Health Populi

JULY 23, 2020

In the U.S., the use of telehealth services tripled in the past year, as healthcare providers limited patients from in-person visits for care and patients sought to avoid exposure to the coronavirus in medical settings. With this alignment of virtual care supply-and-demand, it is like telehealth will see “permanent usage increases,” according to Parks Associates’ survey report, COVID-19 – Impact on Telehealth Use and Perspectives.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 23, 2020

Dr. Hans Henri Kluge, the World Health Organization’s director for Europe, presented on digital tools during the FutureMed conference this afternoon.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2020

The explosion of telehealth in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered, in turn, conversations about how to achieve seamless electronic health record integration. Some telehealth platforms offer agnostic integration with a host of EHR systems, while some EHRs offer their own in-house telehealth option. What works for one system won't necessarily be right for another, suggested panelists at Wednesday's Teladoc-sponsored Telehealth Innovation Forum.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 23, 2020

News of the potential sale or merger with a special purpose acquisition company appears at the same time as one-on-one counseling and a key strategic hire.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2020

Recently, millions of patients have realised how their health is dependent on access to a healthcare facility infrastructure. For the clinics and physicians, the pandemic brought a double challenge: providing access to care for COVID-19 patients and keeping chronically ill patients under control so that they can stay safe at home. It became clear that continuity of care for large patient cohorts required reliable communication channels and decision-support systems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2020

Several healthcare organizations and elected officials came together on Thursday in support of legislation safeguarding access to telehealth after the pandemic. "We have seen the positive impact of telehealth across the nation," said Jen Covich Bordenick, CEO at eHealth Initiative. The temporary waivers issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said Bordenick, have allowed individuals suffering from COVID symptoms to get virtual treatment.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 23, 2020

The startup provides users with price transparency tools and a Visa card for healthcare payments at cash rates.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 23, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ray D’Onofrio, principal data architect, SPR. Could Amazon’s personal assistant, Alexa, predict when you will be sick? Or, if Siri is the first to know you have COVID-19. It’s not as far-fetched as it […]. The article Machine Learning Is Poised To Transform The Patient Experience — If We Let It appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 23, 2020

Walk with Path, Moving Analytics, and MedFlyt were named the top startups from the accelerator program this year.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

JULY 23, 2020

Health IT groups say Trump administration's efforts to sidestep CDC hampers the COVID-19 response. hlandi. Thu, 07/23/2020 - 16:13.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 23, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 50 million American adults had chronic pain in 2016. That is a whopping 24 percent of the population unable to go about their daily […]. The article Top Pain Management Technologies appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 23, 2020

Hospitals employ lessons learned in load balancing, supply chain as COVID-19 cases surge. rking. Thu, 07/23/2020 - 11:32.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 23, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The rise of this decade has brought new and complicated challenges that are accompanied by some other problems that left unresolved during the last decade. 2020 has come up with some unprecedented and unpredictable host […]. The article Top 9 Challenges For Physician Billing Services Are Expected To Face In 2020 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

JULY 23, 2020

Aetna aims to offer alternative to high-deductible plans in 2 new benefit designs. pminemyer. Thu, 07/23/2020 - 13:38.

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Insulin Nation

JULY 23, 2020

Diabetes management continues to get more complicated with the advancement of tools like AID systems , high-tech pumps, and more accurate CGMs, one subsection of researchers is pursuing a decidedly different approach. The insulin patch, which consists of a small wearable patch filled with tiny microneedles that painlessly and continuously injecting insulin throughout the day, requires no tech and is cheap to manufacture.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 23, 2020

Industry Voices—The most important first step in fixing US healthcare: Data accessibility. pminemyer. Thu, 07/23/2020 - 11:40.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 23, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. At Electronic Health Reporter, we take innovations from healthcare companies very seriously. For nearly a decade, we’ve featured their work, products, news and thought leaders in an effort to bring our readers the best, most […]. The article Healthcare’s Most Innovative Companies of 2020: Copeland Clinical AI (C2-Ai) appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Digital Leaders HealthTech

JULY 23, 2020

As a Radiologist I have always been acutely aware of the importance of medical imaging to patient care. Almost every patient coming into hospital will have a medical imaging study of one sort or another, an X-ray, an ultrasound or a CT scan. Imaging now underpins almost all clinical decision making processes and it makes sense, as ultimately we want to see what is going on inside a patient without having to cut them open – which I think we can all agree is a good thing.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2020

We’ve all been watching the explosion of telehealth thanks to COVID-19 and a number of the reimbursement changes that have come as part of the pandemic. While we’re all waiting to see if these telehealth reimbursement changes are permanent (Looks like Telehealth reimbursement may even be included in the Heroes Act and extended through the […].

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 23, 2020

Nearly 11M paid premiums for ACA exchanges at beginning of 2020, a slight increase. rking. Thu, 07/23/2020 - 15:32.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2020

The following is a guest article by Doug Clayton from WestFax. When smart phones first appeared on the scene in the mid 2000s, IT administrators struggled with a new challenge; an entire category of new devices capable of storing confidential information began to proliferate. Although the general problem of mobile security can be effectively managed […].

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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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FierceHealthIT

JULY 23, 2020

How has your organization weathered the COVID-19 financial storm? Health systems, we want to hear from you. treed. Thu, 07/23/2020 - 16:03.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2020

In this Teleahealth Feature Series, we’re going to cover the long list of potential telehealth features available today. As you’re considering your own approach to telehealth, we will provide you a look at all the possible features telehealth companies are offering on the market. Plus, we’ll offer our insight into the nuances of each feature […].

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Health Populi

JULY 23, 2020

The worse of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come, most Americans felt in July 2020. That foreboding feeling is shaping U.S. parents’ concerns about their children returning to school, with the calendar just weeks away from educators opening their classrooms to students, from kindergarten to the oldest cohort entering senior year of high school.

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