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What telehealth brings to opioid use treatment

Morning eHealth

Bad state data hides coronavirus threat — CARIN Alliance's new health app project

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Key Strategies For Minimizing Risks While Embracing COVID-19 Telehealth Expansion

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Heather Annolino, senior director healthcare practice, Ventiv. As hospitals are working vigorously to address the health care needs of its patient population during the COVID-19 pandemic, they are unintentionally leaving themselves and their patients […].

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Telehealth Security: Using a VPN

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Telehealth Security: Using a VPN There has been much debate on whether or not telehealth offers a secure means of communicating with patients. Many experts argue that the only way to secure telehealth sessions is by forgoing the use of … Read more. The post Telehealth Security: Using a VPN appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Big Hearts, High Tech – How Caregiving Has Changed in the U.S.

Health Populi

We are all caregivers now. The COVID-19 pandemic has touched and continues to re-shape our daily lives. One reality that the coronavirus era has revealed is that caregiving is a daily life-flow for everyone around the world. In the U.S., this has particularly acute impacts — physical, emotional, and financial. The 2020 AARP report on caregiving was published this month, and the survey research into caregivers uncovered fresh insights about caregivers’ demographics, financial stressor

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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 Israel is using AI to implement proactive care

Mobi Health News

Dr. Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer of Israel’s Clalit Research Institute, talks using tech to catch health issues before they become serious at HIMSS20 Digital.

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Complications Associated with Multiple License Holders

CE App

Clinicians today are responsible for completing a certain number of CME credit hours per year in the states they wish to be licensed in. This can appear simple and easy to complete for clinicians. Unfortunately, the requirements for each state in terms of CME vary significantly from year to year. Some states also have higher CME hour requirements than others, which can lead to a heavy course load for many individuals.

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The Hair Economy in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Control, Wellness, and Self-Care

Health Populi

The barbershop and beauty salon are important community touch points for health, wellness, and social connection in so many peoples’ lives. In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen , I feature the black barbershop to introduce a chapter on “The New Retail Health.” In the COVID-19 pandemic, how we’re dealing with hair is a metaphor for personal control, for political statements, for mental health, and for overall well-being.

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COVID-19: The rise and rise of telemedicine

Mobi Health News

Telemedicine has experienced a huge surge in adoption over the past few months, during the coronavirus pandemic. With people locked down at home, it has become the 'new normal' way of accessing healthcare says digital health connector, Aline Noizet.

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CareMount Medical uses telehealth now to avoid health crisis later

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As people stay home to avoid exposure to COVID-19, healthcare leaders across the country worry about the potential long-term health implications of patients putting off their general medical appointments and procedures. Could there be a future health crisis as a result of, for example, missed routine cancer screenings or delayed testing for chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure?

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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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Protected: Current Struggles Medical Professionals on the Front-lines are Facing Handling COVID-19

CE App

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: Current Struggles Medical Professionals on the Front-lines are Facing Handling COVID-19 appeared first on CE App Blog.

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Financial Insecurity Among U.S. Workers Will Worsen in the Pandemic ? Especially for Women

Health Populi

Millions of mainstream, Main Street Americans entered 2020 feeling income inequality and financial insecurity in the U.S. The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating financial stress in America, hitting women especially hard, based on PwC’s 9th annual Employee Financial Wellness Survey COVID-19 Update. For this report, PwC polled 1,683 full-time employed adults between 18 and 75 years of age in January 2020.

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In-depth: Despite some hiccups, COVID-19 is VR's time to shine

Mobi Health News

Healthcare VR researchers say that certain projects have stalled during the pandemic, but strong demand and emergency reimbursement decisions out of CMS have raised hopes across the industry.

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Lawmakers push to extend flexible telehealth guidelines beyond the stay-at-home period

Clocktree

A bi-partisan coalition of 32 US House members are asking in a May 21 letter to Congressional leadership that ongoing emergency efforts to relax telehealth regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic be continued for an additional period of time. They are asking for time to collect data and determine which of these flexibilities should remain in place permanently.

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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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4 Ways To Take Care of Your Health At Home

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Practicing self-care and taking care of our mental – and physical – health at home is important at the best of times. Now, however, most of us are being asked to stay at home, and […]. The article 4 Ways To Take Care of Your Health At Home appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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More U.S. Patients Scheduling Doctors? Appointments, Welcoming Telehealth Into Their Visit-Mix

Health Populi

By May 14th, 2020, one-half of consumers in the U.S. expected they would schedule a medical appointment in the next two months. “As the country emerges from COVID-19, we’re watching consumer confidence shift back to where it was prior to the onset of this crisis,” noted Dr. Brad Bowman, Chief Medical Office at Healthgrades. The company published the COVID-19 Patient Confidence Study , a survey launched in late March.

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Samsung's smartwatch ECG feature gets green light in South Korea

Mobi Health News

The latest feature can now be combined with Samsung's cuffless blood pressure monitoring feature, which got approval in South Korea a few weeks ago.

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COVID-19 has accelerated adoption of non-contact patient monitoring technology, says Frost & Sullivan analysis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Contactless monitoring systems and smartphone health applications are playing a vital role in the war against COVID-19, a report has found. According to the analysis by Frost & Sullivan, non-contact patient monitoring technologies are gravitating toward the use of video, sound analysis and mobile-based platforms incorporating advanced technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.

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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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Steam Cleaners Are Good For Disinfection

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. So, you are a germ freak always clean of ensuring your place of work or residence is clear of anything that may be hazardous to your health. However, you are also aware of some of […]. The article Steam Cleaners Are Good For Disinfection appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Medicare Advantage, Part D plans face uncertain healthcare world under COVID-19 as they develop bids

FierceHealthIT

Medicare Advantage, Part D plans face uncertain healthcare world under COVID-19 as they develop bids. rking. Fri, 05/29/2020 - 13:20.

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Investors shower AI drug discovery startups with over $200M in new funding

Mobi Health News

insitro unveiled a $143 million Series B round on the same day that fellow machine learning company Exscientia highlighted its own $60 million Series C raise.

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The COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea and its implications on the future of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the third episode of the HIMSS APAC Digital Dialogue Series hosted by Dr Charles Alessi, HIMSS Chief Clinical Officer, guest speakers Dr Hwang Hee, Chief Information Officer, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea and Kim Dong-Hee, Country Leader, Philips, South Korea shared their thoughts on what was done differently to manage the COVID-19 situation in the country, and how telehealth might look like post COVID-19.

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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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#107: To Bot or Not to Bot? The Rise of AI Chatbots in Healthcare in the Wake of COVID-19

Digital Health Today

Dr. John Reeves of Conversation Health shares insights on how chatbots can connect when humans can’t. When you visit a website, do you use the navigation menu? Or do you head to the lower right corner of your screen? That corner is where a little bit of internet magic happens, and it’s becoming more prevalent, and having a great impact, in healthcare.

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CVS Health sued by Blues insurers in 6 states claiming pharmacies inflated prices for generics

FierceHealthIT

CVS Health sued by Blues insurers in 6 states claiming pharmacies inflated prices for generics. pminemyer. Thu, 05/28/2020 - 11:27.

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FDA clears Propeller Health sensor for use with AstraZeneca's Symbicort inhaler

Mobi Health News

The digital respiratory health company says this deal and clearance now give it access to 90% of the U.S. asthma and COPD market.

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Patient engagement support vendor offers free telehealth to NY, NJ women

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

UPIC Health, which provides administrative revenue cycle and patient engagement support to healthcare clients, now is offering telehealth services for free to women who live in New York and New Jersey. According to UPIC CEO Mary Tucker, the company uses the Mend platform to connect qualifying clients with certified health coaches, nutritionists, licensed naturopathic doctors and clinical psychologists at no cost.

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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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Top Live Video Telehealth Companies List

Healthcare IT Today

Spoiler Alert: Here’s the live video telehealth list. Keep reading for background & future plans. A few weeks ago, as telehealth started to explode, I realized how important understanding the telehealth market was going to be for those who read Healthcare IT Today. Plus, having been through the golden age of EHR software otherwise known […].

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Microsoft's Peter Lee details effort to get 'every single person who has recovered from COVID' to donate plasma

FierceHealthIT

Microsoft's Peter Lee details effort to get 'every single person who has recovered from COVID' to donate plasma. hlandi. Thu, 05/28/2020 - 16:47.

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Vulnerability in Qatar's COVID-19 app put its users' private information at risk

Mobi Health News

According to an Amnesty International investigation, personal information, including names, national ID numbers, health status and location data could have been exposed.

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