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Heart Health Intelligence scores $2.2M for its heart data collecting toilet seat

Mobi Health News

The seat can collect data on a patient's heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac output, ECG and blood oxygenation.

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How COVID-19 is impacting hospitals' IT purchasing decisions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The coronavirus pandemic is throwing a new factor into hospitals' calculations about how to proceed with current and future healthcare IT implementations. As provider organizations face a surge of new cases, or anticipate capacity challenges in the near future, they're reconsidering the speed with which they can conduct current implementations because of limitations in IT-staff capacity and the heavy demands that high patient loads are placing on clinical staff.

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SPHCC employs IoT tech and wearable sensors to monitor COVID-19 patients

Mobi Health News

Cassia's gateways allow up to 40 Bluetooth Low Energy devices to be paired and connected simultaneously while providing the long-range connectivity needed to cover multiple rooms in the SPHCC.

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Covid-19 – Technology changes accelerate – some a work-in-progress

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Note the wave of announcements of 'free' tech services and sea changes. A number of companies popped into my inbox in the past week with announcements of a period of free access to remote care/engagement technologies – including and in alphabetical order CareCentrix , CareTree , Ergo , Eversound , Outpatient , Ready Responders , VitalTech , and NurseCaller.

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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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Los Angeles company falsely announces FDA authorization for two-minute COVID-19 diagnostic test

Mobi Health News

Bodysphere's announcement was spread across a number of mainstream news and social media channels before the company released a statement that explained its misunderstanding.

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Insulin Patch Could Provide Cheap, Simple, and Effective “Cure” for T1D

Insulin Nation

When you picture the future of type 1 diabetes treatment, what comes to mind? For many, they see high tech devices capable of reading blood glucose levels and adjusting insulin and glucagon rates to keep sugars stable. Others see stem cell transplants and surgically implanted beta-cell devices. What you are probably not picturing is a small, disposable, Nicorette-style patch full of insulin.

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Doctors worried about survival of their medical practices: ‘This could be the death blow,’ says physician

FierceHealthIT

Almost 22 years ago, Sumana Reddy, M.D., and two other doctors set up a family medicine practice in the rural area of Salinas, California. Now she worries the coronavirus could be the death of it.

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AHIMA Develops Tools To Help Clinical Documentation Integrity Professionals During COVID-19

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. With clinical documentation integrity (CDI) professionals playing a key role in efforts to “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has developed tools designed to ease administrative burdens […].

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Tenet Healthcare withdraws 2020 outlook, announces furloughs in light of COVID-19 uncertainty

FierceHealthIT

In the wake of the COVID-19—which has caused uncertainty and hardship across the economy including the healthcare sector—the Dallas-based hospital giant withdrew its previously announced first-quarter and full-year financial outlook for 2020.

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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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The American Hospital Association and AVIA Launch New Tool to Support Members on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Crisis: Introducing the COVID-19 Digital Response Pulse

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The American Hospital Association (AHA) and AVIA are reaching out to all AHA members with a new tool for rapid, critical support to deal with COVID-19. The nationwide roll out of the COVID-19 Digital Response […]. The article The American Hospital Association and AVIA Launch New Tool to Support Members on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Crisis: Introducing the COVID-19 Digital Response Pulse

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Humana aims to ease administrative, financial burdens on providers amid COVID-19 crisis 

FierceHealthIT

Humana is launching new initiatives aimed at easing the administrative burden on providers as they treat patients with COVID-19.

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RNs At 15 HCA Hospitals To Protest Lack of COVID-19 Preparedness

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Registered nurses at 15 HCA Healthcare hospitals in seven states began actions to protest a lack of preparedness by the nation’s largest hospital chain that they say places nurses, other staff, and patients at risk […]. The article RNs At 15 HCA Hospitals To Protest Lack of COVID-19 Preparedness appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Pew Charitable Trusts urges HHS to move forward with health IT rules amid COVID-19 outbreak

FierceHealthIT

The Pew Charitable Trusts is calling for federal policymakers to move forward with data-sharing regulations in light of increased use of virtual care during the COVID-19 outbreak. Many other groups are calling for the regulations to be delayed. Find out why Pew says the data-sharing rules are critical during the current pandemic.

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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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The Problem With Surprise Medical Billing

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Terry Rowinski, president & CEO, Health Payment Systems, Inc. We’ve seen it time and time again—a patient receives services from an out-of-network provider at an in-network facility and is surprised with a huge medical […]. The article The Problem With Surprise Medical Billing appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Trinity Health latest major hospital system to furlough workers due to COVID-19 cash crisis

FierceHealthIT

Trinity Health announced furloughs are coming across the system's 92 hospitals due to the lack of revenue stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak.

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How Technology Is Replacing Teaching As We Know It

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In a world that is constantly being upgraded, streamlined and enhanced by software and technology, is it possible that teaching will no longer be a human profession? What if A.I. progresses to the point that […]. The article How Technology Is Replacing Teaching As We Know It appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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New York requires insurers to defer premium payments till June for individuals, small businesses facing financial hardship

FierceHealthIT

New York tells insurers they can't collect premiums for the next two months from individuals and small businesses experiencing financial hardships.

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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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Is your Replacement EHR Smart Enough for Value Based Care?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Charles Hutchinson, CPA, is the Chief Financial Officer of InSync Healthcare Solutions. In the evolving landscape of value-based care (VBC), providers are finding that they need more from their EHRs than ever before. The unexpected surges in need for care, like that of COVID-19, make it more critical […].

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AHA, AVIA launch resource hub to help hospitals quickly roll out virtual health tools

FierceHealthIT

The American Hospital Association teamed up with AVIA to develop an online tool to help hospitals quickly roll out virtual capabilities to combat COVID-19. The COVID-19 Digital Response Pulse is a resource that allows hospitals and health systems to immediately assess critical digital capabilities they will need to meet the challenges of COVID-19 over the weeks and months ahead.

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Will it scale?

American Well

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a once-in-a-lifetime test to the healthcare industry. We have all been touched by the courageous response of healthcare workers and the broader healthcare ecosystem doing their best to prevent the spread of the virus. They all rely on technology to help them deliver care in the most efficient, cost-effective, and quickest way possible.

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HIPAA Enforcement Discretion for HIPAA Business Associates to Share Health Data with Public Health Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

OCR (Office for Civil Rights) inside of HHS which is in charge of HIPAA enforcement has issued another notice of enforcement discretion. Roger Severino, OCR Director, announced that OCR will exercise it’s enforcement discretion and not impose penalties for violations of certain HIPAA provisions. OCR announces Notification of Enforcement Discretion to allow uses and disclosures […].

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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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Design Theme and Secure Hosting Set Foundation for Enhanced Digital Experience

Geonetric

When Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox, IL, reached out to Geonetric, they had seven sites built on different platforms including Joomla, WordPress, and Drupal. The hospital was experiencing numerous security issues with their hosting, particularly with their online forms. As a healthcare organization, ensuring sensitive information is secure is a top priority – so Silver […].

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Fair Medication Pricing Isn’t That Hard: Lessons from Germany

Healthcare IT Today

In the wake of COVID-19’s devastation will come a tsunami of health care cost increases that could drive insurance costs to unprecedented rates of increase. So it’s not a bad time to pick up the national conversation that had been taking place over the past several years about the cost of medications in the United […].

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How Public Health Crises Have Advanced Medical Technologies

InTouch Health

Advancing the Reaches of Telehealth. Throughout history, medical technology has largely evolved according to demand. Several major health crises forced the industry to reconsider the status quo, leading to sweeping changes throughout the United States’ health system. In many cases, these outbreaks, pandemics, and infectious diseases revealed the flaws in the existing system.

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How to Improve Nurse Scheduling

HealthStream

To improve and sustain better clinical and business outcomes, healthcare organizations must improve their solutions for nurse scheduling. Here are some of the features an optimal nurse scheduling solution should have.

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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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COVID-19 Policy Updates – Home Health, Hospice & Expansion of Covered Services

Health Recovery Solutions

CMS’ rules regarding the delivery of telehealth continue to evolve. This blog discusses the following: Home Health updates including loosened Medicare Homebound Requirements, suspension of the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD), and on-site visit requirement changes. Hospice updates including on site visit requirement changes, volunteer requirement changes, and expansion of time frame for the comprehensive assessment.

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Do the right thing – a Kaiser Permanente PSA

Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

During our fight against COVID-19, we remain deeply committed to the health of our communities. In addition to providing excellent care and treatment, we also want to encourage everyone to take steps that will help slow the spread of the virus. #socialdistancing #StayHomeSaveLives [link]. To see the PSA: Do the right thing. The post Do the right thing – a Kaiser Permanente PSA appeared first on Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health.

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What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Changes at the IRS

ACA Times

3 minute read: In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the IRS announced that it will pare back operations to focus on “mission-critical” functions. In a notice updated on April 1, 2020. “As a federal agency vital to the overall operations of our country, we ask for your personal support, your understanding – and your patience,” said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig.

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