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5 Innovations That Are Transforming Healthcare Services

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. With every passing year, new and innovative medical technologies are changing the way practitioners offer treatment. The medical interventions and treatment protocols have changed dramatically over recent decades, evolving at an exponential rate in tandem […].

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What’s next for digital health in 2022?

Mobi Health News

Experts share their predictions for the year ahead.

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Recap: Our Top Four Healthcare Trend Picks From 2021

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The end of the year is a great time to take a step back and asses the state of play in healthcare. To help you evaluate the now and the next, we compiled a list of the top four healthcare trends we saw accelerating the industry in 2021.

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Health Care Planning for 2022 – Start with a Pandemic, Then Pivot to Health and Happiness

Health Populi

One of my favorite Dr. Seuss characters is the narrator featured in the book, I Had Trouble In Getting to Solla-Sollew. I frequently use this book when conducting futures and scenario planning sessions with clients in health/care. “The story opens with our happy-go-lucky narrator taking a stroll through the Valley of Vung where nothing went wrong,” the Seussblog explains.

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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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Reducing Administrative Costs Within US Healthcare: A Summary

Continue Education Journal

Published in the March of 2020, the policy proposal “ Reducing Administrative Costs in U.S. Health Care ” by David Cutler for the Hamilton Project at Brookings outlines a detailed perspective on how to understand and alleviate the weight of unnecessary healthcare spending. He begins with a jarring statistic: the administrative costs of healthcare are twice as great as what we spend on caring for cardiovascular disease and three times as great as what we spend on caring for cancer.

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7 Medical Tech Products To Help You Age In Place

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. If you’re planning to age in place, you want to make sure that you are able to take care of your own health effectively. Unlike in aged care facilities, you’ll need to monitor yourself for […]. The article 7 Medical Tech Products To Help You Age In Place appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Why #CES2022 Will Be Keynoted By A Health Care Innovator for the First Time

Health Populi

In October 2021, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Robert Ford, CEO and President of Abbott, would give a keynote speech at CES 2022, the world’s largest annual convention of the technology industry. “This marks the first time in CES history that a healthcare company will take the mainstage for a keynote at the show,” CTA’s press release stated.

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Depression doesn't look alike for everyone – so why should the treatments for it?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For years, clinicians have taken a trial-and-error approach to many medical treatments for mental illness. If a patient doesn't respond to a particular drug, providers will often move onto another, sometimes not driven by insight into an individual's needs or specific symptoms. "I've always been perplexed at how we are supposed to treat all these manifestations with the same treatment," said Dr.

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Digital health execs’ takeaways from 2021: ‘People do not want to go back to the way things were’

Mobi Health News

As another pandemic year ends, leaders in the digital health space reflect on what the industry has learned in 2021.

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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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What Makes ACCELQ API Automation Different From Other Tools?

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This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. At ACCELQ, we were tired of setting up and managing our own servers. We wanted a platform that was easy to use, required no maintenance, and could scale automatically without us having to worry about […]. The article What Makes ACCELQ API Automation Different From Other Tools?

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Data Drives Value-Based Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by David L. Morris, EVP & Chief Commercial Officer of Cedar Gate Technologies. scientia potentia est – Knowledge is power. Acquiring knowledge through advanced analytics on value-based care is a critical success factor in today’s healthcare market. Value-based care aligns diverse interests, including payers, providers, self-funded employers, third-party administrators, […].

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Looking ahead to 2022: 12 healthcare execs offer their predictions

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Looking ahead to 2022: 12 healthcare execs offer their predictions. pminemyer. Tue, 12/28/2021 - 10:08.

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VC explains why funding may slow down in 2022

Mobi Health News

Lee Shapiro of 7wireVentures discusses trends in 2021 and what's next for digital health company exits.

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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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The Surprising Benefits of Managed IT Services

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Managed IT assists firms in many ways to ensure that the correct people and resources are allocated in the best possible manner, hence providing a financial advantage in turn. Managed IT services can help other […]. The article The Surprising Benefits of Managed IT Services appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Oracle Acquisition Of Cerner Sets Stage For More Big Health IT Buyouts

Healthcare IT Today

As most readers know, Oracle Corp. recently agreed to acquire EHR giant Cerner for about $28.3 billion. Oracle has stated that it intends to leverage its existing tools to modernize Cerner’s systems and move them to its Gen2Cloud, a step which shouldn’t be too difficult given that Cerner already runs its key clinical system on […].

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CMS: Health workers in 25 states and D.C. must be fully vaccinated by Feb. 28

FierceHealthIT

CMS: Health workers in 25 states and D.C. must be fully vaccinated by Feb. 28. rking. Wed, 12/29/2021 - 14:21.

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5 Ways To Deal With Medical Emergency At Home With An Elderly Patient

Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

It is great to have older people around, especially if you have young children. They enjoy bedtime stories with their grandparents, and you benefit from their worldly wisdom. However, caring for the elderly at home comes with a huge responsibility. Since health deteriorates with age, medical emergencies become more and more likely. Fall-related injuries, heart […].

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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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The Quiet Revolution: Changing The Face of Mental Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. When it comes to mental health, there has been a big change in society’s attitudes over the last few years. We now live in a time where social stigma and taboos have been lifted with […]. The article The Quiet Revolution: Changing The Face of Mental Healthcare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Surprise Billing Regulation is Going to Surprise A Lot of Providers

Healthcare IT Today

As we wrap up 2021 and prepare ourselves for 2022, it’s fun to look forward and think about what may surprise us in 2022. In a really ironic way, I think one thing that is likely to surprise healthcare most in 2022 is the Surprise Billing regulations. I was recently in Philadelphia visiting with Edward […].

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HHS appeals judge's ruling that drugmakers can cut off 340B sales to contract pharmacies

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HHS appeals judge's ruling that drugmakers can cut off 340B sales to contract pharmacies. rking. Wed, 12/29/2021 - 13:13.

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Self-Service Technologies Kind of Suck, What's Next?

David Chou

It's tempting for companies to rely solely on incorporating self-service technology for customer service, but there are some drawbacks. These self-service tools cannot yet understand context and nuance in the same way that a human can. For example, using the FAQ and simple chatbot process automation might be able to answer 75% of your questions without you having to speak with an agent, but this isn't enough.

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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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Insights Report ~ Federal Telehealth Action, Medicare Telehealth Usage, Managing Chronic Illnesses, and More!

eVisit

New Bipartisan Legislation Would Preserve Federal Telehealth Policies – Healthcare IT News.

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Understanding the Term EHI Will Be As Important As the Term PHI

Healthcare IT Today

Everyone in healthcare likely knows the term PHI (Protected Health Information). Understanding what is considered PHI has been extremely important to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations. Certainly many outside of healthcare have confused how HIPAA applies and applied it to a lot of non-PHI, but those in healthcare have gotten to know what is considered […].

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CMS wants insurers to offer standardized plan options on the ACA exchanges

FierceHealthIT

CMS wants insurers to offer standardized plan options on the ACA exchanges. pminemyer. Tue, 12/28/2021 - 17:09.

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Glad 2021 is now passed

Healthcare Exchange Standards

I am reminded of "This too shall pass.", and I really hope it is true. The past two years have been monotonous, with very little positive things to get excited about. That said, I expect 2022 will simply be a workhorse of a year with small advancements that are not clear today. Yeah, that is the most blah prediction. The most positive is that my household family continue to be COVID-19 free.

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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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5 Best Tips for Finding the Right LASIK Surgeon

Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

So finally, you have decided to get a laser vision correction procedure, the next important thing comes with choosing the best surgeon to perform the LASIK Surgery. Taking time to choose the right surgeon is an important step in achieving your vision correction goals. Since everyone is unique, so evaluating various providers who give you […]. The post 5 Best Tips for Finding the Right LASIK Surgeon appeared first on Healthystic.

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Always Listen to the Voice of the Customer – Who’s That in Healthcare?

Healthcare IT Today

It’s kind of common parlance in the world of business that it’s important to listen to the “voice of the customer.” You hear it in large businesses that talk about listening to their customers as a why they became successful. Startups often focus on listening to potential customers as a way to build out their […].

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More Sensors. More Data. Unparalleled Performance.

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Here at ActiGraph , we’re a bit obsessed with data and data quality. Because our CentrePoint ® platform primarily captures actigraphy data, we are specifically focused on raw actigraphy data. Used as an input and coupled with newer and better algorithms, this continuous, high-fidelity data provides novel insights into treatment efficacy and quality of life that had previously eluded us.

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