Fri.Feb 17, 2023

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Q&A: How the PHE's end could affect telehealth, patient care

Mobi Health News

Heather Meade, principal at Washington Council Ernst & Young, discusses the potential effects on digital health companies and patients following the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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American Telemedicine Association announced 12 telehealth innovators challenge finalists

FierceHealthIT

American Telemedicine Association announced 12 telehealth innovators challenge finalists aburky Fri, 02/17/2023 - 11:45

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Health benefits platform Collective Health announces layoffs

Mobi Health News

The company has let go of 54 employees as part of a restructuring of its workforce.

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Becerra charges insurer claims of Medicare Advantage pay cuts 'categorically false'

FierceHealthIT

Becerra charges insurer claims of Medicare Advantage pay cuts 'categorically false' rking Fri, 02/17/2023 - 10:13

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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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Larry Saves the Canadian Healthcare System – The Musical – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

Satire + Music + Comedy + Healthcare. What’s not to love? This full-length musical from Sara Kreindler perfectly captures the challenges and frustrations in the Canadian Healthcare System. It tells the story of a eager young healthcare analyst, Larry, who is newly hired by the Canadian government to help “fix” the healthcare system.

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DrFirst Acquires Diagnotes Secure Messaging and Care Coordination Platform

Healthcare IT Today

Expands Backline by DrFirst’s Capabilities for Clinical Communications in Health Systems and Beyond Healthcare technology pioneer DrFirst today announced it has acquired select assets of Indianapolis -based Diagnotes. The acquisition will allow Backline by DrFirst to expand its capabilities to break through communication silos in healthcare at each stage of the patient care journey, promote positive patient outcomes, and enhance satisfaction for staff and patients.

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Special Report: Shared Care Records

DigitalHealth

Are health services which were slow to develop a shared care record now showing the way ahead? Jennifer Trueland reports on positive developments in mature records - and 'skyrocketing' progress among late arrivals.

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Understanding Partner Practice Maturity to Grow Business

CiscoHealth

Our global partner community has made one need clear—to assist them in rationalizing their Cisco business portfolio and highlight the paths to growth.

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Why Traditional Cybersecurity is Failing Healthcare

FierceHealthIT

Why Traditional Cybersecurity is Failing Healthcare jpiatt Fri, 02/17/2023 - 16:24

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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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Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives

DigitalHealth

Our latest roundup features Wellola’s patient communication platform going live in Birmingham and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust deploying CardMedic.

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How The Week is shifting the cultural norm on climate engagement

CiscoHealth

When faced with the realities of the climate crisis through severe weather events like flooding, hurricanes, and heat waves, we often shut down emotionally due to overwhelming feelings of fear and… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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Government progress on digitising the NHS ‘inadequate’ says Commons Expert Panel

DigitalHealth

The Government is making inadequate progress on vital commitments to digitise the NHS, an independent expert panel has found, with “inadequate funding” and a catalogue of “opportunities missed”.

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Getting to the Core of the Digital Divide with 5G Fixed Wireless Access

CiscoHealth

Even today, there is a sizeable U.S. population without internet connectivity.

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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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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells roll out ePMA solution

DigitalHealth

New electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) functionality has been rolled out at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

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Urban: Majority surveyed not aware of looming Medicaid eligibility redeterminations

FierceHealthIT

Urban: Majority surveyed not aware of looming Medicaid eligibility redeterminations rking Fri, 02/17/2023 - 16:40

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Creating your own FHIR Server: revised

HAY on FHIR

So I’ve written an earlier post describing how you can use the excellent HAPI FHIR engine to host your own FHIR server. This used the CLI (Command Line Interface) tool , and has worked well for me in the past – for example most of the clinFHIR modules have used this as the back end storage. However, this is definitely only useful for development and testing, and recently there have been some issues running the more recent versions of the CLI so I decided to take a closer look at other opti

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Q&A: How the PHE's end could affect telehealth, patient care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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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Adults hospitalized with Omicron die at 1.5 times rate than those admitted with flu: study

FierceHealthIT

Adults hospitalized with Omicron die at 1.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Pulmonary Hypertension Life Expectancy

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Pulmonary hypertension is a serious progressive disease that affects 500-1,000 Americans each year. The condition occurs when the blood vessels supplying blood to the lungs become narrow or blocked, leading to high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries and putting extra strain on the heart. This blockage to the lungs leads to a reduced lifespan for those affected as the heart must work harder with decreased blood flow.

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FTC celebrates after SUNY Upstate, Crouse Health System scrap merger plans

FierceHealthIT

FTC celebrates after SUNY Upstate, Crouse Health System scrap merger plans dmuoio Fri, 02/17/2023 - 12:32

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Managing Congestive Heart Failure with RPM Technology

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Heart disease is a pervasive health concern in the United States, claiming one life every 34 seconds , as reported by the American Heart Association. With around 6.2 million adults affected by heart failure, and approximately 697,000 lives lost to the condition annually, heart failure continues to be a significant challenge for healthcare providers (HCPs).

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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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Improve Your HEDIS Measures with Telehealth & RPM

Health Recovery Solutions

The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, or HEDIS, is one of healthcare’s most widely used performance improvement tools, with more than 200 million people enrolled in health plans that report the score.

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From Diagnosis to Management: RVSP Monitoring in the Era of Remote Patient Care for Pulmonary Hypertension

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Pulmonary hypertension is a serious and often progressive condition characterized by high blood pressure in the lungs. Right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP), a crucial parameter in the assessment of pulmonary hypertension, is used to determine the pressure exerted by the right ventricle during contraction. The mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) and pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) is also used to diagnose and monitor the condition.

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Retrieving Billions in Overpayments by CMS

Healthcare IT Today

Amid swirling accusations that Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) are overbilling the U.S. government and calls for better oversight , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in early February that it would investigate overbilling by those plans. They expect to recoup 4.7 billion dollars through this program. This article focuses on the relatively young technologies that enable CMS to uncover overbillings, whether they be errors or fraud.

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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: A New Era of Care through Remote Monitoring

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) is a rare form of pulmonary hypertension caused by blood clots that have formed inside the pulmonary arteries. According to studies , it may be treatable and has been recorded as causing complications in 3.8% of severe lung blood clot incidents. CTEPH is a chronic condition and can result from a previous episode of acute pulmonary embolism.

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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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Effective Chronic Pain Management in Pregnancy through Remote Patient Monitoring

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Chronic pain during pregnancy can be a challenging experience for expectant mothers. Studies conducted using administrative data estimate that 14% to 22% of pregnant women received a prescription for opioids during pregnancy. However, other research suggests a rapid increase in the number of expectant mothers using high-potency opioids for pain management during pregnancy.