Mon.Jul 01, 2019

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Electronic health records cannot replace a doctor who knows you

KevinMD

The introduction of electronic health records (EHRs) was accompanied by a great deal of fanfare. Such systems, which replace old paper-based charts in doctor’s offices and hospitals, were designed to make patient data more accurate, safer and more accessible. It was also claimed that they would make it easier for doctors and other health professionals […].

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One Drop's diabetes management product comes to Apple Stores

Mobi Health News

Certain locations are now carrying the One Drop Chrome blood glucose meter, which is accompanied by a lancing device, test strips and a one-year subscription to an accompanying mobile app.

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How We Can Prevent Physician Burnout From the First Day of Medical School

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

The WHO’s recent classification of burnout as a medical diagnosis is helping physicians recognize the burnout they are experiencing. But more can be done to improve the work environment.

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The future of pharma: embracing opportunities, partnerships and hurdles

Mobi Health News

In July, MobiHealthNews will focus on how pharma companies are using digital tools for R&D, real-world evidence collection and exploring new therapeutics.

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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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NewYork-Presbyterian plans to expand telehealth services with new innovation institute

FierceHealthIT

NewYork-Presbyterian, based in New York City, has launched the new Hauser Institute for Health Innovation with a specific focus on expanding telehealth services including remote patient monitoring and teleparamedics.

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6 ways smaller health systems are falling behind in cybersecurity: CHIME-KLAS survey

FierceHealthIT

While large healthcare organizations are successfully adopting best practices for cybersecurity, smaller health systems and hospitals are falling behind as budget constraints and a lack of qualified talent hinder progress, according to a new survey from KLAS Research and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).

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Carenet Health purchases Citra Health Solutions' telehealth, engagement subsidiary

Mobi Health News

While the terms of the transaction were not disclosed, this and a past acquisition signal Carenet's aims to turn its virtual care services into a major market presence.

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Study: Dual-eligible beneficiaries dropped from Medicaid still got Part D subsidies

FierceHealthIT

Dual-eligible beneficiaries who were dropped from Medicaid continued to get Medicare prescription drug subsidies, even though eligibility criteria for both are the same.

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Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust creates clinical AI role

Mobi Health News

It follows the trust's recent work with GE Healthcare on creating an AI-driven command centre.

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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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Keeping BlueKeep Away: What Every Healthcare Organization Needs To Know To Mitigate the Risk

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Chris Goettl, director of product management, security, Ivanti. The first months of 2019 have seen a record number of reported security vulnerabilities. But potentially the riskiest, is BlueKeep. BlueKeep is a vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708) that affects Windows 7, Windows XP, Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2, which many feel will be exploited soon.

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Belong.Life's $14M Series B will help expand its patient social network, engagement platforms

Mobi Health News

IQVIA led the round with support from The Group Ventures and existing backers.

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More Than Half Of Seniors Willing To Use Telehealth

Healthcare IT Today

Results from a recent survey suggest that seniors are more comfortable with telehealth than you might think, especially given their techno-phobic reputation. As things stand, when seniors need off-hours care, telehealth consults are hardly the first thing that comes to their mind. Almost two-thirds of seniors responding to the survey reported that they’d go to […].

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Psychologists Who Practice Via Online Counseling: Are They Really HIPAA Compliant?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Today, psychologists are offering their services online, and telehealth is continuously becoming popular. The top advantage of such practice in the mental health field is the availability of specialized services and expertise to patients in remote locations.

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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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Why housing should be a top healthcare priority for healthcare systems, payers: RWJF

FierceHealthIT

Housing should be a top priority for healthcare systems and communities across the U.S., according to the 2019 annual Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) report.

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Health and Technology: Innovation and Advancement

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Technology has really evolved over the last half a century and its impact is very vast. Many fields are feeling getting a touch of the improved technological advancement a notable one being the medical and health sector. In the health sector, the ripples of technology are not going to disappear anytime soon meaning there are […].

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Doctor's room of the future: The self-driving car

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Doctor's room of the future: The self-driving car Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Europe/UK

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Talking Telehealth with Daniel Barchi & Peter Fleischut, Part 2: “We Need to Make Every Minute Count.”

Health System CIO

As complex as healthcare IT may seem, it all boils down to one concept: identifying the most pressing needs, and removing the barriers that exist, according to NewYork-Presbyterian leaders Daniel Barchi and Peter Fleischut.

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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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Cancer patients benefiting from increased connectivity to caregivers

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Patient Engagement Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Cancer patients benefiting from increased connectivity to caregivers Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Europe/UK

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Moody’s: Climate change, politics pose credit risk for insurers

FierceHealthIT

Environmental and social factors are a growing credit risk for insurers, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.

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Cancer patients benefiting from increased connectivity to caregivers

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Patient Engagement Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Cancer patients benefiting from increased connectivity to caregivers Featured Decision Content:

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NYC Health + Hospitals says it will reject Title X funds until abortion ‘gag rule’ is lifted 

FierceHealthIT

NYC Health + Hospitals will not accept funds from the Title X while the so-called abortion "gag rule" is in effect, officials announced over the weekend.

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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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Pfizer to Grant Golden Tickets to Biotech Startups

MedTech Boston

It might be your lucky day. Pfizer has issued a call for U.S. startup companies to file proposals to. The post Pfizer to Grant Golden Tickets to Biotech Startups appeared first on MedTech Boston.

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A call to upgrade public health data

Morning eHealth

The latest on CMS’ AI challenge — Study finds about one in 10 Instagram posts advertising drug sales

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Michigan Research Program Targets Brain Damage Caused by Cardiac Arrest

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

Focus is on neuroprotective therapies that can be delivered by bystanders and first responders to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

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85% of Kansas nursing home residents satisfied with quality of life

FierceHealthIT

The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) recently reported an 85% satisfaction rate with quality of life among residents in state nursing homes.

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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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Belong.Life Raises $14 Million Series B Round to Accelerate Growth of Global Oncology Solution and Expand Rollout End-to-End Patient Engagement and Health Research Platform

Healthcare IT Today

Belong.Life, creators of the “Belong – Beating Cancer Together” mobile app, the world’s largest social network and navigator app for cancer patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals, announced today that it has completed a $14 million Series B fundraising round, led by IQVIA (NYSE: IQV), a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services to the […].

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Decreasing Adverse Patient Outcomes - How a Quality Onboarding Program Reduces Errors (Article)

HealthStream

Equipping your care providers with a quality residency program at the start of their careers is one way to prevent the unfortunate combination of actions that can lead to adverse patient outcomes.

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Medical costs projected to increase 6% by 2020, says PwC

Henry Kotula

[link]. Utilization is still being dampened by high deductibles and other cost sharing, but at the expense of employee satisfaction. Medical costs are rising, and by this time next year costs will likely show a modest increase of about 6% over the past two years, according to a new report from PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers. After figuring in health plan changes such as increased employee cost sharing and network and benefit changes, PwC’s Health Research Institute, which conducted the study