean Cassidy is co-founder and CEO of Lucem Health of.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 16, 2023

New functionality offers nutrition insights on grocery food purchases based on USDA’s MyPlate BOISE, Idaho–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Albertsons Companies, Inc. (NYSE:ACI) is excited to share the latest digital enhancement to its Sincerely Health platform, a nutrition insights tool that measures grocery purchases based on the serving recommendations of USDA’s MyPlate guidance.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2023

The following is a guest article by Deven McGraw , Co-Founder of Ciitizen® and Lead for Data Stewardship and Data Sharing at Invitae Corporation HIEs and HINs Should take Key Actions Now to Prepare for the Enforcement of the Information Blocking Rules On Sept. 1, 2023, enforcement of the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule goes into effect, putting teeth into the much-celebrated law that enables patients to have full access to their personal health data.

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