Tue.Mar 19, 2019

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Doctors Against Data Entry: Exploring Systems To Beat Physician Burnout

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Suvas Vajracharya, Ph.D., founder and CEO, Lightning Bolt Solutions. A staggering 96 percent of physicians are reporting that the amount of time they spend on data input has increased in the last 10 years, and 86 percent agree it’s robbing them of joy in their jobs, according to a recent survey by Geneia, a […].

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AI in healthcare: Not human versus machine, human plus machine

Mobi Health News

Developing effective AI tools for healthcare means working multiple stakeholders and understanding the clinical, according to panelists at GTC in San Jose.

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As telehealth tech explodes in use, can medicine preserve the human touch?

FierceHealthIT

For all the benefits that come with technology in healthcare, sometimes there's no replacement for a little dose of humanity. Never was this so apparent than after media reports surfaced earlier this month that a physician used video chat technology to tell 78-year-old Ernest Quintana he was close to death.

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Patients Give Positive EHR Feedback, Though Accuracy Concerns Remain

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

One in five respondents said they or a family member have noticed an error in their EHR

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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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University of Michigan using Apple Watches to build clinical data pool for health research

Mobi Health News

The project will combine participants' Apple Watch data with genetic tests, survey responses, EHR data and other health information.

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Babyscripts gets $500K investment from, strategic partnership with Inova Health System

Mobi Health News

Washington, DC-based Babyscripts has entered into a partnership with Inova Health System. The agreement includes a $500,000 investment from Inova, which will be tacked onto the $6 million round led by Philips in January.

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The Dos and Don’ts of Digital Healthcare Payments

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Alison Arthur, product and content marketing manager, Alacriti. The financial well-being of healthcare organizations depends on steady, predictable revenue from their patients. However, healthcare payments are often impacted by a number of financial factors including insurance, co-payments, deductibles, and co-insurance.

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Through AI text chats, Sopris Health's new app saves time on clinical documentation

Mobi Health News

Launched today, Sopris Health uses voice tech and simple Q&As to wrap up notes in less than a minute.

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DirectTrust Announces Inaugural Summit

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. DirectTrust is pleased to announce the inaugural DirectTrust Summit to be held at the Marriott Suites Midtown in Atlanta, GA, June 10-11. The event will bring health care industry leaders together to share ideas and best practices around improving health information exchange and interoperability.

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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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Teladoc Health acquires MédecinDirect to secure French foothold

Mobi Health News

The terms of the deal, which fits into a larger global expansion strategy for Teladoc, were not disclosed.

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Stanford Health Care taps Lumeris for help with value-based senior care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Stanford Health Care is partnering with Lumeris, which develops technology to help health systems manage the demands of value-based reimbursement, for a long-term deal to help it build out its Medicare Advantage plan in Northern California. In addition, the two will work together to innovate new approaches to care delivery and population health, officials said, such as artificial intelligence-enabled diagnostic tools, new clinical pathways and other digital health initiative to boost patient eng

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#FierceMadness: Round 2 kicks off with buzzwords like 'transformative,' 'blockchain' and 'big data' advancing

FierceHealthIT

It's been a battle over the past two days, but we have our first round of winners in this year’s healthcare buzzwords tournament. With 274 of you weighing in, "IoT" beat out "SaaS" 62% to 38%, while the word "transformative" beat out "game changer" by the same margin.

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Four Ways Telemedicine Can help Reduce Readmission Rates.

eVisit

Readmissions = Penalties. Has your hospital ever had a percentage of its Medicare payments withheld because of poor readmission rates? If so, you are not alone.

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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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Some adults not taking drugs as prescribed to cut costs, study finds

FierceHealthIT

Many adults are avoiding the high costs of drugs by turning toward alternative therapies, asking a physician for a different drug or simply not taking the medication as prescribed.

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Are Low Carb Diets Dangerous for T1D?

Insulin Nation

The Keto Diet is perhaps the hottest trend in eating styles for diabetes and can be effective in losing weight. It is not without controversy, however, because eating a low/no carb diet will induce ketosis in any person. For a person with T1D, it is important to understand the difference between nutritional ketosis and ketoacidosis – ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening condition caused by inadequate insulin.

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Ohio AG sues Optum to recover $16M in drug overcharges 

FierceHealthIT

Ohio’s attorney general has filed suit against Optum, aiming to reclaim nearly $16 million in what he says are drug overpayments following OptumRx's failure to pass discounts on to the bureau on multiple occasions.

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Tech tidbits in Trump’s budget

Morning eHealth

What went wrong with EHRs — Blockchain lobbying on the rise

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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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Medicaid work requirements could cost hospitals up to $4.1B in revenue in 2019—report

FierceHealthIT

Efforts to create work requirements for individuals to obtain Medicaid coverage could ultimately result in a loss of revenue of up to $4.1 billion in 2019 due to weakened Medicaid revenues and increased uncompensated care costs, according to a Commonwealth Fund report.

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One in Five Patients Asked Doctors for Lower-Cost Medication Last Year

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: Increasing costs for prescriptions is creating a long-term financial impact on Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries. Can your claims review resources maximize the turn around time needed for complex claims? CLICK HERE and let us show how BHM’s economically maintain turn-around times and accuracy for new members. In an effort to reduce prescription drug costs in the last year, nearly one in every five patients asked their physician for a lower-cost medication, accord

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Survey: More is more for employers trying strategies to manage benefit cost growth 

FierceHealthIT

Employers that are most effectively controlling cost growth are throwing as many strategies as they can into the mix, according to a new report.

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BCBS Reduces Opioid Use Among Members by 56 Percent

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: Increasing costs for prescriptions is creating a long-term financial impact on Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries. Can your claims review resources maximize the turn around time needed for complex claims? CLICK HERE and let us show how BHM’s economically maintain turn-around times and accuracy for new members. Opioid use among Blue Shield of California members with noncancer pain fell 56 percent since 2014, the health insurer said March 18.

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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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Teladoc expands international business with acquisition of MédecinDirect

FierceHealthIT

In a move that continues to expand Teladoc’s growing international business, the company plans to acquire Paris-based telemedicine provider MédecinDirect.

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Getting paid for remote and virtual care services: CPT codes to know and understand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Payer Roundup—Maryland eyeing tax returns to market ACA enrollment

FierceHealthIT

The Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill that would help people who are uninsured enroll in coverage through their tax returns, plus more healthcare news from around the web.

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