Thu.Dec 22, 2022

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ITC: Apple Watches violate AliveCor patents but no import ban yet

Mobi Health News

The U.S. International Trade Commission determined Apple Watches with ECG functionality violate AliveCor patents, but an import ban is on hold until appeals wrap up in a case before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

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Accelerating digital transformation in health and social care with iPad

DigitalHealth

Using Apple technology, combined with healthcare-specific apps and value-added services, Academia help deliver on some of the most important outcomes healthcare providers want to achieve, including better patient experiences and reduced staff workloads.

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Q&A: How cooling digital health funding changed the market in 2022

Mobi Health News

John Beadle, managing partner at Aegis Ventures, discusses partnerships between venture capital firms and health systems, the move from direct-to-consumer to business-to-business models and what digital health investment could look like next year.

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Tytocare is Making Home Medical Care Easier and More Accurate

Healthcare IT Today

Care-at-home is gaining momentum. Homecare services providers are growing. The demand for personal support workers (PSWs) as well as home nurses is rising. There number of medical devices designed specifically for home use are multiplying. In 2022, a lot of attention has been focused on devices for remote patient monitoring (RPM), but devices that enable clinicians to assess and diagnose patients at home are also needed to fully realize the promise of care-at-home.

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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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Roundup: Dozee, SURGLASSES get 510(k) clearances and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, Lunit signed multiple contracts this week to deliver its AI imaging software in Hong Kong, Mongolia, and Brazil.

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Employee wellness platform Wellable acquires DailyEndorphin

Mobi Health News

DailyEndorphin's corporate team challenges will be added to Wellable's Wellness Platform.

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U.S. to release flu medication from Strategic National Stockpile

FierceHealthIT

U.S. to release flu medication from Strategic National Stockpile. fdiamond. Thu, 12/22/2022 - 11:59.

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Aledade hires chief commercial officer and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Nomi Health appointed its first chief product officer, and Hims & Hers announced its first chief medical officer has returned to the role.

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Industry news in brief

DigitalHealth

This Digital Health News industry roundup covers the expansion of a collaborative staffing bank and a planned tech-enabled nursing home.

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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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Healthcare Queue Management Systems & How They Help Improve Patient Care with Ease

NiftyHMS

There are many different types of healthcare queue management systems that can help improve patient care with ease. These systems are designed to help hospitals and other healthcare facilities manage the flow of patients, staff, and resources. This guide will cover the different types of queue management systems available for use, what they do, and how they can make a difference in your facility.

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Mid and South Essex ICS roll-out CardMedic communication app

DigitalHealth

CardMedic is to be rolled out by Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System to improve patient-clinician communication and reduce health inequalities.

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FDA approves Roche's Actemra for treating severe cases of COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

FDA approves Roche's Actemra for treating severe cases of COVID-19. fdiamond. Thu, 12/22/2022 - 08:40.

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Graphnet digital ReSPECT plan receives accreditation

DigitalHealth

Graphnet has worked closely with Resuscitation Council UK to gain accreditation for its digital version of the ReSPECT plan.

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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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Healthcare Queue Management Systems & How it Improves Patient Care

NiftyHMS

There are many different types of healthcare queue management systems that can help improve patient care with ease. These systems are designed to help hospitals and other healthcare facilities manage the flow of patients, staff, and resources. This guide will cover the different types of queue management systems available for use, what they do, and how they can make a difference in your facility.

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Tis the Season for Reflections 

Xealth

Amy Oliver, Marketing Manager. This time of year, I always find myself reflecting – maybe it’s the variety of content I consume ( Time’s top images of the year is always my favorite) that gets me thinking about the year, or just a natural process of turning the calendar into another year. . So much happened on the digital health front this year, and I thought it’d be interesting to get the perspective from my colleagues who eat, sleep, and breathe this stuff.

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Achieve the Quadruple Aim of Healthcare with Telehealth and RPM

Health Recovery Solutions

The Quadruple Aim is an expansion of the Triple Aim framework developed by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement to advance the U.S. healthcare system. The initial framework focused primarily on improving the lives of patients.

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Remote Patient Monitoring Software: How to Choose the Right Tool for the Provider’s Needs

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

When it comes to healthcare and patient monitoring, there are more tools available, and they have gotten a lot easier to use. This means that there’s a tool out there for pretty much every situation you’ll run across — from monitoring attendance at senior care facilities to managing chronic medication treatments for life-threatening conditions like diabetes and hypertension.

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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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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

People are sick of being sick, the New York Times tells us. “Which virus is it?” the title of the article updating the winter 2022-23 sick-season asked. Entering 2023, U.S. health citizens face physical, financial, and mental health challenges of a syndemic, inflation, and stress – all of which will shape peoples’ demand side for health care and digital technology, and a supply side of providers challenged by tech-enabled organizations with design and data chops.

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Leveraging AI to Improve Revenue Cycle Management and Assist During Staff Shortages

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Helen Lamons, SVP of Revenue Cycle Management at Advata. In recent years, AI has made various advancements in the administrative and clinical setting as healthcare systems leverage the technology to benefit workflow operations and reduce human errors. As a business, it makes sense to embrace AI in revenue cycle management (RCM) fully.

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ATA applauds 2-year extension of telehealth flexibilities in Congressional Omnibus

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association this week cheered the bipartisan omnibus appropriations bill from both houses of Congress for including a two-year extension for Medicare telehealth flexibilities that have been in place since the COVID-19 public health emergency was declared in 2020. WHY IT MATTERS. The telehealth group's ATA Action affiliate also thanked leaders from both parties on Capitol Hill for the fact that the package also included provisions delaying the Medicare telemental hea

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2023 Preview of Telemental Health Laws & Behavioral Telehealth Regulations

Telebehavioral Health Institute

After continuing COVID-related telemental health laws and behavioral telehealth regulations in 2022, many key issues for 2023 are already decided. Both federal and state legislative groups have focused heavily on passing behavioral telehealth regulations to be enacted in 2023 and are poised to extend in subsequent years. First, the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is likely to be extended for three months in January, bringing today’s best predictions for the end of the PHE to April 2023.

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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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Former US Sec. of Veterans Affairs & Daughter Launch Chronic Pain Care Startup, Override, Raise $3.5M, Acquire Leading Pain Coaching Company

Healthcare IT Today

A non-opioid solution utilizing a team-based approach to care & the latest in pain neuroscience. Emerging from stealth, Override , a new multi-specialty, virtual chronic pain solution, announces seed funding of $3.5 million. Founded by former US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, David Shulkin MD, and his daughter, Jennie Shulkin JD, Override’s funding round was led by 7wireVentures and Martin Ventures , with SignalFire and Confluent Health joining the round.