GlobalMed
DECEMBER 16, 2019
If you’re active in the telemedicine world (or just paying attention to it), then you know that virtual care’s benefits aren’t always matched by its adoption rates. The potential to transform healthcare globally is there – but somehow the actual telemedicine deployments aren’t always happening where they can do the most good. Why is that? The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to find out.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 19, 2019
The following is a guest article by John D’Amore, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Diameter Health. Almost every article on the 10 years since the passage of the HITECH Act mentions the over $35 billion spent to incentivize the implementation of electronic health records. Most go on to conclude either “We failed!” because there are […].
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Optimum Healthcare IT
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Read Time: 4 min Millennials look at healthcare much differently than past generations. Being digitally native, millennials expect technology to be involved in almost every aspect of their life, and this is no different for healthcare. The post The 4 Cs of Millennial Healthcare appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
DECEMBER 20, 2019
HIPAA Data Storage Requirements and HIPAA Compliance The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) set forth industry standards for the proper handling of protected health information (PHI). PHI is any individually identifiable health information that the Department of Health … Read more. The post HIPAA Data appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.
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Lloyd Price
DECEMBER 14, 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now playing a role in mental health care and if we can navigate the ethical and privacy concerns, it may help us keep up with increasing demand. How on earth could a non-living digital device be of value to any human being experiencing mental health issues? Can a person really develop a sense of trust with AI like they might have with another person?
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Electronic Health Reporter
DECEMBER 16, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ken Lynch, founder, Reciprocity. The HIPAA outlines the standard security practices that organizations handling protected health information (PHI) need to adhere to. Whether your business is compliant with the HIPAA or not can have a huge impact on how you handle your business.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2019
China’s Ping An Good Doctor and Thailand’s largest private medical group, Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS), yesterday announced the launch of a video consultation service. The service will allow the users of Ping An Good Doctor to seek second medical opinions via video consultations with top physicians in Thailand.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 18, 2019
As we look ahead to 2020, imperatives for progressive innovation will include harnessing consumer demand for healthcare technology, advocating for better reimbursement for tech-enabled care and building innovative models of care side by side.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Diabetes is a critical health problem. More than 30 million Americans have diabetes – but 23 million of them, according to the CDC, are undiagnosed. Today, the obesity rate for adults 60 and over has risen to 41%. It is estimated that 30% of the overweight adults have diabetes – and most diabetics are overweight. Another third of the adult population has pre-diabetes – including 23 million of the 65+.
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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.
Electronic Health Reporter
DECEMBER 16, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Dental hygiene related apps have been a feature of the medtech world for a few years, but only now are they permeating professional dental care. Forbes has noted the trickle of algorithm-led dentistry into clinics, and is now predicting that digital dentistry will become a key component of everyday practice.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Ro will now be offering a new weight management medication, Plenity, through its platform, the direct-to-consumer telehealth company exclusively told MobiHealthNews.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 18, 2019
In a blow to the ACA, federal appeals judges have ruled the landmark healthcare law's individual mandate is unconstitutional but punted on the question of whether that mandate can be excised from the remainder of the law.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Exercise programs look to play a larger role in cardiac care Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition
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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.
Electronic Health Reporter
DECEMBER 18, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dmitriy Nortenko, CEO and founder, QA Madness. Healthcare and pharma is one of the fastest-developing industries today, with 2019 characterized by a diversity of startups developing blockchain-based solutions to track and trace global drug supply. The Quality Assurance engineers at QA Madness predict the active use of blockchain and the growth of traceability system […].
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Flare Capital Partners' Ian Chiang describes the key capabilities of a value-based care enablement platform for providers, highlights successful platform examples and offers a framework for entrepreneurs seeking a provider partner.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Electronic health records products that have been certified by a federal agency may be causing issues that could lead to patient harm, according to a new analysis published in JAMA. One example of a safety issue identified in the analysis—the EHR deleted a decimal point from a drug dosage entry, so instead of 2.5 milligrams it was changed to 25 milligrams.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Addressing challenges of medical treatment in deep space Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition
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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!
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 16, 2019
In November 2018, Mary Ang and her team won $45,000 in the Department of Health & Human Service’s Easy EHR Issue Reporting Challenge. Then she disappeared…until last week. Almost exactly a year after her Challenge win, Ang debuted a refined, production-ready version of her prize-winning application at the 2019 IHI Forum. EHRs are a source […].
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 16, 2019
The clearance of Tandem Diabetes Care’s Control-IQ Technology opens the door for new algorithms enabling hybrid closed-loop diabetes management systems.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 17, 2019
The federal government has joined a lawsuit alleging that Omnicare, a subsidiary of CVS Health, fraudulently billed Medicare, TRICARE and Medicaid for thousands of drugs.
Electronic Health Reporter
DECEMBER 18, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. For those of us who have long dreamed of becoming a nurse, a surgeon, a doctor or another health professional, it’s often all we can concentrate on as we leave school and head to college, university and medical school. In each and every career in the medical field, you’ll need to sacrifice time and energy […].
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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Mobile ECG tech can empower heart patients Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Chief executive Johannes Schildt talks about the ambitions of KRY, the Swedish startup now seen as one of the most promising providers of digital healthcare services in Europe.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Salaries increased last year for both physicians and advanced practitioners, according to a new report. The average salary for a physician rose to $363,924 and for advanced practitioners, which includes nurse practitioners and physician assistants, to $122,973, according to a survey report released by LocumTenens.com.
Electronic Health Reporter
DECEMBER 18, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ramachandra Annadi, technical architect, Qentelli. Cloud technology has made its way into IT since Continuous Delivery became a priority to nearly every business sector, including the healthcare industry. In fact, many hospitals and healthcare organizations are now housing electronic medical records in a cloud-based environment, giving medical teams a more convenient way to access […].
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Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 20, 2019
I recently had the opportunity to attend the ASHP conference in Las Vegas. For those not familiar with the ASHP (I wasn’t before I attended), it’s the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Like most societies and associations, they hold regular meetings where pharmacists come together to learn the latest in what’s happening in pharmacology and […].
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2019
The deal follows on the company's 2018 acquisition of AI nutrition app Nutrino.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 16, 2019
A new study to be published in the January print issue of Health Affairs put a figure on how much it's costing when patients are unwittingly treated by out-of-network providers in in-network hospitals.
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