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7 Ways Tech Is Empowering Veterans To Receive The Care They Need

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Veterans are the brave individuals who have dedicated their lives to serving their country. They have made immense sacrifices, risking life and limb to protect our freedoms. However, transitioning back to civilian life can be […] The article 7 Ways Tech Is Empowering Veterans To Receive The Care They Need appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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What if this is as good as it gets?

Joseph C. Kvedar, MD – Reinventing Healthcare

What if this is as good as it gets? These words from the 1997 romantic comedy that starred Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt keep coming into my head these days. I can’t help but recall the ATA annual meeting in June 2020, when it seemed like telehealth was the king of healthcare delivery. Three months … What if this is as good as it gets?

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The Rise of Chat in Healthcare and Remaining Concerns

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by David Dyke, Chief Product Officer at Relatient Hybrid Chat Facilitates Hands-On Patient Interaction and Eases Administrative Burden through Automation Chat technology is beginning to be embraced by healthcare organizations to better serve patients, reduce staff burnout, increase internal efficiencies, and improve the overall patient experience.

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How RPM can solve many patient and provider problems in rural areas

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Rural communities across the U.S. are facing an increasing healthcare crisis due to shortages in healthcare providers and facilities, especially as the nursing shortage continues throughout the country. One way people in these rural areas still can receive access to high-quality healthcare in a convenient and cost-effective way is through telemedicine and remote patient monitoring options.

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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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How Are You Looking to Incorporate AI and Technology like ChatGPT Into Healthcare?

Healthcare IT Today

AI and technology like ChatGPT are only becoming more and more present in our conversations for the future of healthcare. In many ways, these conversations are optimistic, thinking of all the ways that AI can change the world. But there are still plenty of fear in these tools, as it’s hard not to worry about being replaced by a robot. This is what we are talking about today, AI and technology like ChatGPT and their presence in healthcare.

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Health tech company ObservSMART partners with addiction-focused provider

Mobi Health News

Praesum Healthcare will use ObservSMART's wearable and tablet technology to monitor patients in treatment facilities across five states.

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How eClinicalWorks Integrates Disparate Data

Healthcare IT Today

Data sharing and interoperability are spreading too slowly in health care, and even if a doctor manages to get all the data, its varied formats make it hard to draw insights from. eClinicalWorks has tackled the problem with a product called PRISMA , which can search across multiple providers and provide a unified view of recent visits, test results, etc.

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The Ultimate Guide to Patient Scheduling Software: Must-Have Features and Implementation Tips

Healee

Navigating the intricate realm of patient scheduling is no easy task. From the vantage point of administrators, it entails juggling a myriad of appointments, ensuring optimal utilization of resources, maintaining... The post The Ultimate Guide to Patient Scheduling Software: Must-Have Features and Implementation Tips appeared first on Healee.

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The State of Healthcare in America, State-By-State

Health Populi

If you live in Massachusetts, Hawaii, and New Hampshire, you win a kind of state lottery for public health and well-being, based on this year’s read of the 2023 Scorecard on State Health System Performance from The Commonwealth Fund. Here’s a picture of the annual study’s top-line findings, a roster of the fifty U.S. states ranked by a mash-up of health system indicators.

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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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Owlet receives FDA clearance for its pulse oximetry sock for infants

Mobi Health News

BabySat, available via prescription, alerts parents when their baby's heart rate or blood oxygen saturation falls out of a prescribed range.

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Telemedicine, Medicare Advantage and star ratings: What you need to know

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Over the last few years, Medicare Advantage plans have dramatically increased their deployment of telehealth systems for seniors. While some in the healthcare industry may be skeptical of telehealth’s utilization, particularly within the Medicare population, these plans continue to move full steam ahead. There is growth in the number of plans offering virtual care services and expansion in the varieties of services offered.

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Physician-owned hospitals' negotiated, cash prices lower than nearby facilities, study finds

FierceHealthIT

Physician-owned general acute care hospitals charge less than other non-physician-owned facilities in their region for several common shoppable care services, according to a new analysis published | A new analysis of competing hospitals' published prices adds fuel to the debate over whether Congress should lift the Affordable Care Act's ban on new physician-owned hospitals.

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The Triple Aim In Healthcare: Advancing Quality, Reducing Costs, and Improving Patient Experience

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The Triple Aim framework has emerged as a guiding principle for healthcare organizations seeking to optimize patient care outcomes while simultaneously containing costs. Developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the Triple Aim provides […] The article The Triple Aim In Healthcare: Advancing Quality, Reducing Costs, and Improving Patient Experience appeared first on electro

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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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Study: Employers can help Americans live 90% of their lives in good health

Mobi Health News

A report published by Deloitte says employers can help Americans live longer, gaining nearly 20 more healthy years, utilizing current innovation.

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Elation Health partners with Zocdoc to streamline online appointment scheduling

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new collaboration announced this week between Zocdoc and Elation Health aims to help physician practices and other providers using Elation's electronic health records reach new patients on the Zocdoc marketplace and reduce administrative burden. WHY IT MATTERS Through the new partnership, providers’ existing scheduling software integrates with Zocdoc, automatically adding appointments booked online to providers' schedules in their Elation EHRs, according to today's announceme

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HCA Healthcare accused of pushing patients toward end-of-life care to boost performance metrics

FierceHealthIT

A pair of new reports released this week allege that HCA Healthcare policies are encouraging staff to transition more patients to palliative and end-of-life care, thereby increasing churn and boost | Two reports, one based on dozens of employee interviews and the other on policies and discharge statistics, paint a picture of internal policies encouraging transfers to boost quality metrics and free up hospital beds.

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FutureRx Appoints Eric Grossman As Chief Commercial Officer

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. FutureRx (FRx) announced today the appointment of Eric Grossman as its chief commercial officer, tasked with all aspects of the commercial strategy related to its innovative FRx cloud-based healthcare platform and FRx Marketplace for health […] The article FutureRx Appoints Eric Grossman As Chief Commercial Officer appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Concert Health partners with Wisconsin provider for behavioral health

Mobi Health News

Froedtert Health will integrate the San Diego-based company's behavioral health services into its primary care, women's health and pediatric care offerings.

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The CONNECT for Health Act is reintroduced, again

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act – first introduced in 2016 – to expand opportunities and coverage for telehealth through Medicare. This is the second time the bill has been reintroduced. WHY IT MATTERS Last introduced in 2021, CONNECT 2023 would expand coverage of telehealth services through Medicare, make permanent COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities and make it easier for pa

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Healthcare dealmaking 'resilient' despite regulatory, economic headwinds: PwC

FierceHealthIT

Even in the face of substantial headwinds, dealmaking in the healthcare industry hasn't fallen off, according to a new analysis from PwC. | Even in the face of substantial headwinds, dealmaking in the healthcare industry hasn't fallen off, according to a new analysis from PwC.

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The Undue Burden of ONC’s HTI-1 On Providers, HIT Developers

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By David Bucciferro, chair, EHR Association. The EHR Association has long supported the goals of the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1) released in April […] The article The Undue Burden of ONC’s HTI-1 On Providers, HIT Developers appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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AWS launches generative AI program with $100M

Mobi Health News

To accelerate enterprise innovation, the new AWS Generative AI Innovation Center will connect the cloud provider's machine learning and artificial intelligence experts with customers and partners.

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What's in the ADHD toolkit? Digital therapeutics

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Discussion of an app for children with ADHD that improves attention and cognition, from Scott Kollins, chief medical officer at Akili Interactive.

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New Ochsner Health, MD Anderson partnership brings integrated cancer care to Louisiana

FierceHealthIT

Ochsner Health and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are partnering to build an integrated cancer care program in southeastern Louisiana, the organizations announced Thursday. | The first phase of the new collaboration will see cancer patients at seven of Ochsner's southeast Louisiana facilities become eligible for breaking clinical trials.

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Verana Health Launches Real-World Evidence-Driven Solution for Clinical Trial Site Selection

Digital Health Global

VeraSite Empowers Trial Sponsors and CROs to Identify Relevant Sites with Specific Ophthalmic Patient Populations Utilizing a Comprehensive Real-World Dataset of Patient Journeys Solution Creates New Mechanism for Clinicians and Patients to Engage in Clinical Research SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Verana Health ®—a digital health company elevating quality in real-world data (RWD)—today announced the launch of VeraSite, a solution for identifying potential clinical trial sites.

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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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Babylon will cease trading on NYSE, combine with MindMaze

Mobi Health News

The digital health company has accepted a take-private proposal from AlbaCore Capital. Once solidified, Babylon will no longer trade on the NYSE.

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Meet Paige Bonin – BI Developer

Optimum Healthcare IT

CareerPath-graduate Paige Bonin shares her journey to becoming a BI Analyst and her passion for healthcare IT. Continue reading Meet Paige Bonin – BI Developer at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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AWS launches generative AI center backed by $100M investment

FierceHealthIT

Amazon Web Services launched a new innovation center focused on generative AI backed by a $100 million investment, its most recent bid to keep up with the AI race. | Amazon's cloud unit launched the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center with a $100 million investment, its most recent bid to keep up with the AI race.

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